I haven’t always been a fan of Twitter. For years, I was completely unconvinced of its utility – I couldn’t see the point in yet another social networking site with even more mundane status updates. But I changed my mind during the Wisconsin protests at the beginning of this year, in which social media – and …
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Having enumerated what I see as some of the benefits and drawbacks of Google+, compared to Facebook, what do I think that it means for the future? There’s a lot of speculation, so I have to add my piece. I think the upcoming Google+ vs. Facebook battle may be foreshadowed in our other current social …
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Google+ has certainly been the talk of the Internet over the past couple of weeks. And its success so far is noteworthy, garnering 10 million users in the first couple of weeks. And with invites becoming more readily available, this number is just going to increase. Of course, of those 10 million users right now, they …
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After my last post, in which I claimed I wanted to do a better job updating my blog, I of course took a three month break from writing. The irony, right? In my defense, it has been an extremely busy three months, but still. For a blog to be valuable – for its writer and …
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When the protests in Madison started, I don’t think anyone – myself included – expected them to endure for so long or to have so much of an impact. But as the protests gained momentum, the news media has started its speculation about whether Madison represented the frontline of a new political conflict. But even if …
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