Tweet In spite of having to stay in online contact with work last Saturday I still made it to BarCamp # 5 in Sydney. It was a great day and the new venue – the Australian Technology Park Innovation Centre – was ideal (if slightly chilly in the Atrium). Again I am struck by how [...]
Entries from June 30th, 2009
don't fall in love with your social networking platform
June 28th, 2009 · 8 Comments · ideas
Tweet I remember that two years ago the we were all fussing about MySpace. Then last year we were all abuzz about Facebook. And this year the big thing is Twitter. What this means for most of us is that we ought not fall in love with a particular social networking platform. I don’t know [...]
Tags: future·social computing·social media·social networking·technology
… Freud had no idea about BasementCat
June 27th, 2009 · Comments Off · LOLcats
Tweet Yes, it is Caturday once more! see more Lolcats and funny pictures Tweet
Tags: caturday
Is social computing just increasing our anxiety?
June 25th, 2009 · 1 Comment · ideas, social computing
Tweet Since the early days of the internet revolution and web 2.0 I’ve been watching & participating in various ways. And over the past few years I’ve seen its powerful properties of network amplification working in practice. My friend and colleague Mark Pesce has recently discussed these properties in his Big Ideas talk. But with [...]
Tags: #livelocal·#TOTO·activism·collaboration·future·social computing·sustainability
More tasty #livelocal fun
June 23rd, 2009 · Comments Off · ideas
Tweet It has been a few weeks since we did the Live Local Challenge and Rebecca and I decided to catch up for breakfast. We decided that our reunion had to incorporate local and sustainable foods. Luckily the night before I’d stayed in Camperdown after Stilgherrian’s Project TOTO farewell gathering, so the Danks Street Depot [...]
Tags: #livelocal·sustainability
Project TOTO farewell gathering
June 22nd, 2009 · 2 Comments · ideas, social computing, twitter
Tweet For those who continue to think that Twitter is all about pimple faced geeks sitting alone in the dark at home tapping away on their computers here’s another real life event that shows differently. Last Saturday a bunch of us gathered to farewell our friend Stilgherrian as he takes off on a trip for [...]
Tags: #TOTO
and teh lolcats shall inherit the earth
June 20th, 2009 · Comments Off · LOLcats
Tweet (at least on Caturday) see more Lolcats and funny pictures Tweet
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Stilgherrian, First Dog and Action Aid
June 16th, 2009 · Comments Off · ideas
Tweet Very soon my dear friend Stilgherrian shall embark on a big adventure in a good cause. As outlined in this most excellent cartoon by the esteemed FirstDogOnMoon, Stilgherrian is going on a mission for ActionAid. Why not go have a look at the ActionAid site and see how you can get involved too? Tweet
Tags: #TOTO
Social media and human behaviour.
June 16th, 2009 · 2 Comments · LOL
Tweet OMG someone who truly understands exactly how the social media world works! From Despair Inc. Hat Tip: Color Lovers via @Tarale Tweet
Tags: humor·humour·social media
