The Face of Social Media
Yes, this topic has been done to death in the past couple weeks, but I’m one of the numerous people signed up to quit Facebook at the end of the month, as proposed at http://www.quitfacebookday.com/. I...
View ArticleThe way things are vs the way they might be
The stereotypical use of Facebook, Twitter, Google Buzz and similar services is to share things with everyone. Either everyone in your friends list, or possibly, everyone in the world. The group of...
View ArticleGoogle Wave Re-evaluated
Several months ago, I posted an evaluation of Google Wave that wasn’t too positive. Since then, the Wave interface has had several minor, but very important improvements that make it much more pleasant...
View ArticleParanoia and Google Plus
After two weeks on Plus, I’ve decided: * They have the best online photo upload and management system I’ve ever used. * When deciding who to share content with, I usually discover that what I wanted to...
View Article“You should be on Facebook”
As I’m preparing to leave Switzerland, a lot of my friends have tried to pressure me to join Facebook so they can keep in touch. This isn’t going to happen due to privacy concerns I’ve mentioned many...
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