Socialized
SEPTEMBER 23, 2010
Social media is expected to bring with it a new world order in which global participation and communications will erase our differences and bring about peace, love and understanding. It just hasn't happened yet. Carrie James, research director for Harvard's Project Zero, spoke at the recent Mashable Social Good Conference. James.
Socialized
SEPTEMBER 1, 2010
The futurists are screwed. Today I downloaded the Netflix iPhone app and sat at a table outside a local deli totally in awe that I could stream feature length movies, almost anywhere, on demand, to my phone -- with pretty good quality. Are you kidding? That would have been unimaginable.
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Socialized
SEPTEMBER 16, 2010
There have recently been some discussions about "ghostblogging," the practice of writing blog posts on behalf of someone else, and whether it is unethical. (Some are debating whether the practice is "right" or "wrong," which is interesting, but less meaningful.) It's hard to support any argument that it is unethical*. It might.
Socialized
SEPTEMBER 29, 2010
When you choose to add someone on Facebook, Twitter, or Foursquare, do you stop to think about how they might react to your invitation? And when you receive a request, what kinds of reactions have you had? There are many emotional responses to a friend request, and often, an imbalance.
Socialized
SEPTEMBER 6, 2010
Craig's List continues to come under attack for the "Adult Services" section of its online classifieds. In its latest move, in response to a letter from the attorneys general in 17 states, CL has replaced its Adult Services section (in the U.S.) with a simple graphic that says "Censored." According to.
Socialized
SEPTEMBER 27, 2010
In a show of incredibly bad taste, Jalopnik reports today that "Jimi Heseldan, the 62-year-old owner of the Segway Company, died yesterday when he accidentally drove one of the sucky two-wheeled gyroscope-controlled "future" transports off a cliff and into a river." In the lead to a story about someone DYING, Jalopnik manages to mock.
Socialized
SEPTEMBER 2, 2010
What is social media influence? Can it be measured? Daniel Romero, a Ph.D candidate at Cornell University, in collaboration with Hewlett-Packard's Social Computing Lab, studied about five week's worth of tweets and drew some conclusions, including: "Having a large number of followers does not imply having influence in news social media. Furthermore, not.
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