Some thoughts on social media
Ed Brown tl;dr Most social media platforms bad, Twitter very very bad, Mastodon good....
Social Media
Handbags Don’t Cure Cancer
If I wore a bra, it would probably be black. Or grey. Maybe white, red or blue, depending on what else I was wearing. It would be as comfortable as…
Cala Boca Galvao (Anatomy of a Meme)
It’s world cup fever, and the internets is no exception. Google’s got it, Twitter’s got it, and if you’ve got it you can surf the net to the sound of…
When Social Media Stops You Getting a Job
Is your online life putting your job – or potential future jobs – in jeopardy? Social commentator Mia Freedman wrote on her blog last week how she used Facebook and…
What Facebook Should Do
The world’s largest social network, Facebook, claims to have more than 400 million users (a little hint to Facebook: if you have a page of statistics, timestamp it so we…
The Age shows a surprising lack of Fearless Good Judgement
Vile, obscene and offensive. That’s how the Herald Sun described tweets that comedians Wil Anderson and Catherine Deveny made about the Logies. And reading the sensationalist outrage the Herald Sun…
Your online self lives long after you die
In the excellent science fiction series Caprica (Friday nights on SyFy in the US… gods knows when elsewhere in the world), grieving tech genius Daniel Greystone develops a virtual avatar…
Ten Things Not to Post on the Net
HowStuffWorks has posted a handy little guide to privacy on social media. As I’ve mentioned before, on the internet (and social networking sites in particular) you have no privacy. So…
Privacy – On the internet, nobody knows your deep dark secrets
Initial privacy concerns on Google Buzz reminded me of the somewhat prophetic words of Scott McNeally in 1999 when he was CEO of computer giant Sun Microsystems. “You have zero…
Google Buzz: Gettin’ Buzzy Wit It
With the recent launch of Google Buzz, I’ve been toying with it a bit when I’ve got the time. It’s different, definitely not what I was expected, but I think…