Category: Facebook

  • Repentance, Facebook, and Wells Fargo

      Has anyone else noticed that Facebook and Wells Fargo are both essentially running the same commercial. Both companies have been the subject of recent scandals. Facebook with data collection and publishing algorithms. Wells Fargo was just hit with hundreds of millions of dollars in fines for securities fraud. Both commercials point to their origin…

  • Facebook: The social network that changed the world turns 10

    This post is based off of a previous post entitled: Facebook 2004 and Facebook 2011. Seven year anniversary of joining the Social Network. Originally published November 16, 2011. I can still vividly remember it. Talking to a friend from high school on AIM, him sending me the link to some obscure site that he had…

  • Facebook 2004 and Facebook 2011. Seven year anniversary of joining the Social Network

    I can still vividly remember it. Talking to a friend from high school on AIM, him sending me the link to some obscure site that he had mentioned to me called thefacebook. “BG has it now,” he said, telling me to register. I was skeptical. thefacebook? What does that even mean, but I followed his…

  • Facebook changes are good – take a deep breath and let me explain

    Listening to people talk about the changes to Facebook is a lot like listening to people talk about politics; it’s a lot of angry comments from the clueless. I have been on Facebook for nearly seven years, and about once a year, the site undergoes major changes. The changes are always (and I mean always)…

  • Amber Alerts now available on Facebook

    I’ve said before that I feel that people increasingly love online social networking, but don’t necessarily love Facebook. But Facebook is the best place to go to connect with friends and relatives and so we go there. With Facebook itself, people are largely growing more and more annoyed. Well, with at least one new feature…