I’m a Diaspora backer
I think this Kickstarter - Diaspora deal is fascinating. 4 kids end up with 6 figures of funding. Clearly there is a growing desire to create a simple, elegant social network with manageable privacy settings. I can’t wait to see what they come up with.
Yes, I realize that Facebook isn’t going anywhere, and they will probably have all of their privacy issues worked out by the end of the year. These kids still deserve a chance.
Also, I’m a sucker for startup tshirts.
It’s time to disconnect Twitter and Facebook. They are two separate audiences and I should spend the extra three seconds to determine which audience should see my thought. I find myself holding back sometimes because I know Facebook “friends” may not like what they read. No more.
Does anyone actually care? Probably not. :)
What Facebook reveals to the world
Using this nifty little web app you can see what data on Facebook is accessible to anyone.
However, in two years I think the internet and Facebook will be synonymous. With almost 500 million users and still growing (about half of the world’s Internet users), does it really matter what Facebook makes accessible to non-users?
The bigger question: How and why is all of this even available to Facebook users? I thought I had stuff hidden from people I haven’t friended.
::Lack of privacy shiver::
New(?) Facebook Security:
I tried to sign in to Facebook last week while in Mexico, and I encountered an extra step in the usual process.
Although clever, I always thought birthday information was easy to find. Why not a more specific security question like who was my favorite professor in college? (You can probably guess that too if you’ve ever heard me reminisce about Cornell before.)
Business Card v3:
I’m playing around with the third version of my personal business card. Vertical? Sure why not. The left half includes a list of places to find me on the internets. The right half goes one step further by providing URLs instead of just service names.
Any thoughts?
Who knows. Perhaps I’ll just clear out the service names and just leave my name and contact information.
My dream is to just put my name and URL. That might be a little too out there for 2009.
