Category: Social Networking

Mobile Internet – A Great Communications Enabler

SCG Cricket @ 20100212 (Raining)

I am out to watch the cricket at the Sydney Cricket Ground today which got me thinking about how mobile access to the Internet has changed modern communication. I am writing this from my iPhone which I have also used to take a couple of photos to accompany this update. When I finished school just …

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Declination in Teenage Blog and Twitter Usage

Over the last few days, I’ve come across a number of articles reporting  that teens are now blogging and tweeting less than young adults. Now, being a person who does a little bit of statistical analysis for a crust I found it somewhat annoying that the majority of articles seemed to regurgitate numbers without so …

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Political Backflip with a Twist

In my previous blog post I reviewed the dismal legislation passed in South Australian parliament. It seems today that Attorney General Michael Atkinson copped some flack when attempting to defend the new law on Adelaide radio station 5AA. As a result, Atkinson has indicated that he will motion to repeal the law after the election. …

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An Attack on Online Anonymity

Today, I was wondering what I could blog about and the Government of South Australia handed it to me on a platter via the News and Electronic Frontiers Australia websites. In a nutshell, the Government in this state has amended the South Australian Electoral Act 1985 to require that people publishing election-related content (both print …

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Twitter (huh, yeah) – What is it good for?

Lately, I’ve been wondering about the relevance of Twitter at least within the context of my use of social networking. I use a range of social networking services, including: Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Yammer, … plus a range of instant messenger applications (of which I use a couple most frequently). Now, just because I find it …

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