Swurl

Saturday, July 5th, 2008 Posted in Technology | No Comments »

I just started using a new site called Swurl.  Essentially it's just another aggregator of content from various social networks around the web.  But this one is more than just that.  Like others, it has  "Lifestream" which gathers updates from all of the sites you give it access to.  The feature I like best about this one, though, is the Timeline feature which shows your lifestream in a calendar view.  The user homepage (aka a given user's lifestream) is also laid ...

Why do we share so much about ourselves online?

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008 Posted in Technology | No Comments »

My mom recently (earlier tonight) asked if I had Google'd myself recently. Being the tech-geek I am, I had done so within the last few weeks. She was amazed to find all of my "away messages" and "personal" information at the top of the search results. She questioned me about why I shared so much and she didn't think it was a good idea. I tried to briefly explain but it just didn't make sense to ...