By @edent · ActivityPub fediverse IoT Social Networks · 15 comments · 550 words · read ~2,860 times.
One of the most frustrating things in modern technology is the effort spent trying to artificially restrict abundance. Take, for example, this tale from museum-worker Aaron Cope: I was out with a friend who worked for Twitter and I asked them whether it would be possible for the museum to “create 200,000 Twitter accounts, one […]
Continue reading →By @edent · MastodonAPI Social Media Social Networks · 5 comments · 350 words · read ~305 times.
One of the reasons I'm still on the original Mastodon.social instance is that I am vain. I joined shortly after the project was announced and, as a consequence, I have a "joined" date of 2016 and a user ID of under 10,0000. This doesn't make me an "elder statesman" and is rarely useful beyond bragging […]
Continue reading →By @edent · contacts Social Media Social Networks · 16 comments · 300 words · read ~342 times.
I don't have a great memory. I often meet people who remember me, but I don't remember them. I've had whole conversations with people who clearly know me, but on whom I've drawn a blank. My phone's address book has a "notes" field, and mine is peppered with little aide memoirs about the people I've […]
Continue reading →By @edent · censorship Social Media Social Networks · 6 comments · 500 words · read ~1,327 times.
I get a lot of random Twitter DMs from attractive women who are desperate to make friends with me. I usually report the obvious spammers. But a few weeks ago, one nearly slipped through the net. The woman was wearing a military uniform - a proper one, not a sexy Hallowe'en costume - and was […]
Continue reading →By @edent · Social Media Social Networks twitter · 6 comments · 1,050 words · read ~277 times.
Way back when Blackberry was the smartphone, my team at Vodafone obsessed over the idea of the "Unified Inbox". "What if," the marketing chaps said, "you could see all your notifications in one place!" Imagine a single inbox where your MySpace friend requests mingled with your Email. And your Facebook and Google Buzz notifications were […]
Continue reading →By @edent · avatar code HowTo mvp Social Networks · 150 words · read ~213 times.
Play with the demo I was lucky enough to go to Number 10 Downing Street for a meeting a few weeks ago. A perfect opportunity for a photo of me by that famous door. Being the vain man that I am, I wanted to set it as my avatar photo. But Twitter and other social […]
Continue reading →By @edent · mobile myspace Social Networks · 150 words · read ~251 times.
The British are culturally predisposed to root for the underdog. I'd never been a massive fan of MySpace - but after the trials and tribulations it has gone through, I have a soft spot in my heart for it. So, when this email arrived, I couldn't wait to give it a go. Ok, so the […]
Continue reading →By @edent · facebook money Social Networks · 21 comments · 550 words · read ~9,874 times.
So, Yahoo! is to buy tumblr for $1.1 BEEEEEELLION. I don't understand money. Well, specifically, I don't understand how companies are funded, classify shares, or any of that finance stuff. But, there's something which has been bothering me about the recent sale of some social media properties. According to some estimates, tumblr has 170 million […]
Continue reading →By @edent · ephemeral ideas images media Social Networks · 1 comment · 400 words
Getting access to my Twitter archive opened my mind to the nature on transience of the media we create. Take, for example, this tweet and image: Terence Eden is on Mastodon@edenthttp://twitpic.com/2dhr3 - Loving #mint09 :-)❤️ 0💬 0🔁 012:24 - Mon 23 March 2009 Well... ok... fun at the moment it was taken, but does it […]
Continue reading →By @edent · social Social Networks social objects · 2 comments · 850 words · read ~211 times.
We're in a fairly mature phase of social networks now. Broadly speaking, most social networks separate out into a few main groups. Eyes - e.g. services like Flickr for pictures and YouTube for moving pictures. Ears - e.g. AudioBoo for voices and SoundCloud for songs. Feet - e.g. FourSquare for where I am now and […]
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