If you think social networking sites (Facebook etc) are a not entirely comprehensible (profitable?) business and/or something that takes up an inordinate amount of your kid’s time, Dan Farber’s and Larry Dignan’s ZDNet’s Between The Lines blog helps non-geeks grasp the technological implications.
Their latest posting analyzes social networks’ ability to thrive as stand-alone businesses –and/or as adjuncts to a (your) company’s software applications.