Learn This Medium

Think of this as Volume 17, Number 3 of A-Clue.com, the online newsletter I've written since 1997. Enjoy.

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There are lots of stories written about how “young people” are “clueless” about using the Internet.

These often feature pictures left on Facebook of people being young and stupid. Young and stupid are sort of synonomous.

But it's true. People have been fired from jobs, or lost an opportunity for advancement, because some biddy saw something they wrote or said online that, in the clear light of day, they probably should not have written, said, or had photographed.

I would hope that, over time, as this medium becomes a natural, normal part of growing up, we might be more forgiving of this. The whole argument is pretty stupid.