Privacy is Not an On and Off Switch – "Do Not Track" is Not the Answer
Victoria Salisbury wrote an excellent blog post today on “Who’s Creepier? Facebook or Google?“. I’ve been intrigued by the hypocrisy over criticism of Facebook’s own very granular privacy controls when sites like Google, Foursquare, Gowalla, Twitter, and others have an all-or-nothing approach with some things (location and email in particular) that are even more private […]
Read more...With the New Design, Twitter Kills RSS, Literally
The blogosphere is abuzz lately about the latest trend: “RSS is Dead,” everyone says. Other blogs say “RSS isn’t dead.” (of which side I tend to agree with). The debate lies with the fact that more and more people are starting to use Twitter, Twitter lists, Facebook, and other social means to just get the […]
Read more...Hosting a Virtual Gift Exchange with Albinophant
Almost everyone has participated in a “white elephant” gift exchange. Some people call variations of it “Secret Santa”, or “Yankee Swap”, but the overall concept is the same. Each person brings a gift, the gifts are placed in the middle or rotated in some fashion, and each person takes a turn picking the wrapped gift […]
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