The Day StumbleUpon Decided to Become Lame
I used to really enjoy using StumbleUpon as a means for social book-marking, learning about new sites and helping to drive traffic to my blog. Around April 17th, StumbleUpon removed the audience feature. Pronet Advertising has a nice write up about all this. The reason cited for the move was that Audience apparently had an […]
Spyware’s Savior: Rep. Zoe Lofgren
Today the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation cracking down on the fraudulent use of spyware, setting a five year sentence for anyone caught using the subversive software “in furtherance” of a federal criminal offense. See legislation here. However, notably absent from the Internet Spyware (I-SPY) Prevention Act (sponsored by Silicon Valley Rep. Zoe Lofgren) […]
Friday Moment of Zen: Natzke
A friend of mine had THIS LINK showing in her GChat window, so I checked it out and loved it. It’s sort of a combination between graphic art and music…very “2.0” – make sure you have your volume on for this one. The art is by Eric Natzke, but I’m not sure who does the […]
Hiding Behind the Mask of Technology
Discovery Communications, parent company of such television stars as Discovery Channel and Animal Planet announced a 200 person layoff today with more cuts likely in the coming months (200 persons = ~3% of their global work force). Most of the layoffs affect the Washington, DC area. According to Discovery, the restructuring is necessary for building […]
Want to Know What’s Wrong with Friendster?
I received this email from Friendster.com today: Hi Friendster User, We noticed you haven’t logged into Friendster in a while. Please take a few minutes to fill out this short survey to tell us about your experience with Friendster and what we can do to improve our service. We value your feedback and appreciate your […]