Blogs shift with the times
A recent article in the New York Times, highlights an interesting shift in how people are sharing online. Self-published blogs, once a primary means for sharing personal stories, opinions, and, well, anything that strikes one’s fancy, appear to be on the wane, at least among young people. According to a survey from the Internet and […]
Controversial South African threatens to shut Twitter
Phweeter: an imposter tweeter Julius Malema, the controversial youth leader of South Africa’s governing ANC (and recent hate speech convict), is battling a new front to salvage his reputation – this time against Twitter. The divisive politicien has threatened to shut Twitter down if it does not address the not one, not two, but 12 phweeters tweeting in […]
Are we as connected as we think?
A great article appeared on the BBC website this past week discussing the most recent TED talks in which Harvard academic, Ethan Zuckerman, said that the Internet is not living up to its ‘promise.’ His argument is an interesting one. [linebreak] Highlighting social behavior on the net, Zuckerman said the social world of internet users […]
Fired for Tweet
Hold that thought. No really. Hold that thought. We all have opinions. At the water cooler an opinion is between you, the person beside you, and the hearsay network of the person who cares enough to repeat your ranting. Twitter, however, is not a person, it is a broadcast network, something people often forget when […]
Cows on Twitter
“Dying to get into the pen for a milking. Not happening yet.” [linebreak] That’s what Jersey cow, Charge Mabel, tweets as she waits with the rest of the bovines to get into the milking pen. One-third art, one-third gimmick, and one-third awareness campaign, an Ontario farmer has allowed a group of students and faculty from […]
The First Tweet and the American Declaration of Independence
You know you are in the Information Age when a historical infant, Twitter founder Jack Dorsey’s first tweet from 2006, is shelved next to a historical giant, the American Declaration of Independence, at the US Library of Congress in Washington D.C. The revelation of Twitter’s rapid rise through history has been covered in media outlets […]
President Hacked
Truly no one is immune. Anyone who has ever had a snoopy significant other knows the importance of password safety. This past week, US President, Barack Obama, had his Twitter account hacked by someone making a guess. I hate choosing passwords as much as the next guy, but what this goes to show is that […]
New media is bad for the brain
While a lot of our site is dedicated to protecting your personal computer, managing your on-line identity, and using the internet to your advantage, we have yet to tackle in depth a growing issue in the on-line world: the impact of internet technologies on your health. [linebreak] A new study has shown that children and […]
Thieves follow Twitter too
If you’re leaving your home for the weekend and are thinking about tweeting it you might want to reconsider that it is not only your friends who are savvy on your unprotected castle. There is a website out there, PleaseRobMe.com, that greets visitors with the following: “listing all those empty homes out there.” [linebreak] It […]
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