Archive - 2005

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February 14th

Valentine's day reflections

Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Mon, 02/14/2005 - 11:51

The other day I commented about OSN2005, an online conference about social networking.

One of the guest authors there is Andrea Baker. She has a book entitled "Double Click: Romance and Commitment Of Online Couples". There is a discussion about this book as part of the forum. The comments I added about how my wife and I met online as well as a reference to the story of the 'Pina Colada' song being acted out with less beneficial results can be read below.

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February 11th

OSN2005

Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Fri, 02/11/2005 - 09:07

I am participating in Online Social Networks 2005, which started on Wednesday. It includes a forum which is mostly text, but has some graphics and links to audio and visual. There are conference calls, gatherings in an IRC channel and other events going on.

I will be a panelist in the ‘Tools for Online Activism’ forum. I look forward to that. For the time being, I’m simply trying to get through all the forum entries and add comments here and there.

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February 10th

This is what democracy looks like

Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Thu, 02/10/2005 - 09:54

During the Republican National Convention, protests sprung up at many places around New York City. As I was heading in to blog about the convention one day, I passed a large demonstration in front of the Public Library.

As the police were dragging people off, some people chanted "Shame, Shame" at the police. Others started chanting, "This is what democracy looks like."

That phrase, "This is what democracy looks like" is one that always sticks with me. To me, it conjures up images of the fight for democracy around the world, whether we are talking about the Bastille, suffragettes, Tiananmen Square, or purple fingers in Iraq.

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