I've been absolutely terrified every moment of my life - and I've never let it keep me from doing a single thing I wanted to do. -- Georgia O'Keefe
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Article about how most people are facing a challenge when it comes to turning off and disconnecting.
I absolutely loved this. Here are the first three:
- Mind your manners. Social media is still social. Even though we are interacting in a virtual space, the same traditional social rules, laws, and faux pas still apply. If you act like a jerk, don’t expect many friends.
- Tuck in your shirt. How you present yourself is just as important in the virtual world as it is in the real world. Make sure you are always aware of how you appear to others.
- Send a thank you card. People still appreciate being appreciated. It really doesn’t take much to convert an acquaintance to a friend, which will offer exponentially more value. A simple thank you, or any genuinely human interaction of gratitude goes a long way towards this goal.
And then what?
NEWSPAPERS will disappear and be replaced by digital versions by 2040, the UN intellectual property agency’s chief said in an interview published today.
Francis Gurry, who heads the World Intellectual Property Organisation told the daily La Tribune de Geneve that “in a few…
(Source: heraldsun.com.au)
Discussing the social media aspects of Occupy Wall Street.
Steve Jobs accomplished nothing less than a radical transformation of how we stay informed, allowing us to consume information at a speed and in detail never before possible.
“Perhaps the word ‘Outernet’ could be used in our industry to better explain the new reality of the media world in which we live, since significant elements of digital are moving from a central, relatively closed (although global) virtual network, to one that now spreads out into real world with its ubiquitous, real world digital tentacles?”
Sooooo, how was your weekend?
Unless you’ve secluded yourself from all human contact, and internet connection, you’ve probably heard about the avalanche of changes that Facebook has rolled out in the past few days. But that’s not all! Perhaps the best part is still on its way. The new…
(Source: sonicoverlook.com)
