The term 'social networking site' as used to describe systems like facebook and myspace is a technological perspective that conflates the infrastructure which expresses social network information with the structures of participation, socialisation, culture, and identity construction (to name a few) that the infrastructure enables. I hope the term dies a well-deserved death.
There: I said it.
sense (n) feel, perceive, understand, comprehend c.1400, "faculty of perception," also "meaning or interpretation" ... from sentire "perceive, feel, know,"
maya (n) : Sanskrit माया māyāa : ma (not) + ya (that) the illusion that the world can be seen only one way
I do design research at SonicRim, where, amongst other things I have fun, make sense of (analyse) the world (maya), pretend to be wise, and drink enormous quantities of tea in the process. This blog collects some observations I couldn't keep contained in my head.
networks linkedin, facebook, twitter
reading books, google reader, bibliography
experiences last.fm, flickr, world music
travel dopplr, tripadvisor
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