For a friend… I need to develop my stance on privacy a little more. Â I think that my stance is that it is vital to address what it is, it’s nature, and how it is part of something much bigger and more (more…)
The End of Facebook and the Coming Social Media Bubble
So… your point on my Fishbits FB was sanguine (he said “why do you talk so bad about FB while posting so much?). Â However, where you said I had posted 20 some odd posts since early June, I hadn’t actually (more…)
Pavlov the Cairn Terrier. He should be a forced viral meme. Yes.
Sleepy sleepy Pavlov unwrapping pavlov Floating Spinning Cairn Pavlov Pavlov smiles during the morning tummy rub Pavlov being sweet in the sun A Curious Pavlov When Pavlov (more…)
Facebook advertising rambles, and another stream of misused and misplaced thoughts and words and rambles and drunken drools tapping it all out.
I don’t care how targeted the advertising is. there are fundamental flaws with your database, and architecture, prohibiting real interaction and commerce. The way you have made “liking” a throwaway, (more…)
Something thoughtful for Post 400 – The Filter Bubble
Filter ethics. This is the most important thing regarding Facebook & other online communities that very few people are talking about. Â I note here (June 2010) that hidden streams destroy any legitimacy (more…)
Why gory “Enjoy the Plants” pinpoints the problems with Google’s rapidly failing algorithm
The point is, if you search a totally benign term: “Enjoy the Plants”, with or without quotes, and click on the first link – —— you will find something wholly unrelated to plants. *THIS (more…)
User reviews going away?
Whether user reviews will “end” isn’t the question… it’s how they will exist and change over time.
User interaction, from reviews to social nets, will power the semantic web. It’s the future. It’s not going anywhere.
The New York Times on Fresh Air regarding WikiLeaks, Assange, Egypt, Tunisia, and more
Bill Keller, NY Times Editor, talks to Terry Gross on NPR. This is likely the best wrap up, up to date, about the impact of wikileaks’ model, and the changing of the guard in respect to surpression or (more…)
Failblog & LolCatz may have the last LOL. But… maybe… not.
The internet is a nebulous and bizarre place.