Tag Archive | "social networking"

Social Media: The End of All Privacy?

Sunday, August 24, 2008

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At an event last week I was caught in a conversation with someone who felt the need to share (vehemently) his theory on the scam of social media. This gentleman (lets call him Ed) is of the opinion that LinkedIN was created to gather people’s information under the guise of social networking… until the owners sell [...]

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New Technology: The Advantage of being a Slow Adopter

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

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It’s been a longstanding fact that I self-label myself a geek when it comes to social networking. I’m a big believer in the power of the internet and in the transparency of the individual: meaning that I believe the more the internet allows private lives to become public, the less one can hide the reality [...]

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Ping.fm: Twitter-ish tool of wonders

Sunday, June 1, 2008

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I succumbed to the twitter peer pressure about 3 months ago, not quite knowing why. After a couple of weeks of getting notifications of twits from my twit-witted friends while i was trying to sleep (like a normal person), I was about ready to give up on the whole thing. So like a good nerd, I [...]

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