tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post5559939183210630176..comments2024-01-18T05:18:48.819-05:00Comments on Wombat's World <small>(a blog for writer K. A. Laity)</small>: Into the QuagmireK. A. Laityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05983280397279864583noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-78721416943548846422007-12-03T09:00:00.000-05:002007-12-03T09:00:00.000-05:00I have to draw a line somewhere...Internet can be ...I have to draw a line somewhere...<BR/>Internet can be a time sucker, even when your intentions are good. <BR/><BR/>MySpace, even for all the reasons why it's bad, is still useful to me. Top two ways: as a new music finder and as a network for friends, even those I haven't had contact with in years. It's an informal network and I like that just fine.<BR/><BR/>I have no interest in Facebook. I hear stuff from my student workers about the things they do on it and articles from the academic side in the Chronicle of Higher Ed. It just turns me off.<BR/><BR/>And as it is, I never seem to have time to update my own website.CLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18348533141508294220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-84099228179509553342007-12-03T08:43:00.000-05:002007-12-03T08:43:00.000-05:00No, I'd agree with that. What I don't get is the (...No, I'd agree with that. What I don't get is the (seemingly pathological) need to be noticed. I suspect it comes out the <A HREF="http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=000CB565-F330-11BE-AD0683414B7F0000" REL="nofollow">cult of self-esteem</A> movement. "Validate me, validate me!" Everyone seems to want to be on stage all the time. I don't get it.<BR/><BR/>I'm far from ego-less, of course, but I want my writing to be on stage, not me. I'd just as soon be behind the curtain (cue "Oz" theme). Which is why, I suppose, for a long time I refused to put a picture of myself on line.<BR/><BR/>Maybe we're just undergoing a sea change in the public/private boundaries. Dunno. Everyone's special, which as <A HREF="http://www.pixar.com/featurefilms/incredibles/" REL="nofollow">many have pointed out</A>, means no one is. What will we do with this constant stream of personal information? Probably very little.C. Margery Kempehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15910282257993793334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-37739751649769871902007-12-02T16:03:00.000-05:002007-12-02T16:03:00.000-05:00Oh, I was a Facebooker for about 2 weeks, then I r...Oh, I was a Facebooker for about 2 weeks, then I realized why my MySpace profile is private- I didn't want to attach my account to every single student who wanted to attach to mine.<BR/>I already have major discomfort with pictures of me being placed on the web without my consent (of course, this does not hold for my friends.) I don't necessarily want my personal life to be broadcast unless I do it myself. <BR/>It's a really strange phenomenon- everyone has cameras, everyone goes out, I've ended up in local newspapers without knowing it would happen, but that's the way it is- we lose a little more privacy all the time.<BR/>And maybe this is just a very New England way of thinking....The Queenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01941890139358671232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-32698411681001208672007-11-30T16:03:00.000-05:002007-11-30T16:03:00.000-05:00Doctor, Doctor, I've pull--Aw, crap.Doctor, Doctor, I've pull--<BR/><BR/>Aw, crap.Crispinushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15806928003525908542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-26251640890752637562007-11-30T14:52:00.000-05:002007-11-30T14:52:00.000-05:00This cannot work in the US. No way.If it does, I m...This cannot work in the US. No way.<BR/><BR/>If it does, I may be tempted to pull a <A HREF="http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0081746/" REL="nofollow">Herzog</A>...<BR/><BR/>(To save someone's time, I'll just go ahead and add the requisite pre-emptive: "Doctor, Doctor, I've pulled my Herzog!")Gene Kannenberg, Jr.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04557131306122319206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-60500206716507981192007-11-30T13:41:00.000-05:002007-11-30T13:41:00.000-05:00Speaking of Linehan:Worst idea ever?Speaking of Linehan:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.darkhorizons.com/news07/071126c.php" REL="nofollow">Worst idea <I>ever</I></A>?C. Margery Kempehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15910282257993793334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-68827412538564482432007-11-30T11:44:00.000-05:002007-11-30T11:44:00.000-05:00Adam --Thanks for the link. I particularly enjoyed...Adam --<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the link. I particularly enjoyed the often perceptive <A HREF="http://craphound.com/" REL="nofollow">Cory</A>'s reference to "Brook's-law parallel: 'Adding more users to a social network increases the probability that it will put you in an awkward social circumstance.'" I suppose that's what concerns me most.<BR/><BR/>Crispinus -- <BR/><BR/>Noticed that segue, eh?<BR/><BR/>Re: FB/TMI <BR/><BR/>You do have to seek it out, though. I was, on the other hand, amused at the number of students who make their profile available to just anyone and then post -- ah, how to put it? -- potentially embarrassing pix (who knows, they might not be the least bit embarrassed by those drunken phone snaps).<BR/><BR/>I did notice that all the posts from one friend today were his removing himself from a variety of groups. It's a time suck, all right.C. Margery Kempehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15910282257993793334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-66699802101747154672007-11-30T11:32:00.000-05:002007-11-30T11:32:00.000-05:00Ooh, nice WAMC segue! 1-800-323-9262, folks!I log...Ooh, nice WAMC segue! <A HREF="http://www.reasongonemad.com/columns/2005/wamc.asp" REL="nofollow">1-800-323-9262, folks!</A><BR/><BR/>I logged on to Facebook, and then quickly logged off. Waaaay too much information there on my students, even if is technically public. There's ways in which I feel I want to know my students, and ways in which I don't. Too much of the latter on FB and other sites.Crispinushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15806928003525908542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-13604998947858188892007-11-30T11:29:00.000-05:002007-11-30T11:29:00.000-05:00My reaction is much the same as yours -- I see too...My reaction is much the same as yours -- I see too little actual content, and mostly just folks making each other vampires or whatnot. <A HREF="http://informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=204203573" REL="nofollow">this article</A> by Cory Doctorow notes some of the potential issues with mixing assorted social and professional circles.Adam Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18414297928336620876noreply@blogger.com