Transparency, Social Media and Cultural Patterns

Please Rob Me – The risks of Social Media

Social Media is relatively new for most people and many are still exploring the possibilities and uses of it. One of the things that happen with social media is that we become more transparent, we share more of our self to more people then we normally do. This transparency is good in some ways and ... SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Please Rob Me – The risks of Social Media", url: "http://collentine.com/please-rob-me-the-risks-of-social-media" });

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Horrible Quality on Twitter Article in SvD

I read the article on the website of the Swedish newspaper SvD titled: ”Twitter-noviser missar väljare” [Twitter-novices misses voters] Interesting how an article with such low quality can be posted on one of the bigger Swedish Newspapers. This clearly shows that traditional media has a poor understanding how social media works. It also shows the eagerness ... SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Horrible Quality on Twitter Article in SvD", url: "http://collentine.com/horrible-quality-on-twitter-article-in-svd" });

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Google vs Baidu (google.cn might pull out of China)

Google has always had a hard time in China but now they seem to have had enough and wants change. Google just announced on their official blog that they would start ”a new approach to China”. Google implies that Chinese governments might have something to do with the following three crimes: 1.  A cyber-attack in mid-december ... SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Google vs Baidu (google.cn might pull out of China)", url: "http://collentine.com/google-vs-baidu-google-cn-might-pull-out-of-china" });

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Secrets restricting transparency at SIME 09 workshop?

[Re-posting this since I lost my posts from my old blog. First time posted two weeks after SIME 09 this fall]. I was following the SIME Stockholm conference remotely through blogs and twitter. I was not at the conference or the workshop. The following is only my opinions based on the knowledge I got from the ... SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Secrets restricting transparency at SIME 09 workshop?", url: "http://collentine.com/secrets-restricting-transparency-at-sime-09-workshop" });

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Copyright Worked In The Past But Not Anymore

As some may have noticed this blog is NOT under a (c) copyright protection. I’m putting all my content on the blog under a Creative Commons (CC) license, cc-by-nc-sa. The CC license I use means that you are allowed to use all my material as long as you mention you got it from me ... SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Copyright Worked In The Past But Not Anymore", url: "http://collentine.com/copyright-worked-in-the-past-but-not-anymore" });

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