Category Archives: Social Media
Hacking via peopleware
Anyone can get hacked, even people who supposedly know better: In one night, Wired technology writer Mat Honan saw his entire digital existence horrifically erased before his eyes. Using security loopholes in Amazon, Apple, Google, and Twitter, hackers were able … Continue reading
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Online security and blogging
It’s my goal to be honest and open in my blogging. However, things we do in cyberspace have implications in the real world. That’s why, while I’ll try never to lie to you, I won’t always tell the truth. For example, … Continue reading
Twitter karma loses its hold
The other day I got an email from Twitter letting me know a friend of mine had sent me a message. I haven’t been on Twitter in months, and this time as I went in and looked around I realized … Continue reading
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Sharing safely online
Last week’s discussions on Facebook, politics, and religion prompted one of my friends to ask me just how one goes about sharing something that they are passionate about without annoying people like me. It’s an excellent question, and while I … Continue reading
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Facebook sniping
When am I going to learn? People are not posting those trite little socio-political pictures that oversimplify issues into pithy slogans because they want to invite discussion. Quite the opposite! They post those so they can take potshots at their … Continue reading
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The joy of lag-time
I’ve been on a blog-writing spree lately, but I don’t expect it to last. That’s why instead of publishing more than one post in a day I just schedule them out in advance. You get some “current events” posts that … Continue reading
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One man’s protest is another’s cyber-bullying.
Social media has been making news for some time now. But increasingly of late, social media has been used to shape the news. President Obama used social media successfully in his last campaign. Social media was one of the primary … Continue reading
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All the Thom that’s fit to print
If you are not paying for it, you’re not the customer; you’re the product being sold. Just who said the above is not certain, but it’s very, very true these days. Google gives us lots of cool tools for free, … Continue reading
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Facebook Offensive
There is an old maxim: Never discuss religion or politics. Somewhere along the road we seem to have added the corollary “Except on Facebook”. I haven’t conducted an actual survey, but I would guess that as many as a quarter … Continue reading
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Google in my head
Google is turning up their Creepy Factor yet again, though anyone who didn’t see this one coming isn’t paying attention: Google is sifting through the photos and commentary on its blossoming social network so its Internet search results can include … Continue reading
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