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online communities

i guess I still need to write that paper on online communities and the socialization of online relationships. Especially in light of friendster and the development of virtual “ubermensch.” heh. I guess I wasn’t clear in what I was saying. I am naive enough to jump to the conclusion that I can use the idea of the ubermensch when …

friendster rules..

so I have recently been getting more and more random messages from people on friendster. This one really caught my eye. well it caught it by calling me an asshole… it rules. I was so surprised. at first I was honestly concerned.. but then.. I thought about it. and whatever.. hehe I rule.

How could you have all those friends?? You are such an asshole! I remember you in Chi…

looter

woah. that is craziness. today at work I won tickets to go and see swat. with colin farrell. I am kinda excited. I hate to admit it. but whatever.why does friendster suck so bad lately.. how can I cruise for friends.. when the pictures don’t work.
stupid pictures…

my friend.. this is the end..

woah. I wish I was good at flash!i would probably end up a stoner. ;)friendster still is growing in popularity. it is insane. I wish one of m…

ahh..

now that matiss is on friendster.. it is insane. hehe. fun fun.marcia’s bday was yesterday. it was fun. we went and got a LOT of sushi. nice nice. I like her a lot. good friends RULE. hehe. stupid friends.check this out.. tommie is in the village voice.. heh. nice. work

woah

here is a picture from the other night.. heheh..

friendster

So while friendster is sucking it up.. cacheing everything.. and taking a long time for shit to work.. I did some research. this guy started it.. he has apparently been around for awhile. check out the growth. it is obvious t…

Dell rules!

So today I went to a building that was a little over two blocks away to pick up a dell server(~$alot of money) that was mis-delievered to another company. heh. Like fed-ex “accidently” dropped it off at a completly unrelated place. wtf. and the best part is that the other company totally signed for it ;)hehehe.. I giggled the whole way. the best part was that we were totally incompentent at …

Smart

The situation with that girl that was abducted in salt lake city is poised to become very very strange. I mean she was gone for quite a long time. anything can happen in that ime - including befriending ones abductors.. thus patty hearst.. I guess it is probably psychological. but it still makes for a insane story. I think that the US should lo…

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Hi. My name is Harper. I am an engineer and software architect involved in social networks and the open source software. I am very happily employed as the CTO to the awesome skinnyCorp in Chicago, IL. We make some really cool stuff. This is obviously my blog. I write about everything from being a professional yoyoer to hacking the newest Internet appliance. Be sure and check out my homepage at harperreed.org. If you are so interested, my resume is located here. I love getting emails and what not so feel free to contact me through here.

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