#RedShoesDay Fun From Mojo Coffee [video]

For a very long time I was a massive advocate of social media , how it can connect people, allow anyone to publish to the Web, and share those moments that matter with the people they care about. They were simpler times. There are three facets of social media that I have I grown more and more wary of as they have each grown in power and influence. btw: if you wanna know what social media I use the answer is none. Ish. I don't have anything to do with Facebook and its many apps, I have locked down my Twitter account just to follow a handful of 'silly' accounts that if I can find RSS feeds I will. I'm on LinkedIn but don't have the app and tbh I forget it's around. The one "social media" site I use a lot is YouTube, but it's like TV for me and I Chromecast so never see or interact with comments and the like. So, why the disenchantment and moving on? 1: Social Media is all about money Twitter, Facebook, and all those that claim to 'connect people&

"My life history", by Michael Riversdale aged 37 and a bit (from the mikey_boyle Yahoo! Website, all those years ago) Anything that I may have said about anybody is totally my memory/impression - anyone wants me to change/delete it then I will without hesitation, simply leave a comment. If you find any links that no longer work again, just leave a comment. < Chapter One: The Travelling Years < Chapter Two: The Monmouth School Days Chapter Three: Swindon and How to Survive It So, there I was, working at The Kings Head as a waiter and missing out on the Live Aid concert, when the call came from GlosCat (Gloucester College of Arts and Technology). "We hear you didn't do so well with your A Levels, how about coming to see us for an interview?" they said. So, off I trolled and I got a place on a 3 year Computing sandwich course. I moved into halls of residence with a schoolmate of mine, Taff , and spent the first year learning COBOL (firs

Mike Riversdale

Search This Blog

#RedShoesDay Fun From Mojo Coffee [video]

Labels

Comments

Rugby World Cup 2011 Fixture iCal Calendar

The worlds longest fingernails - something for Jack

The Seven Suburbs Of Miramar Peninsula

No Longer On Social Media

Life Story, Chapter Three: Swindon and How to Survive It