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Re: Two Texas Pre-Teens Create a Fake Facebook Account, Texas Cops Charge Them With Felonies and Lock Them Up

.LAG — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 13:18:42 -0000

...jailing the children is problematic, but no one sees a problem with them impersonating another girl and hiding behind that false identity to attack others? I don't know what kind of crime that is, but it's clearly not right and some punishment is merited.

Re: The harsh reality for black entrepreneurs in the web/tech space. Your chances of raising startup capital are slim to none. Someone prove me wrong please!

.LAG — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 00:00:18 -0000

How is this different than black opportunities in many fields of commerce and employment? our battle is always uphill.

Re: Weekend bitchmeme: the three people Steve Jobs should fire (can someone else exploit these?)

.LAG — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 00:40:54 -0000

I'm not sure what the Twitter follow button has to do with Scoble's Apple rant, but if someone doesn't want their TT stream to get scarfed by a third-party, make your account private. Problem solved—by the user.

Re: Scripting News: RSS and CSS

.LAG — Tue, 17 May 2011 14:54:30 -0000

Zeldman's title is sensational, even if the reality of what he's talking about at the end of the day is different. I think most people will react to the title without digging deeper into the story, so the notion that RSS is getting "killed" is what most people will walk away with. You make a good point about fighting for openness.

Re: Stay N Alive: Twitter and Facebook Both Quietly Kill RSS, Completely

.LAG — Mon, 09 May 2011 10:11:06 -0000

the lack of meaningful analytics around RSS is probably what's driving this. I know others have said this already, identity—'who' you are to the application—is vitally important on social services, but you can be completely anonymous and still derive great value from RSS

Re: Mobile Notifications

.LAG — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 08:58:28 -0000

I think HP/Palm webOS does the BEST notifications of any mobile platform... it's just a shame that the relative market share, and interest, in that software platform makes it irrelevant, at this time. Beta lost out to VHS too, so the best technology doesn't always win.

Re: To Facebook the answer must be no. (Scripting News)

.LAG — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 20:08:12 -0000

I just don't trust FB. ever since they opened their service to the world, they've been playing Russian Roulette with users' privacy concerns, this has been their pattern. but they're not pointing the gun at themselves, it's the users' who'll find out when that chamber is loaded with a bullet.

Re: First Take Analysis: Facebook’s Crusade of Colonization

.LAG — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 17:56:30 -0000

Excellent analysis, as always. Thanks for sharing your insight, and welcome to the brave new (Facebook) world.

Re: Framework and Matrix: The Five Ways Companies Organize for Social Business

.LAG — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 18:53:25 -0000

this is a nice way to segment approaches to SM. thanks for sharing.

Re: Is 2011 like 1994 for Apple, Twitter, Facebook, and the Web?

.LAG — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 23:07:55 -0000

Excellent retort! Never mistake the complaints of the early-adopter horde as being representative of the true, average Joe or Jane consumer.

Re: Is 2011 like 1994 for Apple, Twitter, Facebook, and the Web?

.LAG — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 19:23:18 -0000

Great analysis Scobleizer! from the cheap seats where I sit, Apple's behavior with iPad/iPhone ecosystem makes me feel like they could end up being monopolists far worse than anything we may have feared from Microsoft. in the famous words of fictitious robber-baron Gordon Gekko: "...greed, for lack of a better word, is good."

Re: Verdict after one day. (Scripting News)

.LAG — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 21:42:13 -0000

good review. i think the fact that it all runs through iTunes speaks more to the "toy" and pure entertainment angle than anything else. i'm going to continue to hold my "wait and see" attitude toward any kind of tablet device, whether it's the iPad, JooJoo, or anything else. I don't feel I have any needs that a tablet can really fill right now.

Re: Can Flash be saved?

.LAG — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 22:11:47 -0000

Whatever happened to Laszlo, which was an early-competitor to Adobe's Flex (which is the development platform for Flash)? With Laszlo you could compile programs either to SWF (the Flash file format) applications or to cross-browser Javascript applications. If Adobe added this kind of capability to their Flash development tools, they'd keep all of their current developers happy and they'd probably attract hordes of new ones.

Re: Social Media Toolkit

.LAG — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 22:22:44 -0000

Mike: Great roll-up of all the various tools (and social media tasks)! Thanks for sharing. It&#039s pretty interesting how much Google comes up as a service provider—they really do appear to own the Web, as it were.
.LAG

Re: Learning doesn't stop at 22. (Scripting News)

.LAG — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 01:06:51 -0000

Really enjoyed this piece. If there's anything I've learned in the two decades that separate me from my college self is that the more I know, the more I come to realize what I don't know, and may never know. I didn't appreciate that—or even recognize it, that blind spot—at 22. I do now.

Re: Variety Erects Online Pay Wall - emedia and Technology @ FolioMag.com

.LAG — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:15:56 -0000

Sign of things to come...

Re: Still Waiting for An Evil Google? It's Not Going to Happen.

.LAG — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:02:33 -0000

So, have you noticed a speed improvement using Google's DNS, so far?

Re: @Drew - It's what's for Auction.

.LAG — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:46:10 -0000

Very inspiring.

Re: The Point You’re Missing About Google Wave

.LAG — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 11:55:06 -0000

Nice write-up. I like you're way of thinking about it. I want to get a chance to get it a whirl though.

Re: Fuck you John Edwards (Scripting News)

.LAG — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:29:30 -0000

Wow! Nice epiphany! I don't think that falling for the "image" is a fault. Believing -- without thought, question or skepticism -- the image, that's the problem.

Re: Speaking My Mind

.LAG — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 10:22:08 -0000

Amen to that. And on healthcare, there are experts in the field who are full of s**t, at least, that's what *I* think. There's nothing wrong with personal opinion and constructive debate. Preach on.

Re: http://blog.louisgray.com/2009/07/10-people-to-follow-on-friendfeed-for.html

.LAG — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 14:12:41 -0000

Aww, shucks, Mr. Fruchter...I'm honored and humbled by inclusion in your monthly list. <bows/> I'm not worthy! I'm not worthy!

Re: Not Feeling Very Happy Today…Need to Slow Down

.LAG — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:26:59 -0000

Yeah, it's great to just disconnect and chill out for a while. Good luck with that.

Re: Grassroots crowdsourcing of pop culture

.LAG — Sun, 31 May 2009 15:25:26 -0000

Good overview of what's going on. I tend to agree with you when you say 'wisdom of the crowds' is more or less marketing b.s. and hype. But I think if we just let people use these various tools and watch and analyze publicly available information and trends derived from them, we can become very insightful.

Re: Adding Google Friend Connect is an example of how hard it is to join the 2010 web

.LAG — Sun, 17 May 2009 15:18:11 -0000

I agree with you Scoble... it's still too hard for "average" people -- ie 'non engineers'. In the corporate environment where I work, managing and operating our network of Web sites, I constantly see people, smart people, trip and stumble over things I take for granted when I'm wearing my engineer's hat. Because I wasn't trained as an engineer, but became one through self-education (and my father was one, so I was exposed), I have more compassion for those normal folk. Of all the publishing tools I've seen in the last few years, the one I find most innovative is Posterous, because E-mail is the one tool everyone seems to have mastered (and no, I have no relationship with Posterous). If we could wrap a robust publishing, editing, and "uploading" interface around E-mail I think lots of normal folk would just be thrilled.

.LAG