Check out this awesome thing (click for larger in new):
The 2010 Social Networking Map (via tor.com, with OP credit to xkcd)
LastPass: A Great Way To Protect Your Actual Internet Privacy
It’s a trial for me to listen to people complain about privacy on Facebook or anonymity on the Web. Don’t get me wrong; you aren’t going to find a bigger defender of anonymous speech than me. The same way a secret ballot preserves the integrity of the plebiscite, anonymous political speech protects republicanism. But there’s [...]
It’s All Chinese To Me: Reader Has Google Translate Built-In
I really like Google Reader; one of its great features is its recommendations. As long as you choose to “like” articles and media on a fairly consistent basis, Reader can do a very good job of finding new content and sources (provided, that is, they come from a Feedburner RSS feed). Because Google expected me [...]
Social Media, Real-World Friends, A Thick Skin And A Sensible Strategy
Just a short while ago, my Facebook Wall had this series of notes from The Economist: What’s remarkable in this exchange is the degree of openness involved and the ability to accept a contrary opinion without changing their course of action. In short, it’s how social media is supposed to work; and it’s evidence of [...]
Designers And Developers: Donate Your Time, Talent At New England GiveCamp, June 11-13, 2010
One of the things I found out about at Tuesday’s MSDN Northeast Roadshow stop in Augusta is the first New England GiveCamp, June 11-13 at Microsoft’s Northeast Research and Development center in Cambridge, MA. I’m attending, and I’d urge you to do so. A GiveCamp is basically a gathering of developers, DBAs, project managers, designers [...]
The Answers I Wish Facebook Had Given To User Questions
The New York Times’ Bits blog has a post today in which chief Facebook lobbyist Elliot Schrage answers reader questions. For a lawyer — especially a lawyer facing a Bonfire of the Vanities-worthy media frenzy, a meddling Congress, watchdog groups barking at his door and an inchoate Intifada by his longest-standing and most important partner [...]
