dan tynan on Feb 27 2009 | Filed under: (anti) social media, Cringley, Facebook, Google, Twit or Tweet, Web 2.0
When the elite tweet, you know something big has changed. Twitter has become this year’s Web 2.0 darling. Cringely wonders how long the infatuation will last.
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 cell phone [...]
dan tynan on Jun 28 2008 | Filed under: 15 minutes, Copyrights and wrongs, Da Web
Jon Newton at P2Pnet took a shine to my screed on Zuckerberg and asked me for the right to republish, which I happily granted. Plus, he agreed to run a nice photo of me along with it. Now I hope none of us get sued. (He said, half joking). You can find it here, reprinted [...]
dan tynan on Jun 27 2008 | Filed under: Uncategorized
(A slightly different version of this post originally appeared on Infoworld.com.)
Pity the innovators — always hounded by the jealous hordes who clamor for a sliver of their success. And so it goes with Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg, though exactly who’s the innovator in this scenario is a matter of some debate.
Zuckerberg is being sued [...]
dan tynan on Apr 25 2008 | Filed under: Cringley, Infoworld, Microsoft
(This post originally appeared on Infoworld’s Notes From the Field blog.)
by Robert X. Cringely
Great eXPectations? Microsoft has made a multi-billion-dollar business out of spreading fear, uncertainty, and doubt, but lately it seems to be sharing the FUD about its own products. Take the burning question of when XP will shuffle off this mortal coil. June [...]
