Archive for February, 2010
Posted on February 19, 2010 - by Wayne Sutton
How location-based services are responding to Pleaserobme, privacy tips & my response to @TechCrunch
Earlier this week a site called Pleaserobme.com was launched making fun of and bringing awareness to privacy and security concerns of using location-based apps. Along with that came an article by TechCrunch posting about the Most Stalker-Friendly person on Gowalla, which at the time before Gowalla investors Kevin Rose and Jason Calacanis decided to update their friends list was me. Even before that, one of my unofficial mentors Andrew Hyde had posted an article called Committing Location Based Service Suicide where he’s giving up location-based apps.
Since then, Brightkite and FourSquare have blogged about practicing safe check-in. TriOut another location-based service for NC only had also posted an article called TriOut and Your Privacy. You can read each post via the link below:
Brightkite: Practicing safe check-in
Foursquare: On foursquare, location & privacy…
TriOut: TriOut and Your Privacy
There are at least 17 other location-based social networks available and it will be interesting to see if and how they will respond to conversations around sites like pleaserobme.com and the growing debate on privacy. Also there’s an article on Read Write Web called: Congress to Hold Hearing on Location Data and Privacy: Today’s Top Stories on Geolocation. So it’s not just the geeks/tech community but it’s something that even government is”checking into”.
Since TechCrunch wants to call Gowalla users or users who use similar apps “stalker friendly” my advice for people using location-based services are simple.
- Don’t check-in at places where you don’t want to be bothered or “stalked”
- Don’t check-in at home or family locations
- Don’t accept every friend request, especially from people you don’t know or trust
- Read the privacy policies of each location-based social network
- Adjust your profile privacy settings on the social network and/or mobile app.
- Use common sense
Personally I have seen a huge value in location-based services from meeting new friends to business opportunities, especially at conferences and in my local community. I do believe privacy is very important but using some of the tips above and more, you should have no worries and that home is safe.
Disclaimer: I’m a partner with TriOut
Do you use location-based apps? If so why or why not and how concerned about privacy are you?
Posted on February 19, 2010 - by Wayne Sutton
Shares from the Social Web: RSS feeds for February 19th
Today, while reading RSS feeds in Google Reader, I came across these interesting blog posts and wanted to share them with you. Some of the post topics range from WordPress themes/tips, to marketing advice, to various social media examples. I hope you find some of them interesting. If one of them was useful to you or if you have a comment about one, let me know in the comments. Thanks
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Posted on February 19, 2010 - by Wayne Sutton
#28DaysofDiversity: People of color impacting the social web. Day 19 Corvida Raven @corvida
As we all know, February is Black History Month. It’s a month where we honor those who have made an impact on American culture for equal rights, those who have invented, those who have a helped others and those who have inspired everyone to be the best they can be, not only as a person of color but as a human.
As someone in the technology/web/social space, I often travel and attend various events in the industry and notice a huge lack of diversity, and when it comes to getting attention from mainstream media/tech blogs it’s almost impossible. That’s why I’m starting 28 Days of Diversity on SocialWayne.com. The goal of 28 Days of Diversity is to feature someone new everyday for the month of February for just being awesome in their own right. The list will include some of leaders in the social web space, startups, bloggers, conference organizers, IT professionals and friends not ranked in any particular order. Each post will include a picture, bio, two links from the selected person and this paragraph. So for the next 28 days, come back to visit SocialWayne.com to see who’s on the list. For day 19, I would like to introduce to some and present to others: Corvida Raven
Website: http://SheGeeks.net
Twitter: http://twitter.com/corvida
Technology Blogger, Speaker, and Consultant Corvida Raven is looking at a very bright future. She is the voice behind SheGeeks.net, co-founder of EverythingTwitter and The SocialGeeks Podcast, and an Influential Woman in Technology. Corvida’s passion for sharing her technology insights, the best mobile tools, and what’s what in social media makes her blog contagious. Eager and dedicated networking skills make her a powerhouse in person. Her talents have been used by industry leading tech brands such as ReadWriteWeb, Guidewire Group, Mr. Tweet, and FastCompany. A great personality, not to mention gadgets, is putting this young lady in high demand. And there are no signs of Corvida slowing down.
Come back tomorrow to see who’s next on the list.
Also check out past entires on http://28daysofdiversity.com
Posted on February 18, 2010 - by Wayne Sutton
Shares from the Social Web: RSS feeds for February 18th
Today, while reading RSS feeds in Google Reader, I came across these interesting blog posts and wanted to share them with you. Some of the post topics range from WordPress themes/tips, to marketing advice, to various social media examples. I hope you find some of them interesting. If one of them was useful to you or if you have a comment about one, let me know in the comments. Thanks
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Posted on February 18, 2010 - by Wayne Sutton
#28DaysofDiversity: People of color impacting the social web. Day 18 @MarcusWhitney CTO of @moontoast
As we all know, February is Black History Month. It’s a month where we honor those who have made an impact on American culture for equal rights, those who have invented, those who have a helped others and those who have inspired everyone to be the best they can be, not only as a person of color but as a human.
As someone in the technology/web/social space, I often travel and attend various events in the industry and notice a huge lack of diversity, and when it comes to getting attention from mainstream media/tech blogs it’s almost impossible. That’s why I’m starting 28 Days of Diversity on SocialWayne.com. The goal of 28 Days of Diversity is to feature someone new everyday for the month of February for just being awesome in their own right. The list will include some of leaders in the social web space, startups, bloggers, conference organizers, IT professionals and friends not ranked in any particular order. Each post will include a picture, bio, two links from the selected person and this paragraph. So for the next 28 days, come back to visit SocialWayne.com to see who’s on the list. For day 18, I would like to introduce to some and present to others: Marcus Whitney
Website/Product: http://www.moontoast.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/MarcusWhitney
Marcus Whitney CTO – Moontoast / CEO – Remarkable Wit
Mr. Whitney currently serves in dual roles as CEO of Remarkable Wit and CTO of Moontoast. Founded in September 2007, Remarkable Wit is a leading open source development company based in Nashville, TN. Remarkable Wit unique business model supports multiple local companies in the area of software development, website development, and creates its own products on an opportunities basis. We support companies that offer users friendly, stylish interfaces that link behind the scenes to industrial strength platforms that quietly and efficiently generate income.
As CTO at Moontoast, a “Social Commerce Network” launched in December 2009, Mr. Whitney leads product development and also engages with customers to design and execute marketing and merchandising strategies that best leverage the features of the Moontoast platform.
In addition to his current duties, Mr. Whitney is spearheading a new movement via his thought leadership relationships in the Open Source community called Enterprise LAMP. The movement is being introduced through a flagship event in November called the Enterprise LAMP Summit, which will feature industry leaders such as Red Hat Linux CIO, Lee Congdon and Assurion CTO, Robert “R0ml” Lefkowitz.
Prior to Remarkable Wit, Mr. Whitney was recruited in September, 2003 to email marketing firm Emma.
Marcus managed the redevelopment of a prototype into a scalable application, using Enterprise LAMP to build a framework similar to Ruby on Rails two years before RoR emerged. To accommodate Emma’s growing client base, which expanded from 250 clients to 10,000 during his four year tenure, Marcus built a mailer capable of sending one million emails per hour and supervised the addition of some 100+ features to the user interface. He rose to partner at Emma in 2004.
Prior to Emma, Mr. Whitney worked for Nashville-based Firesign, Marcus oversaw design, testing and installation of the company’s signature offering, dynamic digital signage that allows scheduled messaging and streaming of real-time data. Debuted at the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Frist Center for the Visual Art, the platform performed with zero downtime.
Recognized as an Open Source thought leader, Mr. Whitney has presented at PHP::Works in Toronto and contributed a column to International PHP magazine. For his Pro: PHP Podcast, which rose to a Top 100 slot among podcasts on iTunes, he interviewed top open source champions, including Andi Gutmans, CTO of Zend, and Rod Smith, Vice President of Emerging Technologies at IBM.
Locally, Marcus established a Nashville PHP Users Group and with colleague Dave Delaney established Nashville’s first BarCamp, a user- generated conference with open, participatory workshop-events for enthusiasts and professionals in design, technology and innovation, new media, digital music and entrepreneurship. The pair also organized PodCamp Nashville, an “unconference” for new media enthusiasts and professionals including bloggers, podcasters, YouTubers and social networkers.
Educated at the University of Virginia and the City University of New York, Marcus Whitney served in his early career as a content programmer for national health learning systems leader HealthStream and a systems architect for Anode, a marketing and branding firm specializing in visual information design and interactive media.
Board Positions:
Nashville Technology Council Advisory Board – Nashville Entrepreneur Center Interim Board Chair: Global Education Center – http://globaleducationcenter.net/
Marcus resides in Nashville, TN with his two sons, Tristan and Ciaran.
Nashville Business Journal:
http://nashville.bizjournals.com/nashville/stories/2009/05/18/smallb1. html
Read Write Web:
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/video_interview_with_venture _tech_firm_founder_on.php
Venture Nashville:
http://www.venturenashville.com/star-backed-nashville-startup- toasts-global-knowledge-cms-250
http://www.venturenashville.com/whitney-nv-techies-should-think- not-just-follow-cms-363
PHP|Architect:
http://www.phparch.com/podcast/index/20091019
Come back tomorrow to see who’s next on the list.
Also check out past entires on http://28daysofdiversity.com
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