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Anxious Masculinity Under Threat: Google+ and Diversity, part 6

Sep 2, 2011

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Google+’s naming policy isn’t failing because it’s poorly implemented, or because Google’s enforcement team is stupid. It’s failing because what they’re trying to do is (1) impossible, and (2) antisocial. — Bob Blakley, Google+ Can Be a Social Network Or The Name Police — Not Both, Gartner Blog Network I wonder what folks at Google…

Notes from Underground: Darkness and Inflection

Aug 28, 2011

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jon

in Personal, Tales from the Net

“When a corporation acquires great power, the use — or misuse — of that power is everything. Will it be used for the greater good, or for selfish and destructive means? Now this is a question we must all ask ourselves. Why? Because we are Google.” —Evolution (nymwars remix), Skyloops, remixed by anonymous It was…

The double bind of oppression: Google+ and Diversity, part 5

Aug 26, 2011

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jon

in Professional, social computing, Tales from the Net

Ever since it launched, Ive spent most of my online time on Google+, and so far am very impressed from both the software engineering and business strategy perspectives. I think it’s on track to be a big success, so expect me to be talking about it a lot. — me, in A work in progress,…

A tale of two searches: Google+ and Diversity, part 4

Aug 16, 2011

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jon

in Professional, Tales from the Net

cross-posted on Google+ and Dreamwidth Check out the previous posts in the series: A Work in Progress, Why it matters, and #nymwars! Here’s a good example of how Google+ is already influencing search results. I’ve got screenshots below for two searches on nymwars, one when I’m logged into G+ and the other when I’m not…

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Anxious Masculinity Under Threat: Google+ and Diversity, part 6

Notes from Underground: Darkness and Inflection

The double bind of oppression: Google+ and Diversity, part 5

A tale of two searches: Google+ and Diversity, part 4