Tag Archives: social media

The Next Web – Twitter explains why developers shouldn’t build new clients

So basi­cally Twit­ter is going to push hard into developing/perfecting offi­cial Twit­ter clients, so every­one else we’re com­ing after your busi­ness model, switch, dif­fer­en­ti­ate or be dead in the water.

ZDNet – Students suspended, expelled over Facebook posts

The school shouldn’t have a right to dic­tate what stu­dents due in the pri­vacy of their online accounts or in their free time.

CSS-Tricks – Quick Thoughts on Sharing Buttons

I agree with his reasons.

Your Site, Your Design

More con­tent own­ers are wish­ing to make it eas­ier for peo­ple to share their con­tent in a well mean­ing attempt to attract more read­ers, unfor­tu­nately I think they are ruin­ing the thing that peo­ple are most inter­ested in, the con­tent itself.

The Atlantic – The Inside Story of How Facebook Responded to Tunisian Hacks

I’m not sure what’s more shock­ing, that a coun­try wide key­log­ger was in use, or that Face­book took these actions to defend their users and free­dom of speech.

Joseph Perla – Facebook is a Ponzi Scheme

Never thought of Face­book that way but it makes a fair amount of sense.

NYTimes.com – Worker Rights Extend to Facebook, Labor Board Says

The National Labor Rela­tions Board just extended some basic sem­blance of pri­vacy into the online world.