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The Unsocial Network: Why Google Is Wrong to Kill Off Google Reader - Forbes
Why google reader is an "anti-social network" and why that's a good thing. Much like pinboard, actually.
google  webdev  misctech  blogosphere 
october 2011 by epersonae
The loss of ambient intimacy – Baldur Bjarnason
"Ten thoughts on the problem with Twitter and why my life improved by escaping planet Twitter." Damn good stuff from Baldur.
blogosphere  twitter  psychology  productivity 
september 2011 by epersonae
If your website's full of assholes, it's your fault - Anil Dash
yay metafilter!
blogosphere  psychology  news 
july 2011 by epersonae
Geek Friendships and Twitter « Jason Byrne’s Blog
THIS.
psychology  blogosphere  twitter 
march 2011 by epersonae
A 5-minute framework for fostering better conversations in comments sections | Poynter.
in which Metafilter continues to be awesome.
blogosphere  news  psychology 
march 2011 by epersonae
Distributed Social Networks - a comic (PDF)
nice simple explanation!
facebook  socialmedia  twitter  blogosphere  webdev 
march 2011 by epersonae
Twitter Blog: The Tweets Must Flow
Lovely, really.
politics  blogosphere  twitter  privacy 
january 2011 by epersonae
On Owning Your Data: Follow-up to @Zeldman and the #indieweb - Tantek
"I'd rather host my data and live with such awkwardness in the open than be a sharecropper on so many beautiful social content farms."
blogosphere  socialmedia  webdev 
january 2011 by epersonae
Finding the missing personal blog - markpasc
reading & rereading this, thinking about the itch that I have not been able to scratch in almost a decade, and wondering what that would look like exactly.
blogosphere  privacy  webdev 
december 2010 by epersonae
Information overload, the early years - The Boston Globe
"if we look closely, we can find a striking parallel to our own time: what Western Europe experienced in the wake of Gutenberg’s invention of printing"
blogosphere  history  academia  writing  philosophizing 
december 2010 by epersonae
Cooks Source Statement: Slightly Corrected - kitchenmage
"Every time you talk about intellectual property a kitten dies. Stop it!" hilarity!
writing  blogosphere  food  weird 
november 2010 by epersonae
Crowdsourcing chocolate cake: How a New York Times foodie stumbled upon the new news production » Nieman Journalism Lab
food  news  blogosphere 
october 2010 by epersonae
Sierra Madre Tattler: We Answer the AOL/Sierra Madre Patch Questionnaire So YOU Won't Have To!
mmmmm, crabby hyperlocal sarcasm!
blogosphere  californication 
october 2010 by epersonae
A Blueprint For Socially Augmented Events: The Seven Stages Recap | Helping improve your annual meetings, conferences & education
crummy formatting, but potentially useful.
ena  library  blogosphere  facebook  reference 
september 2010 by epersonae
copperbadge: THE .DOC FILE OF J ALFRED PRUFROCK
"I have heard the servers singing, each to each." honestly? I like this better than the original. :)
arts  funny  blogosphere  ezrapound 
september 2010 by epersonae
Diaspora Developer Release
interesting, looks like it's actually going somewhere. (is it RoR?)
blogosphere  facebook  webdev 
september 2010 by epersonae
You Can Stop the Social Media Hype «
"As long as we continue to buy into the hype of new technologies and look to communications tools and platforms to save us, we’re doomed." dooooomed! ;) also, the internet is made of people. seriously, though? this article is a good reminder to chill out.
blogosphere  marketing 
september 2010 by epersonae
The Facebook Reckoning - Anil Dash
In which he expands on the quote in the New Yorker article: "here's even more nuance to my feelings about Facebook than merely remarking on the privilege of its CEO"
facebook  privacy  blogosphere 
september 2010 by epersonae
Dan Ariely » Blog Archive Back to School #1 «
"Even Skinner had a trick to counterbalance daily distractions" email = skinner box (and I've tried a variant of that trick, too. it helps a lot.)
psychology  blogosphere  productivity  misctech 
august 2010 by epersonae
Josh Millard, Musician › Folk music, viral weirdness, and the Ballad of Steven Slater
weird  arts  blogosphere 
august 2010 by epersonae
How to Write (Better): How to Write a Rant | BlogHer
strangely enough, this advice came in handy.
blogosphere  writing  psychology 
july 2010 by epersonae
Medieval Multitasking: Did We Ever Focus? | Culture | Religion Dispatches
"I have the advantage of not drinking a gallon of high-octane ale each day from a vessel infused with lead!"
history  philosophizing  psychology  blogosphere 
july 2010 by epersonae
Electing2Blog: Why We Do This
"there are times when the blog is the best way to get complex treatment of an issue out to the public"
politics  local  blogosphere 
july 2010 by epersonae
Microsoft Launches Outlook Facebook Integration [Exclusive]
ye gods and little fishes.
facebook  blogosphere  weird  misctech 
july 2010 by epersonae
Reports of blogging's death have been greatly exaggerated | Cory Doctorow | Technology | guardian.co.uk
I think Dylan wrote essentially this a while ago. :)
blogosphere 
july 2010 by epersonae
#TinyDeclaration: A Slate Twitter contest for the Fourth of July. - - Slate Magazine
intriguing. nothing like getting to the core of an idea.
blogosphere  history  politics  writing 
june 2010 by epersonae
Economics: Economists behaving foolishly | The Economist
"the essay errs, as many similar criticisms err, in missing the breadth and richness of the economics blogosphere"
blogosphere  finance  politics 
june 2010 by epersonae
Scott Andrew - DIY acoustic pop superhero! - Facebook perplexes me…
"People who looked at me cross-eyed ten years ago when I tried to explain to them what a “blog” was are now busy “liking” stuff and posting on walls." indeed.
facebook  blogosphere  weird 
june 2010 by epersonae
FREE GRAR ON THE INTERNET IS LIKE FREE SH*T IN AN OUTHOUSE « The Whelk – John Leavitt
heh.
funny  weird  arts  blogosphere 
june 2010 by epersonae
The Shallows : The Frontal Cortex
"I was not entirely convinced by Carr's arguments" - intriguing reading.
blogosphere  psychology  science  writing  history 
june 2010 by epersonae
Street Giant » Leroy Stick – the man behind @BPGlobalPR
"The point of this story is that if someone is terrorizing your neighborhood, sometimes it’s alright to grab a stick and take a swing."
marketing  society  politics  blogosphere  funny 
june 2010 by epersonae
how metafilter saved two russian women from potential human trafficking the woman behind the rescue speaks out - The Human Condition Blog - Newsweek.com
"members of the MetaFilter community have been offering everything from translation services to hugs and beer, and have accompanied the women on sightseeing tours and social calls" fucking awesome.
weird  society  blogosphere 
may 2010 by epersonae
MetaFilter Saved My Pals From Sex Traffickers
Ask MetaFilter is the most amazing thing ever. "Hi, I'm from the internet and I'm here to help." (not in the article, but someone quipped about that in the MeTa thread.) Also, most appropriate username ever: internet fraud detective squad, station number 9
weird  society  blogosphere 
may 2010 by epersonae
Using Social Media to Meet Nonprofit Goals: Idealware's New Report | Gregory Heller | CivicActions
planning to read this, potentially interesting stuff.
nonprofit  facebook  blogosphere  twitter 
may 2010 by epersonae
Dave Raggett’s Blog » Beyond Facebook, a world of opportunity
Interesting musing, not unlike what I wrote recently. "avoid unwanted leakage across different social groups" aka managing when-worlds-collide moments.
blogosphere  facebook 
may 2010 by epersonae
Tattler (app)
"Tattler (app) is an open source topic monitoring tool for today's Web." (another Drupal install profile, I think)
drupal  news  blogosphere  marketing 
may 2010 by epersonae
My Favorite Privacy Quotes – A Top Ten Countdown | Librarian by Day
privacy  society  blogosphere  facebook  politics 
may 2010 by epersonae
Elgg - Open Source Social Networking Platform.
opensource  blogosphere  webdev 
may 2010 by epersonae
Blogging Your Personal History | BlogHer
A million times yes.
writing  blogosphere  personal 
may 2010 by epersonae
Pinboard Blog - What is Antisocial Bookmarking?
"I thought I'd explain my own motivation for setting up an 'antisocial' service, what exactly I mean by the term, and how it affects features that will or won't make it into Pinboard" fantastic micro-essay!
blogosphere  psychology  library  personal  webdev 
may 2010 by epersonae
The Salad Edition
Steve's blog! Awesome! (I knew Steve & his lovely wife Paula back in Tacoma. Actually, I have one of her paintings on my desk right now.)
personal  blogosphere 
may 2010 by epersonae
ASCII by Jason Scott / Library of Tweets
"F*** YES I TOTALLY APPROVE" ranty, but in a good way.
society  history  library  blogosphere 
april 2010 by epersonae
Facebook Further Reduces Your Control Over Personal Information | Electronic Frontier Foundation
I don't think I have cuss words strong enough for facebook anymore.
facebook  blogosphere  privacy 
april 2010 by epersonae
Facebookipedia? Here come 'Community Pages' | The Social - CNET News
:(
facebook  society  blogosphere  webdev 
april 2010 by epersonae
Twitter Updates, the 18th Century Edition - Digits - WSJ
tweet of 1873: "Nothing took place worth noting."
blogosphere  history  twitter  library 
april 2010 by epersonae
Walt at Random » Blog Archive » Don’t say anything online that…
"Is there some reason this warning shouldn’t apply to (ahem) public tweets?"
blogosphere  history  library 
april 2010 by epersonae
How Tweet It Is!: Library Acquires Entire Twitter Archive « Library of Congress Blog
wow. that's fantastic.
library  blogosphere  history 
april 2010 by epersonae
Web Teacher › Tip: HTML5 markup for blog posts
intriguing. maybe I'll sprinkle some html5 into my new blog design.
standards  personal  blogosphere  html5  to-do  theming  wordpress  webdev 
april 2010 by epersonae
Why I Can’t Get As Excited About Geolocation as Scoble | Michelle's Blog
"I’ve had some not so pleasant experiences with someone who felt compelled to tell me that I couldn’t block him from certain circles of my life" (she doesn't talk about gender explicitly, but that's a big part of it IMO.)
society  blogosphere  gis  mobileweb  gender 
march 2010 by epersonae
Web Illiteracy: How Much Is Your Fault?
on the RWW/Facebook train wreck and more. (I've known Gus/Jill since jr high, BTW.)
society  blogosphere  academia  personal  philosophizing 
march 2010 by epersonae
A very personal Google Android vs. Apple iPhone war just got some more personality | Between the Lines | ZDNet.com
"Bray will bring something to Android that it doesn’t necessarily have today—a personality. And a little personality will matter because as the New York Times detailed on Sunday the Apple vs. Google thing has become intensely personal."
blogosphere  mac  google  mobileweb  android 
march 2010 by epersonae
Wait a minute, I wrote a post | Shall Make You Odd
"Last month a journalist for the Christian Science Monitor found that [comment on Z's blog] and my dying blogs and e-mailed me asking if I could elaborate further on my comment." very thoughtful.
blogosphere  writing  personal  philosophizing 
march 2010 by epersonae
Be a little more creative this year. Join Project 52.
"I’ve decided to re-boot the project with a new launch date of March 17th — St. Patrick’s Day."
writing  blogosphere 
march 2010 by epersonae
Has blogging peaked? / The Christian Science Monitor - CSMonitor.com
long quote from Dylan. I find that long-form blogging still has a big draw for me.
blogosphere  writing  facebook 
march 2010 by epersonae
Drew McLellan - The Marketing Minute:
social media cheat sheet
marketing  facebook  blogosphere 
march 2010 by epersonae
My Bank Thinks My Blog Sucks
I think I knew someone who stopped blogging for a bit during some issues with the IRS....
blogosphere  society  finance  politics 
march 2010 by epersonae
Facebook Patents The News Feed (Updated)
f*&#$ers.
facebook  blogosphere  misctech 
february 2010 by epersonae
Ask MeFi Magic 8 Ball
silly. also: AWESOME.
weird  blogosphere  reference 
february 2010 by epersonae
ThinkTank - Ask your friends
thinking about installing & playing around with this.
twitter  blogosphere  php  opensource  to-do 
february 2010 by epersonae
Little Hollywood
why the heck isn't her RSS/Atom feed just a feed instead of some private mailing list rigamarole? that would be MORE private. :(
local  blogosphere  weird 
february 2010 by epersonae
Harper’s and MetaFilter: magazines and communities
definitely read thru all the links.
blogosphere 
february 2010 by epersonae
Google Buzz: Privacy nightmare | Molly Rants - CNET News
ugh.
privacy  google  blogosphere 
february 2010 by epersonae
Company Forces Employee to Delete LinkedIn Profile
ugh.
society  blogosphere  finance 
february 2010 by epersonae
Google Buzz and contacts silos (and privacy and spam) | rare pattern
I have the same sense of hesitation. (Facebook has been problematic for me for many of the same reasons.)
blogosphere  google  facebook  society  psychology 
february 2010 by epersonae
Conversation with Metafilter Founder Matt Haughey
"I used to go to Slashdot a lot and thought it could be a lot better — cleaner and simpler." I <3 MeFi!
blogosphere 
february 2010 by epersonae
Google Reader Can Now Track Changes to Any Website - Even if it Can't Find a Feed
ok, hold on...does this mean I can create my own feeds for the (lousy) city of olympia site?
google  blogosphere  local  olympia  ena  webdev 
january 2010 by epersonae
Twitter / Jeremy Bertrand: If you started a social me ...
yes.
blogosphere  marketing 
january 2010 by epersonae
The 3 Facebook Settings Every User Should Check Now - NYTimes.com
"Considering that Facebook itself is no longer looking out for you, it's time to be proactive about things and look out for yourself instead." maybe that should read "Facebook HAS NEVER LOOKED OUT FOR YOU" but anyway, good tips.
privacy  facebook  blogosphere 
january 2010 by epersonae
The 'M' Word - Marketing Libraries: Social Media Cards: A 2.0 Type of Business Card
this is AWESOME.
marketing  library  blogosphere 
january 2010 by epersonae
Conversations About The Internet #5: Anonymous Facebook Employee - The Rumpus.net
"No. They’re never changing that policy. We still keep all information." wondering how much is real v. fake, creepy in either case.
blogosphere 
january 2010 by epersonae
Skepchick » Yellow! Do you feel more aware now?
"How delightfully devious and titillating! Except that it’s stupid."
blogosphere  society  gender  medicine  health 
january 2010 by epersonae
Facebook's Zuckerberg Says The Age of Privacy is Over
"The company's justifications of the claim that they are reflecting broader social trends just aren't credible. A much more believable explanation is that Facebook wants user information to be made public and so they 'just went for it'"
blogosphere  society 
january 2010 by epersonae
Ideapad: What social media really means
a lovely bit of musing. (the recently deceased Brad Graham *invented* the term blogosphere, which I've used tongue-in-cheek as a tag for my blog-related links.)
personal  blogosphere 
january 2010 by epersonae
IOLUG speaker’s notes on online identity « Attempting Elegance
AWESOME notes...applies to all "professional" career tracks, I think, not just librarians.
philosophizing  blogosphere  personal  library 
january 2010 by epersonae
Fleegle's Blog: End of the Year Miscellany
amazing story of the Queen Susan Shawl, a group knitting pattern project based on a museum's archive photo.
crafty  arts  history  blogosphere  library  academia 
january 2010 by epersonae
mizz information: The Other Side of Social Media Policies--Employee's Rights
society  blogosphere 
january 2010 by epersonae
ongoing · After Branding
this one gives me a glimmer of hope. "Use a spell-checker, I mean. I’m serious. And do the things that people who use spell-checkers do: Take care to be present and accurate and orderly and coherent."
marketing  society  blogosphere  psychology 
december 2009 by epersonae
HOW MARKETING HAS GOT UNDER OUR SKIN | More Intelligent Life
can I admit that this one makes me want to slit my wrists? or do something entirely radically different with my life.
marketing  society  psychology  blogosphere 
december 2009 by epersonae
What Does Facebook's Privacy Transition Mean for You? | ACLUNC dotRights
reasonably clear explanation of the new settings. now there's no "only FB users" setting? "everyone" really does equal EVERYONE.
facebook  security  privacy  blogosphere  society 
december 2009 by epersonae
Why Facebook Changed Its Privacy Strategy
basically to get more ads. sometimes I f'ing hate Facebook.
blogosphere  security  facebook 
december 2009 by epersonae
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