ARCHIVE September, 2008

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Opt-In features please, not Opt-Out

November 26, 2007

This just got upgraded from Twitter rant to blog rant. I saw MN’s post about the new feature for the upcoming fall update for the XBOX360. So basically — they are giving away personal information — by default, oh and if you want you can turn this off. It’s funny they take [...]

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Remixing data

November 11, 2007

This post is the “why” behind my recent move to make TownRenowned.com’s underlying business directory data a open resource via Creative Commons licencing.
TownRenowned.com needs to “go to the next level” - growth has been flat for a few months now - it’s just not working as is. The big issue has been low user [...]

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Captchas, coercive persuasion, internet lobbiests and social graph authentication

November 7, 2007

A bad nights sleep and too much coffee - you know what that means! Random ideas!
The “best measure” against keeping out spammers on most social websites is the “captcha” system. This barrier of a “human intelligence task” and perhaps keeping an eye on IP addresses (to detect mass duplicates) helps keeps out spambots. [...]