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I thought this was an interesting article after all of our discussions this past week. Is there a limit to our growing networks?

I liked this article, too. I think the reason some of my friends on Facebook have an excessively high number of friends is for business. I wonder how many people with a high number of friends actually communicate with their "friends". It makes me think about Qraig's post "It's all about me". People with that many friends can't possibly be connecting with all of those people; rather, I think it is more likely they post updates on themselves.

Yup, after Qraig's post I realized how much of facebook is about "me." I know that this is a good avenue of connection, but really the majority of what I see from my "friends" is all about themselves!

Becoming friends with your car and making new friends through your car's social network. Interesting where social media is starting to go.

Interesting, it changes the whole meaning of the word "friends."

Great. First, my cat got more "friends" than me on Petbook and now there is a chance my car will get more "friends" than me too?!?! Why bother social networking anymore? It's not good for the ego.

I thought about giving my cats their own FB page, but if they got more friends than me I would be very disturbed by that!

I never heard of this and had to look it up myself to believe it. It is a bit strange, but definitely entertaining.

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001827272353 That's the FB page for our dog Nanook - friend him if you'd like. My younger son started the page; he's kind of protective of the house and barks a lot so I find it amusing that my kids' friends wanted to be friends with him.

Okay, this might be taking social media to a whole new level...and I'm not sure it's such a good thing. If she read any of the posts from this class, she probably should have stopped at 150.

Well...it was ALL a hoax! I should've know! http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501465_162-20070194-501465.html

I was quick to believe that a person would actually do this. I just shows that people will believe something just because it's online!

An app that uses your info and location to show you that strangers around you could share interests and could be possible friends. Really? Come on, now. We need this? It's like a funny little trust-detector. I can see how it could be cool, but I just don't know about this one. Our whole idea of and interaction with 'strangers' these days is pretty interesting -- something I've been looking into as a result of this course, which led me to this article!

It sounds like Sonar is going to help us come up with "appropriate" opening lines. I think this is interesting because there seems to be a perceived fear that increased online interaction has a negative impact on our ability to interact in a face-to-face social setting. Sonar seems to be an example of technology that becomes marketable as it will assist and support human to human interaction. Kind of creepy in definite "big brother" fashion, but something that might be attractive to people who feel they (or their child/family member) have lost their ability to socialize in person. Although having an app do it for you...is that really helping?

I often get frustrated by my 77 year old mother, who recently got a nice new computer (under much pressure from her daughters), but has a lot of reluctance about using it. This journal (iJETS) had many articles such as this one, that I believe could shed light on tactics to motivate this segment of society.

I really enjoyed this article, because my 63 year old mother in law is very computer-resistant, and I find it very frustrating. She wants to talk to me on the phone, but I really only want to use email. A generation difference really can make a technology difference.

My mom is also not online and no interest in the iPad. She often comments how the newspaper in her city is getting thinner and thinner so I often wonder if her view of the world and events if filtered by the fact that she's not online, and so much news and opinion is. Conversely, I met up with an old friend from high school last week who told me he refuses to really activate his Facebook account because his 70-something mom is on it and very active. I also know 30 year olds who only use computers and email at work because they have to and eschew everything else. Generalizations aside, I'm not convinced it's physical age, but more of a state of mind when it comes to new technology.

I am a big pop music/culture nut. Always have been...probably always will be. So, when I really started thinking about social media and all its uses, I began to wonder...who out there uses social media to it's fullest potential. The answer was obvious. Lady Gaga! When I did a quick search on Lady Gaga and social media, I got a lot of hits. But I wasn't surprised. She is the master when it comes to sites like Facebook and Twitter. Yes, she is out there wearing meat dresses and making fun songs, but it's her presence on social networking sites that I feel has really catapulted her to super stardom. What do you all think?

hmm. is it gaga or her p/r team creating the image? Is her voice really hers? How do we know?

I am sure it is more her "team" then her herself. But, still...it's rather impressive.

Very recent Q&A with Sherry Turkle on "Alone Together" about our plugged in lives making people more lonely and distant. Interesting passage about teenage culture midway through

This really highlights one of the bad ways that technology impacts us; texting and checking Facebook are gaining precedence over socializing with people in the same room. It's depressing to think of how widespread it is.

I loved this article! I see customers at my work (a restaurant in a hotel) checking their phones all the time. One of my coworkers told me a few weeks ago that he was working when a big game was on tv. He was bartending and his bar was packed. Instead of having their eyes on the screen during the crucial moments of the game, many of his customers were sitting right in front of those tvs and ignoring them while their eyes and fingers stayed glued to their tiny phone screens, playing Angry Birds for all he knew. It was just odd, but sadly this way of life has been becoming more of the rule.

I thought this blog was very interesting because of the ideas for teacher guidelines it presents. These guidelines seem to be straightforward, but as you can see, not all people who commented agreed with them, arguing freedom of speech and people's ability to exercise their own common sense.

Good advice! I recently had a teacher post on facebook about one of her students. She didn't mention a name, but I had a few complaints about it. (She unfortunately friends some of her parents)

A friend of mine fowarded me this article. What is interesting is what Dr. Bidwell says about the impact of digitization and ereaders. The impact of digitization: That's a vexing question and has all sorts of implications for our profession. Digitizing early books is a major achievement. Some people wonder whether we're digitizing ourselves out of a job. I don't think so. It is marvelous to have digital versions of an early book on the Web, but there's nothing like the multiple examination of early books to see how it was produced and received. What about e-readers? You're talking to a curator of printed books. I have nothing against readers. I like to read the printed book.

I'm not sure if anyone has mentioned Jaron Lanier or this book, but a friend just recommended it and I was looking up to see what his views are like. It seems that the book, among other things, talks about having to have a self before we begin to share it. Are we disregarding the complexities of life with social media? Are we demonstrating to people that we're living rather than finding personal meaning in life? But I really need to look into it a bit more and I'm not quite sure what I think yet. He's a preeeetty interesting character, that's for sure, with a different take on things. Anyone read this? What do you think?

Pope Benedict XVI made history today when he tweeted for the first time. Benedict's tweet read: "Dear Friends, I just launched News.va Praised be our Lord Jesus Christ! With my prayers and blessings, Benedictus XVI".