Social media, and in particular, social networks, are a mental mess of ‘big data‘. Photos, text, links, videos, podcasts, FarmVille – our online lives have become busy to say the least. When we originally signed up to the internet (bad terminology) we looked for people that we already knew (from real life) and people that [...]
Google knows all about you. Yeah right, you know this, but do you know how much? It knows how many times you’ve been rick-rolled (YouTube), it knows that you have an unhealthy obsession with Gogol (Google Books), that you spend your working day flicking between 4Chan and textsfromlastnight (Chrome) and that you don’t read any [...]
I’ve always been a big believer in having individual communities for individual interests, yet I’ve always maintained quite a homogenous collection of networks. In fact ask any of my Wolfstar employees and any one of them could name a time when I stood up and declared “I only have my own self, split across multiple [...]
Everyone knows that I’m a lot bit of a geek when it comes to network theory and the internet (basically because the internet makes understanding networks about 8,345,134 times easier). So when Facebook announced OpenGraph I practically wet myself. Now this isn’t going to be a post about how Facebook OpenGraph will make the web [...]
I love a bit of network theory, so I thought I’d write down my ideas on how political parties can reach audiences more effectively and reach further into the network. A few things to point out initially; This post is not designed to show any political bias (I am, in fact, a libertarian)(I work at [...]
I was sat all calm and relaxed on the train back from the Quest TV pub quiz and I thought ‘hey, I’ll read my feeds’. Good call. Except I hadn’t anticipated Steven Finch’s latest post over at Crenk. *Cue shocking orchestral noises* Lock your doors and bolt the windows, the worlds biggest information bank is [...]
The internet is an odd place. We login to all of our little networks, chat crap with our friends and share news and tips with our competitors. It’s that whole web2.0 sharing <insert buzzword> social <insert buzzword> thing.
This is a Dom Whitehurst inspired post – see his sizable selection of drawings. I thought I’d try and highlight how I use each social network to interact with my different social circles.