Posts Tagged ‘social media’

These Icons Look Like Crap – Poopy Social Media Icons

February 16th, 2010

These Icons Look Like Crap – Poopy Social Media Icons

Social media often seems like a load of crap, so I’m releasing these Poopy Social Icons: 36 different icons in 3 crappy sizes: 48×48, 64×64, 128×128.

Feel free to use the Poopy Social Media Icons on any site personal or commercial. No attribution is necessary but please link back to this post or retweet it if you like using these. Thanks!

Download the Poopy Social Media Icons

The Poopy Social Icon set covers 34 different social media outlets with an extra icon option for both Twitter and Digg. If I missed any, please let me know.

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Get Around Email Address Privacy Issues in Google Buzz (Sort of)

February 15th, 2010

Get Around Email Address Privacy Issues in Google Buzz (Sort of)

Last week marked the release of Buzz, Google’s new competitor for Facebook and Twitter.

Initially Buzz inherited a lot of the privacy issues of G-Chat by automatically adding everyone in your Google contacts. The problem with Google contacts is that even people you email casually end up in this list. Fortunately, this privacy issue has been mostly addressed, and Buzz now makes you confirm anyone before adding them.

However another privacy issue remains, which is that Google Buzz profile URLs line up with Gmail addresses. So if a Google profile exists at the URL http://www.google.com/profiles/rickymartin, you can bet there is a corresponding email account rickymartin@gmail.com. (Sorry Ricky is still ‘living la vida loca’ and hasn’t set up his Buzz account yet)

And there are additional issues with linking Google profile URLs with Gmail addresses, as this Buzz post from Danny Sullivan explains.

Getting Around … Read more…

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Posted in social media