It's for our own good....
And I'm sure that Twitter will not be doing anything else - at least not yet - https://joepritchard.me.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Twitter.pngwith their code when they're making the Twittersphere sa…
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Your email address CAN be harvested from Facebook...a heads up!
Or...yet another reason to watch who you befriend.... Facebook attempts to be what's known in the online world as a 'Closed Garden' - interactions with the rest of the Internet are restricted somewhat…
Internet access a 'fundamental right'?
I would say that I'm something of an 'online person' I ran a Bulletin Board 'the hard way' in the late 1980s / early 1990s using a phoneline, a modem and a PC at home, and have been on the Internet in…
Twitter - the medium is NOT the message!
Regular readers of my 'jottings' might recall a recent post of mine in which Idebated the value of Tweeted Wisdom. Always one to consider returning to the scene of past musings, I was today motivated…
Sturgeon's Law
Following on from a recent post when I commented on the quality of Web 2.0 'user generated content' I started thinking about the continued validity of Sturgeon's Law- usually stated as '90% of everyth…
The problem with Tweeted Wisdom....
Like many of us on Twitter, I follow a number of Twitter users who post aphorisms, quotes, sayings, etc. A sort of electronic review of the 'Wisdom Literature' of the last 2000 years. This can be pr…
The end of 6 Music
So, the BBC are going to close down 6 Music- which will be a great shame as it's one of the few stations around that play a good mix of contemporary and past music, AND also has presenters that are kn…
Web 2.0 - User Generated Content or garbage?
Some months ago, an Internet Form that I belonged to was taken offline after an internal dispute....and it never came back. The upshot of it was that the content of the forum was no longer available …
The PAYG Laptop?
You write one article about Appliance Computing and the following morning this BBC story pops up - Laptop Launched to aid computer novices'. The 'Alex', a Linux based laptop, is aimed at people who'r…
PCC, Stephen Gately and liberal backlash
The Press Complaints Commissionshas decided not to uphold complaints about an article by Jan Moirabout the circumstances surrounding Stephen Gately's death. I'm not going to rehash the details of the…