Archive for the “Asides” category
Better Question: Would a Social Media Revolt “Matter” If Nothing Was Remedied?
by Tony Hung on May 17, 2009
Ben Parr asks “Why Social Media Revolts Take Place”, and goes through the usual places (crib notes: they do something that seriously cheeses its users, obviously visible in hindsight). I think the better question is “what would have happened if (…)
Twitter As Real Time Search? Very Awesome.
by Tony Hung on May 16, 2009
Last morsel of a half baked thought: I know you know, but I wanted to write this down any way. Twitter as a search for real time events is absolutely unparalleled. For events that are happening right now — as (…)
Joost on the iPhone: Luxuriate in its Deliciousness
by Tony Hung on November 29, 2008
Not much else to say, other than it is slick and delicious, and unfortuantely only available using Wi-Fi. I’ll be honest. I haven’t checked out Joost in months (years?), and they’ve boosted their line up considerably. Full length movies? Check. (…)
Three Things I Love About WordPress 2.6
by Tony Hung on July 18, 2008
If you’re a user of WordPress, you should probably always upgrade when a new version comes out for security reasons. However, with the new release of WordPress 2.6, there are three features that really stand out for me — in (…)
Who Almost Has As Many RSS Subscribers As TechCrunch?
by Tony Hung on July 18, 2008
I guess its debatable about whether the number of RSS subscribers is a useful metric. Now that we’ve all acknowledged that it *might* be debatable, here’s a tiny bit of techblogger mind candy for you to enjoy — know which (…)
Running Adsense? Do You Have A Privacy Policy? (You Need One Now)
by Tony Hung on March 8, 2008
As per Jensense, the place for all things Adsense, if you’re running Adsense, you may have noticed that updated Terms of Service they made you sign over the past few weeks. Buried in all that dense text was something about (…)
* Will Diggers Leave If Digg Is Acquired By Microsoft?
by Tony Hung on March 7, 2008
… and what about Google? I think there’s one intangible that not enough people are yammering about with respect to new rumours that Digg maybe bought out — and that is, what happens to the community? These are either geeks (…)