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Whilst our resident goat has been doing a great job keeping this blog free of trolls, the rest of the internet hasn’t been so lucky. Amongst others, the “Facebeef” group (headed by Tristan Barker) has been receiving a lot of media attention. This discussion between Web 2.0 and the traditional media escalated to a . . . → Read More: Debate: Troll slaying I realised a few weeks back that I seem to be withdrawing online these past few months. I appear to have unconsciously decided to reduce my online foot print and spend more time in meatspace. I’ve wondered if there are reasons behind this – stuff going on in Personal Life, moving house or maybe . . . → Read More: Diminishing Online I really can’t remember if we have done a post on memes before – my meme-ory is definitely getting worse! In any case, here we go! I was a bit dubious about memes when they first started proliferating but then I realised they could be a very useful short-hand way of putting a point of . . . → Read More: Meme Mania Monday It’s been a while since I delved into the more nebulous parts of the blog admin’s world. Let’s start by opening the door to cavernous world of mystery that is the blog’s Spam folder. What gems lie therein? I used to be suggested this web site via my cousin. I’m not positive whether or not . . . → Read More: Spam on Saturday I’m 36, single and haven’t been in a relationship for about five years now, after my long term partner, now ex, decided he preferred being a bachelor. I’ve started to feel lonely the last couple of years on my own, and although I loathe being a cliche, the biological clock IS beginning to tick and . . . → Read More: Must Love Cats It is with great pleasure and a warm feeling unrelated to incontinence that I’m happy to announce that this week Psy’s ‘Gangnam Style’ overtook Junstin Bieber’s ‘Baby’ as the most watched YouTube clip of all time and only the second clip to top 800 million views. If you’re unfamiliar with Gangnam Style and are wondering . . . → Read More: Oppa FoFfy Style  18 comments - (Comments are closed)  MMM/FOF, Pop culture, Uncategorized  entertainment, FOF, internet, Tangents Those of you who are my friends on Facebook will have seen this post, but just in case you missed one of the more hilarious corporate responses on the internet, here it is. Bodyform, a sanitary products supplier in the UK, had a tongue-in-cheek comment left on their Facebook wall by a male user. Their . . . → Read More: Winning at social media Following on from Ghrys’ post last week, I was shocked to learn that a rally in support of Jones had been cancelled due to “the sensitive situation”. A great deal of my shock was because someone had bothered to try to organise one to start with, and I felt that whomever it was must be . . . → Read More: Activism – Keeping up with the Jones pt II The furore that has erupted over an article in the New Yorker about Amanda Palmer’s Kickstarter project got me thinking. When does crowd sourcing become exploitation? Ever? Never? Sometimes? Crowd sourcing is everywhere these days. From advertising campaigns to Facebook, movie projects to music, lolcats to news. Someone goes online and asks people to submit . . . → Read More: Exploitation? Art? Neither? Both? 18 comments - (Comments are closed) Art, Debate, In the news, Pop culture advertising, art, internet, work Have you been hacked, phished, socially engineered? Do you know someone who has? YOU ARE NOT ALONE!!! How did it happen? Do you know? Did you click something you knew better than to click? Share your hacking horror story. How have you changed your online habits as a result of your experience? {put on Drill . . . → Read More: Online Security |
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