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Dork Whisperer

By Ophelia Chong
March 15, 2010



Step back please, you are in my personal space. A bit further. Perfect.

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Empty Calories

By Ophelia Chong
March 9, 2010



If you are still writing about how your blog/site has a Page Rank of 8 then I'm fairly sure you typed, "I am obsolete".

Keywords meta tags and page ranking, if you've been told that keywords in your meta tags matter for Google search, than get your money back.

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Is That You?

By Ophelia Chong
March 3, 2010



Working virtually involves a keyboard, computer and an internet connection. No face to face, no seeing that I am wearing the same work out outfit since 6 am. Or the bird's nest on the top of my head. Or the the fact that I have a half eaten bowl of oatmeal by my keyboard.

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Would You Hire a Hologram?

By Ophelia Chong
February 24, 2010



I got an email last week, all the way from Istanbul. It was a wonderful email that boosted my spirits (and ego), but put a big question into my head. Would I move for a job?

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Oh, You and Your Electronic Baggage

By Ophelia Chong
February 19, 2010



"Hey lets go on a hike!"
"Just a second, I need to charge up my Blackberry..."
"Okay, I think I just got a text..."

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It's Not Called 'Freebook'

By Ophelia Chong
February 15, 2010



What if I set up a service where you could archive photos, message friends, post your thoughts, organize groups, fan clubs, events and at the most basic level get in contact with friends and relatives, and gave you all that for free?

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Lost And Found

By Ophelia Chong
February 10, 2010



I keep harping on the days before the internet, and about how we used to communicate by phone, mail and by word of mouth. Now of course we have our online communities that will sing the praises of a Thai diner or totally slam the cheap motel with bed bugs on highway 14.

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Retread

By Ophelia Chong
February 4, 2010



How many times have you seen that same link about the iPad? Or about the latest cute box loving kitten youtube?

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Zero Degrees of Separation

By Ophelia Chong
January 29, 2010



Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon is based on the concept of the small world phenomenon and that you can tie any actor to Kevin Bacon within six degrees. With the world moving at the pace that it is, we can narrow that down to almost zero for our relationships.

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Those Sounds
Come & Gone

By Ophelia Chong
January 25, 2010



On my Facebook page this past Saturday, I posed the question: "What are the once iconic sounds you no longer hear? Typewriters, rotary dial tones, film cameras, analog cash registers... what else comes to mind?

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About 404 City

Los Angeles is the ultimate networked metropolis, and in 404 City blogger Ophelia Chong takes a look at our diverse web of communities, all of them interwoven by freeways, shared history, media, automobiles, and the ever present digital penumbra of cell-phones and computers.

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