Actually, Google Wave is so buggy it would probably represent marriage much better-missed communications, lag and ability to edit other peoples words.

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Sure Google Wave does have potential for projects that require a collaboration of individuals, but it was very buggy when I was using it. I understand it is beta, but I just couldn’t handle it. That experience definitely kept me from trying Google Buzz. From those nifty boxes on blog posts, I can see I am not alone. All the Buzz counts are at zero.

It’s a debatable title to be sure.

According to the Youtube page they have writers from The Guild & Desperate Housewives. Did you browse away to another website after reading that? I would, as neither of those shows are of interest. Despite the title I don’ really think this is all that interesting either, but I’ll let you be the judge.

thanks Tracey.

In all probability, ye know about XKCD, the incredibly sharp, amazingly lo-fi and unutterably geeky cartoon strip.
Well, meet the relative it hates to see arriving at family parties; Cyanide and Happiness is about as lo-fi in production values. However, there are some things that should not be said. C&H says them. With brass knobs on. And rubs yer face in it…
Yes, I would definitely place much of their output in the NSFW category.
Most of the time, it’s a static panel or strip, drawn by one of three regulars. On occasion though, they like to make a foray into animation – still using the stick figures, of course.
Here’s one such offering. It’s a bit short, coming in at just a shade under a minute. Hang on… the credits go on fer long than the feature??

I’m really hoping the blog title is pretty clear by now. If not, click HERE.

A fun, informative motion graphic piece about our home away from reality.

by Jess3

The Average user watches 182 videos online a month? Oh man, no wonder why I am single. I am such an overachiever.

tone_def posted this link, Unlink Your Feeds – A Manifesto a couple of days ago. I thought I would share it with you all. Tim Maly makes some good points and that first page is a quick read, so don’t be scared to click the link. One of the things he doesn’t mention in his post is that some people are reading their social networks in one application. So, your feed literally does look like duplicates if someone is following you on 2 networks.

Personally, I felt strange about mixing audiences by linking Twitter to Facebook. Honestly, Facebook is mostly full of dudes that were in my college courses six years ago. On the other hand, my Twitter followers are close friends, most of who I have hung out with. (Luckily, no one reads the blog or I’d probably pay for this observation on FB.)  The people on FB could probably care less I was in town or in a bad mood. Now, my tweeps may be concerned as they may want to get lunch or keep clear of me.

Prior to FB’s redesign that put the news feed/status updates as the focus, the two social networks were very different creatures. To some extent they still are with FB being more content rich. (Though, I would call it clutter.) Thus, Maly’s point is “using each service for what it is.” For example, while I’d encourage you to spend time with your family face to face, FB does allow you to share photos and videos with the family. (Easily done with links on Twitter too.) Twitter is much more real-time focused, short and sweet with no pictures, videos, marketplaces or games to clutter up the communication. Maybe you want to jab at a friend because your college team is beating their college at the moment. Rather than calling them, you tweet it at them.

Finally, a funny story about this linking feeds concept- Not too long ago I decided to construct a Facebook Fan Page for this website. Mainly, I was feeling like an adbot or something on FB because I hardly used my account except to share my website posts (through an RSS feed, oops!). I continued to share my links to blog posts on Twitter, while also posting the links to the FB fan page. Someone (I won’t name names), commented about the duplicate posts on my Twitter account and on the FB fan page which showed up in their FB news feed. Then, that person stopped being a fan on FB. I don’t know why he/she didn’t notice that my personal FB and Twitter statuses were posting links prior to the creation of the fan page.

Anyway, I completely understood the reason I lost a fan. I would probably do the same. However, I did find it hilarious that this person uses a Twitter app to feed their status into FB.

Anyway, check out the Manifesto, he’s got examples and even a form letter to send someone.

via MattBors.com

I’ve ignored this chatroulette craze thus far. I can see how it could be intriguing, but I have enough distractions. The videos of folks dressing up, like Cobra Commander are amusing but if I want to talk to frat boys or perverts, I’ll just call one you guys on Skype.

So if you haven’t taken the plunge or you fear what you’re going to find there, this is a decent short documenting the chatroulette experience.

via Daily What

One of the latest trends in Web 2.0 technologies, which very well may define Web 3.0, is location-based services.  One such example is Foursquare, an application for GPS-enabled App-Phones that allows “players” to constantly broadcast their location, earn rewards for doing so, and meet other people.

The major problem with this trend in general is that individuals sacrifice their privacy in the interest of what is now considered to be “being social.”  This happens across the Web 2.0 sphere, with individuals sharing every intimate thought in 140 characters or less on Twitter, or posting every drunken photo of themselves on Facebook from the night’s before party.

In comes Please Rob Me, a website that aggregates notifications from Foursquare and other location-aware applications of people leaving their homes for other locations.

“Services like Foresquare [sic] allow you to fulfill some primeval urge to colonize the planet,” says the Please Rob Me creators. “The goal of this website is to raise some awareness on this issue and have people think about how they use [these services]… Our intention is not, and never has been, to have people burglarized.”

This is just something to consider when you make the conscious decision to broadcast your life in real time.  It is also something to ask your tech-savvy friends to consider, who may be playing these “games” and alerting the world of who is and isn’t at your home.

What do you think?  Is privacy a thing of the past, or will it make a resurgence with Web 4.0: Get off my Lawn!

[This is cross-posted from my site Only Hearsay.]