My Small Steps Towards A Better Personal Network
As the Social Network Megacorps’ motives and morals following the US elections change for the worse, I’m looking at the choices I have to take back control of my content where I can.
Tag: Web 2.0
Why Is Tech Still Struggling With Diversity And Inclusion?
Diversity and safety at tech events shouldn’t be difficult. So why does the industry keep failing?
Why Do I Write What I Think About Technology?
Tomorrow the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus will be released to the public. For some reason Apple has never offered me the hardware to review ahead of a public launch, so I’ll be very close to the front of the line. After the purchase I’ll start reviewing the handset online, with my first impressions at the end of the day and a more refined review a week or two later. Thinking about how to review the device has sent me down an interesting mental path, partly because of the reaction to the existing coverage of the iPhone 7 and
The ‘lost’ right to delete your content
Of course, the forced replacement of “delete” with “archiving” is presented as benevolent. Yet, if it were truly benevolent, we’d not have the right to lose forever taken from us. It would be offered as a choice. Of course, given that choice, we might well just do that and delete and that would spoil the wishes of the Timeline paranoids – their paranoia based on a fear of gaps, of holes and of empty spaces they do not own and control. Paul Levy, on an issue he marks as “an over-dramatic sounding article about what, at first glance, might look
NYT looks at the future of Delicious with the YouTube founders
But Mr. Chen said the team also “liked the idea of saving one of the original Web 2.0 companies that started the social sharing movement on the Web.” He added: “There was some sense of history. We were genuinely sad that it would be shut down.” It might be a nice puff piece from the New York Times, but many of us, including myself, liked Delicious. Whether Chen and Hurley can revamp the service and still keep its core feeling is going to be interesting. Is this going to be a Ron Moore Galactica, or Galactica 1980? Time will tell…
“The Pen & Paper: the most underrated creativity and productivity tool”
RI think that it would be more accurate to add "for people who collect invitations to Web 2.0 services with no income stream" to The Next Web’s headline.
