The “New Facebook” – Worth the whinges?
Mar 18th
So it looks like the new Facebook is up and running for all users now. And, unsurprisingly, the haters come out of the wood work and speak up, demanding that it go back to how it was.
Don’t get me wrong, everyone is entitled to their opinion. That’s human nature, if we didn’t have opinions then things would just be boring. I thought I’d put together my opinion of the “new Facebook” with comparisons to Twitter, seeing as that’s what everyone is talking about!
For me, Facebook (old or new) has been an amazing tool to keep in touch with friends, share my images and arrange events with the people I don’t often see. It is a Social Network in its purest terms, regardless of layout.
Twitter, however, is something I’ve only been using for 4 months, and its more of a tool as apposed to a network. Agreed, I have my followers and followees (Is that right!?, you know what I mean), which form my “network”, but I mainly use Twitter for sharing knowledge. It’s public domain, everyone can see my updates (unless they are private, of course), so personal things are pretty much a no go. OK, so this is just my opinion, but if I had to quickly sum the two up, it would be:
Facebook – The Ultimate Social Network
Twitter – A network of like-minded knowledge sharers.
I’ve noticed no end of people saying that Facebook is ripping off Twitter, and to be honest, I agreed to begin with. First impressions make it look like this is the case. But really, all Facebook have done is seen a working system, that has become hugely popular recently, and integrated it into their already popular system. In my opinion, that’s good thinking! Over time, I’m sure they will adapt this to become more unique.
So to those people, who are demanding that Facebook change back to how it was, please, give it time to grow on you! After all, we don’t pay for the joys of Facebook or Twitter. If we did, then it would be a completely different situation.
Current Vote on Facebook. Do you like the new layout?
22,690 Yes
304,022 No
Finally, seeing all the status updates saying “SAY NO TO NEW FACEBOOK” and other similar grumbles….it just makes me repeat what I say when I unfortunately catch “Points of View” on TV and have to listen to people moaning about what they watched on BBC 1 last night. . . . . . Just pick up the remote, and change channels! If you don’t like Facebook, just don’t use it. No one is forcing you, but I really think you’ll find yourself a little bit lost with out 
Rant over now, I’ll blog something worth reading next time!!
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Can anybody help!?!?
Mar 9th
I wasn’t planning to use this blog to moan and whinge about things that are worrying me. But sorry, I couldn’t hold back, this is important!!!! (It’s not, in the grand scheme of things, but humor me )
Those of you who know me well, know that I am an avid Norwich City fan, have been since I was born, and will be for the rest of my life, well, maybe not the rest of my life, maybe more like “Until they don’t exist anymore”.
It may sound extreme, but if you read between the lines, Norwich City are a club in serious trouble at the moment. Let me explain…..
About two years ago we employed Glenn Roeder as our manager. We were stranded at the bottom of the league and looked down and out. He saved us. We all got excited and thought he was a genius, a miracle worker, a god (if you will). 12 months later and we’re 19th in the same league, fighting for survival again. With no money to spend on players, we had a squad of loan players who didn’t want to prove their worth to the club. Games were heartless and passionless. After several comments from Glenn Roeder aimed towards the fans (sarcastic, rude and un-called for), he was sacked. Bryan Gunn took charge (a Norwich City Legend), and the Canaries won their following game 4-0, a massive boost. Gunn then got the managers job until the end of the season, and maybe longer.
We’ve won one game since then, and now we’re currently 23rd in the league, 4 points from safety. With only 8 games left this season, its an awful situation for a club who were Champions of this league 4 years ago.
So what help do we need?
Luckily, Norwich have a huge fan base. We average 24,000 fans at every home game, even now. We’ve already sold 17,000 season tickets for next season. But the club has no money. No money means no new players, and no new players means no success in the league. If we get relegated, we will lose our only decent players and be left with, well, nothing. Topped with that, we could (realistically) go into receivership, and be docked 15 points. Before we’ve even kicked a ball. That would mean relegation to a lower league, and negative points tally to begin with!
Delia cannot afford to put any more money into the club, and nor should she be expected to. She’s given the club some of their best times (For me, watching the team win the league and seeing the street party through Norwich was something I will never witness again), and now I think its time for her to hand over the reigns to someone else. Which is, of course, easier said than done.
And that’s where this blog comes from.
We’re in the midst of a recession (What, you didn’t know??!!). No one has £20million to buy a football club that’s about to drop into League one. Do they? It’s possibly the worst time to be in this situation. In true Norwich Style, wrong place, wrong time. But what can be done? Really, I can’t see a way out of the hard times that are about to hit a club that has a bigger fan base (and stadium) than some Premier League teams.
I could be worrying about nothing of course, 8 games is 24 points, more than enough to be safe in this league. I’m just being a realist. Bad times 
That is all, whinge over!
Live Music
Mar 9th
There’s nothing like the sound of live music to put a smile on my face. So, I try and keep a memory of the giggs (good or bad!). I’m adding them as I get time, still to come is Fall Out Boy and another Maximo Park Concert, along with Evanescence and The Rasmus when I can find the clips again!
The camera work is, well, shit. So my apologies, but I wasn’t going to bring the tripod! 
So for now:
Maximo Park @ Cambridge Corn Exchange:
Katie Melua @ Cardiff CIA, November 2008: