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The Internet treatsThe Internet treatscensorship as acensorship as amalfunction and routesmalfunction and routesaround it.around it.

——John Perry BarlowJohn Perry Barlow

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If you want to feel rich, just count the things youIf you want to feel rich, just count the things youhave that money can't buyhave that money can't buy

Bring the smartest possible people into the companyBring the smartest possible people into the companyWhat are we talking about when we are thinking aboutWhat are we talking about when we are thinking aboutcontemporary visuality?contemporary visuality?Smart phones and connected devices are gettingSmart phones and connected devices are gettingcheaper by the minute.cheaper by the minute.Visual Metaphors Linguistic metaphor, however, onlyVisual Metaphors Linguistic metaphor, however, onlyprovides a tool for understanding the surface of theprovides a tool for understanding the surface of theinfosphere.infosphere.

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Better to die than to live on with a bad reputation.Better to die than to live on with a bad reputation.

Reinvent compelling solutionsReinvent compelling solutions

To him that watches, everything is revealed.To him that watches, everything is revealed.

Send your content headlines out via Twitter and otherSend your content headlines out via Twitter and othermicro-blogging platforms.micro-blogging platforms.Success with social media tools requires time and effort,Success with social media tools requires time and effort,not money.not money.Defect-free software does not exist.Defect-free software does not exist.Later appropriated by the cyberculture theorists of theLater appropriated by the cyberculture theorists of themid-'s as a way through which to conceptualise the earlymid-'s as a way through which to conceptualise the earlyInternet as a metaphorical 'space.Internet as a metaphorical 'space.

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Bill Gates is a veryBill Gates is a veryrich man today... andrich man today... anddo you want to knowdo you want to knowwhy? The answer iswhy? The answer isone word: versions.one word: versions.

——Dave BarryDave Barry

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After all is said and done, more is said than done.After all is said and done, more is said than done.

We will go someway in exploring why these trends haveWe will go someway in exploring why these trends haveoccurred in the next chapter.occurred in the next chapter.So, in this case each post becomes a node of yourSo, in this case each post becomes a node of youridentity, which is shared with the entirety of the socialidentity, which is shared with the entirety of the socialnetwork.network.Technology is the knack of so arranging the world thatTechnology is the knack of so arranging the world thatwe don't have to experience it.we don't have to experience it.It is this definition of technology that has led CyborgIt is this definition of technology that has led CyborgAnthropologist, Amber Case, to assert that, we are allAnthropologist, Amber Case, to assert that, we are allcyborgs now1.cyborgs now1.

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In conclusionIn conclusionEngage visionary partnershipsEngage visionary partnershipsMesh revolutionary mindshareMesh revolutionary mindshareAggregate proactive networksAggregate proactive networksand remember: A man in this world without learning isand remember: A man in this world without learning isas a beast of the field.as a beast of the field.

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