Joining social networks and linking up with all your friends and associates is a lot of fun. What happens though when you want to migrate to a new social network? Isn't there a way to re-establish contact with everyone you knew before, without having to "be-friend" everyone again, one by one, at your new social networking home? The answer may be in the form of the Distributed Social Network, which, ... Read full entry

Plea to ban employers trawling Facebook A group of British charities is pushing for laws to prohibit employers, and academic institutions, from trawling social networks looking for the "digital dirt" on prospective applicants. "When young people put up their personal profiles they are not thinking about job or university applications. Typically, they are simply talking to their mates. Employers or admissions tutors who delve into these places are being highly and ... Read full entry

Five Questions is where I talk to bloggers about their projects and some of the other things they are doing. I ask {Q}uestions, and hopefully get some {A}nswers! Meg Tsiamis loves numbers. And that's a good thing for Australian bloggers who make it into her Top 100 Australian Blogs Index. There's quite some number crunching involved, so ... Read full entry

Five Questions is where I talk to bloggers about their projects and some of the other things they are doing. I ask {Q}uestions, and hopefully get some {A}nswers! Could you describe yourself with nine words? Is that too few, or too many? Inspired by a cinquain written by her sister, Adria Balgassi created in cinq, a blog that allows readers to ... Read full entry

Five Questions is where I talk to bloggers about their projects and some of the other things they are doing. I ask {Q}uestions, and hopefully get some {A}nswers! In January 2006, Dan Waber, looking for a way to mark his then upcoming fortieth birthday, hit upon the ambitious idea of writing 40 words a day, every day for a ... Read full entry