[Year 12 IT Apps] Six Reasons Why I’m Not On Facebook, By Wired UK’s Editor

[Brett Groves]

Just look for the distressed kangaroo

:-)

On 20/09/10 16:17, Roland Gesthuizen wrote:
> Kind of why we should realise that to live and online we very probably 
> need multiple identities. Kind of the same reason that I like to 
> quarantine my school email, from DEECD employer edumail, from private 
> family email, from this professional persona for edulists etc. A 
> colleague takes this further, creating different accounts on his 
> laptop to separate work from home.
>
> I have a professional identity (work) with LinkedIN and a private 
> identity (family) with facebook. With the former I add contacts who I 
> would happily share my CV with and the latter who I would happily 
> invite to my home. I could add more personas including the stern faced 
> teacher at school and the bubbly chap on Edulists. Other than that, a 
> splash of doppelganger confusion helps .. a google search of my name 
> will pick my twin cousin (same name) who enjoys riding unicycles with 
> his Dutch bike club.
>
> Now, which Roland you meet at VITTA conferences and is he the same as me?
>
> Regards Roland
>
> On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 9:54 AM, Mark KELLY <kel at mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au 
> <mailto:kel at mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au>> wrote:
>
>     A thought-provoking read about privacy...
>
>     http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/09/six-reasons-why-wired-uks-editor-isnt-on-facebook/
>
>     -- 
>     Mark Kelly
>     Information Systems Manager; Reporting Manager
>     McKinnon Secondary College
>     McKinnon Rd McKinnon 3204, Victoria, Australia
>     Direct line / Voicemail: 8520 9085
>     School Phone +613 8520 9000, Fax +613 9578 9253
>     kel at mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au <mailto:kel at mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au>
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>     For no reason, my friend became a square, flat surface with four
>     legs. I rushed him to hospital. His condition is table.
>
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> Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College
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