Tag Archives: social interaction

Why social search won’t topple Google (anytime soon)

30 Jan 2009 – 0:22

In this discussion, I will argue that there is a place for socially-augmented search, but it will be as a supplement to, not a replacement for, Google.

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Social interactions promote cognitive functions

24 Nov 2008 – 20:55

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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CSCW’08 talk on Social Search

12 Nov 2008 – 1:08

Today I gave a talk at the Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) conference in San Diego in the Social Sensemaking track. It was called: “Towards a Model of Understanding Social Search” (in collaboration with Ed Chi). My slides are posted here and I’d welcome any further discussion, commentary, or questions on the talk or of [...]

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User Needs during Social Search

15 Oct 2008 – 14:38

(This was also posted on the ASC blog.) There has been a lot of buzz around social search in the online tech community, but I am largely disappointed by the new tools and services I’ve encountered. It’s not that these sites are unusable, but that they each seem to take on a different conception of [...]

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