Social Relationships: The Merging of Online & Real-Life

As we use online environments for more day-to-day business and personal matters, I often wonder when we will make the jump to a more cohesive and accountable presentation of self that merges the two. There are two ways I look at this. One is the more technical: how do others know that it is you… Continue reading Social Relationships: The Merging of Online & Real-Life

Social Relationships: The Merging of Online & Real-Life

As we use online environments for more day-to-day business and personal matters, I often wonder when we will make the jump to a more cohesive and accountable presentation of self that merges the two. There are two ways I look at this. One is the more technical: how do others know that it is you… Continue reading Social Relationships: The Merging of Online & Real-Life

Online Privacy

More on Facebook and what privacy means online  “Privacy is an experience that people have, not a state of data.”  Will Facebook learn from its mistake 

Innovation in Social Media

Facebook added some new features to its website. Some commentary on both sides. First the postive from Michael Arrington: “It’s interesting because Facebook clearly gets the idea of an attention metastream, where page views aren’t the currency that matters but rather how effectively the service allows users to communicate. Facebook users will now have a… Continue reading Innovation in Social Media

Exploiting Customers?

A pair of articles in NY Times today regarding the release of user search queries from AOL earlier this week, and a dive into just how private your search queries are. The first article, Your Life as an Open Book, explains just what search engines do store from you, how they do it, and why.… Continue reading Exploiting Customers?

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