Monthly Archives: April 2009

The fundamental problem of ‘owning’ user data

Posted on April 28, 2009 by

I do not often agree with Facebook, but I do agree with their decision to make privacy settings of their users more important than opening up the vast amount of data they track to 3rd party developers. Marshall Kirkpatrick writes … Continue reading →

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Questions

Posted on April 3, 2009 by

Networks and destinations 1. If everything becomes open and connected, what will happen to the big destinations? 2. Why is the web rapidly evolving into uncountable databases with connections, instead of one database where everything connects? 3. If all services … Continue reading →

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