According to my research last year, the average Facebook user spends 30 minutes a day on the site. It adds up to a crazy amount of time. But rather than quit cold-turkey, like I did for a week, here are…
With the news this week that Facebook bought Instagram for $1 BILLION, a lot of people are asking, “How does Instagram make money?” The short answer is they don’t. At least not yet. In a CNET interview, Instagram’s CEO Kevin Systrom…
A few lines about who we’re friends with online and what we share with them. I was there, all those wild Friday nights. We grew up in the same town. I was there when you met her. We shared a…
Last week, I wrote about quitting Facebook for a week. I was interested in seeing if it would make me any more productive or feel disconnected from friends. There were some close calls, but I successfully resisted the urge to…
I joined Facebook in 2004 when it was introduced at UW. For 6.5 years, I’ve probably logged in almost every day, often several times per day. That is the mark of either an extremely powerful website, or an easily addicted…