work friends or co-workers and for the other people you know are probably coming to an end pretty quickly." — Mark Zuckerberg in “The Facebook Effect” Sunday, October 27, 13
grammar school class you couldn’t pass out of, the first dead-end job. It’s a network mired in past and present, and by its nature it enforces a limited sense of identity and expression. By contrast, something like Tumblr encourages unbounded use. ... It’s the big city, and each new tumblelog you create is like a new bar or neighborhood where you can try on a new self and see how it fits.” — An Xiao, “The Social Ties That Unbind” Sunday, October 27, 13
to a static profile," he says. "You have to worry about how this new content fits in with your online persona that’s supposed to be you.” — Evan Spiegel, Snapchat Sunday, October 27, 13
and my mother. There's a BIG drop- off between them and my other "most frequent" contacts. You know who my third most frequent contact is. My abusive ex-husband.” — Harriet Jay, Fugitivus Sunday, October 27, 13
Evgeny Morozov — The Net Delusion Mark Bauerlein — The Dumbest Generation Andrew Keen — The Cult of the Amateur Lee Siegel — Against the Machine Jaron Lanier — You Are Not a Gadget Sunday, October 27, 13
and Jeopardizes Our Future This shocking, surprisingly entertaining romp into the intellectual nether regions of today's underthirty set reveals the disturbing and, ultimately, incontrovertible truth: cyberculture is turning us into a society of know-nothings. Sunday, October 27, 13
is that people are trading the rich, physical and real nature of face-to face contact for the digital, virtual and trivial quality of Facebook.” — Nathan Jurgenson Sunday, October 27, 13
about how you look. It’s about you doing something else, or you in other places. It’s a more personal way to share an experience.” — Dom Hofmann, co-founder of Vine Sunday, October 27, 13