Facebook wants us to trust it. Zuckerberg says they need to change their hacker mentality. Stop taking advantage of users and start seeing our point of view. It’s not going to happen. And he isn’t putting his money where his mouth is. Facebook is still essentially the same scammy way of thinking he had… Continue reading No Zuckerberg, I don’t think we will ever trust you
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Klout sucks. And I have the influence to persuade you that it does!
If you don’t know www.klout.com you are probably not really into social media. Or advertising. Or influence measurement. It is meant to measure how much you influence people. And about a year ago they changed their algorithm. It was meant to get better. But it didn’t. But how do I know that it got… Continue reading Klout sucks. And I have the influence to persuade you that it does!
MotoX heralds a very quiet revolution
People talk about Google being increasingly being a “hardware company” but they are missing the point. It’s not about fancy gadgets, not about whether the Nexus has a better screen than an iPhone and definately not about the MotoX stealing market share. It’s not even about Google knowing the next worldwide development through some fancy… Continue reading MotoX heralds a very quiet revolution
Trend detection: there can only be two?
You can play with Twitter data all day and come up with all sorts of interesting conclusions. As a social scientist, it is Pandora’s box. Free research to an extent you couldn’t even dream about a decade ago. But of course it is just Twitter. Mainly U.S. and well….just Twitter. Compare that to… Continue reading Trend detection: there can only be two?
The so called tablet revolution is about my fridge
Some of you might remember the “smart fridge” idea. More than a decade ago some companies had made horribly expensive fridges which had built in computers and a touch screen. You could surf the net, watch movies and generally do most of the things you ended up doing with your laptop parked on the… Continue reading The so called tablet revolution is about my fridge
Why Apple won’t make an iPhone for the masses
Don’t go looking in the detailed cost breakdowns. Sure, Apple has plenty of profit margin to shave off the iPhone. They could sell one for $150 and still make a profit better than most. But it is not in the market share figures either. And it isn’t some complicated marketing reason, anything about a… Continue reading Why Apple won’t make an iPhone for the masses
Software features the industry forgot
Everyone in the software industry knows how fickle users can be. One wants it this way, one the other. Everyone thinks that the interface or the features they need at this moment are what is most important. Almost nobody really knows everything that the software can do, yet opinions are all over the place. … Continue reading Software features the industry forgot
Just how bad is Facebook at programming?
Cute picture of my son today. Huge smile as he looked through a Holy Crepe. He had eaten out some of it and looked to the camera; cute as ever. Gotta have this as my profile picture. Facebook profile, upload picture, wait….wait….wait some more. Finally it uploads. Sometimes it doesn’t of course. Go to… Continue reading Just how bad is Facebook at programming?
The screwed up value chain of cyber security
In “Campaign” Zach Galifianakis makes an amazing comeback on election day with an original approach to politics: he tells the truth. Despite being 20 points ahead in the polls however he mysteriously loses to his crooked and corrupt opponent. Nobody wonders why this happens though the movie audience gets treated to a close up… Continue reading The screwed up value chain of cyber security
A new Facebook feature: The “I told you so!” button
Facebook is, essentially, a Content Management System. (CMS) Only it is a really, really, extraordinarily bad content management system. Its search function is rudimentary to say the least. There is little categorization and even less user generated categorization. It is almost impossible to find something from the past. To large degree this is because… Continue reading A new Facebook feature: The “I told you so!” button