More Travel Scam Email

I just received this in my email today from one of my social media contacts. I know it’s spam because 1. This is a common travel scam. 2. This friend and I are not at a level of friendship that would allow for a request for money. 3. The request is outrageous to receive via [...]

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Keeping Secrets in the Age of the Internet

“There is no private life which has not been determined by a wider public life.” -George Eliot, Felix Holt, The Radical 1866 The Internet is changing the way we view our private lives. Keeping secrets online isn’t all that relevant anymore, as clandestine facts no longer deemed worthy of concealment are posted for everyone to see. [...]

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Beyond Eye Bleach: Learning the Lessons of New Media Consumption

Please Delete Ever hear your mom mention her sex life? A cringe-worthy moment for the ages. You wish Hermione could wave her wand and extract the very words from your ear. If you were one of the unfortunate children to actually witness parental “involvement,” then I’m sure you’ve wished Hermione had immediately applied her latest [...]

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Checking Stuff

Great post about “just checking stuff” (and we don’t mean airline baggage) over at ByJohnChandler It’s only a few paragraphs, super short, but worth your time: http://www.byjohnchandler.com/2011/06/09/checking-stuff/

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Inspiration Board May 27 2011

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Social Media: Not Working

I don’t feel like promoting this post much. I wrote it in newsletter format. You are welcome to read it, but it is more a personal note to myself. I’ve reached a time of put up or shut up in my life, and this is my line in the sand. As always, you are welcome [...]

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Displays of Wealth: The Trouble with Online Profiles

Economies fall. Other ones rise from the rubble. We are navigating a new era, one where we walk in financial ashes yet fly in online worlds. The rich are truly becoming richer, the poor, poorer. The middle classes exist in the in between, striving not for wealth as they do in prosperous times but instead [...]

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May The Fourth Be With You

As far as Internet memes go, this one is pretty fun. In English, today’s date, May the 4, sounds a lot “May the Force” … so, aptly, today has been deemed “Star Wars” day. This past Sunday I had a bit of fun on Twitter by taking some famous Star Wars movie quotes and following [...]

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BARCAMP NEWS INNOVATION REVIEW & HIGHLIGHTS

I went to BCNIPHILLY11 this weekend. Here are my raves and rants about the event. It’s in newsletter shape in pdf. It’s totally safe to download, I promise. No malware, just ranty goodness (turned to badness)… Enjoy. If you went to BCNI and want to chime in, the comment section is all yours! http://www.purplecar.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/PURPLECARbcnireview.pdf

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Another Clever Phish Attempt: Bobijou Inc

This is the first time I’ve seen this design in a phish attempt. Instead of trying to get you to “verify” your “account” or various other notifications that try to get you to click on the link so the spammers can fake you into revealing your credit card and other sensitive information, this spam acts [...]

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