Monthly Archives: December 2012

The Facebook copyright meme and the “omnicompetent user”.

People were extensively mocked in the last fortnight for copying and pasting this text to their Facebook walls: In response to the new Facebook guidelines, I hereby declare that my copyright is attached to all of my personal details, illustrations, … Continue reading

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Twitter and academic professionalism – for Pre-Fix at #CSAA2012

(I’ve been asked to speak about social media and academic careers to the Pre-Fix event at the CSAA conference. In the post that follows I’ve chosen to speak almost exclusively about Twitter, for various reasons, not least I think because … Continue reading

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