Activating Social Change Through Social Media
Do you believe computers can change the world? In 1992 I fell into a debate with my then-girlfriend about computer technology and online communities. To her, computers were a waste of time, a distraction from things that really mattered. She was a writer. She wrote with pen and pad. I was a computer junkie, desktop [...]
Learn to Recognize the Conversation Killer
Have you ever come across a conversation like this, either on line or in person?
Person 1: I’d like to know what people think about the color Red. Red is used frequently, but is it the best color? Can Red be improved? Let’s talk about it.
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The Incredible Shrinking Internet
There are now 183 million domain names registered around the world, a 17% increase over last year, but it is very likely that the web you experience is getting smaller and the reason is simple. The pace of internet growth has far out-scaled human proportions. It’s so big that without the familiarity of a consistent [...]
The Twitter Trajectory
People in a connected group start out mostly homogenous. Tribes are homogenous. Close-knit societies like Amish communities are homogenous. A room full of two year olds are homogenous. Jean Piaget painted a theory that says individuals construct and reconstruct their knowledge of the world as a result of interactions with the environment. We all have [...]
