Social Network
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Back in the 60’s , David Riesman already concluded that “the more might not be the merrier”. Social network researchers have come up with diverse conclusions about Facebook and Internet use. Passive vs active participation makes a difference whether we are happier or less happy when using social media. We have yet fully exploited this…
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The inner ring then the outer ones. We learn to trust, to collaborate. Great things cannot be achieved alone. That’s why the President tweets. That’s why we tweet. Do you know someone who needs our services? Or some place who is hiring so our students can apply. We need those links and those leads. People…
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We miss those towering figures from WWII (remember the canes, the hats? and the saying e.g.”Never never give up”). It’s a different landscape now (Apple, Facebook etc… with CEOs without a tie). So it goes. New world order. New icons. New profiles and preferences. Still, they are human. Supposedly connected with their people. Leaders of…
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Former Google CEO, in a recent interview, admitted that he was too busy to see Social Network coming. Former Microsoft CEO, at the turn of the century, admitted he too missed the significance of the Internet. The Vatican, after years of floundering, decided to settle sexual abuse cases ( as of this edit, Pope Francis…
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Safeway doesn’t feel safe. Desert is now full of people ( from the media to law enforcement). Last weekend Arizona shooting reminds me of “Under The Banner of Heaven” which revealed the intersect of religious occult and gun culture in the region. It also highlights young people’s plight to make a name for themselves (in…
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We have put in long hours, uploading, editing, “friending”, texting, in-mailing, posting, commenting, searching and even reading up on and seeing a movie about Facebook. A recession distraction? or tip of the iceberg in what is finally Personal Computing and Networking? At least, computer finally “think” out of its “computing” box. Now, it’s about lifestyle…
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As recent as 60 years ago, a businessman could let his hair down (or hat off) at home, smoke a cigarette or pipe, and watch the news (in black and white). In fact, at the U of TX Austin museum, an exhibition is underway to show you just that: witness to a century. Now, we…
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Everyone remembers that dreadful day. I did. My mom was a teacher herself, but at a different school. So my sister, 19 years my senior, had to grudgingly play surrogate parent. She dropped me off to join a bunch of babies whose cries were contagious. The French school was two blocks away. It required students…
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Books started to come out, dissecting the effects of the Net. A new one, entitled “The Shallows, What the Internet is doing to our brains” by Nicholas Carr. http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6523DV20100603?feedType=nl&feedName=ustechnology In retrospect, it brings to mind Neil Postman‘s “Amusing ourselves to death“, a classic critique about effects of television. (He argues that the sheer quantity of…
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