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What I’m reading – KadarÃ©’s L’Hiver de la grande Solitude

Aug 28, 2007

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in observation, Post-university life, reviews, travel

Reading Time: 2 minutesFrom friendships and the people we meet so our knowledge of authors increases. It is through English literature classes that I learned to appreciate Milan Kundera. I read all his books over a period of years. Following a conversation with an Albanian friend I heard of Ismail Kadare. He originally wrote in…

Facebook, a personal rather than social network

Aug 28, 2007

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richard

in facebook, observation, Post-university life, social networking, tech related

Reading Time: 2 minutesTen years ago if you met someone and they gave you their visit card you’d put it away somewhere and eventually you might have come back to it but the information would need updating. Over the years social networking tools on the web have evolved from simple mail clients to web forums…

On the challenge of being brief.

Aug 27, 2007

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richard

in editing, observation, Post-university life, tech related

Reading Time: 2 minutesBack in 2000 I arrived in the South West of England as an 18 year old who was used to watching 24 minute documentaries on a range of subjects and I wanted to do the same thing. For the course I was doing when I was told that I had to do…

Social networking and freebase

Aug 24, 2007

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richard

in facebook, observation, Post-university life, social networking, tech related

Reading Time: 2 minutesAs you’re painfully aware by now there are hundreds of social networking websites but none of them have a communal database. If you’re on orkut your data stays there, if you’re on yahoo communities your data is there. All these social networking websites are very similar in what they ask of you…

The Modern phonebook

Aug 19, 2007

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richard

in facebook, observation, Post-university life, tech related, university

Reading Time: 3 minutesRecently I have been trying to categorise websites and how they are used into single words. To this end I have recently started to view facebook as a self actualising phonebook. There are a number of factors which help to contribute to this feeling. One of these is the ability for me…

Ijustine and the Fake Steve Jobs

Aug 18, 2007

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richard

in fun, observation, tech related, twitter

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe fake Steve Jobs linked to this video before writing a short commentary. Â “Phone Bill Girl and one of her fellow Ph.D. candidates are discussing the work of Roland Barthes and narrative theory in the context of Derrida and Chomsky, with a deftly handled digression into the recurring sexism of Norman Mailer’s…

McLuhan’s Thoughts And How They May Relate To Twitter

Aug 15, 2007

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richard

in observation, Post-university life, tech related, twitter, university

Reading Time: 4 minutes“The simultaneity of electric communication, also characteristic of our nervous system, makes each of us present and accessible to every other person in the world. To a large degree, our co-presence everywhere at once in the electric age is a fact of passive, rather than active, experience. Actively we are more likely…

David Pogue’s Style

Aug 3, 2007

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richard

in editing, observation, tech related

Reading Time: 2 minutesToo many video podcasts are badly produced and that is why David Pogue’s most recent episode was enjoyable to watch. He has a distinctive style. Whilst most video podcasters are content simply using a fixed camera at a desk he takes the time to create entertaining demonstrations of how the tech he…

Monday Night Picadilly Line People

Jul 31, 2007

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richard

in fun, observation

Reading Time: 2 minutesLast night’s fourty minute trip meant I got to see a lot of faces as I headed from one side to another. Some of these people would be forgotten within a few seconds whilst others would be remembered slightly longer. One girl had a disarming stare, as I headed to my first…

La fête des collabos

Jul 27, 2006

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richard

in amp, observation

Reading Time: < 1 minuteHere are some images from the party. I’m still in the process of uploading the images but the pages can be found at this location

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