Archive for July 31st, 2008
Scrabulous returns as Wordscraper. Netflix working with LG only for downloads? NASA looking for water on Mars. The Greek computer stories I am now convinced is a BS PR stunt. Yahoo exec makes Yuil search engine to show up Cuil. EDS to be part of HP. Microsoft redoes the search engine yet again. IE beta up for grabs. Madden out on Aug. 11, the game that is. Make a computer from spare parts for no money. China limiting web access during Olympics. Why?
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In this day and age, you are more likely to communicate with people over a message board, social network site, or blog then you are via phone or even in person. Ever since the dawn of the internet, trolls and online pests have been rampant, and it seems like people have less of a problem with getting down and dirty in an email or a blog comment then they would if you were on the phone or in person.
Cali Lewis from [ Geek Brief ] recently talked about this song by Geoff Smith and showed it on her video podcast and it deals with the idea that when people forget the manners that they would normally display in real life and post mean, and sometimes even cruel statements online, that there is a real person out there in the interwebs that feels the sting of what you say. Maybe that is something to consider before you hit that submit button. In the meantime, enjoy the song. It is pretty cool. Afterward, leave a comment and let me know what you think. Are you more likely to be hurtful online then you would be in real life?
Ones and 0s by Geoff Smith from Cali Lewis on Vimeo.