October 2009 06
Social media, converging streams?
Posted By : Adrian Chan

One of my favorite books about community is a work by Nobel Prize winner Elias Canetti called Crowds and Power. It’s a beautiful and thoroughly insightful study on people assembled in different ways and for

October 2009 05
Social Interaction Design: Ratings
Posted By : Adrian Chan

I had other things in mind for this morning until a client sent me an article in today’s Wall Street Journal about online ratings. She, like many others running review and ratings-based sites, is “suffering”

October 2009 01
Foursquare vs Yelp: Recommendations and Reviews
Posted By : Adrian Chan

Foursquare and Yelp are each sites that capitalize on user-contributed reviews and recommendations. Users contribute their favorite places and things to do, spotlighting best-kept secrets and customer favorites. Users get visibility and even some amount