Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

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Fake Facebook Friends and the CIA

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Last night I received a Facebook friend request from an old friend and accepted it. I quickly checked, and found that (of course) I already was Facebook friends with my old friend. Facebook has a handy way of reporting this exact problem and the fake account was suspended within minutes.

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Craigslist Foundation Bootcamp 2009

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Randi Zuckerberg of Facebook had the tough gig of presenting a lunch keynote outside under a tent in lower Sproul Plaza (mucho noise and people talking). She was much more on Facebook marketing message, but of course that's her role at FB. Tags: Craigslistbootcamp charismatic Newmark Arianna CLFBC09 facebook Zuckerberg.

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Benetech, Bookshare and Google Summer of Code

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

As for this project, with the limited time frame, I have limited the social network integration to Facebook and Twitter. I’ve collected experience on various aspects such as: communication, delivering code on time, managing a project on GitHub, setting up milestones and issues, and completing them on time.

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Human Rights at the Benetech Board Meeting

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

He talked about the opportunities and challenges he sees ahead, especially as technology tools continue to be adopted by more of the human rights community, from cell phones to Facebook. And, I think our board felt good about investing the time to engage in such an intellectually stimulating topic of immense importance.

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Caltech: Founding Values

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Top tech companies like Google, Facebook and IBM have figured out how to make vast quantities of money by giving away their core product, or building products on top of open source and free software. I want to advocate for “giving the sleeves off your vest” strategy!

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Tim O'Reilly's challenge

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Great article on Tim O'Reilly in the Los Angeles Times. From the story: He is urging young entrepreneurs and engineers to stop making some of the sillier software that lets Facebook users throw virtual sheep at their friends or download virtual beer on iPhones, and instead start making a real difference in the world.

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My Latest President's Update

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Two or three times a year, I publish a president's update for Benetech. In her spare time, she updates her Twitter and Facebook feeds and engages with her Kindle, iPod and other assorted tech toys. She's reveling in the opportunity to be part of the solution – rather than just writing about it.