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By: For Millennials, Social Media Is Not All Fun and Games: Tech News and Analysis «

Fri, 29 Apr 2011 22:30:50 +0000

[...] It’s not exactly news that the Millennial Generation (loosely defined as people born between 1980 and 2000) spend a lot of time on websites like Facebook, Tumblr, and Twitter. But according to recent findings from a study conducted by MTV, for today’s young people, the constant social networking isn’t all fun and games. While more than half of the Millennials polled by MTV agreed with the statement “what I post online defines who I am,” a full 66 percent of them also said they find it “exhausting to always be ‘on’.” [...]

By: What Do Don Draper and GitHub Have In Common?: Tech News and Analysis «

What Do Don Draper and GitHub Have In Common?: Tech News and Analysis « — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 10:45:06 +0000

[...] reputation and identity. My colleague Mathew Ingram called it the web of reputation. Simply put, we are what we share. Is this behavior mainstream? Not now. Will it be? [...]

By: Lori Witzel

Lori Witzel — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 10:30:46 +0000

Hi Om – I think you’re spot on about “you are what you share,” but there was one thing you wrote that bothered me.

“In our 21st-century society, we all want to stand out and get attention.” Some of the introverts among us (myself included) would need to wrap that statement in a big blanket of qualifiers.

Celebrity culture may be the baseline, but is there no achievement unless there’s accompanying paparazzi (or flocks of followers, or an avalanche of likes)? If we want authenticity and trust from others, how do we get there while curating ourselves into a “personal brand”?

By: Crossing Tower Bridge in the Rain

Crossing Tower Bridge in the Rain — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 04:57:30 +0000

[...] junkie. Anyhoo, we talked about all sorts of things, and he ended up writing a story called “Now Starring You in a Movie About You“. While I was there in SF, I ended up stringing a bunch of little meetings together. A few [...]

By: Om Malik

Om Malik — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 14:35:36 +0000

Thanks Arnold. Glad you liked it.

By: Arnold Waldstein

Arnold Waldstein — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 13:18:21 +0000

Thnx for this really insightful post.

It inspired me to rethink the idea of social filters in the video chat and conferencing space, especially with the launch of Rob Glaser’s newco, SocialEyes.

“Turning the ordinary into the extraordinary’ is a great phrase. I borrowed it and attributed it to you and this post.

My post is “Social filters turning the ordinary into the extraordinary” @ http://bt.io/GkjQ

By: Arnold Waldstein's Blog » Social filters turning the ordinary into the extraordinary

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 13:06:18 +0000

[...] an interesting post by Om Malik yesterday, “Now Starring You, in a Movie about You” talks about what he calls MeTV that ties into this perfectly: ‘I always thought millions of us [...]