Monthly Archives: May 2007

Social Genes

Posted on May 27, 2007 by

Fascinating piece in the post today, related to how scientists are finding evolutionary basis for human morality. Pic via MrFarber on Flickr Grafman and others are using brain imaging and psychological experiments to study whether the brain has a built-in … Continue reading →

Posted in online communities, Social Media | Leave a comment

User Generated Ads

Posted on May 26, 2007 by

Interesting article in the Times today (NYT guys have really gotten their act together and are producing some good content about social media of late) about the high price of creating free ads. Pic via NYT From an advertiser’s perspective, … Continue reading →

Posted in online communities, Social Media | Leave a comment

Branding on the web

Posted on May 25, 2007 by

New York Times had an interesting piece a few days back about the advances in ad targeting and measurement technologies that are enabling companies to use the web effectively to build a brand. Peter and Maria Hoey (via NYT) THE … Continue reading →

Posted in Identity | 3 Comments

Sex, Drugs and Updating Your Blog

Posted on May 16, 2007 by

Check out this fascinating piece from NYT magazine by Clive Thompson about the new dynamics/business models in the entertainment industry…I have to warn you that it is kinda long but its really well written…Also be sure to look at this … Continue reading →

Posted in online communities | Leave a comment

Sunshine for the Virtual Town Hall

Posted on May 15, 2007 by

Great opinion piece by Tom Grubisich at Washinton Post. It talks about the lack of transparency with user generated content. These days we want “transparency” in all institutions, even private ones. There’s one massive exception — the Internet. It is, … Continue reading →

Posted in Anonymity, Identity, online communities, Social Media, technology | Leave a comment

Benefits of Forgetting

Posted on May 10, 2007 by

Interesting and scholarly study from Kennedy School of Government’s Viktor Mayer-Schönberger, titled “Useful Void: The Art of Forgetting in the Age of Ubiquitous Computing”. In the study, the author points to change in our default societal behavior, from forgetting unimportant … Continue reading →

Posted in Anonymity, Identity, online communities, Reputation, technology | 1 Comment

Hit job – web style

Posted on May 7, 2007 by

This is a familiar enough story (Via SF Gate)…And the people hit have few avenues for relief: The first postings appeared soon after Sue Scheff, who runs a Web-based referral service for parents with troubled teenagers, advised a woman from … Continue reading →

Posted in Anonymity, Blogging, Identity, online communities, Reputation

Tech Support – Medieval style

Posted on May 5, 2007 by

This is a hilarious video (via Tim O’Reily’s blog)…Now, not only is this video funny, but it also brought back memories of how it used to feel trying to explain computers to my Dad…Watch and learn to never underestimate the … Continue reading →

Posted in technology | Leave a comment

What happened at Digg!

Posted on May 4, 2007 by

Check out my new piece on ReadWriteWeb about the latest goings on at Digg. Link here…    

Posted in Digg, Social Media | Leave a comment

Social Media Research

Posted on May 1, 2007 by

New research out from Forrester, called Social Technographics (whatever that means) – Slides here – that talks about who uses social media etc. I wouldn’t read too much into the numbers as its just one data point but its good … Continue reading →

Posted in Social Media | Leave a comment