January 2010
12 posts
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“It’s got to be so annoying to compete with Apple, at anything really,...”
– Tycho (of Penny Arcade fame)
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“The human mind delights in finding pattern—so much so that we often mistake...”
– Stephen Jay Gould (via butdoesitfloat) (via jeremyturner) (via merlin)
Hijacking this tendency is my current obsession, FYI.
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On the Baffling Durability of Notifications.
Facebook recently updated its iPhone application, and the most disruptive feature, in my estimation, is the inclusion of push notifications as an option. Up until this point, I’ve received certain Facebook notifications via email, to be sure I didn’t miss important information, invitations, or messages from personal and business contacts.
The thing is, notifications are just that - a...
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Attention Triage.
I’m an unrepentant information addict. And in general, I find when someone complains about information addicts, or the downsides of constant connectivity, they’re focusing on the wrong problem. Most people suffer from an inability to prioritize, rather than an overflow of information.
I’m a big believer in attention triage: I keep a constant flow of curated information...
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DRAFT VERSION - White Flight in Networked Publics?... →
If you care about marketing, social networks, and how we interact online, you should be reading everything danah boyd does.
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Faking Omnipotence, and the facade bargain.
It’s easier than ever to come across as though you are always watching, but not without being willing to spend a substantial chunk of your time watching regardless.
With a fairly simple mixture of push notifications, email alerts / notifications, a smart phone, and a pathological need to be connected, I’ve found I can usually respond to anything that doesn’t require further...
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“I don’t think advertising is dead. I think it’s dying for mass companies with...”
– Surrendering advertising … killing bundling « BuzzMachine
The first MUST READ post of 2010. (via evangotlib)