I think I'm still lying in a field somewhere in Second Life. Do they
have people who come round and tidy away the bodies of the disinterested? (01)
Mike (02)
Doug McDavid wrote:
> And just wait til you add virtual worlds (like Second Life) to the
> mix. This goes from social to hyper-social!
>
> On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 3:26 AM, Paola Di Maio <paola.dimaio@xxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:paola.dimaio@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>
> . It is
>
> interesting to notice how the semantics of FB features differs
> from the
> intended semantics, as people use it in more and different ways.
>
>
>
>
> Interesting point Mike. I have avoided fb and twitter for a while,
> until one day some marginal utility came about on one occasion, then
> all these people came up that I had met one time or other, and
> ended up signing up to all of them (still havent signed up to
> tripit but guess will do sometimes)
>
> I use them to keep in touch with everyone with minumal effort, and
> today I feel that they are a great life support, especially
> considering that we dont have the resources to
> nurture every single personal relationship we would like to. I
> have reconneccted with old acquaintances, and made new ones, very
> important: I exchange very valuable knowledge on the fly, with
> minimal commitment
>
> (I dont distinguish between personal and professional sphere that
> much anymore, I don mind my work contact seeing my holiday snaps,
> but some still do)
>
> Your mention about the semantics is really interesting.
>
> One day i was thinking loud on my twitter about 'its okay to be
> dysfunctional sometimes' and within hours I was followed by some
> improbable connections, whose
> only semantic relation to my profile was that we both had the word
> dysfunctional' somewhere in our respective web resources . that
> was really fun thing to watch
> I later received an invitation to the 'mental health festival in
> my neighborhood, but not sure if that mention or something else I
> said was the connection.
>
> it happens all the time, that I use a word in a tweet (echoed in
> my fb) and multiple connections appear that associate that word in
> a different context, and of course
> I do get some of spammers who target my social networks profile
> mainly to promote their stuff, rather than to cultivate a social
> relation of sort
>
> It is also distracting to have all these inputs, so that
> periodically I have to switch everything off and try to concenrate
> on the one thing I am trying to do
> but not more distracting than having 100 television channels,
> with the difference that these social media are highly interactive
> - its not just some broadcaster shoving stuff down my channel, its
> total interaction all around, exchanging clips, links, music,
> news, etc
>
> It adds enourmously to the infoglut, but overall for me the
> balance is positive, I gain massive insights from a digital
> ecosystem point of view
>
> I signed up to the fb, wheres the linkedin?
>
> cheers
>
> PDM
>
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>
> Mike
>
> Peter Yim wrote:
> > Thank you, Doug. Point well taken.
> >
> > Charley and I were discussing this too, and he specifically
> intended
> > for this (Facebook presence) to be more of a "funnel" to
> provide us
> > exposure, rather than another "workspace" or "work
> environment" that
> > we want to delve into. I think he has a point. If exposure
> is our
> > principal purpose, we could (should?) even try doing on more
> just just
> > Facebook.
> >
> > I should also take the opportunity to recognize the fact
> that back in
> > April 2007, Ed Dodds did point out to me (offline) that
> there were
> > already over 150 Ontolog members on LinkedIn (I have to
> admire his
> > data-mining skills!) and suggested we take advantage of the
> "Linkedin
> > for Groups" feature that creates some sort of affinity group
> among
> > members of this community. ... Regretfully, I did not take
> him on
> > then, nor put it up for discussion.
> >
> > ... I guess, this is as good a time as any.
> >
> > Thought, comments, ... anyone?
> >
> > Best regards. =ppy
> > --
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 7:03 AM, Doug McDavid
> <dougmcdavid@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:dougmcdavid@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> >
> >> I made the point to Peter that LinkedIn might be a more
> professional place to host this
> >> than Facebook. This is from a perspective of enthusiasm
> for setting up this kind of
> >> network, and to derive maximum benefit from the good
> efforts going on.
> >>
> >> Best regards,
> >>
> >> Doug McDavid
> >> --
> >>
> >> Doug McDavid
> >> dougmcdavid@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:dougmcdavid@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> 916-549-4600
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >> On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 4:56 PM, White, Charles P (172G)
> <charles.p.white@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:charles.p.white@xxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Do you have a Facebook account? If not, that’s ok, but
> there are many millions of
> >>> people joining Facebook from around the world. Peter and I
> would like to announce
> >>> the official Ontolog-Facebook Group (Ontolog-FB). The
> purpose of this group is
> >>> simply to make first contact with people searching for
> Ontology or Semantic web
> >>> keywords in Facebook. Although there is a discussion
> board capability in the
> >>> group, the main venue for discussion shall continue to be
> [ontolog-forum] and
> >>> other project mailing lists and our other community forums
> >>>
> >>> If you have a facebook account, please feel free to join
> the Ontolog group.
> >>>
> >>> Link:
> http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=184463208664&ref=mf
> <http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=184463208664&ref=mf>
> >>>
> >>> My Account: http://www.facebook.com/Jet.Burns?ref=name
> >>>
> >>> By the way: The photograph is from my vacation to Alaska's
> Hubbard Glacier,
> >>> and I chose this photo because of the relationships I see
> in the ice, color,
> >>> movement, rock, sky and sea. Not only that, but I own the
> image so that
> >>> takes care of the legal stuff. :)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> V/r Charles
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Charles P. White, Enterprise Systems Analyst
> >>> Virtual Worlds for Engineering and Science
> >>> Office of the Chief Information Officer Group 172G
> >>>
> >>> JPL Knowledge Management Team
> >>> NASA Synthetic Environments Research Team (NISER)
> >>> JPL KM Assignment: U.S. Air Force Space Missile Command
> (SMC/PI)
> >>> JPL KM Assignment: U.S. Navy Mine Warfare Data Model
> Working Group
> >>> JPL KM Assignment: NASA Emergency Services
> >>>
> >>> Second Life: Jet Burns
> >>> Twitter: Jet_Burns
> >>> Facebook: Jet Burns
> >>> Email: Charles.P.White@xxxxxxxx
> <mailto:Charles.P.White@xxxxxxxx>
> >>>
> >>> NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory
> >>> California Institute of Technology
> >>> 4800 Oak Grove Drive
> >>> Building 600-162a
> >>> Pasadena, California 91109
> >>>
> >>> Cell: (818) 653-5692
> >>> Office: (818) 453-2743
> >>>
> >
> >
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