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http://www.slideshare.net/padday/the-real-life-social-network-v2

A nice presentation (from Googler Paul Adams) on designing for the social web, focusing on some common practices, why they're problematic, and some options for what to do instead. (I'm personally very happy that he included the observation that 'friends' is a term that is very badly (over)used in the context of social networking sites.)

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9125058

Our conversation had barely started when privacy activist Betty Ostergren interrupted me to say that she had found my full name, address, Social Security number and a digital image of my signature on the Web.

I had set out to discover just how much information I could find about myself online, and Ostergren, who runs the Virginia Watchdog Web site, was my very first call. If this was what could be uncovered in just a few minutes, what else would I find? Quite a bit, as it turns out.

Haven't read the whole thing yet.

Current Mood: thoughtful

"You know what's great about the internet? It's one giant cable access channel."

(I'd say that what's great about the Internet is that it _can_ be a cable access channel, plus simultaneously many other things depending on what you want...but that's another topic.)

Let's Paint, Exercise, and Make Blended Drinks TV!

All, apparently, at once. Plus, apparently this is one of a _series_ of similar shows by this guy.

Risk using Google Maps. A completely gratuitous use of the API, I'll grant you...but then after finishing a paper for submission early today I was feeling kind of punchy, and actually finished a game.

Current Mood: sated
Current Music: Bennett, Geoff - Music For Bipedal Movement - Yo Yo Train

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...I think Boing Boing put it well:

tiiiime suckaaaaage

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