Hello, everyone! (eh..mostly DDOP folks, LOL) Today, I talk about a nerdy project that I’m insterested in and have been playing with recently; Keybase.io. It’s a tool to provide everyone with secure chat, filesystems, and group messaging, and it’s pretty darn cool. Links: Keybase My Keybase account My Twitter feed My Facebook profile My Instagram […]
Woohoo….I made it! Today got a little out of sorts; I needed to make some changes to my podcatcher to prioritize DDOP. Changes that I already discussed on the DDOP Facebook group, but I didn’t actually implement. Doh! Thankfully, I managed to manually download enough of the Dog Days podcasts that I had something to […]
Well, I didn’t start out with a Google+ invite, but I managed to sneak in on Friday during the Invite Circle period (thanks, Jaymz!). Short version: I like it. A lot. I think the spirit of FriendFeed lives on here, and that’s a good thing. There’s plenty of analysis and comparison floating around (including an […]
I recently listened to an interesting episode of the CBC Spark podcast with a talk on online community and the impact of real-life death. It got me to thinking about the online communities and relationships that I find important. The reasoning is that when one dies, your IRL friends and family may not be aware […]
OK, the new privacy controls are completely borked. There’s been plenty of discussion already around the Net about how this privacy enhancement can actually open up more of your info to the entire Internet, without you even realizing it. But it gets worse. Even one of the things I actually liked about the new system […]
I like reading and thinking about the future of news. I’m a news and journalism junkie, as well as a long-time Net user, so the topic is near and dear to my heart. I follow people online like Jay Rosen and Dan Conover, who provide pretty much a continuous flow of links to thoughtful postings […]
Last fall, the Institute For The Future sponsored a massively multiplayer forecasting game called Superstruct that I spent some (though nowhere near enough) time in. The entire set of user data, game scenarios, discussion groups, etc. was frozen at the end of the game, and the information was made available to researchers. The first results […]
Earlier this morning, I listened to Robert Scoble’s kyte video “Arrington and I disagree on future“. I enjoyed the video; some of the points were relatively trivial, some I disagree with…but all are decent. I’m pretty much always willing to give Robert a listen; he’s earnest, if nothing else. +1, scobelizer! (there are certainly other […]
Wow…I was completely blown away today (in a good way) when an online buddy, Paul Reynolds, nominated me out of the blue for Nicest Guy on FriendFeed! Thanks, Paul! Who’da thunk?? I don’t have world’s greatest reputation for Mr. Nice Guy at work, for example. I’m a production support database administrator, and I can be…um…kind […]
Yikes…I’ve got a grand total of two posts in February on here! Ouch. Not that I’ve been quiet online…plenty of stuff on FriendFeed, identi.ca and other sites. FF is a great place for a quick thought or comment on a news story, etc., but I like bringing long-form stuff back here. As social networking sites […]
