I’m a little crazy. I’ll admit that. But I’m not insane. So I was amused by MG Siegler’s assertion that “sane people don’t quit services when they make terms of service changes. They quit them when they start to suck. Focus your energy on calling out the suckage.” Unless, oh, just for the sake of […]
Things Are In The Saddle And Ride Mankind
Fighting Off Technological Determinism The debate about whether we shape technology or whether technology shapes us has been waging for centuries. We are nowhere near the first generation to struggle with this dilemma. The title of this post is a direct quote of Ralph Waldo Emerson, expressing his view of the determinism of “stuff.” Marshall […]
One Billion People Feeding Their Almost Infinite Appetite For Distraction
Earlier today, Mark Zuckerberg announced that “this morning, there are more than one billion people using Facebook actively each month.” He went on to utter what could be the understatement of the century, “Helping a billion people connect is amazing, humbling and by far the thing I am most proud of in my life.” To […]
Facebook Doesn’t Know Me
Facebook knows only a highly edited version of me. Facebook knows only a highly edited version of you too. It doesn’t even begin to know the real us in all of our intricate nuance. It knows what we want it to know and nothing else. No matter how “transparent” someone says they are, they are still […]
Why Social Media Is Here To Stay – Revisited
The more things change, the more they stay the same. I gave this presentation at New Media Atlanta on September 25, 2009, almost three years ago. I was at least 35 lbs heavier, so I’d love to edit that, but without a great deal of additional change, I would happily give this presentation again today. […]
Klout, IQ and Reification – Why Trying To Measure Influence Is Dangerous
“Klout matters to employers.” When I read that bold headline in Todd Bacile’s post, Florida State University class using Klout to determine student grades, I had a visceral reaction. Why? First, because Klout really only matters to a very small percentage of employers in a niche of the business world, and second, because I wouldn’t […]
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