The editor of a major newspaper once told me, "All politicians lie. The question is why they are lying."I was reminded of this when I took a dip into the political section of Twitter yesterday, and spotted an ex-politician complaining…
Category: social media
Cross and bothered
Yesterday, I talked about how a national flag could be used as a symbol of hatred. Hatred towards immigrants, hatred towards the rest of the world. If someone displays an American flag icon prominently on their social media talk page,…
Are you Greek?
At a conference in Delphi - we were studying The Sophist, which turned my brain into spaghetti, with Plotinus and Sophocles* for light relief – our dialectic professor asked me at the evening plenary, "Tell me, are you an Australian?""Yes,…
Making macros
Possibly the best part of yesterday was a discovery made on Twitter. I like adding in the blogs of writers who inspire me to my WordPress Reader feed, and one of the tweets mentioned a blog post by Emma Lombard.…
How are you and your family, dear?
I now have well over 500 followers, mostly from the #WritingCommunity, which provides a supportive, informative, and inspiring environment.I have received several Twitter DMs which come out of the blue, and begin along the lines of "Hello dear how are…
Writing Community
Writers can be the boldest or the most fragile of characters. Putting down your thoughtstuff in words for permanent display can be a daunting prospect. Oh sure, we all do it on Facebook and Twitter every day - every hour…
