SocialMuse
Very cool. A friend of mine runs the team behind Android apps MixZing and SocialMuse (slated to hit the iPhone next month).
They’re winners of the Android Developer Challenge.
Somali Piracy Stock Exchange
“The shares are open to all and everybody can take part, whether personally at sea or on land by providing cash, weapons or useful materials … we’ve made piracy a community activity.”
(H/T)
Gaming Jack Dorsey’s Square
Easy to destroy this system (which is predicated on distributing legitimacy). Jailbreak an iPhone or an iTouch. Put in some custom software that looks like Square’s. Walk around a public place and raise money for a nonprofit of some sort. Hell, go door to door. Attach a credit card skimmer instead of the Square hardware.
Sell to the highest bidder. Done.
Preserving Online Reputations
Contrast the Wall Street Journal’s thinking on how to preserve your reputation (so basic that most elementary school children are experts) with this targeted effort to override that signal. Which seems easier and more rewarding? 😉
