Chinese chat and blog.

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Borders and boundaries have ceased to exist as people tweet, blog and chat online in real-time, 24 hours a day, seven days a week with just about every country on the planet.

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The distribution of my friends reflects the distribution of the network and of the advanced technology needed to post on a blog, chat online or maintain a profile on one of the social sites, but it is already changing as the technology spreads further.

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As a frequent collaborator and partner on multiple business projects with Jenny, I was able to take some time to chat with her recently about the book, her blog, and her Life After College.

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Gone is the physical distance that reduces the tension surrounding nasty attacks in other online forums, for instance in multiplayer games, chat rooms, or in the reader comments sections below news articles or blog posts.

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She wrote for the student blog, hung around online after class to get to know her professors, joined video-chat study groups after hours, and developed Facebook relationships with classmates.

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