Archive for the 'facebook' Category
Web app turns social network members into authors
March 25th, 2008CNET - “The book’s opening line is: “Helen has just registered on Facebook.”
More on Facebook
December 7th, 2007The Lede - “Has Facebook Worn Out Its Welcome?”
Facebook Banned in Library
December 3rd, 2007The usual reasons.
Hatebook!
November 27th, 2007I’m back on Twitter (It’s been fun!), but not even close to trying Facebook again. I might actually get more use out of Hatebook!. There’s lot of people that I can’t stand and probably many that can’t stand me.
I’m Your Friend
September 25th, 2007Walaika Haskins - “The office of Andrew Cuomo, New York’s attorney general, has been thumbing through Facebook lately, and it isn’t looking for new friends. Undercover investigators set up Facebook profiles pretending to be teenage girls, then received inappropriate come-ons from adult users. The investigators then complained to Facebook in the guise of the teens’ [...]
More on Facebook Un-Breast Feeding
September 15th, 2007Robert Scoble joins the protest.
Breastfeeding Obscene?
September 12th, 2007Becky C. - “Apparently, Facebook considers female breasts obscene. They also can not differentiate between a t***y shot and a picture of someone feeding a baby.”
One rule that my editor has for this blog is that I can’t curse, which I think is a good idea (keeps me in check). So, go to the [...]
In Your Facebook
August 27th, 2007Brad Grier - “While other public and private organizations and corporations are analyzing, examining, testing and ignoring, the Edmonton Public Library soft-launched it Facebook application today.”
(Thanks Estelle)
FaceBook Apps for Librarians
August 3rd, 2007Ellyssa Kroski - “Librarians are experimenting with a wide range of Facebook Apps ranging from the productive such as the 30 Boxes Calendar, Meebo, Twitter, and Zoho Online Office to the silly with Zombies, Likeness, My Aquarium, and SuperPoke. Here are the first three Facebook Apps designed for the librarian in all of us…”
Part one [...]
AntiSocial Networking
July 24th, 2007Annoyed Librarian - “If there were an antisocial networking site, I might join, but what would be the point.”
More Reason to Join FaceBook
July 17th, 2007AllFaceBook - “The iRead application has over 110,000 users and it looks like growth has started to peak.”
I’m still torn about joining. I’m afraid the floodgates will open and I’ll wind up with my head facedown on my laptop at 3:00AM. I’ll make a decision this week.