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Janet Kornblum


Janet Kornblum was the Daily Dot's first features editor. She works as a journalist and licensed private investigator in the Bay Area, and she has contributed reporting and photography to USA Today and CNET.

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Privacy? That’s so 1990s

When you realize how much you're really putting out there. 

On Dec 13, 2012 by Janet Kornblum

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Strange and true Facebook intimacies

Finding humanity in the flow of Facebook. 

On Dec 7, 2012 by Janet Kornblum

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The Creepy Stranger

Columnist Janet Kornblum on following someone's Instagram. 

On Nov 29, 2012 by Janet Kornblum

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Framing the world, one click at a time

In a road trip home for the Thanksgiving holiday, our columnist Janet Korblum ruminates on how we see the world through photographs now that we are constantly taking and posting them. 

On Nov 21, 2012 by Janet Kornblum

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Generations of email

Columnist Janet Kornblum on helping our parents and grandparents get online. 

On Nov 14, 2012 by Janet Kornblum

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Can’t we all just get along on Facebook?

Politics makes strange friend-fellows. Janet Kornblum writes about the political discussions we can—and can't—have with our Facebook friends.

On Nov 6, 2012 by Janet Kornblum

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Coming out online: A journalist’s evolution

One journalist's reflection on what it means to give up the appearance of political neutrality in social media and jump into the fray.

On Oct 31, 2012 by Janet Kornblum

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YouTube fundraiser launches gay-rights documentary

Using Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Kickstarter, Ryan James Yezak raised $63,000 to make "Second Class Citizens."

On Jan 18, 2012 by Janet Kornblum

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Exclusive interview: The man who would save N-Control

A small game-accessory maker hires help after a customer-service disaster.

On Dec 29, 2011 by Janet Kornblum

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Buh-bye 2011—love, JibJab

This clever video will keep you on the edge of your seat—for nearly three minutes.

On Dec 21, 2011 by Janet Kornblum

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New Hanukkah classics light up YouTube

Here are some great videos to get your Hannukah party started.

On Dec 20, 2011 by Janet Kornblum

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Boing Boing blogger: I have breast cancer

After live-tweeting her mammogram, Xeni Jardin had little choice about revealing her diagnosis, too.

On Dec 2, 2011 by Janet Kornblum

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Call off Facebook—missing girl found!

Allie Loftis, a Massachusetts teen, has turned up safe in New Jersey.

On Nov 16, 2011 by Janet Kornblum

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“This is what democracy looks like”

Dorli Rainey found out the hard way that "free speech does have it limits." A photo of her pepper sprayed by police—helpless—has become one of the most disturbing images to emerge from the Occupy movement. 

On Nov 16, 2011 by Janet Kornblum

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Pay to play on Etsy

Etsy today announced that sellers can now buy ad space to get their stuff noticed. 

On Sep 21, 2011 by Janet Kornblum