Matches and Mismatches
Awhile back I had an exchange with one of the OkCupid founders about if there were any ideas from matching algorithms used on dating sites that could translate to models for … Continue reading →
Digital Meets Physical Mashups: New Dawn of Sharing
After a long posting hiatus, semi-back. To paraphrase Bre Pattis, “You need to have more than one parent for your digital designs.” I was happily surprised when a series … Continue reading →
Microcontracted Life
During a moment of eye-wandering on the subway, noticed an ad for Agent Anything offering any errand, anytime, anywhere (in new york). Despite the ad and useful matchmaking between busy people with … Continue reading →
Gameful Headquarters
My word of the week is gameful. “Gameful means to have the spirit, or mindset, of a gamer: someone who is optimistic, curious, motivated, and always up for a tough … Continue reading →
Inspired by our Social, Emotional Web
I have a minor graphic novel addiction. Aside from a growing bookshelf, a growing amount of minutes are being sucked into illustration blogs. The increasingly social and emotional public trails … Continue reading →
Chatfe: Equalizing the Chance for Interest Based Conversation?
Is it more awesome to be a guy or a girl online? If ideal experience means ease of attracting strangers into conversation, the above graphs (left = guy, right = … Continue reading →
Akoha: Seeding Kindness with Social Games
When I first heard about Akoha, I loved the idea. I eagerly signed up to be a Beta tester and was excited when my set of mission cards arrived in … Continue reading →
Making Twitter Meaningful
The viral Twouble with Twitters has gotten some acknowledging laughs. Funny men Jon Stewart and Colbert have also recently joked about the seemingly useless time suck and stream of information. But as … Continue reading →
ARGs for Collective Innovation: Ruby’s Bequest Raising Up 1000 Voices
While slowly attracting participants with hints of whats to come and with virtual coins to begin seeding content, today Ruby's Bequest fully launched with a challenge to players to find … Continue reading →
Net-Map: The Process of Visualizing
Especially for those with 100s or 1000s of "friends", it can be challenging to know your network. Various visualization tools have been created to help people keep track of their … Continue reading →