Tag: social networks
Blue In Mississippi
Blueskyâs decision to drop out of the Mississippi market, while understandable, is a clear sign that we cannot take our digital access for granted.
The Narrative
Whether intentional or not, an attempt to paint Bluesky as one type of thing has taken hold in the press. A bad narrative is hard to shake, even if itâs unfair. As a user, donât be afraid to push back.
Not Ready For The Camera
Why hasnât video completely killed text-based social media, despite social platforms clearly favoring it? Simple: By its very nature, it excludes voices from the discussion.
The Network Serves Us
Thoughts on the sudden surge of success Bluesky has seen this weekâwithout a network-dampening algorithm in sight.
Post-Post
The demise of Post, one of the social networks that emerged from the 2022 Twitter exodus, shows how users have come to understand that vibes arenât everything with social media.
Diet Facebook
A browser extension Iâm using has me really surprised about how much junk Facebook feeds me. I hate that weâre stuck with it.
The algorithms behind the recommendations
And where to learn more about them.
Understanding the Perks and Pitfalls of Cross-legacy Boundary Spanning
Book chapter on cross-legacy boundary spanning in mergers and acquisitions, proposing a multidimensional model to support successful post-merger integration.
A Network Perspective on Corporate Entrepreneurship
Dissertation developing the NPCE framework, showing how workplace social networks shape corporate entrepreneurial behavior across three empirical studies.
Social Media, McAfee Style
The controversial jailed antivirus software mogul John McAfee followed up his virus-fighting work with one of the first social networks. Really.
The Facebook Timeline is the nearest thing I've seen to a digital identity (and it's creepy as hell)
As an application developer, I have advance access to the Facebook Timeline that Mark Zuckerberg announced yesterday. Here it is: At first glance, it's a rather beautiful replacement for the social media profiles we've been using since forever. Rather than simply listing your latest content, the timeline allows any visitor to browse your life, literally from birth to the present day. (If you scroll down to the bottom, Facebook prompts you to add a baby photo. Aww.) This definitely changes the
Building the user-centered web
The following post contains my notes for a talk I gave at the Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations at Harvard University on June 25, 2009. What is a social network? I would like to reclaim some language: Social is an adjective that means relating to human society and its members. A network is an interconnected system of things or people. Therefore, Iâd suggest that we can define a social network as just being an interconnected system of people. The audience of this talk is a social ne
Social networking: beyond the silo
1. The rise of social networking 2. Monetization vs. collaboration 3. The open web 4. Fluid collaboration The rise of social networking Social forces have been the driving force behind application innovation on the web. Whereas previously we might have looked to advances in computer science for new directions, now some of the most dramatically impactful applications are lightweight, simple, and technologically unimpressive. The best new web applications have centered around collaboration,
Social technology reinforces existing networks
Why do we create and maintain social networks? Most people can immediately think of a few natural reasons -- we get something from the interaction, or the person is nearby and is close to us in proximity, age or gender. But researching such theories on a large scale has never before been possible -- until digital social networks came along. Tracking the digital traces of social networks. The study found that technology reinforces existing social networks far more than it creates new ones - some
The Internet is People
The following post is a fleshed-out version of my notes for my talk at the Elgg International Conference on Monday, December 1st, wherein I discussed my attitude to social networks and how they should be built. My slides are available in Powerpoint or OpenDocument Presentation format. Let's take this to first principles. Stating the obvious, what is a social network? Is it a collection of profiles, friends lists and so on, or is it something more fundamental? What does the term even mean? Soc