While I was busy conferencing, a few blogworthy items have come in over the virtual transom. Time to play catch up.
- Robert Scoble on Facebook’s mishandling the PR damage control. “Facebook’s PR machinery is hiding its head in the sand and hoping this story goes away,” he writes. And: “ANYTHING would be better than the way that Facebook is handling this.”
- Overstock and other advertisers are bailing from Beacon, via TechCrunch.
- Fast Company Now asks: Is Facebook playing Big Brother?
- Privacy in the Age of User-Generated Content. Via Mashable.
All of this Facebook stuff (and the “All your face…” reference) was brought to my attention by Nathan, a recent UMR grad who still sends me blogworthy items via email. Thanks, Nathan.
There’s more stuff from the past few days in my shared RSS items.
Andy writes! 
When I was a student I’m glad I took the time to learn about Web 2.0 and online businesses instead of going the office route. By the time I was a year out of school I could leave a dead end job and throw myself into my online business. If you haven’t already, you might look into the The James D. Brausch Letter to get an idea about how to get a business the recognition it needs to survive.
Hi Richard, ditto! I’m a James Brausch devotee too. It sounds like you’re further down the track than me, but anyone who doesn’t “get” web 2.0 is absolutely missing the boat. I’m building my business with his http://www.FreedomBusinessSystem.com. I might go and have a look at the one you mention now though.