out of control

The Boston bombing is the first major terrorist attack on American soil in the age of smartphones, twitter and facebook that provided an opportunity for everyone to get involved. Thousands of people have taken to the Internet to play Sherlock Holmes this last few days.

Peoples where asked not to post personal information in their comments, by the Boston Police. The raw incoming news, could ruin an innocent person's life by spreading an incorrect information around.

I suggest you read an interesting article in the LA-Times. An other question is whether the FBI did solve this case in less than a week, thanks to social media?

Regardless, this was a terrible event and I feel sorry for those who lost their loved ones and who must relive it all when it's re-played in the media 24/7.

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Why a blog when we have so many social networks.

The hyper connected world we now live in creates more and more Online Narcissism, sharing all or most of their life; online. However it’s also a fabulous tool allowing you to keep in touch with your friends abroad. So let’s be clear; social network is cool but their terms and conditions that we don’t read are getting more and more nasty and “one-way oriented” legally.

Since I like to be in control of my content produced by me, I rather publish it on my blog and make a hyperlink to the various social networks like Facebook or google+... This allows me to limit my content to my blog and just inform my friends on Facebook or google+ that there is a new post.

Don’t forget; you can check out from Facebook, but you can't ever leave.