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A Three Year Old’s Instinct to Ask Why

Jun 13, 2025

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Reading Time: 2 minutesTwo or three weeks ago I wrote that I hate Caribana but I also wrote that I have enjoyed the event the past. I also shared a walking route that I could use to get there and back, without using the car. For saying that I hate Caribana I was called a…

The Absurdity of Whatsapp for Event Planning

Apr 25, 2025

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richard

in social media, social networking, tech related

Reading Time: 4 minutesYesterday it happened again on Whatsapp. Someone said ‘avoid having too much chatter on this group, there are hundreds of people. When I see such messages it frustrates me because at its core Whatsapp is designed for people to have conversations. The idea that we would join Whatsapp chats, to speak very…

The Instant Message Déluge

Feb 8, 2025

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richard

in Swiss walks

Reading Time: 3 minutesIn the golden age of chatrooms and instant messaging there was a rule. Do not post more than two or three messages before waiting for an answer. I regularly broke this rule until at least two or three times I was told off for the deluge. From then on I posted two…

Conversing to the Fediverse With WordPress

Jan 26, 2025

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richard

in Swiss walks

Reading Time: < 1 minuteRecently I saw a post stating that WordPress can speak with the fediverse more effectively. For months we could post to the fediverse but if we replied to a toot via WordPress it would be lost. Those on Mastodon instances would comment but be "ignored". For months I thought that it…

is twitter changing your blogging habits? – A 2008 response

May 4, 2015

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richard

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

Reading Time: < 1 minuteYes and no. Twitter is replacing instant messaging and chatrooms. Itâ€™s an open method by which for people to communicate instantly with others. Itâ€™s also about the overheard conversation although that term has disappeared. What does â€œoverheardâ€ mean? Well simply that whenever two people discuss a topic hundreds of people are…

A move away from centralised “social networks” and “social media”

Nov 25, 2014

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richard

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

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…

Twitter desaturation

Jan 19, 2008

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richard

in social media, social networking, twitter

Reading Time: 2 minutesDue to the quantity of people using twitter it’s purpose has changed. From being a place where you tell people what you’re up to it’s become a place where you discuss what you’re up to and what you’re thinking about. As a result of this following people without them following you back…

Twitter is broken and I want an alternative

Jan 17, 2008

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richard

in twitter

Reading Time: < 1 minuteTwitter is a great idea poorly executed as a result of which I wish there was an alternative. It’s a chatroom that can be used on multiple platform which is what makes it so interesting. The managment however have decided to cancel Api support, or at least throttle it. As a…

The Digital Lifestyle

Jul 24, 2007

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richard

in Post-university life, tech related, university

Reading Time: 2 minutesA journalism student at the University of Westminster worked on an item about addiction to technology and this is quite an old item. In 1998 (if I remember correctly) I was speaking to a security guard in Martinique about the internet and he talked about it as if it was a disease…

On walking more than five minutes

Apr 28, 2007

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richard

in London walks, random

Reading Time: 3 minutesperson “you walk fast” me “I like to walk” person “I thought you were rushing somewhere” me “nope, just stride as I walk” On average every step I take is two and a half times longer than most people therefore I cover distances in half the time it takes others to do…

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