What's So "Social" About "Social Media?" (Podcamp Montreal Topic)
It’s all good and well to label things “social media” but those of us who are social scientists need to speak up about some of the insight we can share. If social scientists and social media peeps make...
View ArticleDevelopment and Quality: Reply to Agile Diary
Former WiZiQ product manager Vikrama Dhiman responded to one of my tweets with a full-blown blogpost, thereby giving support to Matt Mullenweg‘s point that microblogging goes hand-in-hand with...
View ArticleHomeroasting and Coffee Geekness
I’m a coffee geek. By which I mean that I have a geeky attitude to coffee. I’m passionate about the crafts and arts of coffee making, I seek coffee-related knowledge wherever I can find it, I can talk...
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Installing BuddyPress on a Webhost
[Jump here for more technical details.] A few months ago, I installed BuddyPress on my Mac to try it out. It was a bit of an involved process, so I documented it: WordPress MU, BuddyPress, and bbPress...
View ArticleJudging Coffee and Beer: Answer to DoubleShot Coffee Company
DoubleShot Coffee Company: More Espresso Arguments. I’m not in the coffee biz but I do involve myself in some coffee-related things, including barista championships (sensory judge at regional and...
View ArticleWhy I Need an iPad
I’m one of those who feel the iPad is the right tool for the job. This is mostly meant as a reply to this blogthread. But it’s also more generally about my personal reaction to Apple’s iPad...
View ArticleActively Reading: Organic Ideas for Startups
Been using Diigo as a way to annotate online texts. In this case, I was as interested in the tone as in the text itself. At the same time, I kept thinking about things which seem to be missing from...
View ArticleIntimacy, Network Effect, Hype
Is “intimacy” a mere correlate of the network effect? Can we use the network effect to explain what has been happening with Quora? Is the Quora hype related to network effect? I really don’t feel a...
View ArticleEnergized by Bret Victor
Just watched Bret Victor’s powerful video: Inventing on Principle | CUSEC Simply put, watching it was a lifechanging moment, for me. In some ways, Victor’s talk was deeply philosophical, though it’s...
View ArticleWearable Hub: Getting the Ball Rolling
Statement After years of hype, wearable devices are happening. What wearable computing lacks is a way to integrate devices into a broader system. Disclaimer/Disclosure/Warning For the past two months...
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Changes in the Vlogosphere
First learned about Rocketboom through This Week in Tech’s TWiTcast. In that episode, Rocketboom founder Andrew Baron was (in)famously involved in a rather heated exchange with Weblogs, Inc. CEO Jason...
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Music, Food, Industries, Piracy
000ady6y (PNG Image, 200×125 pixels) Noticed it in Steal This Film. A very appropriate message. Process over product. Music is not a commodity. Food does not grow on profits. Blogged with Flock
View ArticleAlcohol Marketing, Craft Beer, and Responsible Drinking
[UPDATE: Press release. Much clearer than the Hour article…] This could potentially be big for craft beer. A code of ethics for alcohol adverts. Hour.ca – News – Alcohol marketing becomes ethical A bit...
View ArticleGetting Things Done: Messy Edition
Recent book (authors Eric Abrahamson and David Freedman) on the possible benefits of not maintaining a strictly organised working space. Have a Messy Desk? Congrats, Youre More Productive Yet messy...
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Social Beer
As a reply to Liz Losh’s generous blogpost on my passion for beer and coffee culture(s). virtualpolitik: Strange Brew My tone is clearly much less formal than Losh’s. Hope it still fits and doesn’t...
View ArticleIs Search Broken? Some Mahalo Insight
Interesting Scoblevision video about “human-powered search” firm Mahalo. Part I of Inside Mahalo, the Human Produced Search Engine | FastCompany.TV An interesting section (at about 13 minutes) is with...
View ArticleCrazy App Idea: Happy Meter
I keep getting ideas for apps I’d like to see on Apple’s App Store for iPod touch and iPhone. This one may sound a bit weird but I think it could be fun. An app where you can record your mood and...
View ArticleÉloge de la courtoisie en-ligne
Nous y voilà! Après avoir terminé mon billet sur le contact social, j’ai reçu quelques commentaires et eu d’autres occasions de réfléchir à la question. Ce billet faisait suite à une interaction...
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Why Is PRI's The World Having Social Media Issues?
Some raw notes on why PRI’S The World (especially “The World Tech Podcast” or WTP) is having issues with social media. It may sound bad, for many reasons. But I won’t adapt the tone. No offense...
View ArticleApologies and Social Media: A Follow-Up on PRI's WTP
I did it! I did exactly what I’m usually trying to avoid. And I feel rather good about the outcome despite some potentially “ruffled feathers” («égos froissés»?). While writing a post about PRI’s The...
View ArticleBuzz Factor
I have an ambivalent relationship with buzzwords and buzzphrases. I find them dangerous, especially when they contribute to groupthink, but I also like to play with them. Whether I try (perhaps...
View ArticleSocial Networks and Microblogging
Microblogging (Laconica, Twitter, etc.) is still a hot topic. For instance, during the past few episodes of This Week in Tech, comments were made about the preponderance of Twitter as a discussion...
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Présence féminine et culture geek (Journée Ada Lovelace) #ald09
En 2009, la journée de la femme a été hypothéquée d’une heure, dans certaines contrées qui sont passées à l’heure d’été le 8 mars. Pourtant, plus que jamais, c’est aux femmes que nous devrions accorder...
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