In the last few days I’ve had occasion to think about the moral aspects of blogging and social media. I was faced with two moral dilemmas. One regarded a visitor to my site, the other about the content I put on Fog of Eternity myself. They led to questions about privacy, independence, trust and fair-use.
Taken [...]
Blogging is a way for us to have our voice heard. It’s how we broadcast our thoughts to the world at large. We develop an audience. We widen the conversation. It allows for a greater variety of discussion. We give our unique viewpoints on…um…what everyone else is talking about.
Social networking exacerbates the problem. It creates [...]
‘Web 2.0′ is a made up name that means nothing. It’s a label that’s irrelevant to what’s being provided on the internet. And yet a term with no real definition is being used to fuel financial investment, provoke widescale press interest, and develop large user bases.
Take a look at these quotes and see how relevant [...]
Every piece of advice on blogging will tell you it’s important to choose your topic before you write an article. You need focus, and you need planning. This post is an experiment on the opposite side of that rule.
I have no topic directly in mind. This post is not planned. I’ve given myself thirty minutes [...]
There’s been a lot of discussion in the blogosphere about the fragmentation of conversation. It was a topic that came up a lot last week. I’m not going to judge whether that fragmentation is a good or a bad thing, but it does exist. It means it’s easier to miss out on the conversation. So [...]
We all sign up for a lot of stuff on the internet. New services, betas, forums, etc. Some of it we test out for a day or two, and never really use again. When a service starts sending out sarcastic or critical emails because you’re inactive, that’s taking things too far.
A while ago I signed [...]
