I came across Rapleaf tonight. It’s an online reputation lookup service. Rapleaf’s goal is “to make it more profitable to be ethical”.
The rationale: “Building a positive reputation is necessary in making the world a better place. Prove your trustworthiness wherever you go and feel confident in the identities of the people you deal with [...]
An internet filtering company scored a PR coup in Australia recently when it released survey results claiming that Facebook cost business $5 billion a year in lost productivity.
Putting aside the vested interest of the source, which sells a web and email blocking system, the data had managers scrambling to introduce restrictive policies.
Our company’s response was [...]
The way we communicate has changed dramatically in my relatively short lifetime.
When I did computer studies at school in 1983 it was all programming theory; we didn’t have any actual computers in the classroom.
When I started working as a journalist in 1987 we used typewriters, the office didn’t have a fax machine and there was [...]
I’ve always been reluctant to get involved with “social networking” sites. I don’t mind Flickr for photos, but various other online communities have failed to engage my interest.
A new one has come along though called Explode. I registered early and so far I’m impressed. By signing up early I got a good user name (michaelg).
I [...]
