shona's dashboard

I may be that friend!

And on that note, does the site Rapleaf fall under data harvesting? I Google'd myself a week or two ago (yes narcissism-o) and found a listing with my name. The 'service' maintains my 'Rapleaf Reputation,' lists my hometown and provides a link to every social network I've participated in, not to mention my friggin Amazon wishlist!

I find this insanely intrusive. For me to 'manage' this information, I have to register on their site. WTF! How does this not break some kind of privacy act?

Though I suppose I should have never signed up for any social network in the first place. I deleted my Yelp and I uncomfortably stare at my 'Delete Profile?!' button on Myspace for hours on end.

When my four year old cousin can basically make a rapid fire assessment of my life within seconds, I cringe.

If you can, register for an electronic music class at the nearest city college. Live operates as such that after just a few hours of playing with it, the need for an actual instructor disappears.

Aside from watching the tutorial that comes with the program, another extremely helpful resource comes in the form of one of the many guidebooks sold via Amazon.

I basically toyed with Live every single day without referring to much other than my own intuition. If that doesn't work for you, there's plenty of really informative videos to be found on YouTube.