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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…

Socialising and Networking

Jan 22, 2020

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richard

in editing, social networking

Reading Time: 2 minutesAfter university, I estimated that I got to know of at least 600 people. I was on campus every day and I was out almost all the time. Whether it was in the edit suites, the library or the bar. I used to sit indoors with the bags as a non-smoker but…

Keeping Twitter Private

Jan 15, 2020

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richard

in social media, social networking

Reading Time: 2 minutesTwitter has three options. You can tweet to the world without barriers and anyone can read and respond. This is great when you want to grow your network and have conversations. The second option is to send DMs to specific individuals or groups (if I remember correctly). The third option is to…

Replacing FaceBook with Meetup.com, Replacing the past with the present and the future

Feb 11, 2019

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richard

in facebook, seesmic, social media, social networking

Reading Time: 2 minutesI have had a meetup.com account since I was using yahoo as my primary e-mail provider. For years my account was dormant because activities that I were interested in were either in another country or at a time when I could not participate. Recently I have found that activities are at times…

The best edit suite is the one you have with you.

Sep 10, 2018

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richard

in mobile, reviews, social media, social networking, travel, Video, youtube

Reading Time: 2 minutesYou remember the old saying. The best camera is the one that you have with you. Today the same can be said about “edit suites” that you carry in your trousers or jacket pocket. I’m speaking of edit suites that work with your iphone or ipad. Lumafusion is one such example. It…

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

Jun 23, 2017

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richard

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…

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…

Steep – A Snowboarding, skiing, Parapente and Base Jumping game

Dec 6, 2016

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richard

in France, reviews, social networking, Video, youtube

Reading Time: 2 minutesWinter is coming and snow has fallen on the local peaks and then melted again. The temptation to go snowboarding in real life is back. While waiting to go and do sports in the real world Ubisoft give us the opportunity to simulate the experiences of snowboarding, skiing, base jumping and paragldiding.…

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