While searching through my colleagues’ recent blog posts, I selected three at random and will aim to link them to one another. Just as hyperlink connects foreign online material.
I guess I’ll start off with the topic of hyperlinks then. Jane discusses the wikipedia game, something that I did all through high school as one of my many means of procrastination. Essentially we decide on two unrelated topics, and must navigate from one to the other via hyperlinks on Wikipedia. Jane gave it a go, and I thought that I’d relive old times and do the same. The first thing I saw when I raised my eyes from the screen was a Collins-Robert French Dictionary. That’s our starting point. The end point is a Crunchie (chocolate bar), what I just ate for dinner.
Here we go.
Collins-Robert French Dictionary → France→ Italy → Gelato→ Cocoa powder → chocolate → brands → Crunchie
Everything is on the internet, and access to it is rapid. What also is rapid is the way in which social media can spread ‘news’. Kerri’s vlog of the Kanye West concert reminded me of what happened a couple weeks ago at his concert in Sydney. He insisted everyone stand up, however what he didn’t know is that he was humiliating two disabled people who couldn’t, as well as humiliating himself. I found this out through my Facebook news feed, and well as it trending on Twitter.
Another recent event that also has the world talking is the leaked celebrity photos. Nethaniel discusses this and suggests that “recent exposure to the insecurity of privacy using iCloud makes me think that online privacy is fast becoming vague and potentially obsolete”. I agree; we are becoming too reliant on our online identity to the point where it could be personally catastrophic if our privacy is breached. On the one hand, everything is online nowadays and there is a need to keep up. On the other hand, how much of our private lives are we willing to risk? I’m not talking about nude photos like the ones of the celebrities, but things like bank details, email passwords, and other important information. We all click “I Agree”, but has anyone actually read the 415 page iTunes terms and conditions?
