human nature

The Hang Glider Theory – How to Survive Disgusting Domino’s Pizza Clips and More.

September 7, 2009

I love to theorize about social behavior and how it relates to our behavior on the internet. But sometimes I get the urge to be just a little more practical about things. How can we actually use all this theory? Before we dig into what I call The Hang Glider Theory, let’s gossip a little. [...]

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Will The Death of Privacy Make The World A Better Place?

November 12, 2008

Some things in life are just taken for granted and are rarely questioned. Privacy is one of those things. It’s implicitly agreed upon by everybody that privacy is a good thing, and that maintaining personal integrity is one of the major challenges of web 2.0. I would like to question this. Let’s go back to [...]

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Human Nature?

November 11, 2008

“They didn’t care that they’d seen it work in practice, because they already knew it couldn’t work in theory”. Clay Shirky on C++ programmers who questioned collaborative communities.

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Respect Me. Respect My Time. Deserve The Respect of Others’.

January 28, 2008

I made a new years resolution to use that line more often. Well – sort of anyway. What I mean is this: I think we should all be a bit quicker to the punch. Either do things or do not. I’m tired of maybes, preliminary appointment reservations, rain checks. They suck. I mean it in [...]

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