9 month ago
deusx : Find, Follow and Share Comments — BackType - "BackType is a conversational search engine. We index and connect millions of conversations from blogs, social networks and other social media so people can find, follow and share comments. BackType was founded in June, 2008 by Christopher Golda and
nelson : BackType - Web app that tries to find all the blog posts you've commented on everywhere on the Internet
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nelson : Why Twitter is good - Simple explanation of the value of casual social media
Andy Baio : Kottke's In Defense of Twitter - inspired by Dowd's dumb interview; Geoff Manaugh and Rex argue the media's threatened by new writers, again
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deusx : Schneier on Security: The Future of Ephemeral Conversation - "In the end, this is cultural. The Internet is the greatest generation gap since rock and roll. We're now witnessing one aspect of that generation gap: the younger generation chats digitally, and the older generation treats those chats as writt
philgyford : Schneier on Security: The Future of Ephemeral Conversation - "The younger generation chats digitally, and the older generation treats those chats as written correspondence. ... until we have a Presidential election where both candidates have a complete history on social networking sites from before they were t
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deusx : Evolving Web: Why I Plurk, Again - "In this thread, the context starts with a pesky cat looped cartoon and ends with a discussion of non-attachment. What @mitten dubs the “kitteh paradox” after Brian defines the core issue – happiness is transitory if you are attached to a certa
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22 month ago
deusx : Conversation « Emily Short’s Interactive Fiction - "Conversation is one of the most challenging things to code in interactive fiction, and also one of the most widely discussed."
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31 month ago
deusx : Tact Filters - "Most "normal people" have the tact filter positioned to apply tact in the outgoing direction. ... "Nerds," on the other hand, have their tact filter positioned to apply tact in the incoming direction."
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39 month ago
43folders : Have something to say? I don't care - Los Angeles Times - I so admire this guy's maniacal candor. I've had it with people who pretend to _really care_ what every living stranger thinks of everything they do.
Linkorama : I don't care - Now that is how to launch a blog
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40 month ago
deusx : How to Respond to Conservatives — Rockridge Institute - "Progressive values are the best of traditional American values. Stand up for your values with dignity and strength. You are a true patriot because of your values."
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Linkorama : The Corporate Adoption of Social Media - “There’s no question – the early success of peer-driven, social-media programs will put pressure on businesses to both adapt and adopt. But, for some leaders, there’s another question: in a world where everyone participates, wha
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41 month ago
Jeremy Zawodny : Casual Conversation, R.I.P. - Casual Conversation, R.I.P.: "We are rapidly turning into a society where our intimate conversations can be saved and made public later. This represents an enormous loss of freedom and liberty..."
Linkorama : Casual Conversation, R.I.P. - The Justice Department wants to make this problem even worse, by forcing ISPs and others to save our communications--just in case we’re someday the target of an investigation. This is not only bad privacy and security, it’s a blow to our lib
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48 month ago
Linkorama : The Sobriety of Loss - To value the conversation as the people involved in the conversation - and not merely the posts. To take things slowly in order to learn from what people do and not just what they say. Most wisdom cannot be quoted. It's what we learn when people aren't
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49 month ago
Linkorama : Blogs: Threat or Menace? - "What is the value in sharing experiences?" Keen asked at one point, with a touch of disdain in his voice -- as if he wanted to say to the entire universe of millions of bloggers, "I grow weary of your scribblings." My jaw dropped. Isn't "sharing experien
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50 month ago
Linkorama : The Conversational Index - The best predictor of blog success -- aside from previous success in other blogs -- is the Conversational Index, because it contains the outcomes of many other small things done right.
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52 month ago
Linkorama : The four application pillars of enterprise 3.0 - JP Rangaswami, CIO at top global investment bank Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein (DrKW) gave his prediction last week at a private gathering in London of some of the world's leading enterprise software practitioners.
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52 month ago
Linkorama : Recasting architecture - More on the DrKW enterprise summit
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59 month ago
jkottke : Internal NY Times report recommends the creation of a NY Times blog
plasticbag : A New York Times' internal study suggests starting a weblog to better connect with their audience - It's not the dumbest idea in the world - more interesting was the stuff about putting supporting material onto the internet...
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