Facebook to redesign profiles
May 23, 2008
According to PC World, Facebook is going to push ahead with a major redesign and renovations to the profile set up on the social networking site. The main idea behind the redesign is to reduce profile clutter. I applaud this decision 100%, because as a Facebook user, I have been noticing a trend of too many applications on numerous profiles. From the PC World article: “The redesign will attempt to unclutter the profiles by redistributing their components to different tabs. Current plans call for four main tabs — for the activity feed, basic member information, photos and applications. Members will be able to add more application tabs. In addition, the activity feed tab will feature a new authoring control panel, called the Publisher Box, for creating and posting content. Meanwhile, the profile will have at the top a new horizontal navigation line with drop-down menus for its core features. ”
Sounds good to me. One of the things that made me appreciate Facebook over MySpace was the fact that profiles were actually somewhat organized. Recently, the thousands of applications on Facebook have run a little wild. This new addition of “tabs” will hopefully improve all of this.
-Kolametal
Jack Thompson gets what he deserves: Found guilty of misconduct
May 21, 2008
According to a report from GamePolitics, the judge who presided over Miami lawyer Jack Thompson’s Bar trial has recommended to the Florida Supreme Court that he be found guilty on 27 of 31 charges of professional misconduct. Of the 27 recommendations of guilt, twenty-one are from a suit related to Grand Theft Auto and four are from an attempt by Thompson to have Rockstar’s Bully declared a public nuisance.
The Bar trial judge, Dava Tunis, found the violent video game activist guilty of misconduct such as “Engaging in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit or misrepresentation.” The state Supreme Court will have to make a ruling based on those recommendations, with a disciplinary hearing planned for the first week of June.
I think someone should try to get Jack Thompson declared a public nuisance.
-Kolametal
Google launches Google Health
May 19, 2008
Google will launch its latest web application this Wednesday in the form of Google Health, which will allow users to store all their medical records and update their doctors and healthcare providers on their health situations. According to PC World: “Google is one of several groups trying to “democratize” health care by allowing people to access and take control of their health records.” The Internet has really revolutionized health with sites like Web MD and Revolution Health Group, among others. Google Health is the latest addition to the pack. Currently, Google Health is in beta, but anyone can sign up. Some upsides to Google Health: Easy and convineient place to store all your health records, a better way to communicate with your doctor,, and there are no online ads in Google Health.. Downside: As with everything in the Internet, privacy is definetely an issue. But there are more pros to Google’s new service then cons. As of now, the service is only avaliable in the U.S, but Google is talking to European and Asian partners. I’d advise checking this out.
-Kolametal
