Posts about Zuckerberg's world-destroying data gathering machine.
Glyn asks the question [http://egrommet.net/2011/05/13/facebook-and-twitter-listed-in-uk-media-injunction/] on pretty much everybodyās mind today in our little social media journalism bubble: > Just how do the authorities impose injunctions on users of social media if that site isnāt within the territorial jurisdiction of that authority?
Ah, my poor little blog. Iāve been experimenting on it again. In the past couple of hours, Iāve added the new Tumblr share button [http://staff.tumblr.com/post/5338138025/tumblr-share-button] and put someĀ preparationsĀ in place to add the Facebook Send button [https://developers.facebook.com/blog/
aggregation
I find this a far more frightening talk than the cheery presentation would suggest. IsĀ algorithmicĀ personalisation weeding out challenging content from our news flows? Are web companies pandering to that part of ourselves that prefers non-challenging information? [[via Andrew Sullivan](http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/2011/05/a-tailored-internet.html)]
apple
Liveblogged notes from a talk by Tim Wu about the book The Rise and Fall or Information Empires, given at the RSA, London
comments
Facebook wants to be your comments service [http://mashable.com/2011/03/02/facebook-vp-explains-new-comments-system-video/] . A few weeks ago, it revamped its Facebook Comments service [http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/facebook_now_powers_comments_all_around_the_web.php] , and relaunched, grabbing sites like Techcrunch [http://techcrunch.com/2011/03/06/
antony mayfield
Antony Mayfield succinctly captures what Iāve been feeling about peopleās attitude to the internet over the last year or so: > The other problem we have is we fixate on platforms, like Facebook, Google or Twitter and use them as proxies for the complexity of the web. It
Sebastien de Halleux, Co-Founder, Playfish & VP, Business Development & Strategic Partnerships,Ā EA Interactive is up now, kicking of the social gaming strand. Veronica Belmont kicked off by asking why so many existing social games were derivative of concept and brand. de Halleux didnāt answer directly, suggesting that he
My, Le Web is breaking its reputation for softball interviews this year. Mike Arrington is busy puttingĀ Ethan Beard, Director of the Facebook Developer Network, on the rack over a number of questions, not least āis Facebook evil?ā āI think the fact that you ask a question like that is
data
(Live-blogging ā prone to error, omission and typosā¦) Rufus Pollock from Open Knowledge Foundation Wouldnāt it be nice to know where our money goes when we pay taxes? You need lots of stuff ā government spending (local and regional), region codes, company dataā¦ Much of it locked up or in difficult
community
[https://i2.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2010/10/5062628824_e00c3f9d2d_b.jpg] Thereās a small change to the decor around my Quadrant House desk. Yes, [an updated version of the xkcd online communities map](http://xkcd.com/802/) is here.Itās a fascinating visualisation of
Blogging
Six Apart's attempt to create a blog platform that behaved like a social network is done.