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Twitter, Micro-blogging and Mcdonaldization in the blogosphere

Alessandro Valente | 13 October 2008, 4:51 pm | tags: , , ,

To understand the logic of Twittering or microblogging as a blogging practise it might help looking at the concept of ‘Mcdonaldization’.

Social Network Site vs. Social Networking Site?

Alessandro Valente | 06 October 2008, 2:37 am | 1 comment | tags: , ,

Boyd and Ellison give a useful definition for social network sites, that entails the minimum core functions a web-based application must have to be considered a SNS. But at the same time this definition falls short in defining what the core functions and uses for most popular SNS available are. Maybe because the definition shies away from mentioning that social networks sites are used for social interaction.

PICNIC 08 – YOUNG Seminar: Virtual Spaces

Alessandro Valente | 25 September 2008, 4:13 pm | tags: , , , , ,

Amsterdam

25 September

http://picnicyoung.nl/

The motto of this seminar is that bringing computer simulations and games into the classroom will have a positive effect on the learning abilities of students. For a new media academic this can’t be very shocking news. Modern Simulations are powerful tools that bring an alternative to the traditional linear ways how we present and understand things.

Stickam an analysis

Alessandro Valente | 23 September 2008, 9:21 pm | tags: , , , , , ,

Founded in 2006 by Advanced Video Communications

popularity: More then 500k visitors a month

Stickam is just like most other free web 2.0 social network applications, such as Facebook and Myspace, but it differentiates itself by also offering the ability to communicate through webcams. Making it a live streaming social network.

“Get to the top on Google” Book Review

Alessandro Valente | 19 September 2008, 3:55 pm | 1 comment | tags: , , , , ,

Get to the top on Google: Tips Techniques to get your site to the top of search engine rankings and stay there.

Get to the top on Google is a search engine optimization (SEO for short) guide. SEO is the art of making your website easy to find for search engines and higher its position in their rankings. The importance of this for a website is explained with an analogy of the physical location of a traditional store. Having your site come up in the top of Google’s search results, is like having your store right on Main Street or near the entrance of the biggest shopping mall in human history.