Nocturnal Slacker v1.0As many of you who read my ramblings here know, I was experimenting the Google+ a while back. That didn’t turn out so well. That’s OK, however. I’ve found a wonderful alternative. It’s called Diaspora. For Google+ refugees, it will look quite familiar. Think of it as a concentration camp (Google+) that’s been transformed into [...]
Well, my experiment with G+ and social networking has come to its end tonight. This is my last post to the stream there: Alas, it has come to this… Friends, Googlers, denizens of this realm we call the Internet, This is my last Google Plus transmission. I have been here since nearly the beginning. I’ve [...]
Up until recently, my experiences with online social networking were limited to the rare messenger conversation or occasional IRC chat. Since the beginning of my Internet life, I’ve leaned more toward the post/reply model of online communications; such as boards, forums, USENET newsgroups, etc. When MySpace first came online, I thought it to be silly, [...]
I’ve been at it now for about 4 days. I must say… it’s surprisingly entertaining. It’s also damned addictive, so watch out. I’ve spent more time online this past four days than I have in the past four weeks combined. I guess humans are social animals after all. And it’s ever so much more fun [...]
A disclaimer is in order here: I’m not a social networking butterfly. I was never into chatting online or messengers, etc. Having started out in old style BBS and USENET mediums, I never did transition too well to the “real time” comm stuff. Maybe I’m just shy. So, anyway… friend Securitybreach from Scot’s Newsletter Forums [...]
