6 days ago
Linkorama : The dramatic effect of a firm nudge - Findings of this kind suggest that even when people have freedom of choice they are influenced, or nudged, by the context in which their decisions are made. This power gives business and governments opportunities.
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3 month ago
Andy Baio : xkcd's Fields Arranged by Purity -
gleuschk : xkcd - fields arranged by purity - an old joke, but still true
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Linkorama : The Power Paradox - True power requires modesty and empathy, not force and coercion, argues Dacher Keltner. But what people want from leaders—social intelligence—is what is damaged by the experience of power.
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10 month ago
Linkorama : JCMC Vol 13 Issue 1 - Journal of Computer Mediated Communications, Special Theme: Social Network Sites
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11 month ago
Linkorama : E-Mail Is Easy to Write (and to Misread) - As Professor Shirky puts it, “social software” like e-mail “is not better than face-to-face contact; it’s only better than nothing.”
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11 month ago
Linkorama : Ties that Find - Granovetter's strong tie and weak tie research implies that social software has a productivity implication by increasing the amount of weak ties
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11 month ago
Jeremy Zawodny : "Enterprise software" is a social, not technical, phenomenon - "Enterprise software" is a social, not technical, phenomenon: yup
Linkorama : "Enterprise software" is a social, not technical, phenomenon - It turns out that the differences are entirely social, not technical, and one of the major differences is that "enterprise software" is under much less pressure to have any technical merit.
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14 month ago
Andy Baio : Viewing American class divisions through Facebook and MySpace - Danah Boyd breaks down the migration of preppy white kids to Facebook
joshua : Viewing American class divisions through Facebook and MySpace
Linkorama : Viewing American class divisions through Facebook and MySpace - The picture is now being blurred. Some teens are flocking to MySpace. And some teens are flocking to Facebook. Who goes where gets kinda sticky... probably because it seems to primarily have to do with socio-economic class.
WillPate : Viewing American class divisions through Facebook and MySpace
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16 month ago
nelson : World is walking 10% faster - Amazing little study
adamrg : World is walking 10% faster
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17 month ago
adamrg : Is Justin Timberlake a Product of Cumulative Advantage? - (via Photomatt)
deusx : Justin Timberlake - Culture - Hollywood - Idea Lab - New York Times - "we should treat both the predictions and the explanations we are served — whether about the next hit single, the next great company or even the next war — with the skepticism they deserve."
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adamrg : Josh Bell's Full Performance - World-class musician busking in the DC subway. The clash of industrial noises with such beauty...
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18 month ago
adamrg : Causes of the "Seattle Chill" - It is amazing how it is possible to get 'the chill' in the town you grew up in if you are gone long enough.
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18 month ago
Linkorama : Meetings make us dumber, study shows - Brainstorming sessions backfire when group thinking clouds decisions
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20 month ago
cameron : Scientists reproduce Milgram's "Obedience to Control" experiments with 3D avatars - The experiment is quite similar, except that the subject can see the other subject, and that they know the person is not real. Despite this fact, they still feel disgusted during the act.
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21 month ago
cameron : An empirical examination of Wikipedia's credibility - Empirical study showing that experts rate the credibility of a Wikipedia article higher than non-experts
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22 month ago
cameron : The Chronicle: Daily News Blog: Clifford Geertz (1926-2006) - Clifford Geertz, the influential anthropologist died a few days ago.
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23 month ago
Linkorama : Object-centered Sociality - Why some social network services work and others don't. A classic post
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25 month ago
Linkorama : Closure - An important feature of social capital is what Coleman termed “closure†– where the people one knows also know each other.
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28 month ago
plasticbag : Catherine Saillant of the LA Times writes about the negotiations she's had with her daughter around MySpace - A fascinating glimpse into the kind of things that teenagers are doing on MySpace and how confusing it can be for a parent working out how to handle, respond to and harness this activity...
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30 month ago
jkottke : Sociology study indicates that atheists are the least trusted group of people in America - Sociology study indicates that atheists are the least trusted group of people in America. "Researchers found that Americans rate atheists below Muslims, recent immigrants, homosexuals and other groups as 'sharing their vision of American society.' America [via]
plasticbag : A terrifying story from a Minnesotan newspaper - Americans trust atheists less than recent immigrants and even poofs! - "Americans rate atheists below Muslims, recent immigrants, homosexuals and other groups as 'sharing their vision of American society.' Americans are also least willing to let their children marry atheists."
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30 month ago
Linkorama : super publics - danah is really talking about constituencies when you have easy group forming
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31 month ago
gleuschk : gladwell.com - the bloggers' pet columnist now also a blogger
merlinmann : gladwell.com - So far no kitty photos, drunken confessions, or "johari windows." Might take him a while to get a handle on the medium. (Watch this space.)
jimray : Malcolm Gladwell has a blog
Linkorama : gladwell.com - malcom gladwell blogs
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33 month ago
jkottke : Rap music social networks - The social networks of the rap music world "differ from all other human networks". By and large, successful rap artists don't collaborate/hang out with one another, as usually happens in other human social groups. (via cd) [via]
jimray : Nature magazine looks at the social connectedness of rappers - "The rivalry and feuds for which rap music is notorious may mean that in contrast to other human social networks, like does not attract like."
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34 month ago
Linkorama : designing for life stages - Three critical life stages in Western culture that affect a lot of our social technologies: The first is identity formation; the second is contributive participation in society; the third is reflection and storytelling.
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