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Video Editing And Social Media

Jun 25, 2021

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Reading Time: 3 minutesIn the past if you wanted to be a video editor you also needed to be a camera operator, and to be a camera operator you needed to be a video editor. By knowing both skills you shot good material because you knew how hard bad material was to use. As a…

The Roman Civilisation On Twitter

Oct 21, 2020

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in archeology, twitter

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Roman Civilisation is being tweeted about on Twitter. There are accounts that tweet about ongoing archeological digs, museum opening times and more. They also share images and videos, providing people with a visual way of learning about the Romans. One of these twitter accounts is Roman Britain. They tweet original content…

Looking Out From The Other Side of the Internet Tunnel

Sep 27, 2020

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in social media, tech related

Reading Time: 2 minutesToday I started reading “What the Internet Is Doing To Our Brains, The Shallows” and I feel that I am on the other side of the experience. I have been through the passion for new content, the passion to constantly write the new things that people write, and the need to be…

Bullying Disguised as Satire

Aug 18, 2020

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richard

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

Reading Time: < 1 minuteWe’re in the middle of a pandemic. Some of us go without conversing with people in the real world for days or even weeks at a time. Is now the time to be offensive about people’s social media habits? For plenty of TikTok users, their only window into the social world…

FaceBook’s Primitive Content Management System

Jun 18, 2020

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in facebook, social media

Reading Time: 2 minutesFacebook’s Primitive Content Management System, because aside from being a social media platform, it is a CMS, makes it very hard to delete posts, images, and more in bulk. Facebook should be seen as a CMS because it allows us to share images, posts, events, and more. As a CMS we should…

How to Migrate from Instagram To WordPress

Jun 10, 2020

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in social media

Reading Time: 4 minutesRecently I migrated my photos from Instagram to a WordPress blog. The process took some trial and error. The first step is to understand how to read JSON files and format them in a way that WordPress can use. The next step is to import that data into WordPress. To request your…

The Fun and Games of Attempting to Migrate Instagram Data continue

Jun 5, 2020

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in social media

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Fun and games of attempting to migrate Instagram data continue. I have now spent several days on the task. I have my Instagram posts currently sitting on a local blog. The challenge has been to migrate it from my local WordPress installation to the main website. After dozens of failed…

Close to Success – Exporting Instagram images to WordPress Natively

Jun 2, 2020

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in social media, social media living room, social networking

Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen Instagram was a self-run startup I loved the product. I loved that it was a way of sharing images with friends. I loved that it was fast and that it was light. I also liked that it had it’s own community. I liked that it was a way of sharing real…

Blogging And Digital Minimalism

Mar 6, 2020

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in social media

Reading Time: 3 minutesBlogging and Digital Minimalism are related. Blogging is about finding a topic and focusing on it for an extended period of time. Social media has shifted from being a conversation between individuals to one where personalities broadcast, and their audience is ignored. When I saw an article, read a book, or had…

Avoiding User Generated Content With Adverts

Feb 5, 2020

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in advertising, social media

Reading Time: 2 minutesInstagram has become user-generated content with adverts every fifth post. We went from following friends and their life to following personalities within our field of passions. I follow climbers, photographers, and friends. By following strangers, the timeline has become less relevant. This is especially true about following influencers. Influencers don’t share their…

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