It’s Time For A Tech Industry Intervention To Address Misogyny

It’s Time For A Tech Industry Intervention To Address Misogyny

News junkie that I am, I see a lot of headlines.  And four came in over the last 30 hours.

The Increasing Price We Pay For The Free Internet

The Increasing Price We Pay For The Free Internet

Picture : Rhadaway. This is a follow-up on my previous post, A Tale Of Two (Or Three) Facebook Challengers. A.

A Tale Of Two (Or Three) Facebook Challengers

A Tale Of Two (Or Three) Facebook Challengers

For a website that hosts so many cute pet videos, Facebook is not a place that reeks of happiness and.

Void Rage: Unable to Muster Facebook Anger

Void Rage: Unable to Muster Facebook Anger

Following is a guest post from Jon Loomer, offering a different perspective on Facebook's privacy changes: It took a few weeks, but internet rage over Facebook's Like button and latest privacy ramifications is in full swing. Bloggers swinging at Facebook's knee caps with aluminum bats seem to outnumber those who come to CEO Mark Zuckerberg's defense 20:1. And if a blogger does post a defense, duck and cover as soon as you hit "publish" because the rage will bubble up from the comments section.

Why I Don’t “Like” Facebook

Why I Don’t “Like” Facebook

Big changes are happening at Facebook, and they mean that what you do and say, on and off of Facebook, is now being more heavily tracked and more broadly shared. If you think that your Facebook data is somewhat private -- e.g., shared only with friends and people you specify -- you are wrong.

Now that Mom’s on Facebook…

Now that Mom’s on Facebook…

...here's what I want to write on her wall:

Facebonked

Facebonked

This week has brought some pretty blizzardy weather on the Facebook front, so thick that I'm in a real quandary as to how I should navigate through it. Understand that, when it comes to Facebook, I try and keep my visits to the neighborhood to a minimum. Short story: I like the ability to keep up with people, but hate the annoying, incessant and spammy applications. I would have no use for Facebook if everyone would simply accommodate me and use LinkedIn and Twitter instead. But, as you might have noticed as well, the whole world apparently got Facebook for Christmas.