Oh!

I was somewhat startled to see, while perusing the New York Times Magazine this afternoon, a story about something called Buddylube. It turned out not to be at all what I’d imagined.

More about Rapleaf

It seems Rapleaf is more than just annoying; it is downright creepy.
(Thanks to Crooked Timber for the tip.)

Ooops!

I committed a rather embarrassing blunder today, which I will blame partly on someone else’s poor website design, but mostly on my own haste.
I’ve been developing a research project on online social networking and reputation maintenance among law students, and have been perusing various social networking sites. Today I learned of a new (to me) [...]

Pownce

After agreeing with Scruggs about the creepiness of social networking sites, I’ve just gone ahead and joined Pownce. I’m not entirely sure what the point is. But at least it seems free of annoying advertisements, and I suppose that, if enough people I know also join, it might be a useful way to communicate. As [...]