Danah Boyd (apophenia) together with Nicole Ellison, have published the introduction piece of a very interesting paper on social networking — see the announcement at danah’s blog, and also see the introduction to Social Network Sites: Definition, History, and Scholarship. Abstract: Social network…
It has been a while since I work on true embedded stuff, which is an area that I enjoyed experimenting with. So it is time to do something fun related to this, while relating such efforts to an area that I’m spending an…
I made the switch from AT&T to Internet Phone powered by Time Warner cable. This is why… There was Cingular, now called AT&T (Wireless). There was AT&T long-distance, who call themselves the old AT&T. There was SBC who call themselves the new AT&T.…
Nielsen//NetRatings reports the top social network portals for September 2007: Top social networking sites in September 2007 Audience, 000 Growth Site September 2006 September 2007 YTY Myspace.com 47,189 58,581 24% Facebook 7,765 18,090 133% Classmates Online 13,291 13,313 0% Windows Live Spaces…
I stumbled upon a set of great short videos at the Technology Review, related to the impact of emerging technologies. The short videos are profound and a must see. See the Impact of Emerging Technologies short videos at the Technology Review. ceo
The scanned article below from eWeek is a great summary of the wireless communication debate in the U.S. and how political and carrier-controlled wireless is and has been in the U.S. It is a very heavy article, heavy in the sense of how…
According to a Scarborough Research report, Austin, TX (the city where I live) is the top blogging city (in the U.S.): Austin, TX, Portland, OR, San Francisco and Seattle are the top markets for people who read or contributed to blogs. “Not surprisingly,…
Update (Nov 1st): MySpace joins Google’s OpenSocial. More updates: Adding more reference links at the bottom of this entry Google has announced its open social API. Very interesting. This can be big and a leap forward, converging into one service all social information…
The blogosphere is a very large virtual space. But in reality, where and when it matters, it is a small community of friends and family. This is why I am writing this post… Darla Mack, the Mobile Diva (who in real life is…
If you are using AT&T (Cingular) I hope that your application doesn’t rely on network-time for execution. You see, AT&T’s network-time is off. Thanks to AT&T I would have been a whole hour too early (thanks Michelle) late to an event this weekend…
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