Tag Archives: facebook

Facebook’s Turntable.fm-like Feature

You can listen to the same song, at the exact same time—so when your favorite vocal part comes in you can experience it together, just like when you’re jamming out at a performance or dance club. I prefer the model … Continue reading

Attention Bore

“Social Networks” by Louie Mantia

What good is a social network if you have to cross post to another social network? Social Networks

“What do you think about that?”

“How Facebook Is Ruining Sharing” by Molly Wood

Just when you thought the like button was the worst thing to happen to the Internet (which is a misnomer, because the idea really started as the Digg button and isn’t really much different than Diggs and Reddit Upvotes), Molly … Continue reading

“Facebook Privacy: Site Confirms It Tracks You After You Leave” by Byron Acohido

I’m happy to see this story getting some mainstream attention. Facebook Privacy: Site Confirms It Tracks You After You Leave via Brooks Review

A post about linked lists goes too far into Facebook subscriptions and why I dislike cross-posting

I like Daring Fireball’s linked list. Clicking through to a linked list entry in your RSS reader sends you to the original post, not to Gruber’s commentary, which you would have read in your feed reader. The nerdy debate on … Continue reading

Social Networks are for third graders

In case you haven’t seen this from Pinboard Founder Maciej Ceglowski. The social graph wants to turn us back into third graders, laboriously spelling out just who is our fifth-best-friend. But there’s a reason we stopped doing that kind of … Continue reading

What’s a Like worth?

Dippin’ Dots, a quirky ice cream product, is one of the world’s top 50 product brands on Facebook. Ranked at #40, with over 4.5 million fans, it ranks higher than mega-brands like Gatorade, Domino’s Pizza, Nike Basketball, Snickers and Barbie. … Continue reading

“Social Media Is Killing Storytelling” by Mike Sorenson

When I see friends now we have so much less to talk about, regardless of how long it may have been—Twitter and Facebook bombard me with their daily goings-on, and it feels we no longer need to get caught up. … Continue reading