We think about social media, and social software (sites like Myspace.com, Friendster.net, Tribe.net) in different ways, but usually as software, or as a communication tool, online application or site. Though it was there the whole
Back, not so way back, last century, debates would rage over the cutleried and flint-struck din of Parisian cafe’s about positivism. The local left-bank philosophical elite, including the Pierre not there (money to whoever gets
I love it. Forget meta-data. Forget tagging, taxonomies, directories. This is the kind of thing that gets you to click thru to a podcast…. “Podcast 22, … my GOD I’m drunk. Get the podcast [iTunes]
The point of all this folksonomic participation is the selection of information, capturing relevance and separating signal from noise. A network of active readers is creating a vast knowledge base that offers an alternative to
Distribution x (Production/Recording) = Value From a social interaction designer’s perspective, the 2.0 web is a fascinating and somewhat confusing amalgamation of information selection and delivery, computing functionality, social interaction, individual user activity, design, and
They say that hearing is the first of our senses to come to our awareness — as our mother’s heart beats through the early months of our lives. Marshall McLuhan, a mentor of mine and