Tag Archive for 'facebook'

Two cars, two TVs… two Internets?

SOPA is scary, awful stuff but the sad truth is that very few people seem to care.

Three types of free.

When it comes to 21st century culture, media and technology the concept of “free” can sometimes be difficult to pin down. So for my fellow citizens of the Internet I’ve drafted a pragmatic guide to free, in what I see as its three basic forms…

Data portability comes to Facebook.

It may not look like much, but it’s a huge leap forward for the Internet’s most popular social network. And since you may not yet have this option — it’s currently being rolled out to users around the world — here’s what you can expect…

Oa’s fall updates.

I guess it’s the lingering back-to-school mentality from my youth that puts me in reevaluation mode come September. Wait, it’s October now? Damn, better get to it.

Here are some of the ways in which I hope to make this blog better in very short order…

In praise of my Facebook friends.

I still don’t think much of Facebook itself, but the friends I’ve made on it are fairly awesome. Why? I asked them to “like” my entry for the contest above and upwards of 200 did so, no questions asked.

I thought I had a pretty strong chance of making the shortlist, at least. But I woke up yesterday morning to this…