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facebook panic button

13 Tuesday Apr 2010

Posted by azahar in internet, websites, wtf?

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This morning someone on Twitter commented on this BBC article: Facebook Urged To Add Panic Button, asking people if they thought it would be effective. And there was some discussion about education being more effective than just “yelling panic”. Though apparently other panic buttons (unfortunate name) take people to a site “that details how to handle cyberbullying, hacking, viruses, distressing material and inappropriate sexual behaviour“, which sounds quite educational to me.

First of all, I was very surprised to find out that Facebook has no means of directly reporting offensive or inappropriate material. As the world’s largest “chat room” this seems irresponsible in the extreme. Every other forum or MU site I visit has a complaints button so why not Facebook? And while education is crucial, I think that a clear and easy way of contacting the people running a public site like this should be required “basic equipment”. There is a “report/block this person” link on the left-hand side of the page, but I think this just stops someone from viewing your own page. According to the article there is no actual means of reporting specific complaints to Facebook.

What are your thoughts on this?

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the week that was

11 Sunday Apr 2010

Posted by azahar in blogging, cats, change, health & happiness, home, hope, internet, tapas, twitter, work

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cats, internet, social media, tapas, work

Since last Sunday’s multi-tasking az post lots has been going on. The best news is that I’ve been hired for that part-time social media job I told you about, and I am so thrilled about that. We had a four-hour meeting on Friday and got a lot done. My new client is happy with my work and this is very good news indeed.

Other news is a bit up & down. One of my four students has told me they have to stop classes mid-May because of work obligations. Nog has managed to at least pay his share of the rent this month, but I’ll have to pay for the bills and food. I sure hope things pick up for him next month. Then what was supposed to be a quick vaccination job at the vet’s  on Friday ended up costing 100 euros!  Okay, part of that was stocking up on Azar’s special prescription diet food. But it turned out that Loki’s feline herpes is acting up again, which meant getting some very expensive medicated eye gel for him. But that should be it now until he gets his balls cut off in July. For the record, Loki gets just as hysterical in the cat cage as Azar does. Go figure.

The happy news of the week was Azar’s 15th birthday. He’s been enjoying eating asparagus ever since (tis the season) and is looking very fit. Other great news is that I booked my first tapas tour! Well, the first paid one – god knows I’ve been doing them for years. So that’ll happen in a couple of weeks. Oh, and Manolo (of Málaga apt fame) called to tell me about a seminar being put on by the chamber of commerce about marketing online next Thursday and asked if I wanted to go with him – reckon that should be very interesting and will fit right in with my new job. Seems like I am making connections all over the place these days, so who knows? Maybe those five jobs will start coming together after all. It certainly feels like things are opening up at last.

How was your week?

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trade ya

08 Thursday Apr 2010

Posted by azahar in clothing, internet, photos, twitter

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twitter

A couple of weeks ago I saw this tweet from @nerdseyeview on Twitter (aka Pam Mendel), which said…

trade ya. my seattle photo book (made to try a selfpublishing service) for that thing YOU made. will ship worldwide. whaddaya got?

I was intrigued. Plus I thought it was a very cool idea. So I replied that I made Irish linen comfy clothes (yeah I know – they are Italian linen, whatever) and we decided to swap…
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make your own jackson pollock

05 Monday Apr 2010

Posted by azahar in art, fun stuff, internet

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art, jackson pollock

Make Your Own Jackson Pollock

[click to change colour]

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multi-tasking az is back!

04 Sunday Apr 2010

Posted by azahar in cancer, computers, internet, language, life stuff, work

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cancer, life, work

Things are getting back to “normal” here again after the annual upheaval that is Semana Santa. Part of me really likes how everybody’s routines are totally disrupted during this week, even if they don’t attend any of the processions. I know that if I didn’t live next to the cathedral I wouldn’t bother going out to see them (though I did the first few years I lived here) and I know I would miss that. Sure, it’s a week of unpaid holidays and getting out my front door can sometimes be difficult because of the crowds, but it’s also kind of refreshing to have things shaken up a bit. As usual, this year all of my students (all = 4) cancelled classes for the week, but I ended up working more than ever…

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