January 2010 29
SxD: Primary and Secondary Frames
Posted By : Adrian Chan

I wrote several times last year about frames and re-framing the approaches to social media design. The concept of frames is borrowed from Erving Goffman’s analysis of face-to-face social interactions. In brief, frames are how

January 2010 05
Broken social (online) scenes
Posted By : Adrian Chan

I’ve just gotten off a skype call with friend and colleague, and fellow sxdsalon member Thomas Vander Wal. Thomas and I pick up the virtual phone about every month or six weeks to tie up

November 2009 30
Lunch for good, food for thought
Posted By : Adrian Chan

A post by friend Chiah Hwu today has reminded me of a topic that was on my mind recently. That being both the subtext and explicit goal of a series of well-catered, guested, and hosted

October 2009 08
Realtime streams: now and then
Posted By : Adrian Chan

All social media involve a dislocation that de couples the act of communication or interaction from its artifact, which is a text or recording. This is a shame, in some respects, but one that creates