Category Archives: social networks

With privacy there is no middle ground

Posted on May 14, 2010 by

Lots of posts the past few days about the current Facebook privacy issues. Mark Zuckerberg is under attack. Not just for the latest Facebook update, but also personally for an alleged chat session that suggests he isn’t very respectful towards … Continue reading →

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Google Buzz: 2 years ago

Posted on February 10, 2010 by

2 Years ago I wrote a blog post entitled “Dear Yahoo, Microsoft and Google mail, forget Facebook, start innovating”. Facebook was coming up strong (still is), giving headaches to everyone. And it occurred to me (and other, smarter people, like … Continue reading →

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The human factor in social media (revisited)

Posted on November 5, 2009 by

Last year I wrote 3 (rather long) thought experiments I pretentiously called ‘The human factor in Social media’. You can find part 1, part 2, and part 3 here. I was reading them back recently and thought about what came … Continue reading →

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Two falses do not make a right

Posted on October 1, 2009 by

If a woman is raped, do you feel it’s her fault because she was dressed sexy and flirting a bit? If a tourist gets mugged on the streets of New York, would you agree that it’s his own fault because … Continue reading →

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Everybody loses in the battle over our online identity

Posted on June 10, 2009 by

Facebook announces user names. It generates a lot of buzz on Techmeme. TechCrunch reports the obvious (vanity), but Chris Messina is the only one that is actually analyzing what Facebook is doing and what impact it can have on our … Continue reading →

Posted in business model, Facebook, social networks, Tim O'Reilly, user centric web, web 2.0 | Tagged , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Social Media is bound by our human limitations

Posted on June 8, 2009 by

The definition of Social Media according to Wikipedia is: Social media is content created by people using highly accessible and scalable publishing technologies. At its most basic sense, social media is a shift in how people discover, read and share … Continue reading →

Posted in Facebook, Friendfeed, Google, human behavior, social media, social networks, web 2.0 | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 13 Comments

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 →

Posted in business model, Facebook, freedom, privacy, social networks, web 2.0 | Tagged , , , , | 4 Comments

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 →

Posted in business model, human behavior, interaction, privacy, social media, social networks | Tagged , , , , , , | 11 Comments

Status update: the future of the web is here!

Posted on March 16, 2009 by

/rant on I read a number of posts in the last week that seem unrelated but ended up making me think about this social media circus we are in. Unless you are deaf, blind, and have been sitting on a … Continue reading →

Posted in business model, Facebook, Friendfeed, social interaction, social media, social networks, Uncategorized, web 2.0 | Tagged , , , , , , | 19 Comments

It is naive to think our online lives are not connected to real-life

Posted on January 26, 2009 by

There seems to be a strange disconnect between our online and offline lives. Different rules, norms and values seem to apply. It is as if our online personality is not connected to our real life. We act differently and feel … Continue reading →

Posted in human behavior, on-line advertisement, privacy, social media, social networks | Tagged , , , , , | 9 Comments

Warning: Life is colored by the information we absorb

Posted on January 19, 2009 by

A few weeks ago my 6 yr old son was sitting next to me while I was watching the news. I was a bit distracted and didn’t realize he was sitting there, but after a while he said something to … Continue reading →

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Interaction will drive the evolution of the web

Posted on January 7, 2009 by

I’ve often said it, and I’ll say it again. The real value of social media lies in the ability for anyone to interact over anything. It is the interaction that creates the value. Smart people like Tim O’Reilly will tell … Continue reading →

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Facebook Connect a privacy tool? Yeah Right!

Posted on December 2, 2008 by

A good article by Brad Stone at the NY Times entitled “Facebook aimes to extend its reach across the web”. Brad talks about Facebook Connect: Facebook Connect, as the company’s new feature is called, allows its members to log onto … Continue reading →

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5 dangers of social media

Posted on November 13, 2008 by

Few people seem to realize or care about the dangers social media brings to our lives. Our online habits are changing rapidly from a closed, private behavior towards an open and sharing culture. While this brings us lots of good, … Continue reading →

Posted in business model, Facebook, privacy, social media, social networks | Tagged , , , | 12 Comments

Glubble for Families is live now

Posted on September 26, 2008 by

[Disclaimer: I am responsible for the new Glubble for Families release, so this post is related to my work at Glubble. If you want to follow what is happening over at Glubble I suggest you take a look at our … Continue reading →

Posted in Family, Glubble for Families, social networks | Tagged , , | 2 Comments

Beacon and other forms of advertisement have no place in Social Interaction

Posted on September 23, 2008 by

Facebook is bringing us back Beacon again. According to Nick over at All Facebook Beacon had not really disappeared. It was just less intrusively in sight. A little storm appeared on Techmeme over it.. For the very few of you … Continue reading →

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Free is not dead. It’s the accompanying advertisment model that needs to be killed

Posted on September 19, 2008 by

[disclaimer: this post is both personal and work related] Tim O’Reilly (finally) challenges current web 2.0 practice, providing free ad based services. In a post here he is quoted: “(These are) pretty depressing times in a lot of ways,” O’Reilly … Continue reading →

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My Social Media saturation could be caused by a poor business model

Posted on September 12, 2008 by

The past few weeks I have been in a crazy roller coaster preparing a public launch for a new service. It’s a lot of work, there are so many little and big details to take care of, a team of … Continue reading →

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The lack of a place called home on the web makes me an on-line refugee

Posted on August 11, 2008 by

We are rebuilding part of our house. We have a lot of space, but not enough rooms. We hired a local carpenter to help us out and he is doing a great job filling in our wishes. I help out … Continue reading →

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Do we really need privacy controls in Social Media?

Posted on July 10, 2008 by

A small discussion yesterday on Friendfeed after I posted a video that puts up a big warning about the way Facebook deals with your privacy. I do not know if any of the claims in that video are correct. Jason … Continue reading →

Posted in privacy, social interaction, social media, social networks, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , | 6 Comments