Tag Archives: social network
The Social Media Divide
The social media divide between those who use social networking tools and those who do not has important implications for privacy and education.
Making Arrangements for the (Digital) Afterlife
Most people I know conduct their lives half on- and half-offline. I’ve gotten used to leaving little digital breadcrumbs (or is ‘droppings’ a more apt metaphor?) wherever I go. I make sure my computer is as secure as possible and then just let it fly: shopping? purchase online. Need to transfer money to savings – [...]
Morning Musings: Facebook Apps in trouble over privacy breach
The Wall Street Journal has published an article detailing a new security breach with Facebook and its applications. WSJ claims that some of the most popular applications on Facebook have been transmitting user identification data, something they are claiming affects everyone regardless of privacy settings. The investigation from the WSJ has found that names and in some [...]
Morning Musings: Do you have the new twitter yet?
It’s a little over 3 weeks since Twitter announced the new web interface for their popular social network, and as promised many users are now beginning to experience the “new” twitter. The roll out for the new layout has been slated for release over the past few weeks, and many are still waiting. The new [...]
Morning Musings: Teens and Facebook Fatigue
Is Facebook information overload or fatigue getting to you? Gaming site Roirworld recently surveyed 600 teens, ages 13 to 17, on their social networking habits, specifically Facebook. When polled about their Facebook usage, the survey shows that 20% of teens are starting to lose interest in the popular social network, and are suffering from “Facebook [...]
Morning Musings: Only half of all Tweets are in english
Semiocast, a French based consulting group, conducted a study over a two-day period (Feb. 8 thru Feb 10) examining close to 3 million tweets this February and found some interesting results. Semiocast’s study found that out of those 3 million tweets, roughly 1.5 million of them were not in English. The english language only popped [...]
What's the Buzz?
At the beginning of February Google Inc. announced its new tool toted as the next step in electronic communication, called Google Buzz. Our group quickly ran the tool through its paces as more and more of our group obtained access. But does this application really offer what users what to replace their tried-and-true e-mail? What [...]
Morning Musings – Want to help Haiti? Like Panera? Use Loopt!
One of the most positive stories to emerge after the devastation in Haiti has been the way social media and technology have helped coordinate donation efforts for the American Red Cross and other charities. Texting alone raised over $35 million dollars. Location based social network Loopt is currently offering to help those in Haiti by [...]
To pilot, or not to pilot? That is the question!
I ran across a couple of interesting posts on the value of conducting pilots of web 2.0 social applications. Social software blogger Michael Idinopulos firmly believes in piloting traditional IT applications but believes that small-scale pilots are inappropriate for social software Web 2.0 apps. This is because of the different nature of social applications. Traditional [...]