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Sending HTC M8 phones to the Middle of the Stratosphere

Jun 21, 2016

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in social media, social networking, youtube

Reading Time: 2 minutesA few months ago I saw the video of a mobility scooter going fast across snow. The video was shared as an anim gif with no context. As I explored the diversity of content on Youtube I came across Colin Furze videos. In one project he sent mobile phones to the Middle…

Cosmic Trip – Physical Video gaming – Throw it like a frisbee

Jun 21, 2016

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richard

in social media, social networking, tech related, Uncategorized, virtual reality, youtube

Reading Time: 3 minutesPhysical Video Gaming Physical video gaming is coming of age thanks to the HTC Vive and related Games. Cosmic Trip is one of these games. You can use both controllers to prepare machines that will prepare robots for mining and defence. These two sets of robots are autonomous. The more resources you…

The Post Social Media Era

Jun 16, 2016

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richard

in social media, social media living room, social networking, Uncategorized

Reading Time: 3 minutesI believe that we are shifting towards a Post Social Media Era where social networks are built in to online activities. People love to say that online social networks and social media are a waste of time and that they have a negative impact on how we feel about ourselves. For years…

Quora and lateral thinking

Jun 14, 2016

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richard

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

Reading Time: 2 minutesRecently I saw the question “Why can’t I charge my mobile phone while riding my scooter?” on Quora so I decided to provide the answer that you see below.Â In my eyes my answer is legitimate. As an ingress player, as a scooter driver, and as someone who has done what I describe…

Facebook Disengagement

Jun 9, 2016

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richard

in social media, Social Media Deontology, social networking

Reading Time: 2 minutesFacebook disengagement by those I know has become so serious that I have decided to take a break from the social network myself. For many years this was a network of people I knew and spent time with in person. It has school friends, uni friends, activity friends and social media friends.…

Social Media and The Human Return on Investment

Apr 23, 2016

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richard

in advertising, facebook, lifestream, social media, Social Media Deontology, social media living room, social networking

Reading Time: 3 minutesSocial Media and the Human Return on Investment, because contrary to popular belief we use social networks to socialise, not to shop. As we grow older and more mature our close network of friends changes and evolves. We go from school friends to university friends and then to professional friends. In the…

My love/hate relationship with twitter turns Ten

Mar 21, 2016

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richard

in social media, social media living room, social networking, twitter

Reading Time: 2 minutesI have been active on the World Wide Web for two decades, two thirds of my life. Half of that time has been spent as a twitter Â user. I was among the first to use the service and I saw it go from being a curiousity to being the most popular conversation…

The Guardian, Google and advertising Revenue

Mar 19, 2016

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richard

in social media, social networking, tech related, twitter

Reading Time: 2 minutesFor a reasonable amount of time I would check all of the news websites on a daily basis. These include The Guardian, the Independent, BBC news and french news sources. In so doing I was kept up to date with current affairs. Certain websites, such as the NYtimes and Le Temps were…

Stop wasting time on Instagram with friends – Algorithms and attention

Mar 16, 2016

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richard

in social media, social media living room, social networking

Reading Time: 2 minutesInstagram is a photo basedÂ social network that allows two types of users, ego-maniacs on one side, and explorers on the other, to share images of interesting things they see and do. Some people share beautiful mountain images and others share images of their trips to Paris, Rome and more. I share images…

Narcissism and the World Wide Web

Feb 14, 2016

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richard

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

Reading Time: 2 minutesAccording to a New York Times writer, Narcissism and the World Wide Web are increasing. “Narcissism is increasing…” If our egos are obese with amour-propre, social media can indeed serve up the empty emotional carbs we crave. Instagram and the like doesnâ€™t create a narcissist, but studies suggest it acts as an…

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