I knew somebody in the 1980s, who I latterly followed on Facebork. He died. His last ever post on Facebork was just something fairly random,
Tag: social networking
Who was bullying Hannah?
Well, that’s an interesting twist. According to ask.fm, 98% of the posts that were ‘bullying’ Hannah Smith, who later committed suicide, came from the same
God and Satan are no longer on my newsfeed
I have a fairly relaxed attitude to social media. Over the years in public fora many bullies have tried to attack me, always from their
Yes, a woman had a baby
One of the most fascinating things surrounding the birth of the baby Jesus Windsor (to Kate and Wills) was how conveniently for the whole of
How the Hangouts are taking over
Google+ has just celebrated its second birthday. Happy Birthday Google+. You know I love you, right? As a Google anorak, even in these times when
The Web as intended
The truly wonderful christopherengland.com is hand crafted by me to provide daily articles for your extreme reading pleasure. Using words, most of which are found
Radio Caroline obsessives need to faff off
Once upon a time there was a radio station called Radio Caroline. It closed down. Then it came back and closed down many more times.
New comment system from today
Ooooh. Exciting. When I tried it before it ‘lost’ all the existing comments, so I quickly switched it back off again. Time has elapsed, and
My So-shell Meeja Strategy
I have been considering what I should be doing and where, when it comes to my use of social media or social networks. But, alas,
Google+ Hangout on Mars
I didn’t get invited to be part of a 30 minute Google+ Hangout to talk about dying on Mars. However, if I had been invited
Faceborkers are jumping ship
An alarmingly large number of people appear to be stopping their use of Facebork. Well, ‘alarming’ if you are Facebork and looking at short term
Tweets of confusion from Boston
Like a large number of people, I read Twitter like a newspaper. It always seems so far ahead of mainstream media and is always quoted
My local pirate radio station hates modern music
Some while ago I penned a piece about how radio station’s should almost be for life (here). They should ‘capture’ the youth of the day
Whatever happened to privacy?
I don’t exist on social media. In fact, there’s only a tiny trace of me on the interweb. However, there’s a lot of my writing
Facebook is full of stupid people
One of the issues that distresses me about Facebook is that its users are allowed to vote, reproduce and freely co-exist with human beings. Lord
Jake Morrison is gay
There’s a very young local councillor representing the Labour party (there isn’t really any other party in Liverpool, it’s a one party state), who managed
So nobody’s using Google+ eh?
I keep being told that nobody is using Google+. I keep being told this by people who, for some obscure reason, seem to think that
Google+, Twitter and Facebook help find missing girl
About six months ago, Karl woke up and realised that his 13 year old daughter Jessica had gone missing from their Taunton, Somerset home. She
I’m not on Twitter, I have a life
Now then, those who regularly read this England’s England place and take an interest in my spoutage will know that I’m an early adopter of
Assault weapons and the mentally ill
The world of good novels and excellent movies has lived off the world of conspiracy theories forever. Storylines that give us ‘stuff’ that’s happening that
What they said about Christopher England #1
A few weeks ago I had to work on location. I had limited internet access via very expensive satellites, plus it was essential to not
Time to reject the hard-wired support for Israel
For most people in the UK, who we are and what we think is pretty much pre-written and pre-designed. We are actually quite ignorant of
Am I allowed to say this?
(A guest article written by Peter Moore) In March 2010 a young man was stabbed and beaten to death in Victoria Station, London, during the
Pirates still rule the waves
Have I mentioned before that I own one-and-a-half radio stations? Well, I do. They are internet radio stations playing variations of dance music (what other
A stag too far
Photoshop and the various other chopping and changing packages mean that nothing ever has to originally be as it now seems. But, for sake of argument,
How Facebook won’t let you die
One of the ‘problems’ with Facebook is that when a person dies they don’t die. I was reminded of this a few hours ago when
I was a real nowhere man
I can’t tell you where I’ve been. I can’t tell you how I got there. I can’t tell you how I got back. I can’t
So nobody’s using Google+ eh?
I keep being told that nobody is using Google+. I keep being told this by people who, for some obscure reason, seem to think that
Google+, Twitter and Facebook help find missing girl
A couple of days ago, Karl woke up and realised that his 13 year old daughter Jessica had gone missing from their Taunton, Somerset home.
The mobile phone is killing real life experiences
Why doesn’t anybody actually watch anything any more? I mean, once upon a time one sat at the cinema or theatre and allowed the director
A mention of Mensch’s //Menshn
I like those who are slightly ‘mad’, dare to be different and maybe end up appearing quirky or eccentric whilst working in jobs that require
Never Seconds raises over £100,000
I’m going to have to break cover about my latest anorak addiction. It’s nine year old Martha Payne (and probably her dad, Dave). So, there’s
The first law of Tony Blackburn
There are some things in this world that are scientific constants. Night follows Day follows Night follows Day. Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter, Spring, Summer, Autumn,
If this then that
Possibly not enough is said about the excellent service iftt.com. I guess you could say it’s for lazy people, or you could say it’s for
I’m not on Twitter, I have a life
Now then, those who regularly read this England’s England place and take an interest in my spoutage will know that I’m an early adopter of
The day Steve Conway realised he was one of THEM
I’ve spoken before about my Steve Conway Envy (here). From the results of a search across England’s England it would appear that I obesses about
Facebookers make ready to jump off bridges
The Facebork timelines have finally arrived for the prolls using Facebork. (Oh dear.) Blood before Christmas! (Where’s my popcorn?) As a very important person,
The Pluses of the Google Plus public house
Yes, I know I am a Google obsessive, ok. But, surely you’ve just got to love a company with bouncy balls, slides and playrooms in their
Photos on Facebook versus photos on Google
Here’s a couple of interesting screen-grabs: The first is from Facebook’s terms of service. Basically what they are saying is that anything over which you
Google+ is forwards to Facebook’s backwards
Trying to work out or understand why I and 40 Million others remain avid users of Google+ whilst Millions of others also came across to
Watching you watching me
Not that I’m sad or anything, but from time to time I take a deeper look at Google Analytics to see what searches are leading
The Facebork Timeline
Facebook users are not an adventurous bunch. On the whole, they hate change, and are very stuck in their ways. Even though some of them
‘Anonymous’ children ‘occupy’ stupid people’s brains!
Years ago chain letters started by being just that, letters. They would arrive with threats of your immediate demise if you failed to copy them
Steve Jobs
There are a billion blogs and websites saying goodbye to Steve Jobs. Probably there are also a minority of places that are snarling and being disrespectfully negative,
What’s Google Plus for?
Yes, what is Google+ for? Is it going to do to Facebook what Facebook did to MySpace? Is it going to silence those tweets from
The mobile phone is killing real life experiences
Why doesn’t anybody actually watch anything any more? I mean, once upon a time one sat at the cinema or theatre and allowed the director
Wowed by Oooh-boon-chew
I rediscovered an old yet surprisingly powerful desktop PC which had been cast aside because it had Windows Millenium on it and the thought was
A mench for the Mensch
There was a time when politicians were like space aliens in the way they were so completely out of touch with most of the population.
Want to try-out Google Plus?
If you need an ‘invite’ to get to enjoy Google Plus but are far too frightened or too much of a loner to ask, just
Don’t ‘follow’, just ‘search’ on Twitter
Duncan Barkes, the legendary talking radio broadcaster, has dumped me. I don’t mean he pressed the button to cut me off from one of his
Don’t shoot the Messenger
Much has been made of the looters and rioters using Blackberry’s RIM Instant Messaging service, Blackberry Messenger (BBM), to co-ordinate themselves and swiftly pass on
Social Media wins the war on facts
Things have moved on since the last time Israel was bombing Palestinians, even though Israel still controls its own people and its propaganda with mantras.
Where does Google+ fit into your life?
Now that Google+ is ‘stable’ and almost anybody who wants to can get on it, where’s its place in social media? One of G+’s early
I am your automatic blogger, automatic blogger, automatic …
Is automating one’s internet presence so very wrong? Maybe. But I have my reasoning. You see, the problem is that when one has the will to
From a point in Google+ to the Circles of your mind
It’s fascinating watching the Social Media anoraks as they leap on top of any new toy and play with it like over-excited dogs with a
Google+ for those who are scared of Google
Yes, I am a Google anorak. Therefore, like the hypnotised iSheep who can never see anything wrong with the re-invention of the wheel that is
Google pluses and Google minuses
I’m unashamedly a Google ‘anorak’. You know that strange glazed-eyes look you see in ‘anoraks’ of Apple products, especially those with an ‘i’ in front
A tribute to Tribute
I guess this is my overdue tribute to Tribute FM. Tribute FM is an ‘illegal’ or ‘pirate’ radio station in waiting. However, unlike such stations
Death by Facebook
I have moaned many times about Facebook. Although I have a presence there with 450 people kind enough to call themselves my friends, Facebook is
Behold, a man who looks like a thumb
This week, a couple of years ago, this picture simply titled, “Behold, a man who looks like a thumb” zapped around Twitter and instantly made
Tagging and Cataloguing
It’s dawned on me that ‘social networking’ or (more properly) ‘social media’, especially Facebook, is less about generating actual content than it is about tagging
Facebook is the real Big Brother
It’s interesting watching the paranoid display their paranoia. I love their conspiracy theories and listening to them rattling on about how terrible it is that
Is there life OUTSIDE of Facebook?
As an avid user of things OUTSIDE of Facebook, especially the various specialist interest fora dedicated to ‘anoraks’ or old-stylee enthusiasts of radio and techie