Highlights from around the web – 2/19/2010

Here are the most interesting, instructive, and innovative articles from around the web that I’ve read in the past few days.   I am sharing these, along with my comments on them, via Google Reader – you can read them all there or subscribe to the feed if you like.

• A history of media technology scares, from the printing press to Facebook. - By Vaughan Bell - Slate Magazine
  Posted: February 17, 2010
  From: www.slate.com
  A brief history of how technology has ruined our society over and over and over...
• Are We All Asking to Be Robbed?
  Posted: February 17, 2010
  From: Mashable!
  The flip side of the location-based technologies, such as Foursquare, are that by telling people where you are, you are also telling them where you are not...
• Microsoft Will Charge Carriers for Windows Phone 7
  Posted: February 17, 2010
  From: Mashable!
  Here's an early take on why Android phones will become the default operating system for phones - what do you think?
• The State of the Internet, Does this Change our Online Ministry Strategies?
  Posted: February 16, 2010
  From: ChurchCrunch
  This is a cool graphic. But when you are developing your online strategy, you probably need to focus more specifically on your demographic than this graphic gives. But this is a starting point.
• Facebook Is the Web’s Ultimate Timesink [STATS]
  Posted: February 16, 2010
  From: Mashable!
  Some good statistics on the use of Facebook and other web technologies. Trying to figure out where to focus your energy? This may help.
• Understanding Users of Social Networks
  Posted: February 16, 2010
  From: HBS Working Knowledge
  This one's a little old, but I just ran across it. Here is a report on some research about the use of social networks out of Harvard Business School. Some interesting findings and comments on just what a "social strategy" is.
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