Category: social media
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Threaded conversations and community
Reading Time: 2 minutesFrom the 1970s to 2007 we had threaded conversations through bulletin boards, forums, groups and other centralising discussion points. For a brief window of about two years conversations became so captivating that people wanted to meet in person as strong friendships were established. By 2009-2010 the threaded and personal conversations between web…
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Playing Ingress
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA virtual game you play in the real world. People will meet in Lausanne on this Saturday to play.
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Village Photography
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteOn Google Plus, one of my muses, I saw that instead of Street photography someone suggested Village photography. I like the idea because villages are such an integral part of my life. Life in villages is a privileged one. Every time we go for a walk we cross people we do…
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A move away from centralised “social networks” and “social media”
Reading Time: < 1 minuteFacebook engagement has declined since farmville distracted people away from conversations and towards mindless interactions with games, the sharing of tabloid content and emotional posts. These changes have had an adverse effect on social networks and the way in which we engage with people. I have noted a shift away from…
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Not everyone is happy living in the real world.
Reading Time: < 1 minute An advert for Air New Zealand, Boeing 777-300, Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, horse riding, New Zealand’s landscape, the three or four passenger classes and of course bungee jumping.
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Headlines and muted news sources
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI have started to mute news sources that provide us with headlines that tell us how to feel rather than give us information about the content of the article. On Facebook the alternative would be to unfollow people I have met in person, friends. I prefer to mute news sources and…
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Google Plus Is A Good Product Which People Should Take The Time To Understand.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe American blogosphere is corrupt. Google Plus is an excellent product. It provides it’s users with an elegant amount of control as to who sees which post and whom it can be shared with. It provides groups and communities. It allows you to create your own circles. In Essence Google Plus…
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Django Django – WOR
Reading Time: < 1 minuteDjango Django – WOR from Jim Demuth on Vimeo. A well told, well edited short documentary about the people who drive the wall of death.
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The 2013 CERN Tweetup
Reading Time: < 1 minuteOn the 27th of September CERN invited twelve Social media users to a tweetup. I was among those twelve. We had the rare opportunity to go down and see the tunnels where the LHC carries out it’s experiements. We met with World Wide Web pioneers and we got to listen to…