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Nov
9
2011

The "social" bit of the argument is particularly interesting:
"You might almost think that the whole scheme had been cooked up by a bunch of hyperintelligent but hopelessly socially naive people, and you would not be wrong. Asking computer nerds to design social software is a little bit like hiring a Mormon bartender. Our industry abounds in people for whom social interaction has always been more of a puzzle to be reverse-engineered than a good time to be had, and the result is these vaguely Martian protocols."

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  • You might almost think that the whole scheme had been cooked up by a bunch of hyperintelligent but hopelessly socially naive people, and you would not be wrong. Asking computer nerds to design social software is a little bit like hiring a Mormon bartender. Our industry abounds in people for whom social interaction has always been more of a puzzle to be reverse-engineered than a good time to be had, and the result is these vaguely Martian protocols.
  • It is admittedly annoying to have to re-follow people every time you sign up for something, but it also forces the authors to make the site appealing enough to get us over that hurdle.
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Aug
23
2010

OpenBuildings is a new community-driven website that lists architecture from across the globe; be it historic, contemporary or conceptual, enabling a more open way to share architectural knowledge. Includes an iPhone app as well.

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May
21
2010

Interesting guide with brief descriptions for different personality parameters. Not so much a how-to though.

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Apr
9
2010

Algorithms to predict consumer behaviour & risk. Wonder what's left for them to predict.

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Feb
17
2010

Burglary 2.0? The site uses location information from twitter & the like to list "special" opportunities. Another nail in the privacy coffin?
Aim of the site: 'The goal of this website is to raise some awareness on this issue and have people think about h

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Feb
4
2010

IBM does have a rich internal ecosystem that promotes social interaction through various online platforms, and many of them are being converted into enterprise products.

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Dec
8
2009

It's not so bad. I'm actually trying to get my grandfather on facebook :-)

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Nov
13
2009

Publications by Danah Boyd, a social researcher. Papers are mostly on social networks & trends among the youth.

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Nov
2
2009

To scam & make money or not to scam & fall back... That is the question. A must read for all fans of Mafia wars & Farmville on facebook:
'In short, these games try to get people to pay cash for in game currency so they can level up faster and have a bette

facebook games social advertising business gaming scam techcrunch for:@twitter

Oct
28
2009

A commentary on the social experiment conducted by Washington Post.
"...the young man finally started playing his violin. He was quite good ... He played continuously for 45 minutes and during that time few, pitifully few people actually stopped and payed

persuasion psychology music social influence art for:@twitter

Oct
25
2009

Crowdsourcing at its best! What happens when you let loose crazy Star Wars fans on a remake project of the movie? You get a ton of 15 second clips that get put together to recreate the original. It's a work in progress though.

starwars video film community social humour crowdsourcing movie for:@twitter

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