Awooga! The metaverse was better 29 years ago
What’s most surprising about the metaverse is just how lacking in ambition it is. This is a half-hearted rehash of a 30-year-old idea.
Tag: Facebook — Archive
Why a bad algorithm is like a bad magic trick
About 20 years ago I watched a TV programme featuring the magician Paul Zenon. He invited the viewers to think of a card, and he said he could guess the card you were thinking of.
Why Google’s feed succeeds when Facebook’s fails
With Google adding its Discover feed to its famously minimalist homepage, what will stop them repeating Facebook’s mistakes?
The media also has lessons to learn from the latest Facebook furore
I am no fan of Facebook. But I am less than impressed with the media’s coverage of Facebook as well.
Media dinosaurs have the wrong scapegoat in Facebook
Anyone who reads this blog will know by now that I am no fan of Facebook. But I will defend them on this. The newspaper industry’s attempt to pin the blame of their woes on Facebook is wrong.
Happy new year 2018 — reflections and resolutions
2017 is a year that showed that I have a lot to be grateful for. But even though I don’t normally set new year’s resolutions, I am setting myself three broad goals for 2018.
Facebook and Twitter are repeating the catastrophic mistakes of past designers
Architects had to face up to the problems that eventually emerged with bold modernist designs. Now Facebook and Twitter need to wake up to the fact that their platforms are damaging society.
Why it’s time to reclaim our digital lives
The more we come to understand about the big social media networks’ impact on society, the less appealing it becomes. It’s time we stopped letting them control our digital lives. This is why I will start blogging again.
What the Accelerated Mobile Pages project tells us about the sorry state of web publishing
The web is in a bad state of health right now. Web publishers and developers can blame themselves.