Category Archives: culture

The problem with being popular (part 2)

Posted on November 19, 2007 by

One of the more interesting sciences, in my mind, is how information relevance is both determined, surfaced and then evolved. In Fred Wilson’s recent Cautionary Techmeme Tale he argues that making news popular takes away its social context and therefore … Continue reading →

Posted in attention, behavior, community, culture, media, peer production, personalization, recommendations, social media, theory, trends, yahoo | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Getting back to basics

Posted on April 25, 2007 by

There was something really depressing about Web 2.0 Expo that I can’t quite put my finger on. Though when I woke up Monday morning after a weekend of working on my house it started to become more clear. On Friday … Continue reading →

Posted in creativity, culture, history, internet, trends | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Membership has its privileges

Posted on February 13, 2007 by

Mark Glaser asks his readers this week to submit the answer to the following question: “What would motivate you to contribute to a citizen media site?” I can’t imagine that anyone is going to be able to answer that question … Continue reading →

Posted in attention, behavior, citizenjournalism, collaboration, community, culture, digg, ideas, marketing, media, participation, peer production, socialmedia, socialnetworks, startup, strategy | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off

The excellent buzz in the MySpace office

Posted on November 9, 2006 by

Last night I visited my brother Mitch who works at MySpace in the London office in soho. I was quickly reminded how removed I am from pop culture as people rattled off band names and industry gossip that was completely … Continue reading →

Posted in culture, myspace | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off