I’m a little late in joining “social networks”, but since I’m preparing on getting a real job someday and employers Google everyone’s name nowadays, I need to make sure my name is me. I just created WayneWeisser.com and have started checking MySpace, FaceBook and Linked In for any discrepancies or anything that has my name, but isn’t me. I tried to get weisser.com just so I could have the email address of wayne@weisser.com, but weisser.com is already a German car dealership. Click on any of the links or go to wayneweisser.com and my network is on the sidebar.

There are several MySpace copycats just for truckers, but I never got into those. I don’t have anything against truckers, I’m just not the social butterfly and sometimes I just don’t want to talk about trucking. Now, I have to work on my social skills if I’m going to be back into the corporate office environment.

If you’re on Facebook or any other network, add me as a friend. If you’re on a network, I’m not on, tell me about it. I just searched for “myspace for truckers” and apparently there is a program you can buy to build a Myspace lookalike, so there are a ton of MySpace clones.

I was actually invited to test one of the early trucker myspace networks (it was owned by Siricomm which also provided WIFI at truck stops and is now out of business) and when I talked to the developers about my concerns in that I already have a blog, videos on youtube, pictures on flickr, why move all of that stuff or only use their service? They assured me that their goal was to bring in all those services to your home page. After a couple of years, still the same. They really frown on links outside of their domain, they really don’t want people leaving their site for any reason whatsoever.