If we don’t like how Facebook treats our data, perhaps we shouldn’t try to copy their bad business models. There are other options.
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Known by whom
One of the innate human characteristics is the desire to be seen, to be known by other humans. And yet, we will always be more unknown than known.
Safety Check & Person Finder enabling Family Re-unification
So Facebook has launched “Safety Check” aimed at people living/working in disaster areas enabling them to easily communicate to their loved that they are safe or to easily find out who is safe. In many ways this is very similar to “Person Finder” run by Google during...
Used soda bottles creating light sources…
A friend of mine sent me an amazing youtube link on Facebook to this video. It is pure genius and innovation at its purest. A man in a slum, picks up a discarded 2 litre Pepsi bottle, cleans it, fills it with water, cuts a hole in his roof and inserts the bottle - now...
Social Media and Business in Asia
I find myself back in Asia again fascinated by how social media is being used here, not only for social purposes but for business transactions and communication. I am here working on a project creating awareness about the AADMER treaty signed by the 10 ASEAN countries...