Megan Meier - My Space Suicide

On Friday, January 11, 2008; 12:00 PM -- Daniel J. Solove, associate law professor at George Washington University and author of "The Future of Reputation: Gossip, Rumor and Privacy on the Internet," will be online Friday, Jan. 11 at Noon ET to resume his discussion about the Megan Meier-MySpace suicide case and the growing concern over the "Google Generation." Daniel J. Solove, Associate Law Professor, George Washington University and Author,

'The Future of Reputation: Gossip, Rumor and Privacy on the Internet'Click here to learn how to submit questions & join the discussion

You can also read more about Megan here

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Assuming I am Typical

I spent alot of my time today on the Net. Visiting other people's Blogs to be honest, and let me tell you that it was totally aggravating to me.
I will share with you my thoughts as I was reading and trying to Post comments, notice the word "trying".
First I am thinking why the hell do they make the fonts so small. I wear glasses and even those didn't help on some of the Sites I visited and left without reading more than five words.
Then I am thinking, if the Comment needs the Blog Owner's approval before being posted, then why the hell do they use that word verification thingy on top of it? Frankly, that just takes too long and is way to irritating to me so I left some Sites without commenting, Yep, I am guilty of that instant gratification thing - anything over 3 seconds and you've lost me!
Another thing I noticed is that I really didn't bother much with anything that wasn't right there in the first two Posts. If you didn't catch my interest by then, I was gone.
(Reminder to self!)
The last thing that irritated me was some of the really long load times. I have DSL so this should almost never happen, but it did. My View of "It" Load Time is: 0.48 seconds -
If a page doesn't load in 8 seconds you lose 1/3 of your visitors according to Optimal Website Design by Elizabeth McGee
(another note to self)
I was irritated and stopped and decided to write this little Post instead. Do with it what you will.

Really good article: Design Tips: Website Speed Optimization for Dummies

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Reputation Defender - What Next?

This is what the Internet has brought us to. We apparently need services like this now. I suppose that this should come as no surprise to me but it did. The Service is Reputation Defender. It supposedly searches out all information about you and/or your child on the Internet, wherever it may be, and presents it to you in a clear report, and then destroys, at your command, all inaccurate, inappropriate, hurtful, and slanderous information about you and/or your child using our proprietary in-house methodology. Of course there's a fee for this service. I am just amazed that something like this exists and saddened that there may actually be a need for it. I did not subscribe to this service so I don't know exactly how it works or what information you may actually be able to remove. I doubt that one could remove things like their credit rating or any type of criminal background information, but, who knows, perhaps that is what it really is for? Maybe people who really have something to hide would be the ones who would need a "Service" like this. What a thought!

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We met upon the Internet,

A friendship electronic,

Expressed alone in words and thoughts,

Inevitably platonic.
We live too far apart for us To mingle in the flesh,

But much more close than family,

Our hearts and feelings mesh.
Your dear, dear self reveals itself Without a voice or face.

We have our own sweet home within Our precious cyberspace.

This is not an original...I don't know who the author is. It is however an accurate comment of how "friendships" develop online...Seems so much easier than face to face somehow?

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