Deep Jive Interests

Now Defanged, Will Facebook’s Beacon Bring Home The Bacon?

Well, its official. Through a variety of efforts, it looks like Facebook has buckled to the perception that folks don’t like their activities being broadcast across the Facebook network. Mr....

You Spending Longer In That Chair Stairing At This Screen Has Implications. Big Implications.

If you’re interested in knowing why the writers are on strike in Hollywood*and* try to understand why music sales continue to slump, head over to this interesting graph over at Compete.com...

If Facebook’s Beacon Crumbles, Will That Change Its Evaluation?

Looks like the movement by MoveOn and other privacy groups have really struck a chord with Facebook (Addendum: it looks like a few other organizations, such as Electronic Privacy Information Center...

When Will Twitter’s Gmail Import Feature Get Updated?

On a lighter note, does anyone else know when Twitter’s invite-through-Gmail process is actually going to get updated?  I understand that Gmail 2.0 (or whatever they’re calling it) with...

Facebook’s Billion Dollar Evaluation Hinges On Apathy. *Our* Apathy.

Looks like the A-lister brigade is out in force against the opt-in lunacy that is Facebook Beacon. Or, so it would seem, anyway, with Doc Searls, Dave Winer, and Jason Calacanis (and a few others)...

Propeller A Good Second Fiddle To Digg?

Allen Stern at CenterNetworks queries how good Propeller (previously “Netscape.com”) is and will be, and crunches some publicly available traffic data to suggest, perhaps, in time it will...

The Power Of Techmeme Over Bloggers is … Pretty Astounding.

In what must be the softest headlining story of the month, Mike Arrington’s story of how Digg users are having a look at a Digg clone called Mixx has made it to the top of Techmeme. I have...

What’s Your Backup Strategy? (Or, Putting A Price On Memories)

So a few days ago my wife and I learned an expensive lesson about how the fragility of external hard drives and the curiosity of a 14 month year old just*do* _NOT_ mix. When my son was born, I...

The Truth About Viral And Social Marketing? Its All About The Sock Puppets.

Over at TechCrunch a guest poster, Dan Acker Greenburg, has revealed how the company he works for creates viral videos on YouTube. Go and read the details, but it basically boils down to marketing...

Hallelujah! Unlimited Data Plans Come To Canada, Courtesy of Bell Canada

I have ranted on a few occasions about how Canadians get reamed with respect to wireless data plans, and their cost thereof (really high), particularly with*personal* inequity I feel about not...