links for 2007-12-03

Scott explains: “Facebook got caught in the perfect storm of believing it had a monopoly when it didn’t and having the unprecedented technical capability to abuse the privilege that it didn’t actually have.

Quote – Sometimes I wonder if computer interfaces simply have too many degrees of freedom for most people to ever really be comfortable with.

Quote – If you’re one of these people considering giving up on blogging in exchange for paying more attention to Facebook, (etc.) bear in mind you are giving up on something rather unique and wonderful.

Quote – This is a very significant step in improving interoperability and I think this is a great example of how we can all work together to benefit the free culture community.