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Out of my comfort zone – A day of trying new things.

Jun 23, 2017

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in collaboration, observation, Post-university life, social networking, Switzerland, team work

Reading Time: 3 minutesI was out of my comfort zone for a day last week and enjoyed it. This involved trying improv theatre for the first time. Vinyasa Tango Yoga and Bollywood dancing. I tried all of these things within the framework of the Refugee Cultural Festival that took place between last week and this week.…

Mental Health and Social media

May 23, 2017

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richard

in social conscience, social media, Social Media Deontology, social media living room, social networking, tech related

Reading Time: 4 minutesThere is a lot of discussion about Mental Health and social media because most people are not social media natives. They are either Luddites who do not appreciate playing with technology. They see themselves as users rather than participants and then there are extroverts and other people who see Social Media as…

My first Wehike Hike

May 1, 2017

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richard

in reviews, social networking, Swiss walks, Switzerland

Reading Time: 3 minutesWehike is a website dedicated to find people with whom to hike. People can contribute hikes to wehike and then they or other people can organise events based on the hike information. This includes a GPX file and images. At the moment this site is in beta so they are looking for…

Brainless television and the Tabloid Media

Apr 27, 2017

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richard

in observation, politics, social media, Social Media Deontology

Reading Time: 2 minutesI saw the headline to this articleÂ and feel that we should discuss brainless television and the tabloid media. The article was written by a fifty year old who blames the number of distractions for voter apathy. The answer, I fear, is theyâ€™re too busy being mesmerised by an ever-increasing plethora of high-tech…

Preparing fondue

Apr 25, 2017

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richard

in facebook, Switzerland

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Swiss Television archives shared this nice news item about how to prepare a fondue from 1969. It’s nice because we see the old way of preparing a fondue with the fluid burner rather than electric heaters. We also see the ingredients being placed in the caquelon.

Travel and data roaming

Apr 12, 2017

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richard

in advertising, social media, social media living room, travel

Reading Time: 2 minutesIn July Roaming will be a bad memory for Europeans travelling within Europe. As a result of this the sale of sim cards to Ingress players, pokemon Go players and others will also be a thing of the past. What will not change is that we use social media apps to communicate…

The Paradox of “kicking smartphone addictions”.

Mar 9, 2017

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richard

in mobile, social media, Social Media Deontology, social media living room

Reading Time: 2 minutesIt’s amusing that people think of “kicking smartphone addictions”. We now have a decade of experience in the current social media landscape. We have a decade of using smartphones rather than feature phones. In effect we have had a decade to adapt our lives to the age of the ubiquitous smartphone. We…

The Gopro Hero 5 karma advert is aspirational

Mar 8, 2017

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richard

in observation, reviews, social media, Video, youtube

Reading Time: 2 minutesI love sports and I love the outdoors. I really like snowboarding when the conditions are good and when there are few people. I love to climb, to hike and to do via ferrata. Last year during a film festival I was invited to try Paragliding for free and the flight lasted…

On the rise of disinformation through the dumbing down of Social Media

Jan 9, 2017

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richard

in social media, social networking

Reading Time: 2 minutesFor years I have been complaining that social media has shifted away from conversations towards marketing. It has shifted away from peer to peer conversations towards a broadcast model where crowds listen to and share individual sources rather than interact within a social network. As a result of this communication shift people…

The Frankfurt School of thought and blaming social media.

Dec 7, 2016

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richard

in social media, Social Media Deontology

Reading Time: 3 minutesWhen we were at university studying the media we learned about the Frankfurt School of Thought. We studied Adorno and others. We learned about the public sphere and more. I see a lot of articles today discussing whether we live in a post-fact and post truth age. Social media are given the…

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