SocialGO Decloaks

This is a catch-up blog, I started writing this in early 2008. I’ve now fixed it up and finished a few paragraphs so that it can be published.

enjoy.

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I now find myself with the time and the means to say a little something about what I’ve been working on for the last year and a bit. I can be a bit secretive when a project is in stealth mode, so a lot of the good people I know have been kind of cut out of this particular little corner of my life and have just know that I’ve been working on ‘something’ new.

Let’s try that again…

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So as you can probably tell, it’s been a while since I last updated this blog, over a year in fact. I will admit to having about 10 draft blogs that I’ve started over the year that I’ve still got to finish writing, so I’ve not been completely ignoring things.

A lot has changed in my years absence; for the most part, myself and the rest of the SocialGO team have been insanely busy, dealing with the amazing and rapid growth of the SocialGO platform.

Netiquette 2.0

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Like most new trends, back when the internet was still trying to find its feet in society, a small set of rules began to appear to govern the ways in which internet users interacted. These rules, often called netiquette, were closely followed by the first users of the internet and hardly crossed, less the user be shunned by the small society that had made a home on the internet of the time. it was considered by many at the time to be a golden age of the internet.

The Name

A few people have already asked me about the inspiration behind the name of this blog. it’s a bit of a story, but I’m happy to oblige.

As the name is inspired by a book, I’m not sure if this entry will turn in to my first book review, rather than just a little bit of history. but as I’m planning to write an entry in the future about a handful of books that I consider to have changed my perspective on the world, I’ll aim to avoid too much detail, for the moment.

Enter the Blogsphere

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So I’ve finally done it. I’ve joined the blogging community.

Those of you that know me and in particular my personal views on most things ‘web2.0′, will know that starting up a blog was as likely a move as my saying ” damn, I really need to by an iPhone today*”; which is to say, those individuals that I am referring to will be some what surprised at this move.

Hello world!

‘Hello World’ indeed. Welcome to English Voodoo, come on in and make yourself at home.

This is just a quick post to fill the space in between setting up this blog, and actually getting something on here for people to read. that’s if anybody actually decides to visit.