Nov
05
2009

Digital Communications are Public and Permanent

tigerbytes

I was recently asked to write a guest post for Tiger Bytes, a relatively new blog from my alma mater Olivet Nazarene University.  I chose to write about how the recent closure of Geocities and the archiving of many of the Geocities sites by the Internet Archive serve to illustrate the public and permanent nature of digital communications.

I think the principles are important ones for youth leaders to understand, and to pass on to students.  The impact of careless words “spoken” in the digital public can be severe and long lasting.  You can read the entire post here.  And while you’re at it check out the rest of Tiger Bytes, and if you like what you see, follow OlivetNazareneU on twitter too.

Written by pastorbuhro in: Technology |

1 Comment »

  • Public and permanent is so true. Instantaneous, global, permanent, findable, susceptible of misquotation and misunderstanding, or removal from context, open to commentary, satire, sarcasm and hatred, and available to potential employers, spouses, friends, enemies, strangers, your ex, her lawyers, judges, jurors, and everyone else, sane and insane. Happy posting! :)

    Comment | November 5, 2009

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