Archives for “Social Software”
volver
Posted by eschipul on Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 11:08 pm. Comments are off.
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pattern hunter
Posted by eschipul on Thursday, March 17, 2011 at 10:22 am. Comments are off.
Tweet “The visionary is a pattern hunter. And as the patterns begin to take shape, the visionary paces the hall anxiously, staring out the window. The cognitive dissonance builds between what is and what will be. The visionary’s sense of discomfort grows.” and Science writer Isaac Asimov said, “The most exciting phrase to hear in [...]
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iPhone Apps Make 4 to 6k Total?
Posted by eschipul on Saturday, March 5, 2011 at 12:39 pm. 44121 Comment.http%3A%2F%2Feschipul.com%2F2011%2F03%2Fiphone-apps-make-4-to-6k-total%2FiPhone+Apps+Make+4+to+6k+Total%3F2011-03-05+18%3A39%3A15eschipulhttp%3A%2F%2Feschipul.com%2F%3Fp%3D4412
Tweet And THIS is why we don’t make iPhone apps: With more than 350,000 apps available on Apple’s digital store, game creators are finding it tough to attract attention despite tens of millions of potential customers who own Apple gadgets, he said. “They have over-encouraged supply,” Hawkins said on a panel at the conference. Using [...]
Filed under Social Software, development, iphone, programming.
spies use different interrogation techniques than police
Posted by eschipul on Wednesday, January 5, 2011 at 5:09 pm. Comments are off.
Tweet “Spies use different interrogation techniques than police. Cops tend to do their questioning in bright florescent rooms. And they’re legally required to let the bad guys know who they are before they start asking questions. Spies on the other hand often start interrogations in darkness in completly unfamiliar locations. And the less the bad [...]
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Notes on Social Objects
Posted by eschipul on Wednesday, August 4, 2010 at 2:46 pm. Comments are off.
Tweet If you haven’t read the story of the Microsoft Blue Monster, and Hugh’s thoughts on social objects, I highly recommend it. The full blue monster story is here on Hugh’s blog. I was just rereading it for an upcoming talk that discusses Social Objects. And of course I would be remiss if I did [...]
Filed under Social Media, Social Software, Sociology, gapingvoid, jaiku, jyri engstrom, social objects, Sociology.
Fake Facebook Profiles – Keep Your Guard Up
Posted by eschipul on Tuesday, June 29, 2010 at 2:28 pm. Comments are off.
Tweet From this quarter’s 2600 magazine, an article excerpt from “Create Mass Hysteria on a College Campus Using Facebook” by alleyrat. The two most crucial aspects of a fake profile are that it must be a woman (women won’t friend unknown males, but males will friend unknown women) and that it must have an inviting [...]
Filed under Social Software, Sociology, facebook, fake profiles, security.
faulty redundant asynchronous communication is efficient
Posted by eschipul on Monday, April 19, 2010 at 6:11 pm. 26332 Comments.http%3A%2F%2Feschipul.com%2F2010%2F04%2Ffaulty-redundant-asynchronous-communication-is-efficient%2Ffaulty+redundant+asynchronous+communication+is+efficient2010-04-20+00%3A11%3A17eschipulhttp%3A%2F%2Feschipul.com%2F%3Fp%3D2633
Tweet I found myself with 60 relevant business emails in my inbox last Wednesday, the morning before I flew out on a business trip, and I jumped over to twitter to find out if anything important was going on. Baroo? Why did my brain tell me to do that? Four things about twitter communication of [...]
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information overload graphed
Posted by eschipul on Tuesday, April 13, 2010 at 1:30 pm. Comments are off.
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what they believe they are capable of attaining
Posted by eschipul on Sunday, March 7, 2010 at 7:07 pm. Comments are off.
Tweet “There also is a fallacy in the assumption that all wants must be satisfied to minimize discontent. Discontent is not a function of the discrepancy between what men want and what they have, but between what they want and what they believe they are capable of attaining. If their means are few or threatened, [...]
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magic cup and balls
Posted by eschipul on Sunday, March 7, 2010 at 10:20 am. Comments are off.
Tweet Magic, the Science of Wonder at the Houston Museum of Natural Science. From the media preview. More photos from the hmns magic exhibit on Facebook.
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It’s the same story the crow told me
Posted by eschipul on Tuesday, March 2, 2010 at 6:25 pm. 24041 Comment.http%3A%2F%2Feschipul.com%2F2010%2F03%2Fits-the-same-story-the-crow-told-me%2FIt%27s+the+same+story+the+crow+told+me2010-03-03+00%3A25%3A04eschipulhttp%3A%2F%2Feschipul.com%2F%3Fp%3D2404
Tweet It’s the same story the crow told me It’s the only one he know - like the morning sun you come and like the wind you go Ain’t no time to hate, barely time to wait Wo-oah, what I want to know, where does the time go? - Grateful Dead, Uncle John’s Band
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brooklyn bridge from a heli
Posted by eschipul on Saturday, February 27, 2010 at 5:27 pm. Comments are off.
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The Pursuit of Attention – Quotes
Posted by eschipul on Thursday, February 11, 2010 at 4:15 pm. 23481 Comment.http%3A%2F%2Feschipul.com%2F2010%2F02%2Fthe-pursuit-of-attention%2FThe+Pursuit+of+Attention+-+Quotes2010-02-11+22%3A15%3A18eschipulhttp%3A%2F%2Feschipul.com%2F%3Fp%3D2348
Tweet The pursuit of attention is now emerging as one of the electric organizing principles of American life. Not only are people pursuing attention in new ways, but there is evidence that we have begun to restructure our culture – including even our politics and economy – around the idea of attention as a glittering [...]
don’t go
Posted by eschipul on Saturday, February 6, 2010 at 7:14 pm. Comments are off.
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SchipulCon in two days – Oct 45, 16, 2009 at the Houston Zoo
Posted by eschipul on Tuesday, October 13, 2009 at 11:34 am. Comments are off.
Tweet What started in 2007 as the Tendenci User Conference, was canceled in 2008 due to a very unwelcome hurricane, has now morphed into SchipulCon 2009. Planned by @MagsMac, the conference has a great lineup of speakers including Deirdre Breakenridge, the author of PR 2.0. The full SchipulCon 2009 Agenda is posted on the site. [...]
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the TRAGEDY of the commons
Posted by eschipul on Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at 9:44 am. 22573 Comments.http%3A%2F%2Feschipul.com%2F2009%2F10%2Fthe-tragedy-of-the-commons%2Fthe+TRAGEDY+of+the+commons2009-10-06+15%3A44%3A15eschipulhttp%3A%2F%2Feschipul.com%2F%3Fp%3D2257
Tweet When we say “the tragedy of the commons” I really think it should be stated “the TRAGEDY of the commons” to indicate that it really is an all caps TRAGEDY. Summarized on wikipedia as … (the the tragedy of the commons is) a dilemma in which multiple individuals acting independently and solely and rationally [...]
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Selective Benefits and Web Applications
Posted by eschipul on Saturday, September 26, 2009 at 4:13 pm. 22272 Comments.http%3A%2F%2Feschipul.com%2F2009%2F09%2Fselective-benefits-and-web-applications%2FSelective+Benefits+and+Web+Applications2009-09-26+22%3A13%3A18eschipulhttp%3A%2F%2Feschipul.com%2F%3Fp%3D2227
Tweet The term “selective benefits” is usually thought of in relation to programs such as welfare as in this definition of selective Benefits: Selective benefits are provided on the basis of a claimant’s income and circumstance. An example of a selective benefit is the Child Tax Credit. We are not all treated alike by the [...]
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As a society declines, it becomes more polarized
Posted by eschipul on Saturday, September 26, 2009 at 2:35 pm. Comments are off.
Tweet “As a society declines, it becomes more polarized as factions stake out turf they can cling to. Here, you have a choice. You can either embrace the widening middle ground now opening up between the polarities or exploit the passions on the extremes. Organizations that follow the latter course will look and feel more [...]
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Candor in a Recession is Even MORE important
Posted by eschipul on Thursday, September 17, 2009 at 9:00 am. 22011 Comment.http%3A%2F%2Feschipul.com%2F2009%2F09%2Fcandor-in-a-recession-is-even-more-important%2FCandor+in+a+Recession+is+Even+MORE+important2009-09-17+15%3A00%3A25eschipulhttp%3A%2F%2Feschipul.com%2F%3Fp%3D2201
Tweet First a quote from Jack Welch on Candor “There’s still not enough candor in this company. [By that] I mean facing reality, seeing the world as it is rather than as you wish it were. We’ve seen over and over again that businesses facing market downturns, tough competition, and more demanding customers inevitably make [...]
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4th Quarter Bleachers
Posted by eschipul on Wednesday, September 16, 2009 at 11:13 am. Comments are off.
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Technology and Crisis Communication Panel at SXSW. Vote?
Posted by eschipul on Monday, August 31, 2009 at 3:08 pm. 21361 Comment.http%3A%2F%2Feschipul.com%2F2009%2F08%2Ftechnology-and-crisis-communication-panel-at-sxsw-vote%2FTechnology+and+Crisis+Communication+Panel+at+SXSW.+Vote%3F2009-08-31+21%3A08%3A30eschipulhttp%3A%2F%2Feschipul.com%2F%3Fp%3D2136
Tweet SHORT VERSION: Please vote for my panel at SXSW DON’T PANIC – The Geek’s Guide to the Next Big Crisis LONG VERSION: A little more than four years ago I wrote my first blog post. It was about the need for a form of Emergency RSS. We can share celebrity gossip headlines through feed [...]
Speaking to Association of Fundraising Professionals Fri 8-21-09
Posted by eschipul on Tuesday, August 18, 2009 at 11:01 am. 20962 Comments.http%3A%2F%2Feschipul.com%2F2009%2F08%2Fspeaking-to-association-of-fundraising-professionals-fri-8-21-09%2FSpeaking+to+Association+of+Fundraising+Professionals+Fri+8-21-092009-08-18+17%3A01%3A11eschipulhttp%3A%2F%2Feschipul.com%2F%3Fp%3D2096
Tweet While I have the privilege of speaking to groups throughout the US on a somewhat regular basis, it seems like I speak out of town more than in town! One of those ironies of being a speaker. While particularly honored to speak to the Association of Fundraising Professionals Houston Chapter, it is even better [...]
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Pike’s Place Market in Seattle at Night
Posted by eschipul on Wednesday, August 12, 2009 at 11:23 am. Comments are off.
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Chron Blog Post: The Unnecessary Apologist
Posted by eschipul on Thursday, August 6, 2009 at 7:40 am. Comments are off.
Tweet New post up on Chron’s list blog: The Unnecessary Apologist The proprietors weren’t the in-your-face preachy kind of folks. Typically quiet, he became a loud fellow who would amble up to the register for the lunch rush like he was holding court. A different joke for each of the regulars…. The deli was a [...]
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Uninstall Facebook Applications Internationally Day (UFAID) September 1 2009
Posted by eschipul on Tuesday, July 28, 2009 at 11:08 am. 20097 Comments.http%3A%2F%2Feschipul.com%2F2009%2F07%2Funinstall-facebook-applications-internationally-day-ufaid%2FUninstall+Facebook+Applications+Internationally+Day+%28UFAID%29+September+1+20092009-07-28+17%3A08%3A49eschipulhttp%3A%2F%2Feschipul.com%2F%3Fp%3D2009
Tweet I am a fan of Facebook. I enjoy using it and it has brought me closer to a lot of awesome people. We are even approaching 1000 people on our Facebook Fan Page! But I can’t handle Facebook’s lack of respect for our privacy. The fact that it shows me “dating website” advertisements (I’m [...]
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