Posts Tagged “culture”

Debbie Does Spam

by JS on November 19, 2006

Lately, nearly all my spam comes from a deborah-something email address. I don’t know what is behind the recent onslaught (these things seem to go in cycles: get a watch, refinance your mortgage, shrink this, grow that…) I only know (…)

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The web is the real world

by JS on June 1, 2006

I am increasingly uncomfortable with IRL (in real life) versus online distinctions, so Joshua Porter’s The Non-collision of Relationship and Independent George post really resonated with me. Two ideas in particular stood out, here’s the first: I think the dichotomy (…)

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First Impressions of Second Life

by JS on May 21, 2006

I decided to check out Second Life because I figured the only way to really answer my questions about it (starting with, what is the appeal?) was to explore on my own. In a very short time, I’ve come up (…)

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