What You Capture and What You Share Is What You ARE (Do You Listen to the Sound of Your Own Voice?)

It is worth listening to yourself. You make the choice about how and what you want to contribute to those around you. You are powerful. Your voice has influence and resonance with others. Even if they don't respond or tell you. I think most people on the web are listening (lurking?) and fewer are sharing. Decide what you want to share and do it with intention. And then listen to the response or lack of response.

Authorization Backlash: Why Facebook and Twitter Account Authorization is Faltering

The benefit of Open Authorization or Claim ID was the validation of your identity was not connected to any other account. I've got things in my facebook stream that I would not like everyone to see. So now we've got Twitter Auth and Facebook Auth. Google and Google+ have them too, but I am not seeing those very often. I would probably trust my login to Google long before Facebook or Twitter.

Pinterest and the Power of Social Bookmarking: Tag Yourself (Web Design is Dead)

Back in the day, deli.cio.us was a huge deal. Tag, bookmark, group, and share every bookmark you create on the web. Network with others, subscribe to peoples bookmarks, look though someone's taxonomy. It was a huge geek fest and it was entirely text

Pinterest is bringing an entirely new cataloging and navigation to the web. It's visual. It's random. It's social. And it will kill you if you don't watch what you are doing. And you had better pay attention.