Category: The Internet & Media
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Gerry McGovern on ‘FANG’
Posted in: The Internet & MediaAround 10 years ago I was able to attend a seminar locally given by Gerry McGovern about effective web content and site architecture that was very informative and to this day still impacts how I look to structure websites for clients when I sit down to design them. Since then I’ve subscribed to Gerry’s email…
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The Rise of ‘Sharenting’
Posted in: The Internet & MediaInteresting article from The Atlantic, “When Kids Realize Their Whole Life Is Already Online”, about parents who share their kids’ lives and images online – now referred to as ‘sharenting’. Back when I still had social media accounts, I didn’t share much about my kids – or photos of them – more out of fear…
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Future Goggles
“The next medium, whatever it is—it may be the extension of consciousness—will include television as its content, not as its environment, and will transform television into an art form. A computer as a research and communication instrument could enhance retrieval, obsolesce mass library organization, retrieve the individual’s encyclopedic function and flip into a private line…
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Facebook D Day
Posted in: The Internet & MediaI think today may be the day that my Facebook account dies. I say I think, because I’m not really sure. I think Facebook wants it that way. When you go to delete your account, they say it will take effect within 14 days, but it may be sooner – or maybe later? My past…
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Fack’s Facebook Facts 3
Posted in: The Internet & Media“Facebook is not thriving for me.” Dave Winer, considered the father of blogging, podcasting and RSS, thinks Facebook may be dying. At least for him anyway. I don’t know that I would disagree. It certainly lost it’s lustre for me. Ages 25 to 34, at 29.7% of users, is the most common age demographic. (Source:Emarketer 2012)…
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Fack’s Facebook Facts 2
Posted in: The Internet & MediaMashable: Facebook Admits to as Many as 270 Million Fake/Clone Accounts “The social network upped its estimate of the portion of fake accounts from 2 to 3 percent and the number of duplicates from 6 to 10 percent, Business Insider first reported. That means that as many as 270 million of the platform’s 2.1-billion-strong user…