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July 26, 2008 at 21:44
tags: blog, life
I tried my damnest to live without Web 2.0, but I have to admit that the usefulness (tons of tools, simpler interfaces, momentum) outweigh the potential privacy and data ownership issues.
I’ve returned to delicious, last.fm and Flickr (although I prefer SmugMug). I’ve gone so far as to add Gmail, Twitter and of course, Facebook.
The good thing is that now that I’m no longer hosting most of my online identity, I can do things like drop in SmugMug photos (even ones taken from my iPhone) easily. I took this one from the new apartment.
I still think Web 2.0 in its current configuration is really bad for users. Just a few weeks ago, I ran an application that pulled all my friends information from Facebook. Facebook responded by locking my account and preventing me from seeing my messages, photos, events, contacts, links, etc. They did not let me know why they closed the account and all emails I sent to them went unanswered. A similar thing happened to internet hero, Robert Scobel. Luckily, I know some folks who are connected to Facebook and so I worked that social network for a few days and eventually got the account back.
These companies should not have that kind of power over our data, but until someone comes up with a better solution for me to keep track of my friends, I guess I’ll have to man up and take my chances…
April 26, 2008 at 23:06
tags: life, research
My travel schedule has been a bit hectic, but I wanted to touch base with the very very few people who read this.
The morning after Hélène and I moved into our new place (at the corner of Bellevue, Bellevue and Bellevue), I flew out to Italy to meet up with Gaetano, Tap and Brian for the HCI4CID workshop @ CHI 2008. In Italy, we saw Lucca, Florence, Naples and Vatican City.
From Italy, I went down to Tanzania (Dar Es Salaam) to talk to a few NGOs to get a sense of what problems they were having that computers could help with. I’m now in Rwanda for a few days to touch base with the crew at Rwinkwavu and talk to one or two more NGOs before I head back to Seattle.
I *should* write a much longer post, but I’ll fall back to the old standard of pictures. I have a few from Italy and Tanzania that you should check out.
April 4, 2008 at 22:29
tags: life
Hélène and I took a road trip down the beautiful Pacific Coast Highway to visit her parents and I took some pictures.
March 17, 2008 at 22:44
tags: life, seattle
LN and I finally found a nice place in Capitol Hill after only took three months (!) of looking.
It’s a two bedroom at Belmont Ave E & Bellevue Pl E with hardwoods, lots of natural light, plenty of space and an incredible view of downtown, the Space Needle and Lake Union. We move in soon, so stay tuned.
Also, Nodira finally turned 21 and I’ve posted some pictures in the gallery.
March 3, 2008 at 13:03
tags: life
Have you heard about entirely stereotypical but hilarious stuffwhitepeoplelike.wordpress.com? The post about organic food had me literally on the ground laughing…
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