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Re: New Tweetie 2 update adds a slot machine game surprise

bob — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 16:04:36 -0000

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Re: New Tweetie 2 update adds a slot machine game surprise

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Re: Dear Malcolm Gladwell, the revolution will not (only) be tweeted…

Guest — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 09:56:05 -0000

I agree with Gladwell. Yes, you communicate online with your "offline" friends, but realistically, the human capacity for deeply committed relationships (in terms of time spent, emotional investment, and depth of knowing) has not increased as a result of social networking. Humans will always have only precious few hours in the day, every day, to commit to forging deep relationships. In this respect, Gladwell is right that online friends are rarely close, committed friends.

Re: I’m now using the new Seesmic Desktop 2 app. Here’s why.

Indian T.v Serials — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 02:58:14 -0000

Although Seesmic Desktop is kinda sleek in terms of design as well as the ability to manage multiple accounts, I still find that Tweetdeck is more robust, features wise. The ability to filter tweets, hashtags, and now, integration with Facebook form a huge part of my Twittering experience. Thus, TweetDeck is still the best Twitter client out there, for me.

Re: Wikileaks is rocking our institutions to the core.

Steven Fourro — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 07:07:27 -0000

If that's all it takes to get these organisations scrambling, and BOY they are scrambling, then I can only assume they deserve everything they get! They have been caught doing something wrong, BIG TIME WRONG and it's time they were exposed, ALL of them. If they were doing the right thing they would have NO reason to be so afraid.
Personally given the state of our world, and our world economy I think it's time for a damn good shake up. A lot of these Governments and Organisations have played a part in bringing us to where we are. Now it's time to FACE the music, no more hiding, no more lies.

Re: Internet war, what is it good for?

yewenyi — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 23:43:23 -0000

Nothing has changed. The internet is just a new weapon in the arsenal. Human beings have not changed. But society probably will.

Re: Can we move as one using social media? Twitter’s Biz Stone thinks so.

John Johnston — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 21:14:08 -0000

It sure is. It has become a quite the launch pad. That's actually when I found out about Twitter and started using it, around the time of SXSW in 07. I wasn't there but so many people who were there started raving about it on blogs, so I tried it, and never stopped.

Re: Can we move as one using social media? Twitter’s Biz Stone thinks so.

Linda Sherman — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 21:03:52 -0000

Interesting. Thanks John. SXSW also did a lot to propel location based services (LBS) like Foursquare, Gowalla and Whrrl forward. It's a nice chunk of social media in one place at one time.

Re: Is the future of eBooks social?

Dean W — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 01:04:58 -0000

No it's not that similar - you're comparing the building blocks with the architecture - and I'm less comfortable with the decline of excellence.

But, I also look to new exciting forms. My point was that we're equally likely to get new crap. Change is inevitable but people can and do affect which changes stick and which are discarded...

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Re: Is the future of eBooks social?

John Johnston — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 23:49:02 -0000

Sure, I agree about the value of books but as you say, perhaps these new technologies might give rise to new forms, in addition to blogs and traditional books. It's not necessarily a good thing, but it's not necessarily a bad thing either.

We could be having a similar conversation about language itself. You could say that things like Twitter and sms are changing some aspects of language. Some people would see that as a bad thing. I don't really. Things change, language changes. New words come into being, old words aren't used anymore. Maybe this is similar. It's all ok.

Re: Is the future of eBooks social?

Dean W — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 23:33:34 -0000

One of the likely outcomes of the merging of books with the social web is new forms. Your final point about comments is interesting; we've already seen writing styles evolve impacted by blogs, as well as a slew of books which derive from blogs, but it's not necessarily a good thing.

The kind of conversational, casual writing of blogs is generally not the same as a well-constructed piece of literature. A blog is really meant to be read once, left behind and forgotten, whereas books, being innately more precious / expensive to produce demand greater repeated scrutiny. It would be a shame if we saw the standards and the value of book contents reduced to that of most blogs!

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Re: What would a global civilisation with a collective mind look like?

John Johnston — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 22:07:55 -0000

Thanks Matt, I'm not suggesting there would be cohesion rather than conflict. Undoubtedly there would be both, as is the case in our other human groups, and between groups.

Perhaps mind is the wrong word to use, but it seems clear that we are able to come to a consensus and act in large groups from time to time, in increasingly large groups at that – cities, nations, even groups of nations, sometimes. What will the online world hold for us in that regard I wonder? For the first time we have communities that are not constrained so much by geography on a daily basis.

What is the potential of these communities to think and act together from time to time? That is what I'm pondering. I'm not thinking of some romantic utopia here where we think and speak with one voice.

Re: What would a global civilisation with a collective mind look like?

Matt Moore — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 21:23:13 -0000

John - Human societies do not make up a single mind and people are not neurons. There is a long history of describing human societies as individuals (bodies, minds, souls). These metaphors tend to stress cohesion rather than conflict*. They ignore the diversity and plurality of being human. We do not speak with a single voice nor are we a single being.

We are not a hive either. Bee or ant societies are far less complex, diverse and dynamic than human ones.

We are probably a complex system (or systems) but not all complex systems are minds or hives.

Metaphors can be useful but all metaphors have limits.

*They tend to be conservative and Romantic (in the 19th century philosophical sense rather than the flowers & chocs manner).

Re: Facebook is all Green now, don’t give us any more suggestions please.

John Johnston — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 21:00:20 -0000

Yes, that was the Greenpeace criticism. They don't mention clean power on their new page.

Re: Facebook is all Green now, don’t give us any more suggestions please.

Coaltopia — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 20:14:23 -0000

Greenwash. They still use coal power.

Re: Have you tried Instagram iPhone app for image sharing yet?

John Johnston — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 20:11:26 -0000

It's jjprojects of course :)

Re: Have you tried Instagram iPhone app for image sharing yet?

Kris — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 23:16:11 -0000

But you don't tell us what your username is there so we can friend you!

Re: ‘The Social Network’ movie: “Like”, a lot [review].

John Johnston — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 20:53:41 -0000

Yes, mostly fiction. Zuckerberg has said it was interesting how they focused on him wanting women to like him when if fact he has been with his girlfriend since before he founded Facebook.

Re: ‘The Social Network’ movie: “Like”, a lot [review].

John Johnston — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 20:52:24 -0000

Interesting, I was wondering what happened with him.

Re: ‘The Social Network’ movie: “Like”, a lot [review].

Gregory Cornelius — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 10:47:28 -0000

Hi John,
Just watched the movie tonight in Singapore where Eduardo now lives apparently
http://sg.yfittopostblog.co...

I thought the move was better than expectations. Eisenberg was terrific. I'd give it 3.5 stars.

Re: ‘The Social Network’ movie: “Like”, a lot [review].

Phillip Molly Malone — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 23:53:47 -0000

Went saw it last night. Really enjoyed it and was a great work of fiction. Based on a true story but not fully truthful.

Re: ‘The Social Network’ movie: “Like”, a lot [review].

Phil — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 23:35:54 -0000

Nice thoughts, i'm looking forward to seeing it this weekend :)

Re: Dear Malcolm Gladwell, the revolution will not (only) be tweeted…

Sedge — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 19:54:54 -0000

Good post JJ. But isn't the question: 'Is social media merely an enabler/catalyst of extant social forces, or is social media an entirely new social force in and of itself?' Many social media advocates seem to vacillate between these two positions. But it can't be both, or can it?

Re: Q: Do you think the fun “I like it on…” meme helps to raise awareness?

Danielle — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 17:59:53 -0000

My A: I think it makes people say "Huh. Okay." and then move on with their lives after they find out what it is all supposedly about. And the lame flirting that tends to ensue after a woman has posted that as her status irritates me. It always seems to go:

"I like it on my kitchen floor."
"Do you? Urr hrr hrr, nudge nudge, phwoar."
"NO, IT'S ABOUT BREAST CANCER!"
"Oh! Lol."
The end.

I might even think it's essentially the same thing as using women's bodies and sexuality to sell something, like so much sexist advertising, just text-based rather than visual.

Re: Q: Do you think the fun “I like it on…” meme helps to raise awareness?

Maytey — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 04:34:19 -0000

I don't think it does anything for the cause at all. It's just irritating. But maybe that's just because I don't have a handbag now that I have kids :)