Companies use gamification — in which their customers or employees win virtual rewards — to gather data about their behavior.
Worse than I thought. I was already skeptical about algorithmically-derived rankings, and this news ices the cake. I’m not sure it matters how popular you are if you are posting or reading solid information.
While some of my friends are disconnecting from cable and going all out for video on demand, most are not.
The music business adopts internet tools.
A happiness index for posting?
Heffernan.
Do we maintain a double standard when it comes to privacy rights? Do we demand to protect our own, while we seek intrusive access into others’ lives?
Another thought-provoking commentary from Virginia. How has YouTube changed the way performers need to perform?
Nice profile and interview of Matt Haughey, founder of MetaFilter and Blogger. An architect of social media before there were social media.
Pew research. Second page is perhaps more interesting: the demographics of these devices.
More on focus. Short op-ed style pieces by some of the big names in cognitive research.
More on focus.
More on focus.
Carr is a leading proponent of the notion that the net (and social networking) have dysfunctional effects.
