Tag: social network

Tealab? TEL me about it

Reviving Tealab: Tealab is explicitly a Teaching Laboratory and discussion "space". There are a number of excellent initiatives across the university that lap over the territory. When Tealab was set up it was intended to replace the Learning and Teaching  Forum (LTF),  with a focus on people (possibly "younger" whatever that might mean) interested in … Continue reading Tealab? TEL me about it

Much retweeted abt retweeting; an emergent etiquette? apophenia: Understanding retweeting on Twitter

The purpose of this paper is simple. We wanted to explore retweeting as a conversational practice. In doing so, we highlight just how bloody messy retweeting is. Often, folks who are deeply embedded in the culture think that there are uniform syntax conventions, that everyone knows what they're doing and agrees on how to do … Continue reading Much retweeted abt retweeting; an emergent etiquette? apophenia: Understanding retweeting on Twitter

Dave Pollard slates corporate inter and intra net sites and the attitudes that drive them

the vast majority of the groupware/'community' content, just like most of your Intranet content, is unused and possibly obsolete (and hence dangerous). And you'll probably find that the vast majority of the CoPs are more or less dormant, or defunct. via blogs.salon.com Dave Pollard's "practical guide to implementing Web 2.0..." is more a how-not-to than … Continue reading Dave Pollard slates corporate inter and intra net sites and the attitudes that drive them

Reading Beth Kanter’s v useful conceptualisations on sociology of social networking

via beth.typepad.com Essentially a repost via Downes OLD, but I found this article a very useful introduction to the sociology of social networking. Kanter provides tools and illustrations on their use which can help to understand, and to implement directed social networking strategies. (Note to self: can a strategy ever not be directed?) Posted via … Continue reading Reading Beth Kanter’s v useful conceptualisations on sociology of social networking

Epigenetic phenomena

Thanks and a(nother) tippo to A J Cann for the link (via his soti bookmarks on delicious) to D'arcy Norman's epigenetics and the institution. This hit me as an approach to conceptualising the relationship between individuals and institutions for a paper I am puzzling over writing, about the utility of participatory media (Web2.0/the social internet) … Continue reading Epigenetic phenomena