Archive for the ‘Social’ Category
Wednesday, November 19th, 2008
Chuck Norris is an idiot:
On Nov. 4, the pro-gay community obviously was flabbergasted that a state that generally leans left actually voted right when it came to holy matrimony. But that's exactly what happened; the majority of Californians -- red, yellow, black and white -- voted to define the margins ...
Posted in Politics, Social |
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
Have you ever seen the show Ghost Hunters on the Sci Fi channel? It's effectively a weekly argument against the existence of ghosts, but somehow the hosts keep pressing on, and viewers keep tuning in. Sci Fi is opening up the Ghost Network, a social network where fans of the ...
Posted in Sci-Fi, Social, Television, Web |
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008
Sage advice from Wired: don't even bother trying to be good at anything, because you'll probably fail.
Writing a weblog today isn't the bright idea it was four years ago. The blogosphere, once a freshwater oasis of folksy self-expression and clever thought, has been flooded by a tsunami of paid bilge. ...
Posted in Social, Web |
Monday, October 20th, 2008
The long-awaited Brightkite iPhone app has hit the App Store. Congratulations to Martin, Brady, and the rest of the Brightkite team.
Posted in Social, Software, Web |
Monday, August 18th, 2008
If you wonder why Better Elevation doesn't allow comments, this story from The New York Times more or less explains it.
Posted in Social, Web |
Thursday, August 14th, 2008
Along with the RSS feed, which any modern browser has already made available to you, there are a few other ways of collecting updates about Better Elevation.
BE Twitter Stream
Friendfeed Room
My Twitter Stream
I'll spare you the links to Plurk, Brightkite, identi.ca, and so on.
Posted in Social, Web |
Thursday, August 7th, 2008
Via Corey Gilmore, the best Venn diagram ever.
Posted in Social, Web |
Monday, August 4th, 2008
Brightkite is the only location-based social networking service worth using, so where's the iPhone app? From the developers themselves:
So…where is the Brightkite App you are asking? Well, it is delayed, but be assured that we are working day and night to release it to you.
I would settle for a feature ...
Posted in Social, Web |
Monday, July 21st, 2008
Danielle Cassley,one of Aurora Feint's creators, trying to clear the air on what the game is doing with your phone's contact list:
The text associated with the community features says “Supply your phone number and email to automatically locate your friends!”. We assumed people would guess that meant we used their ...
Posted in Business, Social, Technology |
Monday, July 7th, 2008
Interesting new site that allows you to spam links beyond your circle of followers.
(Via n0s0ap)
Posted in Social, Web |
Saturday, July 5th, 2008
Michael Arrington on voicemail:
Senders often feel guilty for leaving voicemails, too. And to make sure you get the message, quite often people will follow up with a text message - “Just left you a VM, it’s important” - just so you know it’s there.
Posted in Social, Technology |
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
For anyone getting ready to switch to AT&T from another carrier for the iPhone 3G, here's a New York Times article from August 2007 about friendships breaking down after the changing of mobile providers.
“We are trying to avoid restricting customers to just people on their network,” said a Sprint spokeswoman, ...
Posted in Apple, Social |