Hulu launches Social TV: Watching with friends will never be the same again
Ben Parr @ Mashable just wrote a great piece about the launch of Social TV that allows friends on Facebook and MySpace to watch Hulu together using new Splashcast apps. These apps allow you to make...
View ArticleThe Future of Social Media (a.k.a. “Leave me the heck alone!”)
‘Social Media’ and ‘The Future’ are two phrases that really shouldn’t go together unless you want to set yourself up for failure. Technological change is simply too fast and organic to be predictable....
View ArticleBiz Stone on Twitter in Cannes in Real Time (well, pretty close)
Having just heard Biz Stone speak at the Cannes Advertising Festival seminar, it seems appropriate to share the highlights as quickly as possible. Firstly, super laid back, approachable guy who is...
View ArticleAnti-Social Media: What digital intimacy means for consumers and brands
The chart above does a handy job of breaking down the various choices available to us for communication. On the one hand, its easy to interpret this variety of choice as freedom, and equally easy to...
View ArticleBrands, be thankful for angry customers
Image Credit: Business Pundit For a long time advertising has operated on a conceit that brands and consumers were in dialogue when, in truth, brands were dictating consumer behavior, pushing messaging...
View ArticleBeyond Google+: From circles to social cartography
One of the most fascinating aspects about the launch of Google+ is the way it reframes how we, as individuals, interact with our communities. As Brian Solis so rightly points out, the initial Facebook...
View ArticleShould Unthink rethink?
This week marks the launch of Unthink, a new social network that positions itself as a counterpoint to Facebook and Google+ attacking what they describe as dishonest invasions of privacy. While...
View ArticleSherry Turkle of MIT: The human cost of social technology
In light of all the recent developments around social technology, from the launch of Google + to Facebook’s f8 conference launch of Timeline and Ticker last week, I felt it especially pertinent to...
View ArticleWill Facebook’s new storytelling tools write a happy ending?
For some time now I’ve been asserting that technology is teaching us to be human again. When I say this, I mean that the ability to witness and experience the lives of others anywhere around the world,...
View ArticleSherry Turkle of MIT: How social media impacts to your identity (Part 2)
Last week I shared Part 1 of my interview with Sherry Turkle on the ‘Human Cost of Social Technology.’ Here is Part 2 where we discussed the impact of social media on our own sense of identity. SM:...
View ArticleHulu launches Social TV: Watching with friends will never be the same again
Ben Parr @ Mashable just wrote a great piece about the launch of Social TV that allows friends on Facebook and MySpace to watch Hulu together using new Splashcast apps. These apps allow you to make...
View ArticleThe Future of Social Media (a.k.a. “Leave me the heck alone!”)
‘Social Media’ and ‘The Future’ are two phrases that really shouldn’t go together unless you want to set yourself up for failure. Technological change is simply too fast and organic to be predictable....
View ArticleBiz Stone on Twitter in Cannes in Real Time (well, pretty close)
Having just heard Biz Stone speak at the Cannes Advertising Festival seminar, it seems appropriate to share the highlights as quickly as possible. Firstly, super laid back, approachable guy who is...
View ArticleAnti-Social Media: What digital intimacy means for consumers and brands
The chart above does a handy job of breaking down the various choices available to us for communication. On the one hand, its easy to interpret this variety of choice as freedom, and equally easy to...
View ArticleBrands, be thankful for angry customers
For a long time advertising has operated on a conceit that brands and consumers were in dialogue when, in truth, brands were dictating consumer behavior, pushing messaging on the public and often...
View ArticleBeyond Google+: From circles to social cartography
One of the most fascinating aspects about the launch of Google+ is the way it reframes how we, as individuals, interact with our communities. As Brian Solis so rightly points out, the initial Facebook...
View ArticleShould Unthink rethink?
This week marks the launch of Unthink, a new social network that positions itself as a counterpoint to Facebook and Google+ attacking what they describe as dishonest invasions of privacy. While there’s...
View ArticleSherry Turkle of MIT: The human cost of social technology
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYHqTcUOzdQ In light of all the recent developments around social technology, from the launch of Google + to Facebook’s f8 conference launch of Timeline and Ticker last...
View ArticleWill Facebook’s new storytelling tools write a happy ending?
For some time now I’ve been asserting that technology is teaching us to be human again. When I say this, I mean that the ability to witness and experience the lives of others anywhere around the world,...
View ArticleSherry Turkle of MIT: How social media impacts to your identity (Part 2)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMElY6pIA08 Last week I shared Part 1 of my interview with Sherry Turkle on the ‘Human Cost of Social Technology.’ Here is Part 2 where we discussed the impact of social...
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