Category Archives: Social Media

Anyone can get hacked, even people who supposedly know better: In one night, Wired technology writer Mat Honan saw his entire digital existence horrifically erased before his eyes. Using security loopholes in Amazon, Apple, Google, and Twitter, hackers were able … Continue reading →

The other day I got an email from Twitter letting me know a friend of mine had sent me a message. I haven’t been on Twitter in months, and this time as I went in and looked around I realized … Continue reading →

Last week’s discussions on Facebook, politics, and religion prompted one of my friends to ask me just how one goes about sharing something that they are passionate about without annoying people like me. It’s an excellent question, and while I … Continue reading →

When am I going to learn? People are not posting those trite little socio-political pictures that oversimplify issues into pithy slogans because they want to invite discussion. Quite the opposite! They post those so they can take potshots at their … Continue reading →

I’ve been on a blog-writing spree lately, but I don’t expect it to last. That’s why instead of publishing more than one post in a day I just schedule them out in advance. You get some “current events” posts that … Continue reading →

Social media has been making news for some time now. But increasingly of late, social media has been used to shape the news. President Obama used social media successfully in his last campaign. Social media was one of the primary … Continue reading →

If you are not paying for it, you’re not the customer; you’re the product being sold.  Just who said the above is not certain, but it’s very, very true these days. Google gives us lots of cool tools for free, … Continue reading →

There is an old maxim: Never discuss religion or politics. Somewhere along the road we seem to have added the corollary “Except on Facebook”. I haven’t conducted an actual survey, but I would guess that as many as a quarter … Continue reading →