Information breeds control
A stray and obvious thought? If you look at the issue of privacy at social networking sites in terms of information, as outside observers such as parents and governments frequently do, you come up with...
View Article[ugc3] Understanding evolving online behavior
NOTE: Live-blogging. Getting things wrong. Missing points. Omitting key information. Over-emphasizing small points. Paraphrasing badly. Not running a spellpchecker. Mangling other people’s ideas and...
View ArticleDon’t Ask and Don’t Tell Facebook
The military is trying to devise policies to govern how our service people use social networking sites, according to a story by Julian Barnes in the LA Times. The article implies the Pentagon accepts...
View ArticleSir Mark: How the Founder of Facebook Can Be Knighted, Win a Nobel Peace...
The founder of the World Wide Web, Tim Berners Lee, has been knighted, has been plausibly suggested for a Nobel Peace Prize, and is revered by his peers. The founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg,...
View ArticleWhat is Google+ for?
Edward Vielmetti asked on Google Plus “What is Google+ for?” I thought Peter Kaminski‘s response was particularly insightful. (Quoted in full with Pete’s permission.) The purpose of Google+ is to keep...
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