Category Archives: Social Media and the Web

Social media, blogging, tweeting, facebooking, web design, and all the stuff that isn’t here yet. Subcategories highlight some areas of particular expertise.

Fausse alerte enlèvement qui tourne (Granges-Marnand)

[en]Fake SMS doing the rounds here.[fr]Reçu par SMS tout à l’heure: une petite fille de 2 ans a ete enlevee a Grange Marnand Village par un homme de 30 ans barbu. Il etait vetu tout en noir cet homme est … Continue reading

Posted in Connected Life, My corner of the world | Tagged alerte, alerte enlèvement, canular, fake, granges marnand, racisme, sms | Leave a comment

IRC Bots as Social Objects

With the resurrection of #joiito, I’ve been struck by the role our channel bot (jibot) plays in catalysing interactions between us humans. Jibot is a topic of discussion as Kevin Marks and others tinker with its various incarnations. We teach … Continue reading

Posted in Thinking | Tagged #joiito, bot, channel, IRC, jibot, social objects | 1 Comment

Pet Peeve: Marketers and Advertisers Cold-Sending Junk E-mails

[fr]Un truc qui m’énerve: les e-mails non-sollicités me proposant des liens ou autres ressources pour mes articles. Ou de la pub pour mon blog.[en]I’m sure you all get these. They’re bloody annoying. Here’s the last one I got: Subject: Interested in … Continue reading

Posted in Blogging | Tagged advertising, annoying, e-mail, junk, marketing, pet peeve, spam, spamvertising | 6 Comments

The Blogging Tribe is Live

[fr]Une quinzaine de blogueurs qui prennent l’engagement de bloguer régulièrement durant un mois, pour commencer. Suivez-les sur The Blogging Tribe.[en]Last week at the chalet, I had an inspiration (amongst others!) whilst reading Here Comes Everybody: gather a small-scale tribe of … Continue reading

Posted in Blogging | Tagged blogging tribe, community, interaction, small-scale | Leave a comment

Here Comes Everybody: Journalism and Ease of Publication

I’m reading “Here Comes Everybody“. I’m taking notes. In the chapter “Everyone is a media outlet”, Clay explains very well what is the matter with the journalism industry. (He has since then co-authored a report on the future of the … Continue reading

Posted in Books, Connected Life, Media | Tagged auchalet, broadcast, clayshirky, communications, conversation, here comes everybody, journalism, scarcity, scribes | Leave a comment

Downtown Project Las Vegas

[fr]Quelques infos sur Downtown Project Las Vegas, un projet très inspirant.[en]Yesterday, before diving back into #joiito, I was rummaging around a little to see what Zappos and Tony Hsieh had been upto since the Amazon acquisition, where Tony’s book Delivering … Continue reading

Posted in Connected Life, Does This Need a New Category? | Tagged cathy brooks, downtown project, las vegas, thomas knoll, tony hsieh | Leave a comment

Social Tools Allow Ridiculously Easy Group-Forming

More notes and related thoughts to my reading of Clay Shirky’s book Here Comes Everybody (chapter 2). Both markets and organisations imply costs (transaction costs in large groups, labour required to maintain organisation). There are activities which simply don’t happen, … Continue reading

Posted in Books, Connected Life, Understanding life and the world | Tagged auchalet, collaboration, collaborative production, collective action, cooperation, group action, group activities, groups, here comes everybody, online communities, sharing, transaction costs | 1 Comment

IRC: #joiito Channel Revival (Or At Least Reunion)

[fr]Le retour du canal IRC #joiito, et quelques pensées sur ce qui différencie Twitter et Facebook (même les groupes) d’un canal IRC comme celui-ci.[en]So, let me tell you what happened last night. You know I’ve been reading Here Comes Everybody, … Continue reading

Posted in Connected Life, Thinking, Tools | Tagged #joiito, bots, community, facebook, freenode, groups, IRC, twitter | 21 Comments

Delivering Happiness: A Book to Read on Running a Happy Profitable Business

I have just finished reading “Delivering Happiness” by Tony Hsieh. It’s a much “lighter” read than “Here Comes Everybody”, though the lessons it delivers are just as profound. Whereas Clay Shirky’s book has points to make, supported by stories, Tony … Continue reading

Posted in Books, Corporate | Tagged auchalet, business, happiness, human business, zappos | Leave a comment