March 2015 – Richard's blog

Pride and media consumption

Mar 29, 2015

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in Post-university life, Real Time Web, social media, social media living room, social networking, tech related

Reading Time: 3 minutesI enjoyed reading the Unbearable Lightness of Being so much that I read every book by Milan Kundera. I also read every book by Albert Camus because I enjoyed reading La Peste so much. Laura M. Holson wrote an article about “Unplugging without FOMO” which I skimmed after someone on twitterÂ commented on…

Inner Life of A Cell

Mar 29, 2015

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richard

in Video, youtube

Reading Time: < 1 minuteSometimes people share interesting videos as animated gifs. When I see these interesting videos I quickly google the search term and find the complete video. I then share it.

Setting up Chromecast

Mar 24, 2015

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richard

in Google Chrome, Uncategorized

Reading Time: < 1 minuteSetting up Chromecast takes four steps 1. Plug it in 2. Connect to chromecast wifi 3 type appropriate wifi password for home network 4. wait as chromecast updates Now you can use it from your devices. It’s like setting up a gopro camera. If you’ve managed that you can do this-

Lufthansa – Total Solar Eclipse – Watch From the Stratosphere

Mar 23, 2015

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richard

in Video, youtube

Reading Time: < 1 minuteA Lufthansa flight took a detour over Iceland so that passengers would pass in the shade of the total Eclipse.

Headline rating app to encourage useful headline writing.

Mar 23, 2015

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richard

in social media, tech related

Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn future I would like an application or social network that allows me to rate headlines according to whether they are sensationalist, informative, emotional informative or other. The aim of this network or app would be to discourage article writers from re-using the same phrases over and over. It would encourage…

Social media, loneliness and isolation.

Mar 22, 2015

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richard

in social media, social media living room, social networking, tech related, twitter

Reading Time: 3 minutes”The pathology of social media is all about loneliness” Social media professionals take the weekend off. Twitter users use hashtags so that their content can be found without being followed. Everything is turned towards discoverability rather than commitment and conversation. Social media practitioners know that people aren’t listening attentively so they repeat…

An Air France advert with swings

Mar 20, 2015

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richard

in Uncategorized

Reading Time: < 1 minuteI would have enjoyed working on this. I’d have played on the swings in between takes.

The Solar Eclipse as seen from the Vaud Countryside

Mar 20, 2015

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in Video, vimeo

Reading Time: < 1 minuteSolar Eclipse 2015 from Mainvision on Vimeo. Eventually the clouds blocked it.

Audible books and Kindle Unlimited

Mar 18, 2015

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richard

in Android, Apple, fun, Post-university life, tech related

Reading Time: 2 minutesThis year I have set myself the goal of reading 30 books. I am currently on trackÂ to reaching that goal.Â Most of my reading material comes from two sources. Audible.com and amazon.de. What I like about reading books via Audible.com is the freedom it gives me to do something at the same time…

Mar 15, 2015

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in Android, Apple, tech related

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe apple watch will put no one out to pasture. Have you seen how many people from my generation can’t even read books on a kindle? What will put the web out to pasture is the tabloid/gossip magazine style of writing. Too many mainstream media hubs and blogging platforms write for the…

Month: March 2015