ReadWriteWeb:
Distributed social networking - where users can connect their profile, friends and other data across multiple sites - is still a relatively new concept and not fully developed. There are plenty of companies and projects vying to be a major piece of the distributed social networking puzzle. The big Internet companies have in (Read More)
Submitted by The Puck
from Google Reader:
One of the tools of the SEO trade has apparently been axed by Flickr. It seems like every SEO conference I have attended since Flickr went live included recommendations that Flickr photo submissions be treated much like HTML pages. The title of the photo, description, tags and any links in the description text work just lik (Read More)
Silicon Alley Insider:
Inspired by the automated machine that is Google (GOOG), the technophiles of Silicon Valley already believe their algorithms can target advertisements -- with demographics, the content on the page, and even how the users looking at a Web page behave elsewhere on the Internet -- better and faster than the mere humans on Madi (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb:
It seems we're approaching a new age here on the Internet. Instead being anonymous, faceless IP addresses, social computing and changing technologies have allowed the lines between the "real" world and the "virtual" world to blur. Web 2.0 helped create a world where your identity is revealed in bits and pieces as you share (Read More)
: The new age is here, but the old one hasn't left...the "older" generation is still very skeptical...how many times do you hear people creeped out by the exposure while those of us leading the social networking age don't think twice
: We can't equate privacy with anonymity, that isn't the point. Privacy is about sharing what you want to WHOM you want. I actually think that anonymity may be a BAD thing on the Web, since people do or say things they normally would not or should not (hate that should word, but its out there).
: There is a disarming naivete about those of you in the developed world that is born of the same complacent smiley-face mentality that left you so shell-shocked by 9/11. It'll mever happen here. Love, peace, save the whales & all that drivel. Anonymity is a right we have to fight for - that's gonna be the new battleground. Because once they know all about you, they have the power of life or death over you. And, here in the 4th world, we know, REALLY KNOW what that means. Incidentally, if you live in Washington DC, you are photographed at least 100 times each day. In Manchester England that figure sits at about 145 times a day. Anonymity is a modern myth. And privacy is as much ancient history as the Mayan sun-worshippers. Wake up and smell the Hoover, boyz 'n gals.
Submitted by The Puck
from Google Reader:
I hope you had a great Thanksgiving. There’s something about a 4–day weekend that makes me think that every weekend ought to be 4 days long. It not only allows for DOWN time, it allows for THINK time. Here’s what I thought about…There’s no question: Social Media is having an enormous, life-altering impact on the communic (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb:
Whether it's with your family, your co-workers or your clients - many of us like to share the excitement we have about the new, social web with others. What do you show other people to demonstrate how powerful, and yet easy to use, this new world of technology really is?We asked our staff and a number of other advanced soc (Read More)
Submitted by Raavi:
Getting, convincing, keeping and dealing with clients is an art for itself. Whether you’re a freelancer or part of a company, whether you’re a SEO, web designer, programmer or writer you will encounter the same issues again and again. You might argue that everybody is different and no client matches another one. This is tru (Read More)