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Apparently you can’t build an alternative to Facebook without Facebook integration…

Altly prepares to launch an alternative to Facebook... and it has a Like button!

Stamp out B2B spam with an evil calendar

A modest proposal for a service to randomly connect salespeople together on useless video calls to raise the cost of spraying us with endless spam.

Is Intuit Insane?

Intuit is training its customers to fall victim to phishing attacks by sending messages using securedoc.html

Disqust

Disqus sneak in ads and so I rip out Discuss in favor of Facebook Comments and eventually my own system.

GetvCard shutting down at the end of 2013

GetvCard, the contact information sharing service based on vCard, shut down at the end of 2013 and is no longer available.

I didn't think I'd ever fall for fake news on Facebook

Is fake news a good reason to quit Facebook? The screening advice is victim blaming and everyone is vulnerable.

Commentary

The evolution of comments on ITHCWY. From Blogger, BlogEngine.net, Disqus, Facebook and then finally I give up and write and moderate my own system.

CodePlex Shutdown: Shapefile, Orb, StackHash and Blogger2BlogML Migration

CodePlex is gone. Shapefile, Orb, StackHash and Blogger2BlogML have been migrated to GitHib.

Moon on a Wire

Picture of the Moon close to a wire. This is actually a test of posting by email from blogengine.net.

Facebook Interoperability

Social networking should work like email, not CompuServe. We need legislation to mandate interoperability between platforms.