design
The Guardian recently published an astonishingly predictable rant about Instagram [https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jan/17/instagrammers-travel-sri-lanka-tourists-peachy-backsides-social-media-obsessed] from Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett. The young fogey âoh, social media is ruining the worldâ tone of this article is almost unbearable. Dig through it, though, and thereâs some potentially interesting
Blogging
Maintaining friendships after Facebook and Twitter [https://jonmitchell.net/blog/how-to-stay-internet-friends-without-facebook-or-twitter] : > Some people are like, âHow are you supposed to maintain normal human relationships?â Donât worry, I tell them. There are way better ways to be internet friends than Facebook and Twitter. In fact, most of them already
Ello
So, Ello [https://ello.co], then. Iâm on there [https://ello.co/adders]. Lots of people are on there (even if theyâre not really using it yet [http://techcrunch.com/2014/09/29/no-people-are-not-leaving-facebook-in-droves-for-ello/] ). But Iâm very far from convinced just yet. Being wary of Facebookâs
Second video of the day: Itâs rather ironic that it hit the web a few days before the news that Facebook is running experiments on our emotions [http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22229754.900-even-online-emotions-can-be-contagious.html#.U7KOUFbtlbz] . Thereâs a whole bunch of interesting research to be done on constructed
connection
[http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/assets_c/2014/01/0cdcaede697711e3b3db0ea9ea681b0f_8-3436.html] Fascinating exploration of the motivation and results of sharing things like photos of food on Twitter: > There is a wealth of information out there for the interested. Knowledge opens doors. Never underestimate the power of small talk.
online video
I read this [http://www.buzzfeed.com/patricksmith/vine-is-creating-a-new-breed-of-internet-superstar] : > This kerfuffle at the SmĂĄralind shopping centre near ReykjavĂk, Iceland, last weekend isnât because One Direction are in town. Itâs because of two stars from Vine, the six-second video-blogging site. Then I did this: Vine has been through
Cliff Watson [https://medium.com/understandings-epiphanies/aae8d5f880cc]: > You see, weâve come to define âsocialâ in unintentional Orwellian double-speak. âSocialâ has come to mean the exact opposite of what itâs meant for centuries. Instead of actual interaction and communication, we define âsocialâ as once- or twice-removed ego validation
Are people rejecting the idea of a single online identity mediated by a large online entity? Stowe Boyd thinks so [http://stoweboyd.com/post/67357217833/facebook-still-dominant-strives-to-keep-cachet] : > The Benthamite underpinnings of Facebook are becoming unpopular. Young people in particular donât want their teachers, parents, employers, and even all their
snapchat
Mathew Ingram responds to Farhad Manjoo on how telling teenagersâ use of tech is [http://gigaom.com/2013/11/18/why-the-youth-market-matters-for-snapchat-and-facebook-despite-what-the-wsj-thinks/] : > [âŚ] teens and twenty-somethings are good predictors of technologyâs future, even if the services or apps or hardware they prefer at a specific point in time donât
[https://i2.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2012/06/highlight-app-interview.jpg] The app of the show, in terms of meetings, seems to be Highlight [http://highlig.ht/]. Iâve just been notified by it that there are 30 people who might be of interest to me around me
Bradley Horowitz tells LeWeb London about where Google+ is going nextâŚ
change management
Links to my liveblogs of day two of Like Minds Exeter 2012 ## Morning- [John Rosling: is the chief executive the chief entrepreneur](http://wearelikeminds.com/index.php/john-rosling-chief-executive-or-chief-entrepreneur-the-future-of-business-leadership/) â an inspiring talk on being an inspring leader (and how to lead rather than manage) - [Rajeeb Dey: the path to entrepreneurship]