August 2011 06
Meta Sociality, or the influence of Klout
Posted By : Adrian Chan

As social tools evolve, they naturally accumulate increasing amounts of data about users. This data is often used to feed back into the site or service, say, for the purpose of showing overall use, leaderboards,

August 2011 04
What I see us asking (on Quora)
Posted By : Adrian Chan

I’m on Quora quite a bit, well pretty much every morning, just to see if anything jumps out. Most questions are dull, unpolished bits of unrefined treacle. Little question droppings that make you wonder why,

July 2011 28
Checking in: brands and social games
Posted By : Adrian Chan

A lot of folks in social media have had their interest piqued by social games and so-called gamification of online practices. Brands, too, have heard about social games. And about the promise of deeper engagement,