Let’s talk about text, baby – let’s talk about you (and me)

Tuesday, 4 May 2010, 20:22 | Category : Random musings
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The internet is a foreign country; they do things differently there, to paraphrase one of my favourite novels. The internet has changed our lives in myriad ways – many of which are for the better – and allowed us scope to connect and interact with people we may never otherwise have found. For example, Twitter [...]

In the world of Web 2.0, LOLing at oneself is surely the first sign of madness

Sunday, 10 January 2010, 18:40 | Category : Random musings
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I’ve never been a huge fan of the acronym. Even as a child, it struck me as a lazy way of avoiding that extra syllable or two. Given my family’s penchant for post-dinner games, the word “syllable” has been as firmly engrained in my psyche as the words “Mum” and “Dad”. “No, Rosemary, that’s two [...]