I’ve just come across popurls, an aggregator of – what else – aggregators and social bookmarking sites. So you get the most popular items on digg, del.icio.us, reddit, newsvine, metafilter, tailrank, google news, yahoo news, netscape, shoutwire, slashdot, wired, fark,… Continue Reading
The Knowledge Tree has published a new article by Nancy White titled “Blogs and Community – launching a new paradigm for online community?” The abstract says: Online community has been an important part of the Internet, mainly forming around email… Continue Reading
If you’re seeking a no-strings attached sexual encounter – and thousands of people are – then there are worse places to look than the casual encounters section of sites like Craigslist or Gumtree. They offer anonymous users to post and… Continue Reading
A social networking site, xanga, will reportedly pay a fine of US $1 million after the Federal Trade Commission found they’d violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) by “collecting, using and disclosing personal information collected from children under… Continue Reading
I’ve been trying to find a list of the most used social bookmarking services. I’m guessing the top five has to include del.icio.us, digg, furl, newsvine and my yahoo but can’t find any publicly available statistics or comparisons of user… Continue Reading
Most political campaigns aren’t exactly cutting edge or, at least they haven’t been until now. Over on Smartmobs they’re talking about the use of mobile phone technology in campaigning, having linked to a 30 page pdf on the subject the… Continue Reading
Not long ago, The Bivings Report published the results of a newspaper study they’d done. Myself and a number of bloggers picked up on the fact that applying the same analysis to newspapers in different countries would make it possible… Continue Reading
Like most people who take blogging fairly seriously, I use technorati to keep track of people linking to cybersoc.com. It’s not just a matter of vanity* (remember egosurf?), it helps me stay involved in what Jarvis and others call "the… Continue Reading
Last month I got a Nokia N70 with Co-Pilot software and a bluetooth GPS reciever. Of course, I needed to test it’s accuracy so I dragged the family off to Greenwich Observatory, home of the Greenwich Mean Line. That’s 0… Continue Reading
Hitwise has published it’s list of the top "Lifestyle – Blogs and Personal Websites" as based on the percentage of UK marketshare. There are two charts, one showing the top ten in the category overall and the top ten personal… Continue Reading