Relationships
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Hiding Behind the DMCA
Like it or not, the Web is a medium for sharing. It’s becoming increasingly difficult to say “look, but don’t touch”. Personally, if one of my cats’ photos showed up on icanhascheezeburger, I’d feel honored. Continue reading
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Four Walls and a Door
Consider the effects of four hard walls and a door. First of all, it’s quiet. Even with the door open, most extraneous sounds are greatly reduced. I don’t hear my neighbors’ typing, this one’s telephone conversation, that one’s talking to herself as she works out a problem. Continue reading
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Whisper Campaign
Sometimes, when you switch to a new manager, you take along baggage you didn’t know existed… Continue reading
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Touchy Feely Paperwork
I have a new Job beginning Monday. It’s a 3-month contract (to start). With luck, it can be extended, but this is not assured. It’s through an agency (as most “contracts” are these days in “nobody is independent” California.) Of course, before I start I have to fill out paperwork. There is a lot of… Continue reading
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Internet Ties
With the help of the internet, people are able to maintain active contact with sizable social networks, even though many of the people in those networks do not live close to them. Continue reading
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Civility
By now you may have heard of the altercation that took place between Mena Trott (SixApart.com) and Ben Metcalfe (backstage.bbc.co.uk) at the recent <a href=" ” target=”_blank”>Les Blogs conference in France. Mena gave a keynote speech about civility in blogging. Metcalfe (and others in the audience) took exception to what they considered to be the… Continue reading
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On Behalf of the Company
I had dinner with a friend tonight at Fresh Choice. Spouse does not care for Fresh Choice; whenever he is out of town or otherwise unavailable for dinner, I take the opportunity to eat there! (I love the tapioca pudding). As I was choosing muffins, the employee in the bakery area pulled over a large… Continue reading
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Transient Relationships – Passing Ships
Have you ever stopped to think about all the people you meet, exchange a few words with, then never see again? Or people you see and talk to every day, but never really get to know? People such as the waitress at the diner, the woman who rides the same bus you ride every morning,… Continue reading
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Internet Friends, Internet Self
On the Internet, Nobody Knows You’re a Dog — from a cartoon by Peter Steiner, published in The New Yorker, July 5, 1993. Who are you? Are you always the “same” person? When you’re alone? When you’re with friends (old or new)? When you’re with your parents? Your spouse, children, co-workers, the checker at the… Continue reading
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Online Friends
friend n. A person whom one knows, likes, and trusts. A person whom one knows; an acquaintance. A person with whom one is allied in a struggle or cause; a comrade. Friends help you move. Real Friends help you move bodies. (found on a t-shirt) “I really don’t like it when other people assume their… Continue reading
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