http://www.cheesebikini.com/208/ a web log created for the uc berkeley class is208b: analysis of information organizations en-us sean@cheesebikini.com 2004-05-23T15:06:35-08:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.cheesebikini.com/208/archives/001042.html As part of the final exam for this class, I joined two other students in piecing together some strategies for the design of better digital social networking tools.... 1042@http://www.cheesebikini.com/208/ the best entries 2004-05-23T15:06:35-08:00 http://www.cheesebikini.com/208/archives/001025.html Blog assignment 6:. How can social software help to build new kinds of public space and discourse? Analyze one of the networked political organizations (such as MeetUp or MoveOn - or others) to understand how new forms of political... 1025@http://www.cheesebikini.com/208/ all entries 2004-05-04T22:26:43-08:00 http://www.cheesebikini.com/208/archives/001026.html Blog assignment 7: LinkedIn. Connect with people you know. Fill out your profile. Analyze how you construct your identity on LinkedIn Is this service an effective way to find job connections? Why (not)? Analyze the service considering the Granovetter... 1026@http://www.cheesebikini.com/208/ all entries 2004-05-04T20:41:05-08:00 http://www.cheesebikini.com/208/archives/001024.html Another class at another school (The University of Minnesota) is also using weblogs to support discussion of class readings as applied to Meetup.com. Here is one of the students' weblogs.... 1024@http://www.cheesebikini.com/208/ all entries 2004-05-04T19:54:05-08:00 http://www.cheesebikini.com/208/archives/001023.html I'm following Lisa's lead by linking to Geoff Nunberg's 5-minute segment about weblogs from NPR's radio show Fresh Air. Nunberg, a Stanford linguistics professor, shares a fresh perspective about weblogs, weblog language and weblog motivations. I thought his little essay... 1023@http://www.cheesebikini.com/208/ all entries 2004-05-03T23:31:31-08:00 http://www.cheesebikini.com/208/archives/001022.html Blog assignment 5: Examine three blogs of your choice. Aim for diverse blogs (group vs individual, personal vs journalistic, different types of people, etc). Interview bloggers as part of your analysis. Consider the content using genre analysis. What motivates... 1022@http://www.cheesebikini.com/208/ all entries 2004-05-03T00:37:15-08:00 http://www.cheesebikini.com/208/archives/001021.html British Telecom is testing a "small world" phone directory service called SWORD. The pilot version is an internal directory of corporate BT phone numbers for use by BT employees. It tracks who calls whom and adjusts search results accordingly. It... 1021@http://www.cheesebikini.com/208/ all entries 2004-05-02T21:14:09-08:00 http://www.cheesebikini.com/208/archives/001017.html Brief assignment 4: Browse Match.com, Gay.com’s personals, Spring Street Network (via Nervc.com or TheOnion.com or http://www.springstreetnetworks.com/) or another dating or friendship service and analyze: How do these services support/fail to support dating and/or friendship? Analyze the service with particular attention... 1017@http://www.cheesebikini.com/208/ all entries 2004-04-26T20:58:18-08:00 http://www.cheesebikini.com/208/archives/001005.html Weblog assignment 3: Analyze one or more sites such as Orkut or Tribe.net. This analysis should focus on how the software shapes/limits your definition of self, but bring in elements from the previous assignment about cultural, dramaturgical, organizational or... 1005@http://www.cheesebikini.com/208/ all entries 2004-04-16T23:29:04-08:00 http://www.cheesebikini.com/208/archives/001002.html A couple of points about play that we haven't covered: Play, discovery, evolution... and flash mobs: I think it helps to remember where play comes from. (Or rather: to remember a widely-believed theory about where play comes from.) It's simple:... 1002@http://www.cheesebikini.com/208/ all entries 2004-04-11T16:49:33-08:00 http://www.cheesebikini.com/208/archives/001000.html As we consider potential social and cultural explanations for the brusque, short-tempered, and overly sensitive behavior that we observe in use of e-mail, it's worth considering possible deeper causes too. What if computer media activates radically different parts of the... 1000@http://www.cheesebikini.com/208/ the best entries 2004-04-05T23:39:20-08:00 http://www.cheesebikini.com/208/archives/000999.html 999@http://www.cheesebikini.com/208/ all entries 2004-04-04T11:46:40-08:00 http://www.cheesebikini.com/208/archives/000996.html As a kid in South Florida I was terrified and a little fascinated to hear about the cockfights that go down in Miami. What sort of mentality fuels cockfights and dogfights? Is this just extended adolescent machismo? What else comes... 996@http://www.cheesebikini.com/208/ all entries 2004-03-24T11:54:10-08:00 http://www.cheesebikini.com/208/archives/000994.html The wiki's alive at 208wiki.notlong.com. Help build it!... 994@http://www.cheesebikini.com/208/ all entries 2004-03-22T14:04:10-08:00 http://www.cheesebikini.com/208/archives/000978.html Weblog Assignment 1: Propose a typology of the functions, origin and duration, size and density of social networks, based upon your own experience. (According to Webster's dictionary, "typology" means "study of or analysis or classification based on types or categories.")... 978@http://www.cheesebikini.com/208/ the best entries 2004-03-15T10:14:22-08:00