Tag Archives: social networking

BBC News – Google to be audited on privacy after Buzz complaints

Google hav­ing it’s pri­vacy poli­cies reviewed for the next 20 years is going to be rough on a com­pany who wants to orga­nize the world’s information.

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.

Joseph Perla – Facebook is a Ponzi Scheme

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

Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox – 10 Best Intranets of 2011

Inter­est­ingly enough social net­work­ing fea­tures work really well for intranets, not so sur­pris­ingly what makes an effec­tive web­site is slightly dif­fer­ent from what makes a good intranet.