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My name is Katrin Becker. This is my blog.
It is about Computer Science, Educational Technology, Digital Games, Academia, and sometimes Rural Life and other notions.
Comments are welcome but will be edited as necessary to maintain relevance.

“Falsehood is easy, truth so difficult.”
by George Eliot

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Are You a FaceBook Tramp?

January 21st, 2010 by Katrin Becker

I’m sure there are people who study this and publish about it. To them: forgive me. I am not really interested enough to track down and read the literature. I mean no offense. It’s just that I’ve noticed a few things that I find amusing…

I’ve been on FaceBook for about 2 1/2 years and it’s fun*. I catch wind of lots of interesting articles and news items through FB. I’ve noticed though that most people seem to approach FaceBook “friendship” in one of a few ways:

  1. They only friend actual RL friends and family.
    1. These are often the people who reveal a little TOO much. Perhaps they think FB is a private space. That anyone can see.
  2. They friend colleagues and professional contacts.
    • These people are the ones who tend to share news of a global or SIG nature. I hear about lots of interesting things from these folks.
    • They also tend not to say much about their personal lives.
  3. They friend ANYONE.
    • I call these FaceBook Tramps.

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AVATAR could have had a MUCH better ending.

January 9th, 2010 by Katrin Becker
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(C) 2010 M.Parker

SPOILER ALERT:

If you haven’t seen the movie yet and don’t already know how it goes (and can’t guess) then DON’T read this post. I won’t tell you exactly how it ends, but guessing will be child’s play after reading this.

Don’t get me wrong; I loved this movie. I’m listening to the soundtrack right now. It was visually stunning. Beautiful. Could easily develop a fantasy crush on one or two of the Na’vi men.

BUT……

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