if Mark Zuckerberg cared about privacy… | echoecho – locations and stuff… "we built everything on echoecho to optimise speed, elegance and utility to the USER – but never at the expense of the user’s privacy. The trouble is that many other social networks are optimised to give maximum value to the NETWORK (or in [...]
OpenID — Blog — WordPress.com You can now use your WordPress.com login as an OpenID, for commenting on other sites, logging into services, etc. Just be careful if you have multiple WordPress.com IDs, especially if you work with WordPress.com sites for clients. (tags: wordpress identity services)
Fwix Expands Its Geo Index Via Local Widgets And A Broader API "Publishers and sites can pick and choose whatever data they want and create widgets with a customized local feed they can place in a sidebar. These could include Tweets about about the publisher’s business, Flickr photos, check-ins, or Yelp reviews. Widget publishers can [...]
Cell phones and American adults | Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project Note that this report only covers voice calls and text messaging, not any of the many other uses of cell phones. (tags: mobile research generations text+messaging SMS) Power-law and why we fail to solve social problems – Idea exChange "Power-law solutions [...]
Missoulian's digital manager's parting shot at editors "I believe in the process of news and the responsibility of a local newspaper to provide news to the citizens. Unfortunately, newspapers are helmed by old, decrepit captains who cannot see past their bifocals way down their noses reading about yesterday with all the relevance of the Hindenberg [...]
MediaShift Idea Lab . What the Spot.Us Community Thinks of Objectivity | PBS "Perhaps what we can learn from all of this is that objectivity, while important as an ideal of fairness, should not be seen as a way of achieving "detached-ness," if you will. But heck, this blog post is by no means unbiased, [...]
OpenBlock Demo site is now live (for Boston) "OpenBlock is an open source software initiative to bring hyper-local news and data capabilities to news organizations of all sizes. "OpenBlock builds upon the source code originally developed for EveryBlock.com, and is supported by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation." (tags: local hyperlocal news datacasting [...]
Mobile Testing | Mobile Website Development | Mobile Interactive Testing Environment (MITE) from Keynote Systems MITE provides interactive testing and validation of mobile content right on your desktop. Test content with 1,600+ mobile device profiles over a live wireless network, mobile carrier or Internet connection. Why Keynote MITE? – On demand testing with no phones, [...]
Wow. If You Think Quitting Booze Freaks People Out, Wait ‘Til You Quit Twitter. Very interesting insights from TechCrunch’s Paul Carr. I think there is much to be said for periodically cutting back on (or eliminating) anything that feels absolutely essential or habitual to you, to gauge how much you really need it. In the [...]
Historic Preservation ~ City of Oakland, California Apparently, Oakland's historic preservation guidelines are nationally famous (tags: Oakland history government) Finding a prepaid SIM card CNET On call – CNET Reviews "Unfortunately, the prepaid phone situation in the United States is pretty backward. Yes, you can buy prepaid SIM cards here, but it's a more convoluted [...]
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