Facebook places - Let me check you in

I was reading this article about Facebook Places and the issues that could arise when checking in other people. It immediately rang alarm in my head as to the problems it could cause in modern society, with all the white lies going around so as not to hurt people's feelings when turning down those numerous Facebook invites - or simply people cheating on their wives / girlfriends!

Also it seems strange that other people can confirm your presence in a location. Facebook compared this to being tagged in a photo, but it feels more personal to me and many others I found out after quick Google. I don't want other people to confirm my presence at a party, dinner, pub, cinema. It would be slightly scary to login to Facebook to be told you've been checked into places.

Luckily you can turn this off with a setting under the privacy settings page on Facebook, which means that you no longer have to worry about friends being able to check you in. Although I wonder how many people know about or can find the setting?

Original article:
http://adage.com/digitalnext/article?article_id=145487

How to change your Facebook places privacy settings:
http://gawker.com/5616338/the-first-thing-you-should-do-with-facebook-places-dont-let-other-people-tag-you

Common banner ad mistakes

This article lists a few basic mistakes that can be made when designing banner ads. It is true that you can sometimes see people falling at the same hurdles as previous generations in their design.
Getting your message across clearly and concisely is key in my book!

http://adage.com/digitalnext/post?article_id=141751

No-ones clicking any more...

Apologies for the lack of blog posts during the last month - it's not that nothing has been happening - I've just been really busy!




"The number of people online who click display ads has dropped 50% in less than two years, and only 8% of internet users account for 85% of all clicks..."

It's stat-tastic, but despite this it's still an interesting read about web users habits and what they are and aren't doing. The highlight, being that people aren't clicking on ads.


http://adage.com/digital/article?article_id=139367