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August 2nd, 2010 | Category: Site News |
Yeah. It’s been a few months since I graced my blog with… what are those things called?… words? Yeah. I can easily say, without equivocation, that this past June and July have represented an unparalleled time in my life that I am not soon eager to repeat. The sad, simple, unavoidable fact remains, however, that life is amorphous and deadly. I will not escape future experiences simply because I lived through these most recent. Mortality does not sit at a desk, mulling over issue reports, and checking off people who’ve had enough. Life doesn’t work in such manners, uncouth or otherwise.
The most recent event, and the one I am willing to talk about, was my recent down-sizing. This came two weeks after my 42nd birthday and one paltry day after the acquisition of a newsed (used, new to me) Saab to replace my increasingly infirm 21-year old 900 Turbo. It was explained to me that the company simply didn’t have the funds to support my position any more. Oddly enough, I had spent the last year explaining to those involved that the managed services industry was changing and that those who didn’t change with it were doomed to go South, in a big way.
Natch.
So, here I am, seeking a new job and hoping to find one soon. This time around doesn’t seem as bad as two years ago when I sent out hundreds of resumes and never got back one response. Today I have an interview and I have sent me CV to a company which looks deeply promising, both for them and for myself.
May 20th, 2010 | Category: Advertarded |
May 15th, 2010 | Category: Opinionation |
I wouldn’t have even brought this up, really, unless I hadn’t encountered it in two places at once. I won’t even call it a trend yet. In fact, I hope that this article sparks some public discourse of this potential issue and nips it in the bud. What I’m talking about, if not made clear in the title, is that two sites I know of are offering account deactivation instead of outright account deletion. The two sites are Facebook and Ning. I’m sure you’re familiar with Facebook, but you may not be aware of Ning, a site which offers personalized and private social networks.
I found Ning after getting out of Facebook because I still wanted a social network for my friends. I signed up for Ning only to find out that it will no longer be free starting in July and decided it wasn’t for me. While I was able to delete the single group I had created I found that the only option I have to get rid of my account is to deactivate it. This is worse than Facebook’s method of hiding the Account Deletion page and then making it take 14 days before it actually happens, but not by much.
The rationale here seems to be that once you are a member of the site, its tantamount to self destruction to let that member leave for whatever reason. They must have thought that they would simply fix whatever issues the member is having and that everything would be good. In the case of deactivating your account in Facebook, they assume you simply don’t understand how to use the site, and try to redirect you to the Help Center to educate you.
Continue reading Account deactivation is not a valid alternative to account deletion
May 13th, 2010 | Category: Cool Tools |
Yesterday I posted that I am done with Facebook. Today, Facebook’s entire company (according to them) had a sit-down regarding privacy. Another thing that happened today. I received a Welcome Back email from Facebook, even though this was the second time I’d told them I wanted my account deleted. As a result, I spent half an hour in the privacy settings turning off every option, making it so that I would be the only person to see anything, and canceling all 3rd party tool access and canceled yet again.
Last night I found out about Diaspora. Dan, Max, Elliot, and Rafi decided that they, too, had their fill of crap from the likes of Facebook and are now building an open source alternative. They made a video and stuck it up on KickStarter and passed around the news to various sites like Engadget. The idea has very quickly caught on, and their $10,000 goal has been well surpassed. As of 9:30PM in SoCal, they have raised $123,958.00 and they still have 18 days to go.
I very strongly suggest that you go check it out and make a pledge. Support this project and these guys will make it happen. We need something like this. The social power of the internet is a critical tool in the development and growth of the world. It brings people from every walk of life and social background closer together, while services like Facebook only serve their investors and advertisers. Get to it and pass it along!
May 11th, 2010 | Category: Opinionation |
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