Month: February 2017
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Replacing Social Media with Book reading
Reading Time: 2 minutes This year I am replacing Social Media with Book Reading because social media is no longer a conversational place. It has become a place for sensationalism and the spreading of fake news and emotional news. As a result of these factors the potential gain of new friendships and interesting conversations has…
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Reaction to Social media and the loss of identity
Reading Time: 2 minutes My answer to: Social media and the loss of identity From 1996–2007 I saw the World Wide Web, discussion forums and other places as opportunities to socialise with like minded people. Over the years we went from one platform to another using nicknames rather than our real identity. in 2006–2007 there was…
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The Work-Visa program and US tech domination
Reading Time: < 1 minute Trump’s next steps could strike even closer to home: His administration has drafted an executive order aimed at overhauling the work-visa programs technology companies depend on to hire tens of thousands of employees each year Source Facebook, Google, Twitter, Apple, Microsoft, Fitbit, Garmin and other companies benefit enormously from the…