Still hating on Facebook, but some props to be given
- 05.25.10
- Facebook, Washington Post
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I’m still hating on Facebook, and I probably always will. I just love to hate on them. Anyways, Facebook CEO wrote an op-ed in the Washington Post that is a worthwhile read: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/23/AR2010052303828.html So the props to be given… 1) He acknowledges they missed the mark. Recognizing they did something that wholly sucked and publicly [...]
Results are in, and I’m a fogie
- 05.12.10
- college, Facebook, grad school, Wired
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“Only Old Fogies Hate the New Facebook, Research Suggests“, from Wired.com I always thought that graduating from college essentially equals “old.” Apparently, finishing grad school equals “fogie.” Not really. At least the article doesn’t say that. But I am DEFINITELY not 35 (see above article), roughly a decade younger (more or less than a decade [...]
If you didn’t believe me, maybe now…
- 04.29.10
- Facebook, Wired
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If you didn’t believe me when I said that Facebook sucks your life away, maybe now you will. Wired.com reports that Facebook CEO apparently “doesn’t believe in privacy” in this article: http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/04/report-facebook-ceo-mark-zuckerberg-doesnt-believe-in-privacy/ I really enjoyed the article; particularly the reflections on Facebook’s recent attempt to take over the web with the new “Like” button.
Others notice that Facebook sucks your life away
- 12.21.09
- Facebook, NYT
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I deactivated and deleted my Facebook account over 2 years ago. Many reasons contributed to the decision, but the main reason is that Facebook sucks your face-to-face, real, truly social, not-in-front-of-a-computer life down the cyberspace drain. Apparently others are starting to notice what a waste of life Facebook can be. NYT has an article that [...]
More Bing Buzz…
- 07.14.09
- Bing, Facebook, Mark
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More buzz about the new search engine Bing today. NYT Technology section says that Bing brings credibility to Microsoft. Interesting article. See if you can find the word “Googley” in the article. That really cracked me up. :o)