David van Sunder
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Posts by David van Sunder
DoGooders DoEvil?
21 year ago
by David van Sunder
in Business
DoGood? Not so much.
DoGood Headquarters recently released a plugin for Internet Explorer, Firefox and Safari that replaces ads on websites with “green related initiatives, philanthropic calls for action and health and wellness ideas.” Before I get critical of this new service, because I will, I just want to say that I sympathize with part of what they are trying to do. Almost everyone has a favorite cause that they support and that they wish could raise more money. Doing something on the internet to help those causes raise more money or awareness is a good thing. There is no doubt about that. And it is done at the expense of advertising. Heck, most of us don’t enjoy advertising. So, what’s the problem, right? (more…)
Facebook Funny Money
21 year ago
by David van Sunder
in Technology
Funny money of the past.
Micropayments have been the holy grail of the internet for years. Finally, companies like Apple and Amazon seem to be profiting where many others have tried and failed. Apparently, Facebook thinks that they stand to make a profit through micropayments as well. According to Facebook’s developer blog, Facebook is now entering the beta phase of their Facebook Credits program. This program allows users to purchase virtual currency from Facebook that would allow them to purchase virtual goods in participating Facebook applications, such as Farmville.
Facebook touts this as a great opportunity for developers. (more…)
BetterMe.com: Honest Feedback, Anonymously
51 year ago
by David van Sunder
in Business
Give or get honest feedback anonymously with BetterMe.com.
One common problem in businesses is not knowing what coworkers or employees think about a subject. Sometimes the subject is fairly mundane, so you can just ask. When the subject is more sensitive though, either you or the people you intend to ask might be hesitant about discussing the subject openly. In the past, you might have asked people to write anonymous comments and put them in a comment box, but that still left many ways that you might find out who said what. Luckily, we now have a new online service that we can use instead: BetterMe.com.
BetterMe.com addresses these uncomfortable situations from both sides of the issue. It allows people to provide unsolicited, anonymous feedback and it allows people to solicit feedback from groups of people, who can then provide feedback anonymously. (more…)
Need to Rate Everything? Rate Your Church!
21 year ago
by David van Sunder
in Business
Let's go church shopping!
People are obsessed with rating products and services online. If you can never get enough and want to extend your ratings to churches, I found an article on ReadWriteWeb about a new site called ChurchRater.com that is dedicated to rating and reviewing churches. When I saw the site I immediately thought: landmine. Many people take religion very seriously because it is a defining part of their lives. And after looking through the site a bit, I could see that some people did feel quite strongly about certain churches and about the mission of the site itself. So, I wondered whose idea the site was. (more…)
PleaseRobMe.com: Social Network Cautions
11 year ago
by David van Sunder
in People
Many people don’t worry about how much information they share on social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, Foursquare, etc. With people entering more detailed information, including geolocation data, maybe they should. At least that’s what Barry Borsboom, Boy van Amstel and Frank Groeneveld of PleaseRobMe.com believe.
They drove that point home by creating PleaseRobMe.com, which shows the most recent Foursquare checkins that were posted to Twitter as potential burglary targets. They stated that the purpose of the site is not to help burglars to pick potential targets. They created the site because they believe that giving away your location on social networks doesn’t just tell people where you are. (more…)