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On Valuing Social Networks Over Social Media

Mar 26, 2026

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Reading Time: 3 minutesI believe that is wrong for a society dependent on cars to ban children from mobile phones and related tech. I believe that it is wrong because you create two problems. The first is that in a car centric society, where we go to school, is not where we live, so if…

Weaned from YouTube and Instagram

Feb 10, 2026

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richard

in social media, social networking, tech related

Reading Time: 3 minutesDe-Instagramification it amuses me to read about how Instagram and YouTube are addictive today, when the opposite is true. Imagine, you live alone. You’re in the middle of a pandemic. Your only social exchange is at a petrol station when buying a coke or similar. You exchange three sentences and then you…

Blogging, Social Media, and Algorithms

Sep 15, 2025

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richard

in social media, social networking, tech related

Reading Time: 3 minutesYears ago, when we were on web forums with a dozen or more people we knew each other. Over time web forums and chat rooms became bigger, as more people adopted the World Wide Web. In the process we went from being part of several niche web forums to being part of…

Friends at Podcamp NYC

May 1, 2008

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richard

in fun, social media

Reading Time: < 1 minuteLooking through the feedreader today I spotted two friends, Phil Campell and Chrisian Payne here Maybe in a year or two I can travel to a number of these events and enjoy a little more travel once again.

The Seesmeetup

Dec 29, 2007

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richard

in fun, London, observation, seesmic, social media, social networking, twitter

Reading Time: < 1 minuteIt’s taken no more than a few days from the time I first saw Fred2baro on seesmic to our first meeting with Deek in London for the first Seesmeetup… so called. In fact it was both Sizemore that had the first meeting although more private in nature. One of the questions…

Posting about friends

Nov 28, 2007

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richard

in observation, social media, social networking, twitter

Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhen people write about friends should they post their twitter profile page or the websites their friends are working on. I’m asking this question because whilst reading a post today I was interested in the ability to follow these friends and see what they’re up to rather than read the website.…

Map Your Friends – Facebook Api

Jul 29, 2007

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richard

in fun, tech related, travel

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAs I was looking through the applications I found an application that helps to map your friends according to the geolocation details they added to their profile. As your social network is more global so you will find that your friends are more spread around the world. As you’ll see for…

Slightly Ahead Of Their Comfort Zone

Jun 16, 2007

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richard

in Holidays, Post-university life, summer holidays, tech related, work

Reading Time: 2 minutesToday I went to film some friends playing a gig by the lakeside in Nyon and it was a great occasion. The sun was shining, the air temperature was good and many people that I had not seen in many years were present. The shoot involved two cameras. One was at the…

Enjoy the stairs

Jan 27, 2007

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richard

in random, university

Reading Time: < 1 minuteMyspace was used to advertise a pyjama house party and I went for a number of hours. It’s amusing when you’re at a party in your pyjamas. It makes a change from all those fancy dress and I began wondering about the walk of shame and whether wearing pyjamas on the…

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