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Facebook News Feed Settings: Random or Not, Biggest Secrets Revealed - The Daily Beast - 0 views

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2010 blogpost facebook socialmedia socialnetworks uflsms

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How does the social media giant decide who and what to put in your feed? Tom Weber conducts a one-month experiment to break the algorithm, discovering 10 of Facebook's biggest secrets.

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Evan Williams on listening to Twitter users | Video on TED.com - 0 views

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2009 video TED twitter socialmedia ev uflsms

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Overview of Twitter by @ev - good for an introduction to the service, circa 2009.

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MIT TechTV - Scratch@MIT Friday Keynote: Rethinking Identity, Rethinking Participation - 0 views

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2010 video mit techtv socialmedia culture technology education 2265 uflsms

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"People often think about new technologies in task-oriented ways: how to access information, how to create projects, how to make presentations. But there is a more personal dimension to the role of new technologies in the lives of young people. In this session, Sherry Turkle and Henry Jenkins explore how young people, as they engage with new technologies, begin to change the ways they think about themselves, relate to others, and participate in communities."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"People often think about new technologies in task-oriented ways: how to access information, how to create projects, how to make presentations. But there is a more personal dimension to the role of new technologies in the lives of young people. In this session, Sherry Turkle and Henry Jenkins explore how young people, as they engage with new technologies, begin to change the ways they think about themselves, relate to others, and participate in communities."</div>

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Twitter, Facebook, and social activism : The New Yorker - 0 views

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2010 magazine malcolmgladwell socialmedia politics media activism twitter uflsms

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Gladwell adds a contrary voice to the idea that social media can play a role in political activism.

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5 Free Online Writing Courses for Freelancers - 0 views

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2010 blogpost writing free online education

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Short list of free writing classes - always good to improve your writing.

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Does the Internet Make You Dumber? - WSJ.com - 0 views

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2010 newspaper wsj essay nicholascarr technology internet culture 2265 intelligence uflsms

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Nick Carr makes the case that the Internet is changing the way we think, and not in good ways - vs. a Clay Shirky essay from the same day.

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Does the Internet Make You Smarter? - WSJ.com - 0 views

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2010 newspaper wsj essay clayshirky technology intelligence culture 2265 uflsms

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Clay Shirky essay on the changes in intelligence & the way we think - vs. a Nick Carr essay from the same day.

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'The Social Network': A Review Of Aaron Sorkin's Film About Facebook And Mark Zuckerber... - 0 views

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2010 review socialmedia facebook socialnetworks movie culture law uflsms

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Lessig reviews The Social Network movie - the results are interesting, but at the same time reveal a lot about the reviewer in addition to the topic reviewed.

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25 Places to Find Social Media Jobs - Kommein - 0 views

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2010 blogpost jobsearch resources socialmedia tech list twitter uflsms

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Links and suggestions - many can be used to find other media & tech jobs as well.

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10 of the Best Recent Social Media Tutorials on the Web - 0 views

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2010 list socialmedia tutorial uflsms newspaper

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The Web Means the End of Forgetting - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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2010 newspaper nytimes privacy culture socialmedia socialnetworks uflsms

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Gary Ritzenthaler on 04 Oct 10

... because the Web isn't written in pencil, it's written in ink.

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Lessons Learned: Mistakes and attacks in social media - 0 views

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2010 blogpost socialmedia twitter uflsms

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Ushahidi :: Crowdsourcing Crisis Information (FOSS) - 0 views

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2009 resource site crowdsourcing mobile activism crisis web2.0 politics uflsms socialmedia socialnetworks

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Open source software for connecting individuals, used often for activism and connecting stories in the wake of crisis.

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5 Things NING Got Right | Fast Company - 0 views

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2010 blogpost ning socialnetworks socialmedia uflsms

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Discussion of Ning's successes in the aftermath of the big changes in 2010.

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Graphs cdixon.org - chris dixon's blog - 0 views

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2010 blogpost socialnetworks socialmedia socialgraph identity uflsms

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Nice definition of the concept of graphs in the context of social networks. Also discusses some possible categories.

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Aww, social networking is growing up - Fortune Tech - 0 views

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2009 blogpost magazine ning socialnetworks socialmedia history uflsms

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Short history of social networks circa 2009 from the perspective of Gina Bianchi, co-founder of Ning.

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Interview with Scott Heiferman, CEO of Meetup - nPost - 0 views

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From 2004, this interview goes into the mission of meetup and it's role in '04 politics.

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Ning Fails at Free Social Networking | Epicenter | Wired.com - 0 views

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2010 magazine wired ning socialnetworks socialmedia business free uflsms

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"So much for "free" as the future of business - as far as Ning goes, anyway. The company accepted hundreds of millions of dollars from investors, and they apparently want more of a return than Ning is able to provide as a free service."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"So much for "free" as the future of business - as far as Ning goes, anyway. The company accepted hundreds of millions of dollars from investors, and they apparently want more of a return than Ning is able to provide as a free service."</div>

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Why did it all go wrong for the once fashionable social network? | Technology | The Obs... - 1 views

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2010 newspaper guardian socialnetworks socialmedia bebo uflsms

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Explores the downfall of Bebo from the primary social network in the UK to the decision to shut down in 2010.

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A peek into 'The Peep Diaries' and your privacy - The Book Nook - ReviewJournal.com - 0 views

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2010 review newspaper privacy socialmedia culture uflsms

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Nice review of Peep Diaries book.

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Facebook News Feed Settings: Random or Not, Biggest Secrets Revealed - The Daily Beast - 0 views

Evan Williams on listening to Twitter users | Video on TED.com - 0 views

MIT TechTV - Scratch@MIT Friday Keynote: Rethinking Identity, Rethinking Participation - 0 views

Twitter, Facebook, and social activism : The New Yorker - 0 views

5 Free Online Writing Courses for Freelancers - 0 views

Does the Internet Make You Dumber? - WSJ.com - 0 views

Does the Internet Make You Smarter? - WSJ.com - 0 views

'The Social Network': A Review Of Aaron Sorkin's Film About Facebook And Mark Zuckerber... - 0 views

25 Places to Find Social Media Jobs - Kommein - 0 views

10 of the Best Recent Social Media Tutorials on the Web - 0 views

The Web Means the End of Forgetting - NYTimes.com - 0 views

Lessons Learned: Mistakes and attacks in social media - 0 views

Ushahidi :: Crowdsourcing Crisis Information (FOSS) - 0 views

5 Things NING Got Right | Fast Company - 0 views

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Aww, social networking is growing up - Fortune Tech - 0 views

Interview with Scott Heiferman, CEO of Meetup - nPost - 0 views

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