CNet reports that approximately 92% of US children have “some type of online presence” by age 2, according to a study commissioned by online security company AVG. This, of course, brings up interesting questions about these kids’ privacy as they grow older: AVG Chief Executive J.R. Smith acknowledged that “it’s completely understandable why proud parents [...] Read more »
Tweeting SBL
Several other bibliobloggers have already announced their plans to tweet SBL this year; I will be doing the same (my Twitter is @jasonstaples). There’s already been some discussion as to which hashtag to use, but unless something better gets proposed, I plan to use the short and sweet #SBL09 tag, favoring a tag that leaves [...] Read more »
Moving from Blogger to WordPress Without Breaking Links or Losing Rank
Moving from Blogger to Wordpress can be more painful when moving from a custom subdomain. This is how I managed to redirect everything from Blogger to Wordpress without breaking my blog or the Interwebz. Read more »
A few musings on social media
The Journal has an article up today on “How Facebook Can Ruin Your Friendships,” exploring some of the problems social networking media can cause in everyday life. My auntie Leah D’Emilio posted a similar blog rant recently, lamenting the dying art of deep and interesting real-world conversations and the apparent decrease in people able (or [...] Read more »
Why Twitter is an Adult Phenomenon
Yet another article (this time in the New York Times) has been penned about how Twitter’s growth has surprisingly been driven by adults, not early-adoption high-tech teenagers and college students. Nielsen ratings have shown that 64% of Twitter growth has been in the 25–54 age demographic, while only 16% has happened in the under 25 [...] Read more »