Creepy 2020

[stephen barncard]

It all depends what one puts into it. I've reconnected with a staff of
characters from my former workplace and realized that job was one of the
best times (and the worst times too) of my life. I had shot many videos and
photos - which I was saving for my online bio - and used the excellent
gallery and video upload tools at Facebook.   Hey it's Facebook's hard drive
and their bandwidth, why not.  And the group liked it very much and wanted
more. We may have a reunion in a few months.
I didn't
know for what purpose exactly I shot the video, but it all survived
and found a place there ( and not you tube).

The comments that come
back are worth it.  And since most of the 'friends' have some kind of
connection to
one's own reality, the system works pretty well. I haven't seen any hecklers
where I hang out. A lot of attitude but it's friendly so far.



-------------------------
Stephen Barncard
San Francisco
http://barncard.com


2009/7/1 Randall Reetz <randall at randallreetz.com>

> And yes i have a SpaceBook account.  Some kids set up my account for me at
> a cafe.  Same goes for MyFace.  Have logged in at most twenty times...
> trying to figure it all out and to figure out why it is so intoxicating to
> so many people.  I guess if you arent social networking you are actually
> "working".  That's one answer. I should start a quantum social network where
> you "tweet" but are limited to one bit!  "0"
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "stephen barncard" <stephenREVOLUTION2 at barncard.com>
> To: "How to use Revolution" <use-revolution at lists.runrev.com>
> Sent: 7/1/2009 4:53 PM
> Subject: Re: Creepy 2020
>
> And what's your Facebook username?
>
> -------------------------
> Stephen Barncard
> San Francisco
> http://barncard.com
>
>
> 2009/7/1 Randall Reetz <randall at randallreetz.com>
>
> > I still think it ironic that we are intolerant of governments and
> > corporations when they engage in behaviors we excuse in our selves.  How
> > many people go to church or get their kids in a soccer league or enroll
> them
> > in a private school specifically to gain access to the "right" group of
> > potential customers?  FaceBook et al are just providing to that same
> demand.
> >  Yes it is creepy... how humans act towards their "friends".   Everyone
> > wants the "networking" advantages afforded by a company that mines
> personal
> > data.  Nobody likes to know how that data is aquired when it comes to
> their
> > own identity.  Really creepy is the vailed astonishment expressed as the
> > nessisary "wizard of oz" is revealed to be just what our greed demands of
> > him.  The perfect reflection of us!  I live in Palo Alto, and have
> listened
> > in on hundreds of facebook employee cafe conversations.  Souls not
> required.
> >  It is one thing to be a slimy insurance salesman... quite another to
> > institutionalize and automate this most tragic of human tendancies... and
> to
> > make a killing doing so.  The edifice that is socil networking software
> > tends to depersonalize and infrastructurealize sleezyness.  "Hey,
> everyone
> > is driving drunk!", becomes, "If we arent supposed to drive drunk, why is
> > there a beer tap right here on the dash board?"
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: "Lynn Fredricks" <lfredricks at proactive-intl.com>
> > To: "'How to use Revolution'" <use-revolution at lists.runrev.com>
> > Sent: 7/1/2009 3:14 PM
> > Subject: Creepy 2020
> >
> > > We seem to be assuming that Facebook is automagically digging
> > > into your address book, when it could just be finding you in
> > > reverse from people that have already shared. This would
> > > actually seem more efficient, since while you may not share
> > > your address book, somebody else that knows you probably has...
> >
> > This creepy privacy invasion thread makes me think of the various ways
> > Google snaps up information - by car and of course by satelite. Maybe in
> a
> > few years we will see robot wars between the Google Car, Yahoo Refuse
> > Digger
> > and Facebook Roto Rooter - all fighting each other to get the last bit of
> > our private information :-)
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Lynn Fredricks
> > President
> > Paradigma Software
> > http://www.paradigmasoft.com
> >
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> >
> >
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