Archive for the ‘Social’ Category



Chuck Norris

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 ...

Ghost Network

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 ...

Don’t Bother Blogging

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. ...

Brightkite

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.

No Comment

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.

Social Elevation

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.

¿Dónde Están Mis Pantalones?

Thursday, August 7th, 2008

Via Corey Gilmore, the best Venn diagram ever.

Brightkite and Tomatoes

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 ...

Aurora Feint Privacy Concerns

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 ...

DivVoted

Monday, July 7th, 2008

Interesting new site that allows you to spam links beyond your circle of followers. (Via n0s0ap)

Don’t Leave a Message

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.

Fragile Phone Friendships

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, ...