Microsoft’s Danah Boyd: Social Media Makes the World More Fearful

 "Information overload makes us numb, but things that freak us out have a rare ability to break through and capture our attention, Boyd said. As she put it, “The attention economy provides fertile ground for the culture of fear.”"

http://allthingsd.com/20120311/at-sxsw-danah-boyd-says-social-media-makes-the-world-more-fearful/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pulsenews

An interesting commentary on the way we use and interact with Pinterest

http://thoughtcatalog.com/2012/pinterest-the-depths-we-will-go-to-not-read/

RiP: A remix manifesto

http://blip.tv/eyesteelfilm-channel/trailer-rip-a-remix-manifesto-1335511

"Immerse yourself in the energetic, innovative and potentially illegal world of mash-up media with RiP: A remix manifesto. Let web activist Brett Gaylor and musician Greg Gillis, better known as Girl Talk, serve as your digital tour guides on a probing investigation into how culture builds upon culture in the information age."

Twitter and Sports?

 

Why some people ache to tweet- and others couldn't care less

Will it ever rise above this stigma to become a truly commonplace service? Or is Twitter destined to occupy a niche as addiction to few and irritant to many?

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/digital-culture/ivor-tossell/why-some-ache-to-tweet-and-others-couldnt-care-less/article2163914/

I Share, Therefore I am

Put Down the Phone and Learn to Be Alone (And to Listen), Says Sherry Turkle at TED

 "We constantly text and social network so we don’t have to feel lonely, but while peering into our phones we’re ignoring the people and the world around us. That’s a serious problem, one that should be addressed by technologists, regulators and norms, according to psychologist Sherry Turkle."

"All this time spent communicating digitally gives us “the illusion of companionship without the demands of friendship,” Turkle said. “If we’re not able to be alone, we’re going to be more lonely.”"

http://allthingsd.com/20120301/put-down-the-phone-and-learn-to-be-alone-and-to-listen-says-sherry-turkle-at-ted/