Rochester, NY
18 May 2013
 

    Social Networking

    I think anyone who has used Google Plus in the last year of its operation is going to have a difficult time describing it as a success story so far. There was a lot of early enthusiasm for the new … Continue reading

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    Graphic: The League of Women Voters @ Flickr.com

    One of the cornerstones of the Internet as a cultural phenomenon is, in my estimation, political speech. That’s not just because I’m very political, though I obviously am. Rather the dawning of the wider acceptance of the Internet as a … Continue reading

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    Photo: Lee J Haywood @ Flickr.com

    President Obama is a socialist Nigerian who wants to give you M&Ms for life if you fill out this survey about the girl who needs a kidney that was stolen from a dude left on ice in a bathtub. Its … Continue reading

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    Have you ever defriended or unfollowed someone based on their political speech on social media? Have you ever thought you knew a person’s politics, only to find them screaming about fluoride in toothpaste and spies in our televisions on Facebook?… Continue reading

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    The situation in LeRoy – the “mystery illness” if you like, or the “mystery refusal of diagnosis” if you’re more in line with my thinking – has predominated much of the time here on DFE. But that’s not to say … Continue reading

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