Doc Searls asks Can Apple clear the way for the Linux desktop? Along the way, he refers to two other articles that should be read as well, RoughDrafted’s Can Apple Take Microsoft in the Battle for the Desktop and Glyn Moody’s A Modest GNU/Linux Proposal for Michael Dell. I don’t think it’s about Apple versus … Continue reading “The disaggregation of the desktop and what happens when lock-in disappears”
When I looked at some of the myths related to social software, I received some very interesting comments, comments that I’m still working on. For some serendipitous reason, one particular aspect of my research grew faster than the others, so I thought I’d start the snowball rolling. The issue in question is the independence of … Continue reading “On hurricanes and windmills and independent bloggers”
Let me take a random list of events, some current, some not-so-current: Jason Fortuny and his nefarious Craigslist “experiment” Second Life being hacked Alarms about Bebo and MySpace Pushback against Facebook facilities Leaking of Google searches Confidential records being leaked accidentally “Pretexting” to hack into confidential records Embarrassing e-mail leaks Lots of leaks. Lots of … Continue reading “Musing about information and power via privacy and identity”
Malcolm’s post on Second Life, itself riffing off Scoble’s On Not Getting Second Life, got me started on this particular snowball. If you haven’t done so already, you should check out Cyworld . [Yes, I know, I’ve linked you to the wikipedia definition and article and not to the site itself; since most of the … Continue reading “Four Pillars: On minihompies and cubicles”
Yesterday my predecessor, Al-Noor Ramji, was quoted as saying that Google was BT’s “biggest threat”. You can find the story here. The reaction from many commentators was similar to that experienced by my colleague, Sean Park, when he went public with AmazonBay; they ranged from “you cannot be serious” through to “there’s some truth in … Continue reading “Four Pillars: Because Of rather than With: A very provisional post”