You may find these three conferences interesting, as it’s getting closer: SocialNetworkPortability, Webcamp in Cork, Ireland on the 2nd March 2008. The topic of this workshop will be social network portability, within the 5th International conference on Social software: Blogtalk Corc 2008. Another one is in UK- Open Knowledge conference …
To FB or not to FB? Are we friends or ex-friends?
First I want to reply to the post of my Twitter friend and colleague George Frink with whom I DM’ed via Twitter lately on SNS and other issues, and here I have the need to explain, actually clarify his latest post as response to my previous Online friending. The point …
Online friending: information overload and simulation of life
Facebook friending or something like this*: friend requests, group invitations, cause invitations, world’s most abstract invitations, My Lil Lohan invitation, circle of trust, risk, true or false invitations, gifts invitations, birthday calender, friends for sale (the person is no longer friend), southpark character invitations, sketch me, characterize me requests, harry …
Analogue vs Digital is not equal! Offline Weinberger’s discussion
My old professor of world literature had theory on analogue and digital world , even nine years ago when the Internet started to grow and expand. As an active computer consumer, I asked him weather he would prefer to read novel as eBook or in paper form if he had …
Second life? No! or How did I quit…
Actually I was never active in Second Life. I joined few months ago, created avatar, started to explore, to investigate, participated/ audit few lectures and that was all. I never had any intentions to go deeper: sell, buy, use entertainment facilities, or interacting per se with unknown people. I was …
Science Blogging Conference – update and registration
If you didn’t register yet, here’s the chance. Yes, I’m coming to the Conference and will be flying over the pond (second time around, same place, different event) and East coasters will have a chance to meet me and talk on academic web 2.0 issues, science blogging, and everything else …