February 2010
12
Breaking down the Gbuzz
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I am aware of the irony of posting about the the buzz on Google Buzz this week. But there’s no other way to contribute than to heap yet more on the pile. I’ll skip over
February 2010
11
On social interaction design and the detective
I have a thing for British television. It’s from having grown up in Edinburgh, I’m sure. But it is bolstered by the fact that some British television is in fact really good. One of my
February 2010
09
The socially-mediated NYTimes: What would interest the reader?
The New York Times has just published an interesting piece on why readers email articles. The research (Social Transmission and Viral Culture) was conducted by Jonah Berger and Katherine A. Milkman of the University of
February 2010
05
SXD: The construction of objective relations and operations
This piece has been adapted from a white paper I have in progress on the social web and social media. The paper concerns the deep relationality of social media. This is an excerpt on the
February 2010
03
News and speed: are we better informed?
The acceleration of news delivery towards its degree zero — instantaneity — is inevitable. It belongs to the very concept and reality of news itself. The newest news is the news that just arrived now.
February 2010
02
Algorithmic authority: critical reflections
In a post late last year on algorithmic authority, Adina Levin compares and contrasts the relevance of social selections and recommendations made in Google and Facebook. She raises the question of the algorithm’s capacity to