September 2011 27
Social tools, technologies of time
Posted By : Adrian Chan

“Social systems only exist in and through the continuity of social practices, fading away in time.” Anthony Giddens In matters of designing social media and social tools, I don’t think we can ever fully appreciate

September 2011 24
Social objects? Social facts.
Posted By : Adrian Chan

“Language is not content to go from a first party to a second party, from one who has seen to one who has not, but necessarily goes from a second party to a third party,

September 2011 22
Go Gowalla
Posted By : Adrian Chan

Gowalla re-launched its service today in a blog post titled: A New Gowalla. The move confirms what most of us already know — gamification has but a limited appeal. Seems both Foursquare and Gowalla reached

September 2011 22
Talk, old school style
Posted By : Adrian Chan

“Talk is an intrinsic feature of nearly all encounters and also displays similarities of systemic form. Talk ordinarily manifests itself as conversation. ‘Conversation’ admits of a plural, which indicates that conversations are episodes having beginnings