links for 2008-01-07

Why Facebook wants to corner the market in personal info John Naughton on the Scoble/Facebook kerfuffle. (tags: observer scoble socialnetworking socialnetworks facebook plaxo) How Techmeme Homepage Changes Over Time – Video This Techmeme video clip captures 50 hours of Techmeme activity and replays it in 50 seconds. So you get a good idea about how … Keep reading

Ning and Porn

Ning founder Marc Andreessen has posted a response to the discussions about the fact that quite a bit of Ning’s traffic is as a result of ‘adult’ communities. Ning, remember, is the service that allows you to create your own social network. Andreessen says: First, we have built Ning to be a broad-based service — … Keep reading

links for 2008-01-06

Lunch_with_Maxwell.pdf (application/pdf Object) Piece by John Naughton on attending a function thrown by Robert Maxwell. Fascinating reading. (tags: robert+maxwell john+naughton) BarCamp wiki / BarCampPOIR8 The event follows the decision to launch a web-based channel as recommended by the Power of Information report that will “improve the Government’s responsiveness to demands for public sector information”. (tags: … Keep reading

Swinging

Swinging Originally uploaded by DavePress Ben didn’t want to go on the big slide thing at Fermyn Woods today, so I felt the need to uphold the Briggs family honour. I think I did so well.

links for 2008-01-05

Asylum Great book review blog. (tags: books reviews blog) These Glory Days Excellent, thoughtful film review blog (tags: film movie review blog) Flipping the Linux switch: 5 tips every new Linux user should know – Download Squad Cool tips and tricks for the Linux newbie. (tags: linux tips ubuntu tricks howto resources computing opensource) Advanced-WordPress-Help-Sheet.pdf … Keep reading