Category Archives: open web

Privacy is Not an On and Off Switch – "Do Not Track" is Not the Answer

Posted on January 30, 2011 by jessestay

Victoria Salisbury wrote an excellent blog post today on “Who’s Creepier? Facebook or Google?“.  I’ve been intrigued by the hypocrisy over criticism of Facebook’s own very granular privacy controls when sites like Google, Foursquare, Gowalla, Twitter, and others have an … Continue reading →

Posted in Browsers, Clients, Facebook, Google, Gowalla, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, information cards, open standards, open web, privacy, Technology, Twitter, WWW | 7 Comments

The Next "Facebook Platform" for the Modern Web, and Why Twitter’s Running the Wrong Way

Posted on September 16, 2010 by jessestay

I’ve talked previously about “the web with no login button”, a vision of the Building Block Web that follows the user where they go, knowing who they are and adapting as they move.  With the advent of mobile, entire operating … Continue reading →

Posted in building block web, Facebook, facebook connect, facebook platform, federation, Google, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, open, open data, open protocols, open web, revolution, social network, social web, Technology, Twitter | 28 Comments

Pornography and Choice – The Dilemma Over the Future of Open

Posted on May 17, 2010 by jessestay

I’ve been following the Ryan Tate late-night rant (language) over Steve Jobs’ desire for a world “free from porn” and his objections therein (while still not completely sure the purpose for his rant).  While pornography was only one of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Changing the World, children, choice, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, open standards, open web, porn, pornography, protection, solutions, Technology, web | 29 Comments

The Web is No Longer Open

Posted on March 3, 2010 by jessestay

“So it can benefit everyone.” That’s what a Google employee said today as he tried to explain Google’s recent push to have websites use the ‘rel=”me”‘ meta HTML tags to identify pages a user owns on the web.  It’s not … Continue reading →

Posted in buzz, Facebook, Google, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, index, kynetx, open, open standards, open web, opengraph, social, Technology, web | 25 Comments

A Christmas Story: OpenID, OAuth, My Home, and Your Privacy

Posted on December 24, 2009 by jessestay

Here it is, Christmas Eve, almost time to celebrate Christmas in all the traditions it brings in our household.  We usually go visit my wife’s family, and then follow it up with telling the Christmas story out of the Bible … Continue reading →

Posted in geolocation, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, mail, open standards, open web, post office, privacy, social, Technology | 4 Comments

The Open Web – Is it Really What We Think it is?

Posted on September 23, 2009 by jessestay

Yesterday was OneWebDay, a day to celebrate the open web and bring more awareness to technologies. I just wrote about one thing Google is doing to make the web more open, something I strongly support.  I want to touch on something … Continue reading →

Posted in f8, Facebook, facebook connect, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, I, open web, OSS, social, Technology, walled garden | 18 Comments

You Don’t Own Your Data on Social Networks

Posted on April 9, 2009 by jessestay

I get asked often by clients, reporters and media folk and others about Facebook’s recent Terms of Service updates, essentially saying they own their users data and have a right to do as they wish with their data. They’ve turned … Continue reading →

Posted in automattic, Facebook, FriendFeed, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, laconi.ca, open protocols, open social, open source, open web, sixapart, social networks, Technology, Twitter | 11 Comments