Hacking 2.0: interview on MonkeyFist

Interview with the 2 guys that introduced “Monkeyfist”, a tool that automates the process of doing cross-site request forgeries (via).

The guys who talked last year about hacking MySpace are back. They’ve got a new tool that automates the hacking of user-generate content across a bunch of sites. Listen to these security researchers talk about the implications of unsafe Web 2.0 security.

Socialnomics – social media revolution

Another blitzily designed video on social media, actually a viral to promote the book and other socialnomicsTM -branded activities (notice the TradeMark?).

Introduction to the Google (Adwords) Ad Auction by Hal Varian

At 3’50’’:

“A high quality landing page should have relevant, original content, be easily navigable with quick load times and minimum pop-ups and pop-unders and be transparent about the nature of your business, how it interacts with the visitor’s computer, and how you intend to use the visitor’s personal information.”

Interesting. Wondering just how they quantify that transparency.  Is it an on-off switch i.e. do they just check the availability of a privacy/terms of use page?

Michael Wesch’s lecture on Youtube at the Library of Congress

Published last year, but I never came around watching it then.  Youtube biz blog and Google Operating System brought it back to my attention.

Layar, generic augmented reality browser

Possibilities are mindboggling.  This (type of) interface can become as widespread as Google Maps.

Excerpt from Twitter Conversation (in Dutch, reverse chronological order):

  • __davied___normalRamon-avatar_normal
    davied: @Ramon1974 @pascalvanhecke Leuk idee, Open Overheid en Augmented Reality. Eens wat ideeen verzamelen en in blog zetten?

  • Ramon-avatar_normalFlickr_icon_normal
    Ramon1974: @pascalvanhecke Dat weet @ClaireBoo vast wel. Succes #layar hangt af van makkelijk te koppelen gegevens zoals bij Google Maps denk ik

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    Rhymo: @pascalvanhecke we zijn aan het kijken naar kml, georss, etc

  • Flickr_icon_normalRamon-avatar_normal
    pascalvanhecke: @Ramon1974 idd – kan publicatieplatform worden. Vraag me af een een "gewone" kml file (zoals op Google maps), al kan dienen als #Layar

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    ClaireBoo: @Ramon1974 @pascalvanhecke elke set coordinaat-gegevens kan worden ontsloten op Layar. Dus overheidsinfo zeker interessant! Laat maar weten.

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    bertheymans: @pascalvanhecke I’m really wondering what’s needed for this kind of thing to catch mainstream http://layar.eu

  • Ramon-avatar_normalFlickr_icon_normal
    Ramon1974: @pascalvanhecke Layar nodigt uit om ook #openoverheid data toe te voegen. We moeten eens iets verzinnen voor www.datzouhandigzijn.nl

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    pascalvanhecke: Impressed by http://layar.eu generic "augmented reality browser" Already available: immo data (Funda), ATMs, jobs, places to go out…

  • Jetpack demo

    Aza Raskin demonstrates the faster and more userfriendly way of developing Firefox extensions, released last month.

    New Google Search options

    New Google search options are impressive.  Only available on the English Google.com though.  More here.

    Bart Decrem: Being A European Entrepreneur in Silicon Valley – The Veteran Perspective


    Being A European Entrepreneur in Silicon Valley – The Veteran Perspective

    Extremely interesting presentation from a fellow Belgian living in Silicon Valley on last month’s Plugg conference in Brussels.

    [Dutch] Social Media in minuten

    Een checklist om te evalueren of en hoe social media kan ingezet worden in een organisatie. Via, via.

    Taskfox


    Like Ubiquity but without needing a Firefox extension – it’s all Javascript + html.  Demo here. Via.