dan tynan on Jan 08 2013 | Filed under: (anti) social media, ITworld, Web 2.0
Stop me if this has happened to you. You open your inbox one morning and see a message from an old work colleague named Bob, sent via LinkedIn. It looks something like this: Eager to find out what wonderful things Bob has to say about you, you click the “See endorsements” link in the message, [...]
dan tynan on Sep 17 2010 | Filed under: (anti) social media, Cringley, Culture Crash, Da Web, Facebook, Faux News, Twit or Tweet
The problem with the Internet these days? In a word: socialism. No not that faux Obama socialism certain people like to rail against (because they’ve got to be PO’d about something). I’m talking about the real scourge of the net: social media. Now, I use social media and I (mostly) like social media. I use [...]
dan tynan on Feb 11 2010 | Filed under: (anti) social media, Cringley, Da Web, Google, Infoworld, Privacy, Twit or Tweet, Web 2.0
I wake up each morning with the same mix of hope and dread. I hope Google will buy me for a princely sum and allow me to retire to some sandy beach where they serve mojitos 24/7. And I fear Google will simply invent a better version of me, forcing me to get a job [...]
dan tynan on Aug 17 2009 | Filed under: (anti) social media, Cringley, Infoworld, Twit or Tweet, Web 2.0
To hear some people tell it, social sites like Facebook and Twitter are on the wane. Cringely thinks they’re only just getting started.
dan tynan on Mar 31 2009 | Filed under: (anti) social media, Computerworld, Culture Crash, Facebook, Foolishness, Twit or Tweet, Web 2.0
Like many people, Randy Hallet is fed up with the Facebooking of the planet. Unlike most, he’s decided to do something about it. The 30-something Webpreneur has created what he calls “the anti-social network.” Hallet declined to speak by phone, though he did agree to an interview via Twitter. He tweeted: “I’m fed up with [...]
dan tynan on Feb 25 2009 | Filed under: (anti) social media, Facebook, Web 2.0
Social media is on the rise, and so are the privacy and security risks. Is it time to dial back on the whole Web 2.0 ‘friend’ thing?
dan tynan on Jan 30 2009 | Filed under: (anti) social media, Cringley, Da Web, Infoworld, Web 2.0
Michael Arrington’s sudden hiatus from TechCrunch belies a bigger problem on the ‘social’ web: it’s getting more and more anti-social. Even Cringe is feeling the effects.
dan tynan on Aug 05 2008 | Filed under: US Airways Magazine, Web 2.0
Micro-blogs offer new ways to reach out and touch—140 characters at a time (This post originally appeared in the August issue of US Airways Magazine.) When American photojournalist James Buck was taken into custody by Egyptian security forces last April, he didn’t call his lawyer, the US embassy, or his mother. He whipped out his [...]
