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The Google YouTube Tango

Posted by Michael Zimmeron October 13, 2006in Privacy, Search Engines, Social Media2 Comments

In one corner, we have the Googlization of virtually every aspect of our online (and increasingly offline) activities, tracking your every move. In the other corner, we have the increased corporatization of Web 2.0, also interested in watching everything you…

Bubble 2.0

Posted by Michael Zimmeron October 10, 2006in Social Media

Reacting to the Google-YouTube deal, Seth Finkelstein shares his thoughts on the structures of what he calls "Bubble 2.0." With some well-placed humor, Seth hits the nail squarely on the head, touching on some of my general concerns with this…

Debrief: Social Software and Web 2.0 seminar

Posted by Michael Zimmeron October 8, 2006in Events, Social Media, Values In Design3 Comments

I presented at the Social Software and Web 2.0: Critical Perspectives and Challenges for Research and Business seminar and workshop a few days ago at Aalborg University in Denmark. My talk, "The Panoptic Gaze of Web 2.0: How Web 2.0…

Light Blogging

Posted by Michael Zimmeron October 2, 2006in Events, Social Media2 Comments

Blogging has been light lately as I have been quite busy in "real life": I'm pleased to announce that the "Identity and Identification in a Networked World" graduate student symposium was a smashing success this past weekend. Well over 100…

MySpace = Spam 2.0?

Posted by Michael Zimmeron September 12, 2006in Social Media1 Comment

Trent Lapinski, a freelance writer, was hired to write an exposé about MySpace, but apparently News Corp threatened to sue his publisher if they ran the story. Instead, Lapinski sold his story to Valleywag, who decided to publish it despite…

Peer-to-peer surveillance

Posted by Michael Zimmeron September 9, 2006in Privacy, Social Media

I've commented about some of the privacy & surveillance implications of adding location meta tags in photos, everyone snapping photos in public with their cellphone cameras, and the rise of amateur surveillance and data-mining. Many of these concerns are repeated…

Critical Perspectives on Social Software and Web 2.0

Posted by Michael Zimmeron September 6, 2006in Events, Privacy, Social Media2 Comments

Anders Albrechtslund has organized an amazing Social Software and Web 2.0: Critical Perspectives and Challenges for Research and Business seminar and workshop hosted by Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark on October 6, 2006: Social software and Web 2.0 are concepts (or…

Facebook Changes Cause Rift in Flow of Personal Information

Posted by Michael Zimmeron September 6, 2006in Privacy, Social Media, Values In Design4 Comments

Slashdot reports that Facebook, the college student networking site, launched changes to their web site this morning, provoking a massive and immediate response, and not the one the company had hoped for. Hundreds of protest 'Groups' formed, the largest of…

User-provided Labor on Web 2.0

Posted by Michael Zimmeron September 5, 2006in Information Ethics, Social Media4 Comments

Putting the cart in front of the horse, I'm starting to think about my post-dissertation research which will focus on the value & ethical implications of the emerging Web 2.0 infrastructure. One issue that seems to frequently emerge is the…

Amateur Data Mining in Google Calendar

Posted by Michael Zimmeron September 4, 2006in Internet, Privacy1 Comment

The Dumb Little Man blog reveals how easy it can be to figure out who a person is, where they live, and what their daily routine & activities are by simply searching through public online calendars (like Google Calendar) and…