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- Blog Day 2008: 5 Blogs I Read and You Should TooAugust 31
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In accordance with Blog Day 2008, here are 5 blogs I’m reading that I recommend you read as well:
One Little Cog
Blog of Ehren Cheung, web marketing & data coordinator at the Dundurn Group.Shannon Whitley
Blog of developer/systems admin, Shannon Whitley.Pulse and Signal
Commentary on the impact and potential usefulness, of technology (social media, consumer/emerging web tech) on health communication and social marketing.Rick Mahn
Exploration of social media & web 2.0’s strengths and failings.Jeffrey Simms Photography
Blog of photographer, Jeffrey Simms.And for good measure, be sure to subscribe to one more…mine
- Social Media NarcissismAugust 26
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When going through the process of adding / friending / following in social media, we often look for a common characteristic in our ‘friends’. These characteristics can be anything, from the love of tech, design, political affiliation or religion or any other type of culture. Why do we do this? It’s an attempt in the perpetual battle of finding the the signal amongst the noise, but on that journey, are we falling prey to too much narcissism?Here’s my concern:
If we only encourage interactions with people who are like ourselves by religion, politics, language, industry, etc., and shy away from everything else, will that not enclose us in a bubble?
Some Effects of the Bubble
One effect is that we end up with groupthink and an increasingly larger echo chamber. A false reality is created by the purposeless regurgitation of ideas, everyone sheepishly agreeing with everyone else, and the ensuing lack of perspective due to isolation from the rest of the space. Being open-minded isn’t enough. What good is it being open-minded if there aren’t encounters with other perspectives?
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- A Poem on Social MediaAugust 19
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A poem talking about various people and services in the social media community
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Tags: poetry, Social Media, videoRelated posts
- The Truth of Race is a LieAugust 9
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This is a guest post by Jasmin Smith (my wife), recent Sociology graduate and prospective Humanities teacher in support of International Blog Against Racism Week: http://community.livejournal.com/ibarw/ Race and racism are two concepts deeply entrenched in Western society, yet they are so commonly misunderstood. Racism describes prejudice or discrimination based on skin colour whereas race is merely an imaginary concept that segregates people into distinct social groups based solely on the colour of their skin. The existence of racism rests entirely upon this ‘reality’ of race. Consequently, the truth of racism is also a lie.
The Illusion of Race
We live in a multicultural, multiethnic world in which it has become normal to identify ourselves by our race. However, despite variations in skin tone, hair texture, and cultural practices today’s geneticists will tell you that race does not exis
- 20 Obscure People You Can Follow on Twitter and FriendFeed and Not Get BoredJuly 22
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Following a post I read by Sarah Perez, I wanted to share with others some folks that always find a way to make me smile or laugh (often without them even knowing it). I guess this is my way of saying thanks. Twitter
http://twitter.com/Alexa
http://twitter.com/bigeasy
http://twitter.com/dreadlocks
http://twitter.com/ehrenc
http://twitter.com/KeithBurtis
http://twitter.com/mindofandre
http://twitter.com/swhitley
http://twitter.com/theelusivefish
http://twitter.com/tunie
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