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Are we really friends? The trouble with buddy lists in social applications.

Posted on February 27, 2007 by Thomas Purves

The trouble with buddy lists is that we end up collecting friends like baseball cards. Because I’m on your buddy list, it could be because we’re really closely connected, it could be because we met once at a conference two … Continue reading →

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Skype’s legal action and a ray of hope for open cellular networks

Posted on February 22, 2007 by Thomas Purves

According to Ars Technica today Skype asks FCC to open up cellular networks, Skype is trying to force the FTC in the US to uphold many decades-old principle that allows consumers to ” hook any device up to the phone … Continue reading →

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More Highlights from Lift07 #1 HeadShift

Posted on February 14, 2007 by Thomas Purves

One of my highlights from lift was a chance to meet Riccardo (who’s already been thoroughly adopted by the TorCamp swarmth) and then Lee Bryant from Headshift. Lee gave a fantastic and passionate speech on enterprise collaboration the first day … Continue reading →

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