November 2007
37 posts
Rainbows End →
“The first bit of dumb luck came disguised as a public embarrassment for the European Center for Defense against Disease. On July 23, schoolchildren in Algiers claimed that a respiratory epidemic was spreading across the Mediterranean…”
Deconstructing Facebook Beacon JavaScript →
“So let’s do the math.
If there are on average between 10,000 and 15,000...”
– Nick Carr
Anatomy of an Orkut Application - →
Social Advertising on SocialMedia Networks →
Seth Goldstein explains the ways SocialMedia mometizes advertising
“I have seen the future of online entertainment and–no surprise–it’s not being...”
– Kara Swisher
Hindsight is blind
Sorry, Steve: Here’s Why Apple Stores Won’t Work
What’s more, Apple’s retail thrust could be one step forward, two steps back in terms of getting Macs in front of customers. Since most Mac fans already know where to buy, much of the sales from Apple’s stores could come out of the hides of existing Mac dealers. That would bring its already damaged relations with...
Giant Global Graph →
Now, people are making another mental move. There is realization now, “It’s not the documents, it is the things they are about which are important”. Obvious, really.
Making Sense of the Semantic Web, and Twine →
Nova Spivack’s slides about semweb - good stuff
How to Program Google Android →
WatchWill this work?
OpenSocket →
The OpenSocket Facebook application allows you to run OpenSocial gadgets within Facebook! Developers may recognise the Friends Dump example in the screenshot here, but here it is displaying (and âhuggingâ) Facebook friendsâ¦
Posts by Alberto Escarlate at Engadget →
Some nostalgia…
RCRD LBL →
Congratulations and good luck Peter.
Good reading material
Found via Danah Boyd’s blog that the latest issue of the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication is available online. Lots of interesting articles including hers (and Nicole Ellison’s): Social Network Sites: Definition, History, and Scholarship. I also enjoyed the one cited below in my del.icio.us feed about how IM increases productivity instead of decreasing by constant...
Instant Messaging and Disruption in the Workplace →
IM users will report lower levels of disruptive interruption than non-users
Ads and Widgets: two battlefields, one solution →
From Marc Canter: Tim O’Reilly says it nicely: “We want applications that can use data from multiple social networks.” Anything less than that - and we’re not there yet!
Google Code for Educators →
People Data API Developer's Guide: Protocol -... →
NYC tech meetup from the IAC building lobby
The NYC technology social graph migrated to Frank Gehry’s IAC building tonight, a different venue from the usual Cooper Union. This gathering was less about the startup scene and more to check what Facebook and Google had to say about their social/ad platforms. As usual Scott Heiferman was the host and did a great job to keep the presenters on time.
With some crowd pleasing presentations -...
Mark Cuban, Facebook, and OpenSocial →
cacheop: exciting week ahead, but still feeling sick - so I’m resting today to get the most out of the Wednesday and Thusrday meetings.
cacheop: slept like i had a 2 ton mass on top of me. Cold really got me off guard
cacheop: Feeling terrible with cold. Not going to be fun.
cacheop: very windy
cacheop: my turn now. Getting the v04.81 shot
cacheop: Of the 4 dads in the waiting room i’m the only one not wearing Merrell (sp?) shoes. Ah the suburbs.
cacheop: at the clinic waiting for Luca to get a flu shot. Then headed to my doc where I’ll be next
10 Reasons Why OpenSocial Will Be Very Beneficial →
OpenSocial is so well-backed (Google, MySpace, Bebo, Six Apart, Hi5, LinkedIn, etc.) it cannot be ignored. Yet, itâs so well backed a single party, not even Google, will be able to control its growth and purpose.
cacheop: Going to my class @ Parsons and spend 2 hours w/ kids that have no idea what an api is
OpenSocial - Google Code →