Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Online misdemeanors - IBN Live video

Okay, my first attempt to put a video up on this site has failed miserably, so I'll provide a link instead. IBN Live had interviewed me a few weeks ago for a story about indiscretion in the virtual world - Orkut stupidity, etc (something I also wrote about here). I never got to see the story telecast, because it didn't appear in the slot it was originally scheduled for - this is something that's happened with me before and it gets frustrating (especially when one has got ailing grandmothers all excited, waving cheerleader pom-poms at the TV screen). So I was pleased to discover a short video on this page on the IBN website. Take a look - I come on around the 1-minute mark.
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10 comments:

  1. Madhuri Sinha9:02 PM, September 11, 2007

    I really liked your views. Yes its easy to get carried away when orkutting or blogging. But at the same time it is very important to keep your personal information personal.Thanks for reminding us.

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  2. Space Lover10:42 PM, September 11, 2007

    A tip about embedding the video here: Just copy the "embed" text provided in the video page. Paste the text in the edit HTML of this post. Put it at the end of this post. Republish the post. That's it!

    BTW, The int was quite good! My fav blogger is proving his worth in the blogging community! Congrats!

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  3. Anonymous10:56 PM, September 11, 2007

    ahh have been reading you for years, and it's nice to put a face behind the jabberwocky:)

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  4. Anonymous11:10 PM, September 11, 2007

    my sentiments exactly! its nice to put a face to all that i read here...and you're much younger than i thought you'd be. :)

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  5. Jabberwock9:06 AM, September 12, 2007

    Madhuri: like I mentioned in that Orkut post, it's quite gobsmacking that reasonably intelligent people so often "forget" that Orkut scrapbooks are public forums.

    Space Lover: thanks. I followed the "embed video" procedure but it didn't work - said "Plugin Required" or something such. Maybe there's a format issue, because there hasn't been any problem with videos from YouTube.com.

    Sonia, Anon: have put a couple of photos on the blog in the past, but ya, videos are a different ball game. This was the first TV interview I was okay with putting up here - earlier ones had me stuttering all over the place and using phrases like "the human condition"!

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  6. Space Lover9:19 AM, September 12, 2007

    It's quite strange. It should be there. I had also posted an IBNLive video here. Another tip: Don't jump to compose mode after putting the embed code in the HTML page. Otherwise, the code will disappear. Republish the post directly from the HTML mode. Hope that works. :)

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  7. Anonymous10:46 AM, September 12, 2007

    but what about the whole connecting-to-people-you-would-never-normally-connect to thing...? I mean people you know, used to know, have forgotten about... etc. etc.

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  8. Jabberwock12:51 PM, September 12, 2007

    Space Lover: I tried doing it in "Edit HTML" mode and publishing. The video was displaying fine on Firefox but not on IE. Also, even in Firefox, the size was too big - it screwed up the sidebar. Think I'll keep it like this for now, but if you have any other tips (for IE) let me know.

    Anon: didn't understand the comment. This was a story about the misuse of social networking, not its benefits.

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  9. Shantanu9:21 AM, September 14, 2007

    Ha ha! Ailing grannies and pom-poms...

    While some level of anonymity is good, having credibility online does require providing some details about yourself.

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  10. Unknown4:10 AM, September 15, 2007

    Hrithik Roshan just called. He's dropping out of film because the new hero is just too fierce ;)

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