by Michael Benidt on January 16, 2013
The New York Times asked a couple of weekends back, “Can Social Media Sell Soap?” The article pointed out that even the Pope is now on Twitter. Celebrities like the Pope and the Dalai Lama attract millions of followers. Or, do they? Twitter will never tell you the truth. But I will.

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by Michael Benidt on January 10, 2013
Lately I’ve been ignoring Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and pretty much the rest of the “cloudy with a chance of anything” world of technology. I’ve been hiking, listening to music and reading books.

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by Michael Benidt on June 15, 2012
By Guest Writer, Gary Ujifusa
Gary Ujifusa got paid well for 28 years by a Fortune 200 company to travel and conditionally learn new things. Now, he’s retired and his travel and learning are non-conditional and unpaid. He finds this to be a great trade.
Much has been written (here and elsewhere) about Facebook’s intrusion into our lives. After reading this website’s blog article, Armed and Not Dangerous, I wondered why I was not more concerned and upset about Facebook’s “what’s in my brain” algorithms.

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by Michael Benidt on March 7, 2012
You’ve joined a LinkedIn Group. Unfortunately, Peter Peddler has joined the same group. Since legitimate email services have already heaved his ho-ho-ho out the door, he’s joined LinkedIn because LinkedIn allows him to spam you with impunity.

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