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Twitter As Big Brother and Sports Celebrity as Intoxication

by Tim Berry on September 9, 2009

in Current Affairs, Social media, Web/Tech, Weblogs

This post isn’t about the football star who punched an opponent; it’s about sportsmanship in general, sports business as oxymoron, twitter, YouTube, millions of dollars, and the impact of the ultimate big brother.
The ultimate big brother in this story is a lot like George Orwell’s 1984 Big Brother, but without the malice. He’s just [...]

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Big Brother vs. Social Media vs. Basil Fawlty

by Tim Berry on June 5, 2009

in Business Management, Social media

(Note: I posted this first on Huffington Post, and I’m reposting here because this is my main blog. Tim)
Secret cameras, secret Web utilities tracking employees’ Web use, secret phone recording and IM monitoring: that’s creepy. That’s BIG BROTHER: the Orwellian 1984 nightmare. But bosses reading your tweets and Facebook? What’s creepy about that isn’t that [...]

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