5 Questions that decide if Facebook crossed the line
There are 4 points and 5 questions at the heart of the latest drama around Facebook and ethics, and…
Category: Web 2.0 / social software
Can Free Speech Survive The Social Media Mob? (Video / Slides)
Thanks to SeattleSMC for hosting me to speak at Seattle City Hall on Free Speech and The Social Media Mob. Additional…
Book Review: Writing On the Wall – The First 2000 Years of Social Media
I’m a fan of Tom Standage‘s earlier works, particularly The Victorian Internet, which explored the parallels between the rise…
The Symbolic Violence of Twitter
One of my kickstarter supporters for Mindfire is a blogger and speaker in his own right: Luca Sartoni. He…
Twitter vs. Deep reading?
Clive Thompson wrote in Wired about how he thinks twitter fuels in-depth analysis. I have doubts about his argument,…
(Video) How to Call BS on Social Media Gurus
Thanks to the folks at SMC Seattle, the video from last month’s talk is now up. Some background and…
Calling BS on Social Media Gurus (Video & Slides)
On Tuesday night May 25th I spoke at SMCSeattle, at Hale’s Brewery. They asked me to do a talk based…
Worst examples of social media BS?
I’ve been looking for choice examples of inflated claims and promises among people working in social media, for my…
How to call BS on a social media guru (event)
Next week I’m speaking at Seattle’s social media club, on How to call BS on a social media guru.…
Twitter reconsidered
I wrote a post in June of 2009 called Calling Bullshit on Social Media. The goal of the post…
Crap detection 101 and social media
Howard Rheingold wrote an interesting essay called Crap Detection 101, which provides both commentary on how to separate fact…
Calling bullshit on social media
While I like and use Facebook and Twitter, there’s enough hype and abuse of words like innovation, transformation and…
Microsoft & the social network wars
Interesting analysis by fellow Harvard Business blogger John Sviokla about Microsoft’s missed opportunity to enter the social network game:…
Report from Web 2.0 expo
Thanks to Brady Forrest and Jen Pahilka for giving me not one but two slots this week in a…
If you are sick of social/networking websites…
Check out isolatr. Currently in public beta. Everything you need to know can be found here.
Make your own DVD commentary: Overcast Media
I don’t write about it often but I’m a huge film fan. For awhile now I’ve known about the…
More social software: Crowdvine + Pathable
FOO Camp saw the power combo of two different social software technologies: Crowdvine, a linked-in type system for pre…
Social software applied: Pathable
I experienced an innovation doubleheader last week. First, the inaugural Bizjam event in Seattle, where several hundred independents got…
How we got here: Legacy of the whole earth catalog
Much of the current web 2.0 vibe was born by the folks who started the Whole Earth Catalog, the…
Liveblogging the IDEA2006 conference
Rather than torture y’all with my first foray into liveblogging, I’m writing live comments, insights, and brlliant notes on…