It’s true, I’m in a reclusive mood right now, and I’m not cultivating my friendships as I should. Yet, this seems a bit of a overstatement, dear YouTube. I swear, I do have some friends. I’m pretty sure I can prove it, too.

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A few months ago I wrote about the distinction between vision and reality of online socialization that Russell Beale made in his talk at CHI2006. The Vision was about what’s good about the digital connected world: plenty of free information and the ability to connect with many individuals in real time. The Reality was about…

In number games and social software, dana boyd observes how we sometimes get obsessed with numbers that represent our performance—think game scores or, in her example, increasing miles per gallon while driving an hybrid car. The effect on our behavior can be even more powerful when these measures are socially determined as for the popularity…

(Attending the session: So you have this crazy idea, Starting a community-based blog site with Melanie Morgan, Nancy White, Susannah Gardner and Lauren Gelman – blogged live by Heather Barmore) Type of blog communities and power structures Nancy White described three different types of communities that can be created around a blog: one blog/one blogger…