It's a new kind of monitoring software, not in the parental-control product category and not even in the new category of online reputation monitoring. It's more like personal data monitoring and preference collection. Yes, I know, that certainly explains it, right? Well, in reporting on a startup service called Bynamite, the New York Times is finally picking up on danah boyd's point, made in a … [Read more...] about Trend: Users monitoring their own privacy online
Archives for July 2010
How an 11-year-old became a meme
Did Jessi Slaughter's father think this was parenting, when he went on YouTube with her and threatened the harassers and trolls she had violently threatened too? He certainly made things worse, not better, for her – if his rant was for real (it was laughable to many viewers, based on their comments). The video of the Florida father and daughter, shown at the top of this page at Gawker.com, had … [Read more...] about How an 11-year-old became a meme
‘I-dosing’: Digital audio as virtual ‘drug’?
The headline in the Huffington Post is certainly misleading, suggesting that the Internet is a "digital drug," but so is the article about binaural (two-toned) digital music that can be heard on CDs and MP3 players as well as the Internet. These audio files are "designed to induce drug-like effects," according to News 9 in Oklahoma City, which cites the state's Bureau of Narcotics as saying that … [Read more...] about ‘I-dosing’: Digital audio as virtual ‘drug’?
Digital social basics for parents (or grandparents)
Is anyone in your (extended) family needing a primer on (Web- and phone-based) social networking, maybe to understand what his great-granddaughter finds so compelling about "this Facebook thing?" If so, David Pogue at the New York Times gets really, really basic – in both a cute little video and brief written explanations on this page – of Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, FourSquare, and Yelp. The … [Read more...] about Digital social basics for parents (or grandparents)
US senator calls for Facebook ‘panic button’ too
As did UK members of Parliament, US Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) is now calling on Facebook to create a "panic button" for the US like the one FB's putting in place for UK users, reports HometownSource.com in Minnesota. Only it's not a "button" or a 9-1-1-type helpline; it's an app that users would need to download, as I wrote earlier this week. So it needs marketing to create uptake, which is fine – … [Read more...] about US senator calls for Facebook ‘panic button’ too