Daily Archives Saturday, February 2010

We shall squeeze you empty and then we shall fill you with ourselves

I mentioned that privacy would be the next hurdle we have to overcome in the digital age, instead of anonymity, and I was wrong.  We’re already in the midst of dealing with it. I had the pleasure of going to a singer/songwriter thing put on the Ark to give a stage to new local artists [...]

Wait, he’s what?

Thanks to Facebook opening their chat to XMPP I’m accessible by Facebook Chat.  A lot, since I’m logged in at work all the time.  My family and friends can talk to me online.  What is the world coming to?!

More like FailBook, amiright?

I don’t like MySpace.  I never really did.  I always thought it was a piece of crap as far as community and technology goes.  Facebook though is a bit more interesting.  First some background. There are “online communities” on the Internet be they forums, chat servers, online games, or otherwise.  Regardless of the tribal structure [...]