Conversations with DinaCreative Chaos - Dina Mehta's Blog. Contact me at: dina[dot]mehta[at]gmail[dot]comWhat's the future for youth on Facebook- May 30, 2007 So everyone is talking of Facebook. My Twitter is abuzz with it. My aggregator is bursting with blog posts around it. The social media blogworld is freaking out in it. Even my 79 year old aunt who sent me an add as friend invite! Reminds me of the old days when we all moved from one social networking site to another. This one's different of course - its more than small pieces loosely joined and the potential is immense with the opening up of their...http://radio.weblogs.com/0121664/2007/05/30.html#a945 Freedom of Expression - Art student arrested, MS University Dean suspended- May 14, 2007 Peter informs the Blogger's Collective about a series of protests against the arrest of an art student and suspension of the dean of MS University all over the country. Here are details on the incident. By now, you would have read, heard or seen the news of the arrest of a student, Chandra Mohan, and the suspension of the dean of Maharaja Sayajirao University's Fine Arts faculty in Baroda, Prof. Shivaji Panikker. (For those who haven't, please catch up through the press links...http://radio.weblogs.com/0121664/2007/05/14.html#a944 On CNN-IBN : Orkut community helps collect aid- May 4, 2007 I'm going live on CNN-IBN in half an hour, at 8.30 pm. They're doing a show on how a community on Orkut is helping in collecting aid for an ailing lyricist. They've asked me to comment on the positive aspects of social networking. I hope we don't go thru the usual pros and cons of social networks, an angle most channels approach the issue from.http://radio.weblogs.com/0121664/2007/05/04.html#a943 Twitter vs Jaiku Metaphors- May 2, 2007 I've been using Twitter a lot again recently. And yesterday, when Jace wondered "Twitter. Jaiku. Twitter. Jaiku. What to use" I found myself thinking about why I tend to be in Twitter more than Jaiku. I know Jaiku is better 'loaded' but I feel I lose the real flow in conversation there as the updates are all jumbled up with updates from blogs, flickr accounts, bookmarks and newsreaders. I feel comfort with Twitter that I don't with Jaiku. Difficult to express why - just that...http://radio.weblogs.com/0121664/2007/05/02.html#a942 My view of Mumbai- May 2, 2007 The view from my new place - is on the 16th floor and I have spent all afternoon looking out at city life. I had to drown the sounds of construction and traffic out though - Glenn Frey did well with Strange Weather!http://radio.weblogs.com/0121664/2007/05/02.html#a941 |