What If You Spoke Facebookish?
The video from comedian Jason Horton shows us what real world interactions would be like if we conversed the same way as we do online via Facebook. His conversations may be tongue-in-cheek but they’re...
View ArticleYour Perfect Lifestyle Captured, Shared, Commoditized
Many millions of people post countless images on a daily basis of their perfect soft-focus and sepia-toned lives on Instagram (and other social media). These images are cataloged and captioned and...
View ArticleSocial Media Lice
We know that social media helps us stay superficially connected to others. We also know many of the drawbacks — an over-inflated and skewed sense of self; poor understanding and reduced...
View ArticleOn the Joys of Not Being Twenty Again
I’m not twenty, and am constantly reminded that I’m not — both from internal alerts and external messages. Would I like to be younger? Of course. But it certainly comes at a price. So, after reading...
View ArticleOld Fame and Insta-Fame
[tube]RfeaNKcffMk[/tube] First, let me begin by introducing a quote for our times from David Bowie, dated 2003, published in Performing Songwriter. “Fame itself, of course, doesn’t really afford you...
View ArticleFacebook’s Growing Filter Bubble
I’ve been writing about the filter bubble for quite sometime. The filter bubble refers to the tendency for online search tools, and now social media, to screen and deliver results that fit our online...
View ArticleFish Roasts Human: Don’t Read It, Share It
Interestingly enough, though perhaps not surprisingly, people on social media share news stories rather than read them. At first glance this seems rather perplexing: after all, why would you tweet or...
View ArticleThe Existential Dangers of the Online Echo Chamber
The online filter bubble is a natural extension of our preexisting biases, particularly evident in our media consumption. Those of us of a certain age — above 30 years — once purchased (and maybe...
View ArticlePost*Factua!ly Speaking – Inauguration Day
In keeping with today’s historic (and peaceful) transition of power in the United States — I’m taking time to celebrate the inauguration of… Post*factua!ly. Post*factua!ly is my new social art project...
View ArticleThe Rise of Beards and the Fall of Social Media
Perhaps the rise of the hipster beard, handle-bar mustache, oversized glasses, craft brew, fixie (fixed-gear bicycle), thrift store sweaters, indie folk and pickling is a sign. Some see it as a signal...
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