Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Completely Conspicuous 363: Online Immortality

Part 3 of my conversation with guest Matt Phillion as we discuss friendship in the digital age. Listen to the episode below or download directly (right click and "save as").




Show notes:
- Check out Matt's new book, The Indestructibles: Breakout
- Matt: I will sell out tomorrow
- Matt founded Home For Wayward Geeks to rant about superheroes
- A lack of institutional rock knowledge
- Sitting next to Jordan Knight on a plane
- Friends who overshare online about kids, pets, butts
- Matt: I miss hanging out with friends
- It's work to get people together
- Two levels of interaction
- Social media ghosts
- Online relationships can be as real as physical ones for some
- You'll exist online long after your death
- The Digital Cleaner

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The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Find out more about Senor Breitling at his fine music blog Clicky Clicky. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.

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