Monthly Archives: November 2008

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In case you’re curious what I’ve been reading…
Internet as a Social Ally

How do people use the Internet to solve problems? We find that a significant portion of online Americans turn to the Internet at times because it seems to fulfill their needs more readily and thoroughly than the people in their community network do. We [...]

Social interactions promote cognitive functions

Social relationships are a large, important, and natural part of life. Not only do we live and work among other people, social relations form the core of our culture and, some might argue, are essential to our survival. In fact, it has been suggested that our brains evolved to manage social complexity in our environments [...]

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In case you’re curious what I’ve been reading…
What Happens If You’re on the Gay “Enemies List” – TIME

“Gay activists have begun publishing lists online exposing individuals and organizations who have donated money in support of Proposition 8. On AntiGayBlacklist.com, individuals who gave money toward Proposition 8 are publicized, with readers urged not to patronize their [...]

Word of the week (Nov 23, 2008)

Again, may not have been too many eventful happenings this week. As always, things are crazy busy.
Here are the Words of the Week for the week ending on November 23, 2008:

absolutely ambulate annoyance antidisestablishmentarianism automakers bland blessed boring bothersome bovine buckeyes burp busy challenging chaotic companion confusing conglomerate crazy crepuscular cricket degrade [...]

A demonstration of social search through Delver

I’ve been thinking a lot about what social search is, what it means, does it matter if we all use it to refer to different things? (I highlighted a few of the different ways it’s being used in commercial applications towards the end of this talk I gave at BarCamp in San Diego this weekend.)
In [...]