So, I decided to use the (terrible quality) 3D camera on my Nintendo 3DS to take some photos at this month’s Kino Sydney film night. As someone who can’t see 3D due to being blind in one eye, extracting the photos and turning them into stereo photos. WELCOME TO MY 2D WORLD, SUCKERS!

(Edit: Here’s the guide on how to do this, for those that were curious.)

First, some photos of my kitten, Frazil, to test it out:

After I arrived, some photos of the cool kids hanging out on the street:

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I know people who in the last week have deleted, or considered deleting their Facebook account. This is nothing new, the constant panic about privacy and frustration with every new feature has become run of the mill, but these people weren’t deleting their data because it was failing in what they thought it should offer – but rather that it was succeeding too well.

“Wake up – time to die”

I’m referring specifically to Timeline, the new Facebook view that replaces that of the traditional wall of your profile. In reality, it acts in much the same way, but one key factor is that it allows instant and fascinating travel through your personal Facebook history, and this is why the people I’ve mentioned want out: they don’t want to remember.

For the sake of anonymity, Subject X described her motivation thusly:

“I just wasn’t even with [sic] me accessing 5 years of my life in photos, let alone anyone else. some things better off forgotten”

The thing that surprises me, is that while I won’t be following Subject X’s direction, is that I can totally understand the logic.

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EDIT: I’ve since seen that Elly Hart over at the Gizmodo Australia wrote a response that is pretty appropriate.

OK, so, I read this article on Gizmodo over lunch and I’m rather fuming to say the least. It’s not that long, so I suggest you go take a gander. It’s OK, I’ll wait.

The long and the short of it is this: girl meets boy. Boy tells girl about himself. Girl isn’t interested in certain aspects of his personality. Girl writes incredibly bitchy, revealing and nasty post on a mainstream news site.

Can you tell which part bothers me?

I don’t care that Alyssa Bereznak criticises a lot of sleazes on OKCupid. Having found myself single for the first time in seven years this year I too have joined the site, and it can be a pretty odd place. So I imagine Alyssa was pretty happy when she found someone she referred to as ‘normal’.

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My rather nifty friend Andrew pointed me in the direction of this video, and I think it’s rather cool. Not just because I think cephalopods are amazing, or that my nickname for one of my oldest friends is Squid, but mainly because I just love science.

If you enjoyed that, I suggest following it up with listening to the super awesome Here Comes Science album by They Might Be Giants (yes, I know it’s designed for kids but don’t let that stop you.)

This is part of a series of short blog posts I wrote for beginners in social media for the Australia Council for the Arts. Enjoy, share and if you have any questions, let me know.

You’re panicking. You’ve spent months coming up with a strategy, you’re design work has been completed, you’ve got your Facebook Page created and your new app is launched and looks fantastic – and no one is seeing it. It’s the worst thing that could happen because when it comes to social, Oscar Wilde was on the money: “the only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.”

Tips and Tricks

Organic is great but it shouldn’t be your only tool. Organic growth is when you rely on social word of mouth, like people seeing their friends interact with Facebook Pages in their News Feeds to build your community. This is great and very valuable, but support it wherever you can!

Use your existing contacts! If you have a mailing list, make sure they know about your community. If you have physical locations, make sure you put up signs. Don’t be afraid to also encourage everyone in your organisation to invite their friends too.

This post originally appeared as part of the Connecting:// arts audiences online series, and you can continue reading the post on the blog here.