Tag Archives: sociology

Facebook’s founder says age of privacy is over

Posted on January 10, 2010 by Karl

ReadWriteWeb has the news and some related thoughts.

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Well this explains why ‘Top 10′ stories are so popular

Posted on January 7, 2010 by Karl

Spiegel: SPIEGEL Interview with Umberto Eco: ‘We Like Lists Because We Don’t Want to Die’: The list is the origin of culture. It’s part of the history of art and literature. What does culture want? To make infinity comprehensible. It … Continue reading →

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Social Networking == Social Division?

Posted on November 22, 2009 by Karl

You would think after 20 years of the Web, we would come to a better understanding that it either helps us connect, or helps us segregate. You’d be wrong. Following is some research and reading. But first… What do you … Continue reading →

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Quotable – out of context – but worth it – on maybe why Bill O’Reilly is more popular than Bill Moyers?

Posted on August 2, 2009 by Karl

Alan Kay on comp.lang.smalltalk.squeak.beginners: Re: Smalltalk Data Structures and Algorithms: What is wrong? Why is mere opinion so dominating discussions held on the easiest medium there has ever been that can provide substantiations with just a little curiosity and work? … Continue reading →

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Some interesting social science, programming, infographics, overlaps

Posted on July 7, 2009 by Karl

The New York Observer: In the Battle Between Facebook and MySpace, A Digital ‘White Flight’ FlowingData: Rise of the Data Scientist Coding Horror: Code: It’s Trivial Zero Intelligence Agents: How to: Use Python and Social Network Analysis to Find New … Continue reading →

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“Computer Science is Really a Social Science” and danah boyd joins Microsoft Researc

Posted on July 7, 2009 by Karl

Two links from Jon Pincus of Microsoft Research: research.microsoft.com, January 2005: Jonathan D. Pincus,: Computer Science is Really a Social Science Jon Pincus, on his blog, sharing the recent news regarding danah boyd joining Microsoft Research’s New England Lab

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For Arpit – who is Clay Shirky?

Posted on March 19, 2009 by Karl

This is a backgrounder primarily for Arpit who discussed with a few thoughts on Clay Shirky’s latest piece on Newspapers. I wrote an intro for readers of paradox1x, on Clay Shirky, back in September. A few favorite pieces: Help, the … Continue reading →

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Living in the public – not there yet

Posted on November 25, 2008 by Karl

Jeff Jarvis: The perils of publicness: There’s an old social norm at work here that is, I think, an extension of old media, which says: You put yourself out there, so you put yourself at risk for getting attacked. This … Continue reading →

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A mash of cogsci, socioliology, and psychiatry interesting links

Posted on November 19, 2008 by Karl

WashingtonPost: Bytes of Life: For Every Move, Mood and Bodily Function, There’s a Web Site to Help You Keep Track Jeff Jarvis: The perils of publicness The Atlantic: He Saw It Coming: The forgotten filmmaker who anticipated our modern media … Continue reading →

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Social Software Links: Activism and Privacy Edition

Posted on October 19, 2008 by Karl

Penny Arcade! posted a comic that summarizes what many think of online anonymity and the Internet: John Gabriel’s Greater Internet Fuckwad Theory: Normal Person + Anonymity + Audience = Total Fuckwad. Up until the past few weeks, I would have … Continue reading →

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