19 Friday Feb 2010
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… whither goest my online persona?
Yesterday my Twitter pal Nicchick posted a link to this article, which asked the question – “What happens to all my social networking information when I die?”. And Nicola said it was something she hadn’t thought about before. Well I have! Quite a lot, actually. And when I told Nicola about this she suggested I write something about it. So here we go…
08 Monday Feb 2010
03 Tuesday Nov 2009
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Wow!
I was prepared to be disappointed because the trailers were so tantalising I couldn’t believe the film would be that high energy and fun all the way through … but it truly was. I won’t gush on quite as much as Dame Elizabeth, but I did think that there were moments of sheer genius. And you could also see that MJ definitely lived on another planet, to put it kindly.
I’ve never considered myself a Michael Jackson fan particularly, though I did love the Jackson 5 when I was a kid and I remember being totally blown away (along with the rest of the world) when MJ made his very dramatic “come back” on the 25 Years Of Motown special, with his amazing performance of Billy Jean. Which was also one of the highlights of This Is It. Others that I especially enjoyed were The Way You Make Me Feel (fabulous West Side Story set), Beat It and Thriller. Astounding choreography. And really, that’s what made the whole film for me. I’ve never seen anyone move quite like Michael Jackson and I already want to see this film again.
01 Sunday Nov 2009
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Can anyone explain to me why Facebook is worth any of my time?
And I don’t mean why you may prefer Facebook over Twitter, or that it’s easier than having a blog, etc, etc …
I would really like to know why someone like me with several blogs, a Fotki account for photo sharing, and two active Twitter accounts would require a Facebook account. I am not being facetious – I really want to know. I’ve been keeping two FB accounts running, even though I maybe only visit them a couple of times a week. Any posts from me there are auto-forwarded posts from Twitter. And I would be happy to drop both FB accounts today except people keep telling me that they are necessary to have in terms of social media stuff, especially for business purposes.
I don’t understand the difference between FB home pages, Business Pages, and Fan Pages. I hate all the stupid adolescent apps that bombard you with zoo animals, pokes, and invitations to join a mafia family. To name but a few. And recently I can’t visit my FB pages without being bombarded by auto-suggestions about people I should add as a Friend. I mean, get outta my face already with that crap.
Am I the only person who seriously dislikes Facebook?
27 Tuesday Oct 2009
Which online photo sharing service do you prefer and why?
I’ve had a Fotki premium account for several years now and I’m very happy with it. I like that I can personalise it with different themes & colours, and comfortably organise my photos into easy-access folders and albums.
But then Flickr came along and, as far as I can tell, it’s become the Facebook of the photo sharing community. Meaning that to me it’s just ugly and confusing and extremely popular for reasons that escape me. Or maybe I’m missing something? I did try uploading a couple of albums to Flickr awhile ago and was then told that only the first 200 photos would be shown (wtf?).
Both Fotki and Flickr offer free accounts with a 100 MB space limit and advertising, as well as premium accounts with unlimited space and other features. Given these similarities, why is Flickr so popular? I mean, Fotki is waaay classier.
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