Simple question: When misinformation is spreading on social media – can it be stopped? Simple answer: No. As Churchill (edit: apocryphally) said, “A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance…
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In the past few days two people who were not following me sent me direct messages (DM) on Twitter. Neither of us realized the asymmetrical nature of our “relationship” until I had to actually e-mail…
1 CommentMy copy of Wired arrived in the mail today. Page 040 Jargon Watch: “Cybercase v. To scope out a joint using geotagged data written into digital photos posted online. By browsing images of luxury goods…
1 CommentLive from 39,000 feet
Published June 14, 2009 by Damon Kiesow
What is it about new toys? My flight back from Las Vegas this afternoon (Southwest 1159) was on one of the airline’s few planes that have WiFi hotspots. Apparently they are still testing out the…
1 CommentThe life of a tweet
Published April 10, 2009 by Damon Kiesow
I sent a note out over Twitter earlier today trying to gather some additional responses to a Web Tools Survey I am working on: Doing a survey of news Web sites – what open-source and…
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