Facebook

Rethinking how I use Facebook

I’ve been on Facebook since it opened to anyone in September 2006. Before that it was limited to certain universities. Incredibly.  I’ve been on the platform for almost twenty years. Throughout that time I’ve averaged about a thousand “friends.” There’s been churn, of course: people drop off, new ones entered. I had one rule I … Continue reading

Social Media / Technology

Another attempt to put order into my social networks (I no longer have time for a social life).

Years ago (early 90s) when I recognized that broadband Internet would create a new medium, I also thought that much of the content would come from individuals but I did not really think about social networks. That is probably because I was such a nerd growing up that I never passed notes around my classroom. Continue reading