They say that pet owners, over time, tend to look and act like their pets (or is it the other way around?).
Category: Internet
Web Watch is on Twitter. We even send tweets on occasion.
But apparently, Web Watch is a rare bird in the world of Twitter, in terms of how we use Twitter versus everybody else in the Twitterverse.
First, before we go any further – why aren’t you following Web Watch on Twitter? Go ahead and take care of that right away, we’ll wait for you…
Commenting (whether it be on a blog, a Facebook page, or via Tweet) is a fine art.
Some people get it right, and are effective in rallying other readers behind their cause. Others are looked at as Internet trolls, people who have absolutely nothing to add to the conversation.
Look, it’s really easy — we get it, the Internet is an anonymous cesspool of interaction, allowing anyone with a screen and a keyboard to shout out whatever they feel like, at any time they’d like. The First Amendment does protect those folks in saying whatever they want, but the First Amendment doesn’t guarantee that they can say it wherever they can. That’s why the DELETE and BAN buttons were invented.
Web Watch has traveled all over the world and has made tons of friends.
We could call up folks from Hong Kong to Morocco, and places in-between using that old-fashioned telephone thingie.
Sure, we could use Facebook to reach out to all our friends, but why do something that impersonal when you can reach out and touch someone with a phone call?
Lindsay Rule is comfortable traveling by herself, which is unusual for a young single woman in today’s scary world.
Don’t get us wrong – it’s not that traveling by oneself that’s the scary part – it’s the way that Lindsay chose to do it that may have given her family and friends a bit of a scare.
On the other hand, if you think about what Lindsay did, she was probably traveling in the most safe way possible. She technically wasn’t traveling alone; she was bringing hundreds of eyes with her, watching her every move.
Have you ever written a quick text message, Twitter comment, or email to someone – intended to be a joke – and have it be completely misinterpreted?
There’s a reason why emoticons have become so widespread :) .
It’s because on the Internet, nobody can really tell if what they’re reading is supposed to be taken at face value or if it should be treated like a joke.
How many Web Watch readers are on Facebook?
Here’s a better question: how many Web Watch readers are NOT on Facebook?
Ah, that’s a bit more interesting. What better icebreaker for a room than to discuss reasons why someone has chosen not to be on Facebook. Are they missing out on anything from their friends or family? Do they not get invited to parties or see the latest vacation photos from their neighbors?
Some would argue that not being on Facebook is liberating. It can make you interact with people the way they were meant to be interacted with: in person, one-on-one.
You know, like we used to before Facebook came around.
But Web Watch has found a reason that you might want to reconsider your anti-Facebook stance:
If Web Watch were to mention the name Randy Pausch to you, chances are you wouldn’t know who we were talking about off the top of your head.
But if we were to mention that Randy was the Carnegie-Mellon professor who wrote the book The Last Lecture
We’ll wait.
Just let us know when you’ve gotten back and we’ll continue…