A couple years back, in 2014, Ward Cunningham wrote a piece on wiki called “Internet of Broken Things”. After dealing with the failure of a home sensor network he wrote: This is how the… Source: Internet of Broken Things This…
Tag: identity
University students, you are being watched
You are being watched and tracked “to help understand learning processes” – really???? And if I wanted to do this for a research project, rather than for business purposes (student “engagement” is about student retention, which means students continuing to be…
Generation Y, Curling or Maybe: what the world calls millennials | World news | The Guardian
Titles – and insults – around the world reflect the reality of life for young adults, from debt and unemployment to overprotective parents Love the idea of “Generation Curling” – where the parents have swept the ice before their children…
Five mini book reviews: – Daniel Willingham
http://www.amazon.com/review/R115YBHMM18J48/ref=cm_cr_dp_title?ie=UTF8&ASIN=0300166311&nodeID=283155&store=books via Five mini book reviews: – Daniel Willingham. Note the somewhat unenthusiastic response to dana boyd, and there is also a link in the comments to this review and comments on this review. I didn’t see that boyd’s work…
Gossip and social grooming
It is probably worth reading some stuff on gossip and primate “social grooming” as a basis for understanding behaviour on social network sites. Gossip in Evolutionary Perspective Research on Gossip: Taxonomy, Methods, and Future Directions Evolution, Alienation and Gossip
Selfie-obsessed: teen attempts suicide over ‘perfect’ selfie
Selfie-obsessed: teen attempts suicide over 'perfect' selfie. For all you instagram people … what is this stuff??
Kids online: parents, dont panic
Kids online: parents, dont panic | Life and style | The Guardian. I’m not much of a Dana Boyd fan, probably because I think statements like this “There is little doubt that socialising online is rewiring teens’ brains, to allow…
“Facebook could fade out like a disease”
Facebook to fade like a disease – from the ABC Website. Apparently some researchers have modelled the decline of Facebook and predicted that by 2017 it will have only 20% of its user base (although I doubt that their model…
Gender roles and appearance
– Here’s What Happened When One Queer Woman Dressed…. A link that Clare asked me to post particularly for Laura (and Louise?) – interesting image transformation!
Bizarre Japanese inventions signal the future of human loneliness
Bizarre Japanese inventions signal the future of human loneliness. Okay – this is just weird! But possibly also quite interesting in a scarily bizarre way!