Apparently we have a president-elect who likes or even prefers communicating via Twitter to whatever audience frequents and gets its sometimes-fake news from social media. For better or worse (I think worse), they all seem content to bypass our mainstream media. Not that the… Read More ›
(Updated April 4 @ 4:30 pm MDT) The hacktivist group Anonymous has turned its attention to North Korea and its young leader, Kim Jong Un, hacking official Twitter and Flickr accounts in that country. The collective has, for the most… Read More ›
When it comes to social media, I’m happily illiterate and oblivious. I only just noticed that people who follow Pied Type on Twitter can click on “View media” and get a nice preview — including an image — of my… Read More ›
Monday David Axelrod, top campaign advisor to President Obama, tweeted this picture of the president in his armored limo, accompanied by the Obama family’s dog, Bo. The message read “How loving dog owners transport their dogs.” Snark! Pow! Zing, Mitt… Read More ›
Twitter has announced it will self-censor itself in foreign countries to satisfy the laws of those nations. Or, as Bloomberg, reports it, Twitter “gave itself extra flexibility to censor…” The New York Times calls it micro-censorship. Whatever, after the SOPA/PIPA… Read More ›
Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) is taking a leave of absence from Congress to “get treatment.” Treatment? Treatment for what? There is no cure for stupid. There is no cure for men who think “sexual addiction” is a valid excuse for… Read More ›
Readers can now follow Pied Type on Twitter. Click this button or the one at the bottom of the sidebar. You’ll receive a tweet whenever there’s a new post.
Trying something new in the the sidebar — the Twitter widget. I don’t tweet; I don’t routinely use a cell phone. But it did occur to me that the Twitter widget would be a way to add brief, passing thoughts… Read More ›
