Monthly Archives: September 2009

Social Finance and Crowdfunding

Han Rusman | 30 September 2009, 9:47 pm | tags: , , , ,

Participatory web projects offer a broad spectrum of opportunities. Banking 2.0 is “a way for people to lend and borrow directly with each other online[…]”. You can own a small piece of a footballclub at myfootballclub.co.uk. “You are invited to join members from over 80 countries who own Ebbsfleet United and vote on…


The Social Paradox of Social Network Sites

Harro Heijboer | 30 September 2009, 5:51 pm | tags: , , , , , , , , ,

When I was young, although with 26 years of age I’m not old, so let’s say; when I was younger, most of the time when I wasn’t in school I was playing with my friends on the streets. Playing street football (soccer for our American friends), organizing all kind of crazy clubs, building tree houses in the woods behind my…


Online and Offline Social Networks Evolving/Defriending

Maarten Hoogvliet | 30 September 2009, 1:22 pm | tags: , , , , , , ,

Continuing on Kimberley’s post on social network defriending, I’d like to stress some other points relating to social network defriending and its possible context.

The Dunbar Number
Research by Sociologist Robert Dunbar[1] shows that, at a random moment in time, the average person has a real life social network containing about 150 contacts, varying from close friends to…


Online Conversations & Social Networks

Joery Bruijntjes | 30 September 2009, 10:25 am | tags: , , , ,
When Facebook bought FriendFeed to take on Twitter, there was a lot of discussion whether or not Facebook could provide the end users with enough added value to ‘make the switch.’ Personally I found that question to be irrelevant. Twitter has quite a loyal user base that sticks with them trough thick & thin so far, al be

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Facebook vs Ning – what is “social”?

Jan Bajec | 29 September 2009, 8:08 pm | tags: , , , , , , , ,

A social network is, according to Wikipedia, a social structure made of individuals or organizations, which are connected by one or more specific types of interdependency (friendship, kinship, financial exchange, sexual relationships, and relationships of beliefs, knowledge or prestige). Social networking has encouraged new ways to communicate and share information.

Social networking began to flourish as a component…


Pecking in the Picnic #2

Margarida Fonseca | 29 September 2009, 8:00 pm | tags: , , , ,

There were a lot of interactive experiences during the PICNIC, the virtual sightseeing scenic viewer by Ydreams was one of them.

Even though this unit at a first look resembles like a kiosk, when you start swinging its screen to get a closer picture of the surronding…


How to permanently erase your Facebook account

Radmila Radojevic | 29 September 2009, 7:42 pm | tags: , ,

As one of unique experiences of cyberspace and virtual environments is this feeling that you have been transported “from an ordinary into a pure imaginary space”. Real time interaction enforces this feeling by making irrelevant notions such as distance. It is applicable in the physical world, yet here becomes an option since you can relocate at any time. As we…


How much do I know about you?

Marta Colpani | 29 September 2009, 9:55 am | tags: , , , , , ,

http://nl.toonpool.com/user/562/files/eyes_564945.jpgThis is the sequel of an experiment I started last week. I was curious how can you use Facebook quizzes for research and marketing purposes. My self made Facebook Quiz has not become very successful. After about a week only 17 people took the Quiz. I guess that my promotion techniques can be improved. A lot. Although, I…


Is Wikipedia a Victim of Its Own Success?

Sisi Yu | 28 September 2009, 8:26 pm | tags: ,

Early in 2007, something strange happened: Wikipedia’s growth line flattened. People suddenly became reluctant to create new articles or fix errors or add their kernels of wisdom to existing pages…


PICNIC Interior Design

Sarah Moore | 28 September 2009, 5:52 pm | tags: , , ,

I know many blog posts about the PICNIC conference from this weekend have been floating around the web the past few days. Most of them discussing the topics covered by the speakers and the future of new media. I was however so blown away by the innovative interior design at PICNIC and felt it deserved some attention.…