May 2011
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LinkedinZynga IPO implications
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So they say the LinkedIn IPO has created a bit of a rush to IPO for the rest of them. If it’s true that we’re in a new market now, and that LinkedIn’s IPO was
May 2011
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Work in the age of communication
Came across this today via Stowe Boyd today: Olli Gunst’s blog: The future of work The structure for working is slowly changing. We are increasingly moving away from the traditional cubicle environment. More and more
May 2011
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Harold Garfinkel and social facts. Sociology for design.
“For Garfinkel, social ‘reality’ is not a feature of nature that the analyst is claiming to be able to observe ‘objectively.’ Social ‘facts’ are rather sounds and movements, witnessable actions on the part of participants
May 2011
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Brands can learn on Empire Avenue
Folks in the social media space want to know if brands should be on Empire Avenue. The site’s on fire, like it or not, and as it goes in this industry, flames attract attention. Some
May 2011
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Empire Avenue and habit-forming social games
A lot is made about the importance and use of incentives, rewards, and achievements in the design of social games. As the argument goes, users are incented to play, and continue playing, social games in
May 2011
09
Ambient intimacy, ambient engagement
A couple years ago we used to refer to the twitter stream in terms of “ambient intimacy.” The phrase stuck. It captured the experience of in-stream serendipity and discovery, of finding and building connections in