September 2008 30
Succumbing to Immediacy
Posted By : Adrian Chan

News this past few wks has been nothing short of remarkable, and with each passing day it has seemed that our political theater couldn’t possibly get any more dramatic. And yet as the crisis we’re

September 2008 29
OF Lifestreaming and Feeds: Who’s Talking?
Posted By : Adrian Chan

Feeling overfed lately? Sidle up to the trough, there’s company here. Yes, subscribing to feed-based applications can be like drinking from a firehose, especially during times like these. When the daily news is itself the

September 2008 29
Swurl: lifestreaming and timelining
Posted By : Adrian Chan

Like many of you, I simply can’t keep up with the river of lifestreaming applications hitting public beta this year. Many seem to simply do the same thing, more or less, with a bit more

September 2008 29
Lifestreaming apps and designing time and flow
Posted By : Adrian Chan

Twitter’s success over the past year has given birth to a new category of social media applications. Lifestreaming apps, known also as flow applications, permit users to publish a steady stream of online activity. Readwriteweb.com

September 2008 29
Future of social web: system and practices
Posted By : Adrian Chan

Jeremiah Owyang has posted his thoughts on what may come in the long-term for the social web, beginning with the increasing relevance of activities like friending: Why ‘Friending’ Will Be Obsolete. He writes that as

September 2008 25
Social media: Social Approximity?
Posted By : Adrian Chan

We have moved beyond “generation gap” differences in technology use and moved into the “experiential gap” in terms of use and understanding. Your experience with an application such as Twitter provides an understanding that cannot