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Google+ and the False Sense of Privacy

by Brian on 07-02-2011

in web

I’ll probably use Google+ for sharing photos, but not much else, for now. It seems great for that, giving me enough reason to recommend it. For conversation and news sharing I’ll have to wait and see. I’ve wanted a way to share family photos, etc., without sharing everything with every acquaintance — not because I [...]

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It’s amazing how much insight and inspiration can come from babies, as I was reminded after visiting my seven week-old nephew yesterday. Most of time we were there we listened to “the baby’s music” which is supposed to make him happy (I’m a baby-newbie so forgive me if I’m embarrassing myself), but it made the [...]

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Community is Here Today

by Brian on 12-02-2009

in civics,london,web

Last week when I read Titus Ferguson’s post about the fact “‘social’ is in ‘social media’ for a reason,” I was reminded of Dan Brown’s column at LFPress.com about how his blog has led to offline friendships. I can relate. Since I started actively engaging people on Twitter a year ago my little bubble has exploded. I [...]

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When David Armano posted this visual in January I laughed, then wondered where I fit. “Obviously I converted to social media long ago and quickly skipped past zealotry, and self-righteousness to become an evolving believer…” Well, um, looking back it is clear I still had some self-righteous jerkiness to get out of my system and I’m [...]

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