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Tag Archives: social networking
Three Degrees of Separation
Turns out you’re no longer six degrees removed from hanging out with Kevin Bacon.
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged connectivity, Kevin Bacon, people, separation, six degrees, social networking
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ASHC is Alan Finch Central
Alan Finch, Helen Finch, Alan Finch the Revenge Looking over our logs, it’s incredible how much global traffic we get from people searching for information on Alan Finch (August’s #1 ASHC keyword and a top-30 quantity since February). Perhaps a … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Society
Tagged Alan Finch, ASHC, Australian, Dani Bunten Berry, Enlightenment, female, gender, gender identity disorder, Helen Finch, injustice, international affairs, liberal, Lynn Conway, male, nature, party politics, postop, public policy, reactionary, Renée Richards, Samantha Kane, Sandra MacDougall, sex, sex change, social networking, srs, traffic, transgender, transgenderism, transsexual, URNotAlone
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Real Internet Revolutions
What would have happened if in the 1960s you’d given every Soviet citizen his own printing press and free access to a global publishing distribution network? Couldn’t have good for the Politburo is my thinking. Thus it’s profoundly encouraging reading … Continue reading
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged arab world, Blogs, citizen, distribution, explosion, Magda Abu-Fadil, network, Politburo, printing press, social networking, Soviet
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The New Media Zombie Apocalypse
image: Dead Central (see alternate posters at ZNN) George Romero is evidently taking on the dynamics of social networking and new media culture, in his latest apocalyptic zombie film Diary of the Dead. George, in an interview for the AP: … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Culture, Lee's Page, Media
Tagged Blogs, Diary of the Dead, entertainment, film, George Romero, Hitler, horror, Michael Moore, movie, myspace, new media, social networking, undead, youtube, zombies
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Fighting the Mafia with Social Networking
In a bottom-up rebellion in Sicily, a group of Palermo youths have started a social networking site called Addiopizzo, which provides public attention and mutual support for Sicilian businesses which publicly refuse to pay the mafia “protection” money. Evidently it’s … Continue reading
Posted in Around the Web, Foreign affairs, Society, Technology
Tagged addiopizzo, crime, extortion, Italy, mafia, mob, Palermo, racketeering, Sicily, social networking, socnets
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