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This is an old page from Rod Begbie's blog.
It only exists in an attempt to prevent linkrot. No new content will be added to this site, and links and images are liable to be broken. Check out begbie.com to find where I'm posting stuff these days.
Filed under 'myspace'
➠ September 1, 2010
“The Social Network would like to be your friend on myspace.”
(Sent to a development account with zero friends. Thanks, MySpace)
➠ April 25, 2009
Scott Rosenberg's Wordyard: MySpace and Geocities — separated at birth
“Geocities — the MySpace of 1997-1999”
➠ December 9, 2008
Targeted
MySpace appear to have some impressive photo recognition mojo going on. I was creating a dummy account for work, and uploaded this shot of Clyde as my "profile photo". Note the advertising box that has appeared, without any metadata entry by myself!
➠ April 25, 2008
➠ May 24, 2007
Blingee.com | Make your own Glitter Graphics and Profile Comments
While the results are staggeringly horrifying, I have to confess some mild admiration for this photo blingifier.
➠ January 17, 2007
American Idol Myspace Hunt: Round #1
It stands to reason that most people who audition for American Idol have MySpace pages, so here’s some gathered together for you.
➠ January 4, 2007
ASCII by Jason Scott: Freedom, Justice and a Disturbingly Gaping Ass
Jason Scott does the standard “replace a hotlinked image with goatse” trick, on a mindbendingly massive scale. 25,000 people a *day* are getting goatse’d by him!
➠ October 17, 2006
➠ September 11, 2006
➠ March 22, 2006
Friendster lost steam. Is MySpace just a fad?
Another great danah boyd essay. “Hanging out on Friendster is like hanging out in a super clean police state where you can’t chew gum let alone goof around and you’re told exactly how to speak to others. Hanging out on MySpace is more like hanging out in a graffiti park with fellow goofballs while your favorite band is playing.”
➠ February 22, 2006
Identity Production in a Networked Culture: Why Youth Heart MySpace
Excellent paper by danah boyd explaining just why teenagers are spending hours on myspace — Parents have become to paranoid about the “dangers” in the real world, that the only place kids can be themselves unsupervised is online.
About This Site
This is an archive of groovmother.com, the old blog run by Rod Begbie — A Scottish geek who lives in San Francisco, CA.
I'm the co-founder of Sōsh, your handy-dandy guide for things to do in San Francisco this weekend.
Social Networking Wars // Current
I hadn’t seen the “Super News” animations before starting working here, but they can be pretty good — and this one is excellently geeky.