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A is for ‘Artificial’

February 18, 2023 by Dave Knadler

You’ve probably heard about the New York Times reporter who was creeped out by his conversation with Microsoft’s new chatbot.  The reporter kept pressing questions to which there was no factual answer, and the chatbot eventually started returning responses that, if uttered by a person, would seem kind of ominous. That includes professing love […]

Filed Under: american life, internet, luddite rants, Movies, social media

We don’t need no stinking followers

April 26, 2022 by Dave Knadler

stinking badges

Should we care that Elon Musk is about to acquire Twitter? Not really. Remember that Twitter, like Matt Gaetz and Marge Greene, is just a tool. Like any tool, it can be used for evil or good. Well, mostly evil in the case of Matt-n-Marge, but you see what I mean. I’m not going […]

Filed Under: american life, social media, Writing

Bonfire of my vanity

January 15, 2018 by Dave Knadler

gallery faces

Take a look at the composite picture above: What do the five faces have in common? I’ll just wait here while you ponder. Hint: It’s not the Dave Clark Five. It’s not the Five Amigos. It’s not the Five Horsemen of the Apocalypse. It’s not the Five Guys. It’s not the Five Pillars of […]

Filed Under: internet, Me, social media

Anti-social media

November 21, 2016 by Dave Knadler

Here’s a useful tip: If you delete Facebook from your phone, you will check Facebook less often. A LOT less often. In a scientific experiment starting the day after the election, I deleted the ubiquitous blue icon from my iPhone 6. That was right after putting out feelers regarding a move to Australia. Still […]

Filed Under: american life, Facebook, social media

Hello again. And now I must be going.

May 21, 2013 by Dave Knadler

After 15 years of the Internet, I thought I’d heard from pretty much everyone I’d ever crossed paths with since being born. But the other day there was a comment on a video I’d uploaded to YouTube: “did you attend Flathead H.S.?” I recognized the name. We’d been close friends during my freshman year. […]

Filed Under: american life, Me, social media

Sticking it to the (Instagram) man

December 20, 2012 by Dave Knadler

Like a lot of people, I deleted the Instagram app (and all the mediocre photos I’d taken with it) after reading about Facebook’s new terms of service. At first reading, the new TOS made it sound like anybody who uses the app is a mindless tool who exists solely to consume ads and provide […]

Filed Under: Iphone, photography, social media

Too many stars and too much history

June 19, 2012 by Dave Knadler

twitter know-nothings

I can’t get all smug about the Twitter people who know nothing of Paul McCartney, Dick Clark and Rodney King, and who are unaware that the film Titanic was based on actual events. It’s not that I don’t enjoy making fun of people who are dumber than I am; I do, very much. And […]

Filed Under: american life, social media

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