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Mr Z way of life
E.B. Boyd at Fast Company (http://www.fastcompany.com/user/263893) reports Mr. Zuckerberg last coming out: “[...] Users are asking Facebook for more control over their data, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said at the Web 2.0 Summit today, but the company leans toward making things more open. “Mediating that tension is challenging,” he said. [...] Facebook’s core philosophy is: “Facebook doesn’t ask for permission. It just asks for forgiveness.” Zuckerberg said company staffers debate the issues of who should have control over which pieces of data “every day.” Because Facebook is on the forefront of these issues, and because it’s venturing into new areas, “The correct answer isn’t completely obvious,” he said. And philosophically, the company tends to “err on the side of opennes [...]” (Full article at http://www.fastcompany.com/1703183/mark-zuckerberg-web-2-0).
Hey Mr. Z! You’re running a company, and a big one, with lot of sensitive datas. You’re not working anymore at University or in your backyard with only test datas.
Would be so difficult to have a more adult approach?
Web is based on ideas, but those cease to be the only driver in the moment that they meet business and involve other people. From this point on you need to follow some rules and security is one of this, despite your “openess”.
This post as a comment also at http://www.fastcompany.com/1703183/mark-zuckerberg-web-2-0
Foolproof
It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenious.
Anonymous
Facebook revisited: do we really need another email system?
Tim Conneally at Beta news (http://www.betanews.com/author/tim) reports that “[...] Popular social networking site Facebook today announced it is rolling out a whole new messaging system over the next few months that “isn’t just e-mail,” but integrates four common ways users communicate: email, Facebook messages and chat, and SMS, and archives it all in a single thread. [....]” (full article at http://www.betanews.com/article/Facebooks-new-messaging-system-handles-email-chat-SMS-Office-Web-apps-all-in-one/1289847427).
Same thing is done by Sharon Gaudin at Computerworld (full article at http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9196618/Facebook_messaging_throws_a_blow_at_Google), Jacqui Cheng at Ars technica (full article at http://arstechnica.com/web/news/2010/11/facebooks-new-messaging-system-mashes-up-sms-e-mail-im.ars), John Brownlee at geek.com (http://www.geek.com/users/jbrownlee/ and full article at http://www.geek.com/articles/news/facebook-introduces-new-messaging-system-e-mail-sms-and-im-all-in-one-place-20101116/), Om Malik at Giga OM (http://gigaom.com/author/om/ and full article at http://gigaom.com/2010/11/15/meet-the-new-new-facebook) and Adam Dachis at Lifehacker (http://lifehacker.com/5690721/why-you-should-embrace-the-new-facebook-modern-messaging-system).
In some ways it reminds me Google wave, but I wish for Facebook it doesn’t follow the same path.
I agree with Google CEO that this new Facebook features aren’t a threat to Google activities, because the target is different (Google is a quite serious email provider and most of all is more secure than Facebook) and though messaging is integrated with Facebook, IMHO Google is more usable.
Again, I understand FB need to cover a gap and use his vast “installed base” (or addressable market), but it would have better consolidate and strengthen his features before getting into a such complex addon, with no (substanntial) innovations and more risks for privacy.
This post as a comment also at http://www.betanews.com/article/Facebooks-new-messaging-system-handles-email-chat-SMS-Office-Web-apps-all-in-one/1289847427, at http://www.computerworld.com/comments/node/9196618#comment-708663, at http://arstechnica.com/web/news/2010/11/facebooks-new-messaging-system-mashes-up-sms-e-mail-im.ars?comments=1&p=21020590#comment-21020590, at http://www.geek.com/articles/news/facebook-introduces-new-messaging-system-e-mail-sms-and-im-all-in-one-place-20101116/comment-page-1/#comment-3924221, at http://gigaom.com/2010/11/15/meet-the-new-new-facebook/?go_commented=1#comment-513643 and at http://lifehacker.com/5690721/why-you-should-embrace-the-new-facebook-modern-messaging-system
Small problems hiding
Inside every large problem, there is a small problem trying to get out.
Anonymous
Bugs and responsabilities
If more than one person is responsible for a bug, no one is at fault.
Anonymous
Doubt startegy
If in doubt, make it sound convincing.
Anonymous
Being above the average
If at first you don’t succeed, you’re doing about average.
Anonymous
Download all your Facebook info in one shot
Tim Brookes at makeuseof.com details a tutorial on Facebook data downloader (full article at http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/download-entire-facebook-history-data-downloader/).
Seems a good way to backup informations.
Transforming an iPhone into an Android one
Adam Frucci at Dvice reports a trick that allows transforming an iPhone 3G into an android powered one through Cydia availabe bootlace (full article at http://dvice.com/archives/2010/11/turn-your-iphon-2.php).
Worth a read if you have a spare one.
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