February 2009
18 posts
“People who are members of online social networks are not so much “networking” as...”
– A recent piece in the Economist.
More on Dunbar’s number that describes the upper limit of one’s intimate social group. I wonder, then, what happens if you max out your Dunbar number but are constantly meeting new people? Is every marginal addition (a new friend) a marginal loss as...
“Social networks mandate identity formation on the model of cloud computing....”
– Rob Horning over at PopMatters . However over-intellectualizing it is, I really dig this thesis… the digital, distributed self. (via Tumbledore)
What Advertising Really Is
Advertising, when done right (about 1% of the time all of the interests at play match up and you get an earnest, effective, believable ad) is a great model that has supported some of the world’s best content. But 99% of the time, advertising is like an argument — someone loud and boisterous (a brand) throwing money at a clever, widely-heard conversationalist (a publication) for the...