After a trip down memory lane, here is a collection — by category — of the most popular and my favorite posts of 2009. Continue reading
December 29, 2009
My most popular (and favorite) posts of 2009
BROWSING CATEGORY Digital culture
December 6, 2009
The Traveling Geeks land at Le Web
Go to dinner with the geeks and you’ll get lots of photos taken Let me set the scene for you. More than a dozen geeks have traveled to Paris for a weeklong tech odyssey culminating with coverage from France’s premier Web 2.0 conference, Le Web. I’m having a hard time trying to determine what the difference is between “Le Web” … Continue reading
August 26, 2009
Aren’t we all a little narcissistic and Internet addicted?
New study doesn’t distinguish between flaws and healthy behavior I‘ve long believed that the Internet exists solely because of our ego. Everything we do publicly online is an effort to be acknowledged. This week, two stories pointed out the frighteningly obvious: That students who use social networks are narcissistic and that a center for Internet addiction has opened up in … Continue reading
August 19, 2009
Anonymous social networks open the gates for digital therapy
Feeling alone during a moment of crisis can compound the gravity of a situation. If you don’t want to turn to your friends for fear of judgment or embarrassment, many turn to anonymous social networks like Experience Project to find the connection and support they need. Continue reading
August 1, 2009
Is the Internet making us more ethical?
Ethics of cultural collaboration from JD Lasica on Vimeo. Rita J. King, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Council and CEO of Dancing Ink Productions, talks about the ethics of cultural collaboration in this 10-minute video interview immediately after her appearance at the 140 Character Conference on Twitter in New York on June 17. Our conversation was generally at a … Continue reading
March 29, 2009
Twitter users: Help people find you
One of the shortcomings of Twitter is that it can be find to hard to find people — even people that you’re following — when you don’t have their Twitter ID right smack in front of your nose. Sure, you can go hunting and pecking in TweetDeck, or do a Google or Twitter people search, but that’s a pain. Sometimes … Continue reading
