So one of the things I enjoy about the Internet is keeping in touch.  The Internet is very good at the whole “wide and shallow” communication thing.  Services like Facebook and Twitter are great for getting a superficial view of what is going on the in lives of your friends and acquaintances, and they’re [...]

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So the way I spend time online falls into one of two broad categories.  First is the class of activities that are just irredeemable wastes of time.  But I also do some things online that are ostensibly productive.
Without a doubt, most of my online time is spent in the first category.  This is easy stuff to deal with, [...]

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I’ve been a steady / obsessive Internet user since 1991. Back then it was all email, Usenet and Gopher. And really, that was just an outgrowth of my even earlier BBS interests. For a years I’ve been in love with the Information Revolution.
But I’m in one of my occasional “take-stock” periods [...]

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