Phil Wolff: technologyLike art, technologies are ideas made real. Technology on dijest.comDinner with Dina and Friends.- October 30, 2003 It felt like an acid trip and swings in blood sugar and the five seconds of a family reunion that are sheer delight. Stuart Henshall, always gracious, hosted Dina Mehta at Boobo di Beppy where staple busting portions stun you with their fat content. More on the restaurant later. We talked about Skype, blog uptake, and other things until I realized that I was at the social scientists' table. Michele Chang is an ubicomp goddess researcher. Dina is a behaviorist. danah boyd (no caps for...http://www.cheskin.com/weblog/dklog/2003_10_01_dkarchive.html#106747393449959834 Visualize blogspace.- October 25, 2003 DiceLaRed ("The Network Says") helps its customers see and understand. For example, here is a picture of a real time graph, shown in the browser, that shows Spain's political parties by share of the current news cycle. In real time. Clicking on a wedge lets you dive into the news stream. The flow of news and blogs is beyond understanding. The headlines alone are overwhelming. So we need machines to helps us make sense of the flow. DiceLaRed creatively blends news crawling + lexical analysis.http://www.dicelared.com/index.php?module=htmlpages&func=display&pid=25 Monster enters the community business. Look out Ryze.- October 21, 2003 Monster is getting into schmoozespace. Ryze, LinkedIn, et al are in for some competition. A gang of Monster execs tried Ryze in July: CIO Brian Farrey, VP Dan Miller, SVP Danielle McCabe, VP Douglas Hardy, software engineer John Hayward, VP Michele Pearl, Director Sean Luitjens, and Creative Director Sue Duro. Michael Schutzler too, SVP responsible for Monster Networking. Schutzler stopped by LinkedIn too. Why does Monster care Two problems: Monster spams employers....http://pr.monsterworldwide.com/ireye/ir_site.zhtml?ticker=PR_131001&script=410&... Skype and social networks.- October 17, 2003 Danah Boyd asks a few questions that Stuart Henshall answers with verve. My own answers to Danah... "Skypememelogo"Danah: I&146;d really like to understand the excitement of social software enthusiasts. What is it about Skype that motivates you Skype engages people who believe their ears more than their eyes. Give Skype to someone in the music business. Or to a dyslexic or someone with ADD. Or to someone who listens to sports or talk radio. This is their linear, visually.http://www.corante.com/many/archives/2003/10/05/sociocultural_concerns_about_skype.php Community Services for Enterprise Blognets- October 8, 2003 Community Services for Enterprise Blognets While your firewall protects you from intrusion, it also cripples the community software that keeps the blogosphere hopping. Here's are some of the services you might want to bring inside to help your blognets grow and prosper. The list grows, changes, and is not complete. I've grouped these services, arbitrarily, into three categories: Discovery, Reading, and Writing. Discovery services help you find stuff and navigate, and...http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/bloggerCon/discuss/msgReader$332?mode=topic Welcome, Governor. Learn from Dean.- October 8, 2003 I'm back from "BloggerCon". I bet few people are prepared the first time they become California governor. The reality of the job is harrowing, demanding, and requires knowledge and skills rarely produced in the private sector. Understanding the law. Developing consensus. Managing compromise. Finding a third way. Making lose-lose choices decisively. I think Truman said to surround yourself with people smarter than yourself and who frequently disagree with your point of view. I wish...http://dijest.com/aka/2003/08/01.html#a2518 |