Jason Perlow

Senior Contributing Writer

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Jason Perlow is a technologist with over two decades of experience integrating large heterogeneous multi-vendor computing environments in Fortune 500 companies. His expressed views do not necessarily represent those of his employer, The Lin…ux Foundation.

Jason Perlow's full-time employer is The Linux Foundation, a 501(c)3 not for profit organization. He writes as a freelancer for ZDNET. The postings and opinions on this blog are his own and don't necessarily represent the positions, strategies, or opinions of the Linux Foundation.

Latest from Jason Perlow

You're dating everyone: How algorithms will put us all in our place(s)

OPINION: We need to make social data work for us rather than for the social media services themselves.

May 3, 2019 by Jason Perlow in Social Media

Hey Kids: Vandalize our house on Twitter and Facebook!

Social networking is being used as communications mechanisms to orchestrate vandalism of vacant homes.

November 23, 2011 by Jason Perlow in Social Media

Happy Robotic Passover 2010 from Tech Broiler

To all my family and friends at ZDNet and CBS Interactive, I wish all of you a healthy and Happy Passover. And so do the robots.

March 29, 2010 by Jason Perlow in Social Media

Lockdown or Death for your FaceBook Profile: An Advanced User Guide to Social Networking Privacy (UPDATED)

If you're sick and tired of FaceBook's continual encroachment on your privacy, here's how to lock it down like a SuperMax prison or give it the Death Penalty.

May 28, 2010 by Jason Perlow in Social Media

Lock Down Your FaceBook Profile in 20 Minutes (Video, UPDATED)

Here's a pair of videos which show you how to lock down your FaceBook profile in 20 minutes or less.

May 28, 2010 by Jason Perlow in Social Media

What the Buzz? Get Me Off This Crazy Thing!!!

Google's Buzz, which adds Social Networking features to their popular GMail service, is a bit too Alpha and uncontrolled for me to participate in it right now.

February 11, 2010 by Jason Perlow in Social Media

The Particle Physics Rap

This video, courtesy of the Large Hadron Collider folks at CERN, is one of the most nerdy and awesome vids I've seen on YouTube in ages.I don't know about you guys, but I'm hiding under my bed the day they fire up that thing to full power.

August 11, 2008 by Jason Perlow in Social Media

Contemplating FaceBook Hara-Kiri

With FaceBook ever encroaching on my privacy, the value proposition of maintaining a profile on the popular social network approaches considerably diminishing marginal utility.

May 3, 2010 by Jason Perlow in Social Media

Microsoft meets Skype: It's about the video conferencing plumbing

Now that Microsoft owns Skype, can the industry finally settle on a video conferencing standard?

May 10, 2011 by Jason Perlow in Social Media

On Facebook, quoting 'Dune' gets you suspended while posting COVID and vaccine misinformation gets you recommended

The algorithm that suspended me for quoting my favorite sci-fi movie is the same one that allows countless Facebook Pages to spread dangerous and false content about vaccines and COVID-19.

July 22, 2021 by Jason Perlow in Social Media

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