(This column is posted at www.StevenSavage.com and Steve’s Tumblr. Find out more at my newsletter.) To mark this post historically, this was posted the day Tumblr decided to cut out some adult content (it’s hard to tell exactly what they meant, … Continue reading
(This column is posted at www.StevenSavage.com and Steve’s Tumblr) I was discussing the Facebook security issues (the 2018 ones, if you’re keeping track), with my friend Serdar. Serdar is skeptical of many social media companies much the same way I’m made … Continue reading
(This column is posted at www.StevenSavage.com and Steve’s Tumblr) Facebook was used to harvest data by a highly unethical and bizarre campaign firm, Cambridge Analytica, to sway the US elections resulting in a worldwide scandal, with more coming out all the … Continue reading
Just Freaking Cool The entire run of Starlog, the classic SF magazine, is now available online – An incredibly influential magazine of SF, media, and culture now available online. Free. Employment: Get a gander at demographics of employees in major … Continue reading
And our “Ask A Progeek Question” today is . . . In filling out an online profile (such as on Linked In), what should you list as your job; the one you have or the one you want? First, kudos … Continue reading
An interesting Facebook game that’s a kind of modular RPG that’s story focused. An intriguing idea, mostly because it takes things we’ve seen before (RPGs, modularity, social media, etc.) but actually involves more a realization of what can be done … Continue reading
SocialBox So Google's Hangouts may be a killer app: http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/07/05/is-googles-hangouts-its-killer-app/. The article – and indeed Hangouts itself – emphasize what people want in social tech: immediate, human connectivity. This got me thinking, which is not unusual. Hangouts, Skype, Facebook chat, … Continue reading
I've been talking a lot about the role of socialization in media in the last few weeks. I came to the conclusion that the social connection we get is usually more important than traits like originality (or at times, familiarity). … Continue reading
Awhile ago a variety of celebrities declared themselves dead, not Tweeting and such until enough donations to fight AIDS came in. Despite this being for a good cause, it was a failure at the time as noted. The site now … Continue reading
You want to stay in touch with someone? You can use Facebook. Or Twitter. Or email. Or Plaxo. Or LinkedIn. Or . . . well you get the idea. Sure there's applications like Flipboard and RSS feeds to try and … Continue reading