Memes obviously find their way around but what does it take to be viral? According to this excellent TED video with Derek Sivers, there are a few important features of a “Movement”. 1) The meme must be easy to replicate. The less time it takes to copy or learn the meme, the more prone...
Monthly Archives: December 2010
Facebook hack warning! Please change your password immediately to protect your identity! Click to read more.
If this link has been pasted on your wall, please change your password right away because your account password may have been hacked. A friend has placed this warning on your wall to help protect you and your friends. Pasting this link on your friends’ wall will help protect them from a common Facebook hack....
Social Routing diagrams
I think there’s a lot to learn from social interactions. I am writing an article on Social Routing and am developing some diagrams to show different aspects of it. In general networking Routing is is the way that things find paths through a network. So Social Routing refers to the paths in which information,...
The Lonely Guy — SNT Analysis for Singles
The Lonely Guy is a silly but Steve Martin movie (in my opinion). It was done in 1984 and is set in New York City Manhattan area. It’s also a great documentary of what not to do for any single person. Any person for that matter. :) Lack of constructive activities. He does things...
The Cathedral and the Bazaar: Architecture of Control and Flow
A Cathedral conjures an image of a top down control of a business or people. Or a top down flow of information. Many people think it’s how things should work in business and in other organizations. A Bazaar on the other hand conjures an image of being disorganized. There have been some notable examples...
Social Media vs. Media in Ottawa Fire
Brian Gamble and his family of the Barrhaven section of Ottawa lost his house on December 18 due to a fire. You can read about it on CTV or the Citizen. I wonder how much support the family received directly due publication in traditional media. It so happens that I am a member of...
Wikileaks and Network Theory (Hubs and Authorities)
“Capable and generous men do not create victims, they nurture them”. — Julian Assange of Wikileaks. Take a look at this video and tell me what you think. I am fascinated to see the wikileaks situation unravel. It’s rather interesting that the US government and other non-supporters seem to go after him but not other media...
Unproductive facebook Memes
There is an interesting meme propagating the facebook community at the moment. People are changing their facebook profile picture to a cartoon in order to support a cause which is to stop violence against children. Hmmm, I’m not satisfied that changing your facebook picture makes much difference. Sure the meme will propagate and everyone...
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