December 2009
13 posts
“The best career advice I could possibly dispense: just DO things. Chase after...”
– - Charlie Hoehn (via jingc:Lifehacker)
Opting In
“Nine months ago, Google rolled out an ad preferences manager. The page allows Web site visitors to edit their advertising interest categories — or to opt out of behavioral targeting altogether…. Each week, tens of thousands of individuals navigate to the page… Of those who visit, four times as many people edit their targeting profile as opt out of targeting completely. Perhaps more telling, the...
Now Is It Facebook’s Microsoft Moment? →
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I came close to killing my Facebook account this week. As I delved even deeper to the supposed privacy I have or don’t have on the service, I wondered why on earth I even have an account at all. And I kept thinking of Anil Dash’s post earlier this year, Google’s Microsoft Moment. Was this now Facebook’s turn to for people to see it as having gone evil?
After I examined Facebook’s...
“More than half of dropouts responding to a national survey said work was a major...”
– - Chronicle of Higher Education
The Best Tailor
“So, how to protect your ideas in a world where ideas spread? Don’t. Instead, spread them. Build a reputation as someone who creates great ideas, sometimes on demand. Or as someone who can manipulate or build on your ideas better than a copycat can. Or use your ideas to earn a permission asset so you can build a relationship with people who are interested. Focus on being the best tailor with the...
Tumblr in the Classroom →
In any case, I found Tumblr to be not only a great “rapid-repository” for references during class, but also appended clips from movies discussed in the readings for students to reference before class. Most of the students had never seen such movies as Double Indemnity and Stagecoach. I was also able to provide a small collection of important links to address issues such as copyright, and...
