Ah Facecrack, Faceface, Facehack; whatever you want to call it, it's here and it's sticking around for quite a while.
I think that Facebook can be very useful. I indeed have a facebook and use it extensively. I really don't care what anyone scorred on Farmville, but that's what blocking applications is for! Seriously, I think facebook would be much better without applications. Almost all of them are faddy (They're a fad that's useless and fat-building).
But finding out that someone whom you haven't talked to in a while is pregnant/ going through a horrible break up/ dying of terminal cancer, is a great way to find out something new in the morning!
Has anyone heard of Schadenfreude? I think the beauty of Schadenfreude is best illustrated with social networking sites like Facebook. We just all have an inate desire to know what's going on in the world and Facebook is my daily dose of gossip, first thing in the morning! I don't check it obsessively on my phone, mostly because my phone is still living in the dark ages without internet, but I do check it several times a day to keep updated. Plus I get everything all in one with Facebook. All my friends photos, all their news and links. Take that twitter and your anoying mandatory tiny urls.
Monday, April 12, 2010
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Wikipedia
I am a big user of Wikipedia. True story.
I use it all the time, and I link to it all the time.
The fact of the matter is that I find I often use the internet like a big encyclopedia. Mostly because I need to look up the myth of Iphis (which is really cool by the way) and who Tavi Gevinson is. Unfortunately the Encyclopedia Britannica does not have Tavi Gevinson in it, nor does it have the incredibly large amount of other pop culture references and internet memes that I want to find information about.
It's very easy to find articles that needed editing on wikipedia. Often I don't think there is enough information, particularly because the things I look up are so obscure. Also I've found racist remarks on wikipedia entries before that obviously needed to be edited out but I've never actually editied articles before! I thought you had to have a login in order to edit and that was just an extra step I prefer not to have to do, but really it was quite easy.
I edited an article on an obscure Roman topic that I happened to have an additional reference to add and I'm glad I did it! It definitely is going to make me want to edit articles whenever they're only a stub and I can add additional info!
I use it all the time, and I link to it all the time.
The fact of the matter is that I find I often use the internet like a big encyclopedia. Mostly because I need to look up the myth of Iphis (which is really cool by the way) and who Tavi Gevinson is. Unfortunately the Encyclopedia Britannica does not have Tavi Gevinson in it, nor does it have the incredibly large amount of other pop culture references and internet memes that I want to find information about.
It's very easy to find articles that needed editing on wikipedia. Often I don't think there is enough information, particularly because the things I look up are so obscure. Also I've found racist remarks on wikipedia entries before that obviously needed to be edited out but I've never actually editied articles before! I thought you had to have a login in order to edit and that was just an extra step I prefer not to have to do, but really it was quite easy.
I edited an article on an obscure Roman topic that I happened to have an additional reference to add and I'm glad I did it! It definitely is going to make me want to edit articles whenever they're only a stub and I can add additional info!
Frivolous yet fun random quip
Scene: Downtown Calgary
Sadie has just applied copious amounts of Hand lotion.
Christine:"Eww your hand is slimy"
Sadie: "How do you think my purse feels."
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