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private to you.
I am not engaging in RN discussions in public and probably won't be doing much of it inside Google due to the mischaracterization of my views on this subject which are not as black and white as some people might think.
Thread hijackiing is pretty rude too you know.
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Remember Netiquette?
Back in 1990 I was a postmaster for a lab at the University of Minnesota. In addition to rerouting misaddressed email (this was pre-spam days) I once had to deal with someone sending offensive email to a mailing list. Long story short -- the student was hauled into the Deans office, counseled and subsequently apologized for their actions.
After that new accounts in my lab were required to read some basic netiquette info before going online (plus some legal verbiage about the "Minnesota Computer Crime Act")
In that environment actions had consequences and there were resources to help people learn how to use online tools appropriately. Today, it seems like there is much less accountability and bad behavior is tolerated, or even celebrated. Only the concept of the KILL file remains.
In any case here's Virginia Shea's internet classic - Netiquette including a forward from Guy Kawasaki
I used to think that network etiquette meant sticking a few smileys in your messages. I wish I had written Netiquette. It should be bundled with every modem. It should be mandatory reading for new users of the Internet. I wouldn't print my Internet address here without it.
Kawasaki@radiomail.net
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Big props to Andrew Davis, Mark W. and the rest of the Opensocial community for getting this done! Major accomplishment.
Originally shared by Evan Prodromou
Voting has started for the new OpenSocial 2.0 specification. If you're not already involved, and you're interested in open apps, this is a great time to get activated. The steps:
1. Sign up here: https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?key=0Aki8A6bvOtZNcGNXZXY1cUtjMk9DQXhvUjNBYlpjWl... Participation in OpenSocial is free and open to all.
2. When you receive notification that you've been added, vote on this revision: http://code.google.com/p/opensocial-resources/source/detail?r=1520
OpenSocial 2.0 is a huge step forward for the specification, incorporating many of the systems (like ActivityStreams and OAuth) that we use on the modern social web. I'm excited by this push -- let's get it released!
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Now upgrading Fedora memcached to 1.4.6. I really do like the fedpkg system -- so much better than the old CVS based build system.
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Here's the ugly sign and a funny writeup...
Originally shared by Louis Gray
Does the big thumbs up button outside Facebook's new headquarters in Menlo Park mean:
1) Like our Campus on Facebook!
2) Good luck to all who enter here?
3) Good luck getting your data back out of the site?
4) Trust us - seriously!
5) I'm hitchhiking - please give me a ride across the Dumbarton to the East Bay.
Of note, for those not native to the Bay Area, or unfamiliar, Facebook's new HQ in Menlo Park takes over the campus from Sun Microsystems, now part of Oracle. The buildings are on Network Circle, appropriate for Sun, but if you're a tech dork like me who checked in at the new HQ on Foursquare, you'll see they call the street "Hacker Way". I wonder if they are going to get the name officially changed with the city?
Good luck! Thumbs up!
