Spanish practices
I know this blog is supposed to be for academic/journalistic/online/job/.ac.uk stuff. But this is related. A bit.
It concerns the indecent speed with which the web logs triumph and disaster.
Consider this from Wikipedia:
Xabier “Xabi” Alonso Olano (born 25 November 1981 in Tolosa, Spain) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Spanish club Real Madrid and the Spanish national team.
This was the entry on August 5 at 17:36. He’d only just left Liverpool. I hadn’t even hit the message boards to join in the goodbyes.
They couldn’t have waited? Couldn’t have shown a little restraint? A little sensitivity?
That’s the web for you. Hard as nails.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xabi_Alonso#2004.E2.80.9305:_Champions_League_victory
I know this blog is supposed to be for academic/journalistic/online/job/.ac.uk stuff. But this is related. A bit.
It concerns the indecent speed with which the web logs triumph and disaster.
Consider this from Wikipedia:
Xabier “Xabi” Alonso Olano (born 25 November 1981 in Tolosa, Spain) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Spanish club Real Madrid and the Spanish national team.
This was the entry on August 5 at 17:36. He’d only just left Liverpool. I hadn’t even hit the message boards to join in the goodbyes.
They couldn’t have waited? Couldn’t have shown a little restraint? A little sensitivity?
That’s the web for you. Hard as nails.
That’s only a little case I must say. Have a look at what happened on Michael Jackson’s Wikipedia page/a> when the first reports of his death came out.