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Bro, Do You Even Ello?
Mashable’s Chris Taylor describes my feelings on Ello perfectly: There isn’t a working search function. I can’t find my friends, which is about a basic a function as a social network needs to have. I have to login every time … Continue reading
Posted in Chapel Hill
Tagged ello, Facebook, social media, social networks, tech, tech startups
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Apps That Need To Exist: Skipworthy
To improve the Facebook experience for the average user, this app will automatically hide everything shared from Buzzfeed or Upworthy from the user’s Facebook timeline. Optional upgrades will allow users to block any posts with “…and you’ll never believe what … Continue reading
Social Gaming
After I showed Grumpy Goats to my game design students, we had a discussion about elements of Facebook games, and I showed them World of Secrets. One might not think a Facebook hidden object game lends itself well to a … Continue reading
Posted in Chapel Hill, Teaching
Tagged Chapel Hill, Facebook, game design, games, Grumpy Goats, hidden object, teaching, teaching teenagers, world of secrets
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The Facebook Diet
New piece on Geek Magazine, in which I am thoroughly confused by a “Facebook humor” book: The Facebook Diet by Gemini Adams promises to highlight all the hilarious and strange things in the world of Facebook. I was excited to read this … Continue reading
Posted in Books, North Carolina
Tagged #facebookdiet, Book review, Books, Facebook, Gemini Adams, humor?, North Carolina, The Facebook Diet
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Winston, The Facebook Butler
Yesterday at Dreamit day, when Winston was described as an audio assistant to present stories from social networks like Facebook, I picked up my phone to play games until the presentation was over. I could not have been less interested. … Continue reading
Posted in New York City
Tagged Dreamit, Facebook, games, GetWinston, Harold, New York City, Siri, tech, tech startups, Winston, Winston Network
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Anti-Social Networking
My new piece on Dialect is my second discussion of G+ and Facebook. Google’s circles, I’m constantly told, allow you to share content with different groups. You can skip the updates who bore you! You can make an unread circle … Continue reading
Posted in My Other Writing, New York City
Tagged Dialect Magazine, Facebook, G+, Google, Google plus, my other writing, New York City
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Google+ Vs Facebook
From Google vs. Facebook: Should Human Rights Factor in Your Choice of Social Network? on Huffington Post Google Plus, which launched in beta last week, has been Topic One among the “digerati,” who’ve spent much of the week kicking the … Continue reading
Posted in New York City, Yantai
Tagged China, chinese, Facebook, G+, Google, New York City, social networks, stivison on the future, Yantai
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The Knifefight Principle
So Figment has an idea for a social game with optional premium content. The basic concept is a multiplayer knifefight on the Facebook platform. Anyone can play free, but getting a knife costs extra. For a gold membership, he explains … Continue reading
Posted in Los Angeles, New York City
Tagged casual games, Facebook, facebook games, Figment, IGM, Lexicon, Los Angeles, New York City, social games
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Friendship’s Bloom
The new Friendship’s Bloom tree in My Tribe is a cooperative mystery. First, a friend needs to fertilize the tree. Even if you have lots of friends, this can only be done once per tree, per day. Each time the … Continue reading
Posted in Raleigh
Tagged Facebook, facebook games, friendship's bloom, games, my tribe mysteries, MyTribe, Raleigh
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