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Your social graph, or social network as Wikpedia defines it, “is a social structure made of individuals (or organizations) called “nodes,” which are tied (connected) by one or more specific types of interdependency, such as friendship, kinship, financial exchange, dislike, sexual relationships, or relationships of beliefs, knowledge or prestige.” I think there’s a new Graph [...]

That’s it. I’ve done it. I’ve pretty much just completely surrendered. Baaaaaa. I’m one of the Sheeple now. I’m fully Orwelled. Or Jeremy Benthenmed/Panopticoned, Minority Reported. What I’m talking about is having all but fully thrown in the towel on personal privacy. (Ironic given a bunch of years ago I wrote a book on the [...]

Yes, there’s a new form of Rot on the Internet. There’s ye’ ole’ Link Rot for when links die on the ‘net, there’s Application Rot, (which I wrote about a few years ago), and now there’s Authentication Rot. (Though this isn’t really a great name. I’m amenable to suggestions.) Actually, Authentication Rot doesn’t exist too [...]

I think it’s quite possible Twitter and similar micro-blogging services may be responsible for a great deal of future Linkrot. This is in no small part due to Approt. (I wrote about Approt way back in April 2006. Approt is basically when a Mashup or some web application disappears causing a cascade effect on dependent [...]

So why would a business where you can make money selling your own stuff have anything to worry about from a non-business, grassroots organization that helps you give your stuff away for nothing? Good Question. One answer may be, “It might not. In fact it may be happier with such recycling going on because it’s [...]