Updated 7/29/08: Scrabulous has been disabled in Facebook for US and Canada users.
Hasbro, owner of the trademark for Scrabble, filed a lawsuit against the creates of Scrabulous for trademark infringement via the Scrabulous Facebook application. A DMCA was also sent to Facebook to remove the application. I do not use the application (I rarely use [...]
Fast Company redesigned their site, adding social features. I must admit that when I first heard about the redesign I wondered if this was another example of a traditional company trying to hop on board with the latest thing (social features). I decided to check it out.
When I first visited the site my eyes bounced [...]
Imagine you have a company. You work hard, amass a large following, decide to issue stock shares and try to do your best to run the company properly. How would you feel if you found out that a consortium of investors, with a 21 percent stake in your company, are trying to take over the [...]
Jeff Gerstmann’s dismissal was all over the internet last week. A very unfortunate incident but it brings to light an issue that needs to be discussed, one consumers need to be aware of. There are definite conflict of interests with online entities.
The GFW Radio Podcast had a very frank discussion (MP3) about the conflicts of [...]
The calm after the storm. Placing the new 9rules members, my daughter’s birthday. I’ve been very busy. That doesn’t mean I haven’t been following the conversations going on recently.
Lots of talk about blog networks. I have a pet peeve. Figured I might as well discuss it. First, what is a blog network? In my opinion, [...]
Dave Winer poses an interesting question:
Wouldn’t it be interesting if every certified A-lister, by convention, didn’t blog during the third week of every month. What if that idea caught on?
Yes Dave, that would be interesting…in an amusing but disastrous type of way.
Memeorandum wouldn’t update for a week (and sites like them).
Many non-bloggers would have nothing [...]
I’m really not into advertising that much but I subscribe to AdRants because they always post something that makes me shake my head in bewilderment or makes me feel really old. Today, it is a bit of both. They posted an article about gaming being a marketing tap for advertisers. A report was referred to [...]
I received some email about Jason Calacanis’ post about cNet trying to take down Engadget, in response to Molly Wood’s Buzz Report. For those that emailed me I told you to just wait a couple of days and watch this space, you’ll get my response. Here it is. See, I was waiting on something I [...]
Robert Scoble posted this on his blog:
On the topic of opinionated geeks, I noticed that John has a New Year’s resolution not to read my blog. He says I infuriate him. OK, what’s the correct response when someone says “unsubscribe?” Why, subscribe!
Here’s the principle behind that. We need to listen to people who don’t like [...]
