I’ve been on the internet more than half my life. I consider myself a digital native. Today many people are protesting the SOPA and Protect IP Act legislation that threatens the internet. This threat is real, as this legislation breaks some fundamental things about how the internet works. If you are interested in the technical…
Google Plus is promising. Even the tech pundits that are quick to find flaws are having a hard time coming up with anything to complain about. There’s a lot of talk about how much Google has learned. As Gina Trapani says: I’ve been been watching Google flail around social web apps for a few years…
This morning I spent a few minutes using Rockmelt and Flock, two new “social browsers” that integrate your social networks into the browsing interface. Both browsers are built in Chromium, the open source version of the Google Chrome browser. Because they are built on Chromium, both are fast and relatively lightweight and stable. Rockmeltdownload This…
RT @MaryTrigiani: …reading Shakespeare again?Or Conan Doyle? "There is little so joyful as my hound anticipating her breakfast" (my own!) # Powered by Twitter Tools
Since the Internet Identity Workshop (IIW11) last week, I’ve been reflecting on how far we’ve come – and how far we still have to go. My Google ID, Yahoo ID, Facebook ID, and even my own domain’s OpenID can all be used to create and maintain accounts around the internet. Many services also have connections between…
Here is a simple method of getting your contacts out of Facebook and into your Gmail. It starts with Yahoo! Facebook allows exporting of contacts to Yahoo!, reportedly through a lucrative arrangement. You will need a Yahoo Mail account, but they are free: ? http://www.yahoo.com/ – and click “Signup” if you don’t already have an account.…
My computers are all set up with Adobe Flash installed. I also run a Flash Blocker on every browser. Since first installing a Flash blocker, my computer is more reliable and websites load faster. Adobe’s CTO is happy to blame Apple, of course: “That’s what upsets me the most,” he says. “That people put energy…
Another Must-read from Om Malik: For the media industry (which is video, music and print), there has been one more, and perhaps the farthest-reaching, failure: the inability of the folks to grok that today’s audience is not tomorrow’s audience. It goes without saying there’s a whole generation of folk that has either grown up, or…
Must-read: Gladwell, the Tea Party and the Truth About Social Media http://huff.to/bj15he via @huffingtonpost # Powered by Twitter Tools
I Shared What?!? Simulator http://otf.me/5rp Check out what facebook apps get when you allow them to see your profile. # Powered by Twitter Tools