Chinwag blogs: tech & search

The Green Web

Sat, 17 May 2008 03:49:29 +0100

FM has partnered with Chevy to create a site that pulls together the best of sites on the web covering all things green. I've found it a nice way to stay in touch with a subject I'm increasingly interested in. I use the feed to monitor stuff, and then...

Please don't let me be misunderstood: Microsoft pleads for Vista

Fri, 16 May 2008 23:40:15 +0100

Five things you've got wrong about Vista. At least, in Microsoft's opinion. Only five?

[b@10] Unconf

Fri, 16 May 2008 19:19:09 +0100

This morning, we've had two unconference sessions, here at the Berkman tenth anniversary conference. And I have to say, as far as I can tell, it's going really well. The participants (formerly known as attendees) filled in the grid of times and places with a set of great topics, ranging ...

Seems Dumb To Me

Fri, 16 May 2008 18:15:25 +0100

Apparently there are all sorts of unofficial brand fan pages on Facebook. This story talks about how one of them, a fan page for Ralph Lauren, was disabled and transferred from the individual who started it to an "official" brand page on Facebook. As far as I can tell,...

Evil Is Subjective

Fri, 16 May 2008 18:15:24 +0100

Yet another example here....

Facebook and Google: True Social Networking Friends

Fri, 16 May 2008 17:09:22 +0100

From News.com: A post Thursday on Facebook's developer blog explains that the social network has suspended participation in Google's "Friend Connect" project, citing a violation of its internal terms of service. "Now that Google has launched Friend Connect, we've had a chance to evaluate the technology," the post by...

Me on implicit governance and the Publius Project

Fri, 16 May 2008 13:50:03 +0100

Supernova has posted a 15 minute vcast interview with me, by Howard Greenstein, about the Berkman Publius Project and my op-ed in it about why tacit governance is usually better than getting all explicit about stuff.[Tags: berkman publius governance ]

Facebook bans Google's Friend Connect over privacy issues

Fri, 16 May 2008 12:44:53 +0100

Google's plan to distribute user data via website widgets has run into a snag

The elements of interference

Fri, 16 May 2008 12:44:39 +0100

The Union of Concerned Scientists has published a Periodic Table of the Elements, except instead of elements, it's instances of US government interference in science.[Tags: science ]

Google. Does. Not Market. Except When It Does.

Fri, 16 May 2008 07:24:04 +0100

Over the years I have often pondered the connundrum of Google as a marketing driven company. On the one hand, this company is entirely driven by marketing - hundreds of thousands of businesses, small and large, marketing themselves through the global platform that is Google AdWords and Adsense. Let's...