Comments on frivolous motion: Die Web 2.0, Die.

missa, i think the concept of no privacy is deeply...

2007-06-20T20:17:00.000-04:00

missa, i think the concept of no privacy is deeply ingrained in the filipino psyche.

people ask strangers what to a western mind are the rudest of questions:

how much do you make at your job?
why did you gain so much weight?

here's an insight into the lines we blur that sepa...

2007-06-20T20:12:00.000-04:00

here's an insight into the lines we blur that separate our Real Life from our Online existence. i found this post (http://www.nik.com.au/archives/2006/09/19/dead-20-outed/) a couple of months back:

'Some time ago I decided that there was no point in having a pseudonym (I was forced into that when my hacker handle and real name were linked together for the first time) or in trying to remain anonymous. Now it is just about dealing with who you are and trying to not be a dick while online - welcome to the web, where just like in one of those bad dreams, both you and everyone else is naked."

i personally don't think it's possible to "hide" ourselves the minute we sign up for anything on the web. and former pages are not an easy thing to get rid of when google, and other search engines, keep things on cache.

versions of ourselves that we wish we could hide, can step into closets, but in some shape or form, they find ways to come out and haunt us.

in web 4.0, that's the part that i'm hoping we could get rid off - skeletons in the closet.

I spelled "de rigueur" wrong. I think I used it ri...

2007-06-19T15:09:00.000-04:00

I spelled "de rigueur" wrong. I think I used it right, though...

The Japanese language has no indigenous word for "...

2007-06-19T15:01:00.000-04:00

The Japanese language has no indigenous word for "privacy." Why would you, when you lived in a house with paper walls?

I bet most pre-modern civilizations didn't have a word for it either.

It's a modern, Western concept. And it may soon be an antiquated one. If Myspace has shown us anything, it's that the next generation is up to that level of connectivity, where having everything about you all over the internets is de rigeur.

What annoys me is the judgements of the previous generation. I "toned down" my facebook page and changed my profile picture in anticipation that professors, and not just friends or potential friends, might be looking at it. And fair or not, they'd see me bragging about being the first female to divest herself on the quad after senior brunch and think that I'm a dumb exhibitionist who can't work seriously. Nor would I want my man's little sister, who is my friend on Facebook, to show their parents my former page.

I erase my signature (consisting solely of my blog url) when I e-mail my dad because I don't want him reading about how much I love alcohol. He wouldn't approve.

In real life, we keep these things from our elders too. We censor ourselves depending on who we're talking to. And there should be a better way to do so on the internet, so that I don't have to censor myself for some audiences at the expense of not expressing myself to others.

Missa - yes, I do.

The separation between O...

2007-06-19T11:30:00.000-04:00

Missa - yes, I do.

The separation between Online and Real Life has always felt illusory to me, and I welcome the day that these two worlds collide in such a way that the illusion disappears.

What tantalizes me so much about the Web is this promise of connecting people who in Real Life might never have met - exposing the great fabric connecting all of life.

The future is sharing. Some privacy concerns will pop up, but people will start to share. Then things get interesting.

Do you hope the same thing as me? ... which is tha...

2007-06-19T09:57:00.000-04:00

Do you hope the same thing as me? ... which is that someday, I hope, the web will be enough like "real-life" interaction that I don't feel lonesome if I have more friends who are far away or who I actually met online than those I see "IRL" on a day to day basis?

I think the problem with web 2.0 is, with the emphasis on "user generated content," that it's all about ME ME ME. And hopefully the next interwebtubes can be about US US US.

Aww thanks again! As for the book, well, I’m actua...

2007-06-19T00:07:00.000-04:00

Aww thanks again! As for the book, well, I’m actually thinking there might be an ebook in the cards by year's end, but time will tell.

Man, even though it's midnight, I feel like some coffee sludge. Mmm.

you had me at your dunkin donuts coffee sludge pos...

2007-06-18T21:50:00.000-04:00

you had me at your dunkin donuts coffee sludge post, kevin. my question is, when will your book be out? =)

as i navigate my way from noob to early adopter, frivolous motion is one of my favorite signposts along the way.

i'd like to think that in web 4.0, we'll be kindred-tribes even if i am behind on the learning curve and totally suck at photoshop.