Vulnerability Bait
Art showcases vulnerability, makes honesty accessible, believable, livable.
Privacy
Quora: A User-Generated Content platform that doesn’t value its users
I wrote earlier about running into issues with Quora because my username did not conform to their policies. This is the same thing that happened with Google Plus. In that case as with this one, I changed my name to ‘Ramya Ideasmith’ and it still didn’t get accepted. I find…
Lurker
I never said hiOr so much as a may IBefore I readThe words that you’d bledOnto the screenThe only go-betweenFrom you to this reader unseen I never offered praiseOr observation on your waysOr shielded youFrom barbs the others threwNo response, no judgmentNo replies to the questions you sentOut into ether,…
Quoted In Mid-Day FourSquare Story: Shraddha Jadhav Isn’t The Only Mayor
Mid-Day has a story by Kasmin Fernandes on Foursquare today. Moksh and Daksh Juneja have both been quoted while I provide a counter-perspective on this social media game that’s rapidly gaining popularity. Here’s what I said: Virtual rewards aren’t for everyone If you don’t like being followed, though, location-based apps…
BlogAdda 3: Protecting Your Privacy
My third post is up on BlogAdda. Last week I talked about how to build accessibility for a blog through feeds and link-sharing mechanisms. This week I take a look at the exact opposite. While the internet opens you up to a broad range of people and experiences, it also…
Maturity Is An Age Thing
On one hand, it seems like adulthood is getting younger. Six-year-olds are taking computer lessons, twelve-year-olds own mobilephones and seventeen-year-olds are entrepreneurs. On the other hand, it feels like maturity is an endangered species. Oh sure, there’s the whole ‘maturity has nothing to do with age’ argument. I’ve used it…
The Intrusive Internet
The internet is so intrusive. I promise you, I’m not going to preach. All I’m going to do, is tell you three stories, all of them based on fact.
Anonymity versus Openness
Is it about whose opinion matters? This weekend I socialised with my colleagues. We went for a movie, we did dinner, we went book-shopping, we went dancing. We enjoyed ourselves thoroughly. We also had some ‘moments of truth’ that could have lead to frank discussions but somehow didn’t. At the…
Who’s The Loser?
Losers and neighbors at work.