Archives for October 2003
A new Scientific American article talks about CAPTCHA (”completely automated public Turing test to tell computers and humans apart”) systems being used to prevent spambots from accessing certain web data. Currently, the systems typically work by providing a graphic image of an distorted word on a patterned background, and asks the user to type […]
Collage of what AOIR attendees are browsing on their laptops while they are simultaneously attending panels (at approximately 12:30pm Friday, click for enlargement):
Generated with etherpeg (see also driftnet), which generates collages of images it pulls out of web browsing and email sessions as they shoot past in the network. Its a good way to […]
Seeing as how I spoke this weekend on the subject of weblogs, I suppose it’s fitting I update mine again. Lately I’ve been too involved in other projects to do updates much, not to mention that when I do send out updates I have mostly been relying upon email to do so (see my […]
Matthew Rothenberg is a social technologist at Yahoo!, now doing product strategy and management on the Flickr team. A New York City expatriate, he is currently slumming it in the SF Bay Area. For more info, visit his homepage.