There are three questions that surround us during our whole life: who we think we are; who we try to be; and who we actually are. The last one question, some psychologists believe that we will never know the right answer. Though, humans do not give up on knowing their own personality: what are their …
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Ana Toledo – When “Amnesia Me” googles
In the occasional and undesirable scenario in that I would lose my memory and have only with me an identity card, googling myself would turn out to be more difficult than I had previously anticipated. Before we begin exploring this unlikely and miserable amnesia situation I hypothetically gotten myself into, I would like to make …
Tytti Rintanen – Let me get my Goggles
This is probably the weirdest writing task I’ve ever got in University, but here we go: Facebook, journalism and theatre. That’s how I’d describe the first impressions I get by googling myself. There are some links to a year old television interview, and links to reviews of my last theatre direction Item No 316. The …
Googling Mikaela Remes
So I used Google to find myself. As you can see in the picture below, in a sidebar, Google immediately informed me that I’m a student at Uni Helsinki, and tried to seduce me into filling out my profile information on Google+ (which I’m actively trying to avoid, but turns out that Google has created …
Only bits and pieces
So here I am with only a name and a photo on a passport that’s supposedly mine. Let’s see what Google has to offer… I must say I am a bit dissapointed. There’s not a single Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter or any other social media profile which would be under my name. The links that come …
Three Marie Duperier indexed by Google
Google can give me back my lost memories ? I’m not sure because when I google my name, I’m not the first Marie Duperier indexed by Google through Facebook and thanks to the profile picture I can see it’s not me. I appear in the second position with my Facebook profile, but it’s not only …
Yangjuan Hu – Embarrassing but Real
There were two things that impressed me when I searched my name online: One is how embarrassing it is while the other is how authentic it is! If I were amnesia, I might really be able to find myself back by searching my name. The first thing I found by googling my name in Chinese …
A Fictitious Account of Googling Myself After Memory Loss
Staring at the passport on the table, I’m dripping sweat. I now have a name—but do I really want to know more? What if I turn out to be a total jerk? A convict on the loose? A mass murderer who never got caught and then the past caught up with him, which caused him …
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Laura Salonen – multiple “me”s around the web
Ok, so I hope I’ll never lose my memory and if I do, I hope Google is not my only option to regain my old self back. Finding out who and what kind of person I am by googleling myself didn’t turn out to be easy. As you might know, Laura is quite a common name …
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Who am I according to the Internet?
When you google me online there four things you can find about me; first you will find that I have a Facebook profile. The page however is closed, and the only thing you can see is my profile picture. So the world knows what I look like, nevertheless this is also the only picture you …
Why I Heart My Media 