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The Saturday Recycling Trip

Sep 28, 2024

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Reading Time: 2 minutesI love to recycle but recently on Saturday I have been hiking or climbing so I couldn’t go to the recycling centre. The result is that I often accumulate recycling for several weeks. One day I finally have a saturday morning free, and that isn’t a public holiday, and I take things…

The Pleasure of Meetups

Jun 17, 2024

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richard

in Swiss walks

Reading Time: 2 minutesOn Friday I organised a Via Ferrata at the Via Ferrata du Moléson and it went well. I met new people including people that were not part of the group. The weather was cool so there was no risk of heat stroke or dehydration. What made this VF so relaxed for me, is…

Replacing FaceBook with Meetup.com, Replacing the past with the present and the future

Feb 11, 2019

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richard

in facebook, seesmic, social media, social networking

Reading Time: 2 minutesI have had a meetup.com account since I was using yahoo as my primary e-mail provider. For years my account was dormant because activities that I were interested in were either in another country or at a time when I could not participate. Recently I have found that activities are at times…

Online communities and socialising in person

Jul 31, 2016

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richard

in social networking, tech related

Reading Time: 2 minutesOnline communities and socialising in person can be a challenge for people. Either they are shy, lacking the courage to meet with strangers and start a conversation or they are introverts, interested in being in a group but not necessarily toÂ participate in theÂ conversations. The question was “how to go to aÂ glocalsÂ meeting when…

Social Media and The Human Return on Investment

Apr 23, 2016

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richard

in advertising, facebook, lifestream, social media, Social Media Deontology, social media living room, social networking

Reading Time: 3 minutesSocial Media and the Human Return on Investment, because contrary to popular belief we use social networks to socialise, not to shop. As we grow older and more mature our close network of friends changes and evolves. We go from school friends to university friends and then to professional friends. In the…

It’s All Over – Mission Accomplished

Jun 2, 2007

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richard

in Holidays, Post-university life, university

Reading Time: < 1 minuteChecking through my pockets this morning I found that £30 are still there in cash. That’s quite surprising when you take into account that last night’s mission was to drink the bar dry. Obviously I did not contribute to this as greatly as was initially anticipated. It was another night of…

On a night at Swankey’s

Mar 27, 2007

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richard

in university

Reading Time: 2 minutesHaving the dissertation hanging over me is unpleasant. I often spend a few hours a day doing research which is divided between books and documentary films. Over time I organised all these ideas and I’m ready to start writing. I want to finish the first draft by Saturday. i.e. the day before…

Twittervision

Mar 24, 2007

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richard

in random, social media, twitter, Uncategorized

Reading Time: < 1 minuteTwitter is a global short messaging system that allows people to post what they are doing 140 characters at a time. For the moment it is a relatively new phenomenon therefore it’s not too hard to keep track of the conversations going on. They are also geo logged. As you’re watching…

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