Josef Ohlsson Collentine

A transparent and nice American/Swede who likes cultural patterns and Social Media. A creative early-adopter who sports, discusses and explores. More about me & the blog

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Why about.me will emerge as an obvious place for building your personal brand

I recently found the website About.me and find it to be a very good idea. Basically it is a business card telling people where to find you on the web (or in their own words “A custom splash page & personal analytics dashboard”). It’s a way to collect the “social you” in one . . . → Read More: Why about.me will emerge as an obvious place for building your personal brand

Spying on People Turns Bad First When They Discover You

I’m reading a book called “The Social Study of Information and Communication Technology”. One part of the book takes up an example that shows how a tool can be perceived very differently from a slight incident. They are unaware of the surveillance until they see it and they don’t like the . . . → Read More: Spying on People Turns Bad First When They Discover You

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 . . . → Read More: Horrible Quality on Twitter Article in SvD

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 . . . → Read More: Google vs Baidu (google.cn might pull out of China)

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