{"id":3325,"date":"2013-05-13T10:23:55","date_gmt":"2013-05-13T00:23:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/?p=3325"},"modified":"2013-05-13T10:23:55","modified_gmt":"2013-05-13T00:23:55","slug":"a-few-points-on-talking-about-the-internet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/13\/a-few-points-on-talking-about-the-internet\/","title":{"rendered":"A few points on talking about the internet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are a few things you should keep in mind when talking about the internet:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 15px;\">Use of the word &#8220;cyber&#8221; is not cool.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Whenever you hear the word &#8220;cyber&#8221; substitute it with &#8220;Information Super-Highway&#8221;&#8230; yes, it sounds that dated.<\/li>\n<li>Use of the word &#8220;cyber&#8221; is applicable only in discussions relating to Doctor Who.<\/li>\n<li>Whenever you see &#8220;facebook.com\/BLAH&#8221; just think &#8220;AOL Keyword&#8221;. If you don&#8217;t know what AOL was, I likely have 437 trial CDs you can have.<\/li>\n<li>There is no differentiation between life and online-life &#8211; just about everything is internet connected now. This very much counts for speech vs online speech.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A reminder: Leah and I are running in the upcoming MS Fun Run raising money for Australians affected by Multiple Sclerosis (MS). If you don&#8217;t sponsor us you&#8217;re going to die poor and alone. Really, I have an arrangement with all known deities to make it happen. Sponsor us here:\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/register.mswalk.org.au\/2013-MS-Walk-and-Fun-Run-Melbourne\/Meep\">http:\/\/register.mswalk.org.au\/2013-MS-Walk-and-Fun-Run-Melbourne\/Meep<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are a few things you should keep in mind when talking about the internet: Use of the word &#8220;cyber&#8221; is not cool. Whenever you hear the word &#8220;cyber&#8221; substitute it with &#8220;Information Super-Highway&#8221;&#8230; yes, it sounds that dated. Use &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/13\/a-few-points-on-talking-about-the-internet\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5a6n8-RD","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3039,"url":"https:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/27\/telstra-stops-tracking-still-supporting-netsweeper\/","url_meta":{"origin":3325,"position":0},"title":"Telstra stops tracking, still supporting Netsweeper","author":"Stewart Smith","date":"2012-06-27","format":false,"excerpt":"http:\/\/www.zdnet.com.au\/telstra-halts-customer-tracking-339340404.htm The big news: \"We are stopping all collection of website addresses for the development of this new product,\" Telstra said in a statement. 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