, a fancy photo sharing thing.
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Friday, September 21, 2007
Dallas Family sues Virgin Mobile over ad
There was an article in today's Houston Chronicle: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/business/5153037.html
Here is the first section of the story:
DALLAS — A Dallas family charges that Australia's Virgin Mobile phone company caused their teenage daughter grief and humiliation by plastering her photo on billboards and Web site advertisements without consent.
The family of Alison Chang says Virgin Mobile grabbed the picture from Flickr, Yahoo Inc.'s popular photo-sharing Web site.
Here is the first section of the story:
DALLAS — A Dallas family charges that Australia's Virgin Mobile phone company caused their teenage daughter grief and humiliation by plastering her photo on billboards and Web site advertisements without consent.
The family of Alison Chang says Virgin Mobile grabbed the picture from Flickr, Yahoo Inc.'s popular photo-sharing Web site.
Thursday, September 20, 2007
23 things what's easy / what's gonna be hard...
I think the blogging aspect of this is quite easy. I am having no trouble with this activity although I have to be sure to read the directions throughly so that I don't misunderstand what the content of my posts must include.
I think Flickr is going to be tough for me to use. I've tried online photo posting before and, in the past, the process has been counter-intuitive to me.
I think Flickr is going to be tough for me to use. I've tried online photo posting before and, in the past, the process has been counter-intuitive to me.
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Thoughts on online safety...
It's funny that this is the first "real" topic we are musing about in our blogs.
Just last week, I scared my pilates instructor when I explained to her how easy it can be to find information about people online. I shared with her my strategy of changing my log-in name and associated e-mail addresses when I join groups or "sign up" for anything online. It can be a pain to keep track of the different user names and passwords but it helps keep details about my ENTIRE life from being a google search away. She had never thought about it and shared with me that she had used the same e-mail address for everything for years.
I told her to be sure to search her name in google's phonebook and to ask them to remove her phone # and address if it is listed. When one works with the public (as both she and I do) it is so easy to acquire "admirers" who see something more meaningful in a courteous and friendly business transaction than was intended.
On two occasions I have been found at my branch by old aquaintances who searched for my name online and found it because the organizers of several training conferences posted the names and workplaces of attendees to the internet. I was happy to hear from one of these people... the other not so much. Since I work with the public this is unavoidable but I can and do take steps to protect my private life.
Just last week, I scared my pilates instructor when I explained to her how easy it can be to find information about people online. I shared with her my strategy of changing my log-in name and associated e-mail addresses when I join groups or "sign up" for anything online. It can be a pain to keep track of the different user names and passwords but it helps keep details about my ENTIRE life from being a google search away. She had never thought about it and shared with me that she had used the same e-mail address for everything for years.
I told her to be sure to search her name in google's phonebook and to ask them to remove her phone # and address if it is listed. When one works with the public (as both she and I do) it is so easy to acquire "admirers" who see something more meaningful in a courteous and friendly business transaction than was intended.
On two occasions I have been found at my branch by old aquaintances who searched for my name online and found it because the organizers of several training conferences posted the names and workplaces of attendees to the internet. I was happy to hear from one of these people... the other not so much. Since I work with the public this is unavoidable but I can and do take steps to protect my private life.
First Post
Well here we are. Finding time to concentrate on this is not easy but it should be a good way to build discipline.
I think my biggest challenge will be a tendency to rush the process. I tend to get impatient and that means I sometimes don't read things thoroughly enough.
I think the easiest thing for me to do will be to take advantage of the opportunity to play.
I think my biggest challenge will be a tendency to rush the process. I tend to get impatient and that means I sometimes don't read things thoroughly enough.
I think the easiest thing for me to do will be to take advantage of the opportunity to play.
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