I don’t know if you’ll be able to view this without a stumbleupon account, but I can now see my “suggested friends” on Stumbleupon here.

I think this is on the blog somewhere, but I can’t find it. Seeing the flash promoting the Sigma Nu party which tracked viewers IP addresses reminded me about this. Check it out. Social Network Fragments. Also see Danah Boyd.

For those looking for a quick summary of some of the underlying socio-technological motivations of the project, check out Howard Rheingold’s piece in CIO magazine:
Today, you walk down the street, surrounded by people you don’t know but who might be able to offer a ride in the direction you’re going, buy that bicycle you’re trying […]

Though sometimes I felt like one in school, I doubt that we could model the student population as zombies. We can, however, expect our ideas and information to spread in a similar fashion.

I was amazed/concerned when Google launched their groups.google.com service, which turned up posts I made several years ago, and which I thought were long gone.
Now Microsoft has released an even more powerful tool called NetScan (aka the Usenet Social Accounting Search Engine) with considerably more analytical capabilities and cool information visualization. It actually links into […]

Another article on flash mobs. As an idea for ISIS, why not let people sign up to be part of an ISIS flash mob. People are fairly wired in on campus, and could likely get the messages quickly. Sure the system or admins could pick random things for them to do, but […]

A new term by a site I’ve begun to watch, TrendWatching.com, “Counter-Googling” could be a way to avoid having to 1) have people mark their preferences online; and 2) deal with privacy of information issues–if it’s already online, it’s not our fault for knowing it!
Counter-Googling: to use Google as a research tool in order to […]

The NYTimes has a good article on the “six degrees of separation” theory and how it isn’t quite that connected when people use technology (email) to connect.
It’s always good to remember that tried-and-true handshakes and “meatspace” friends have a substantial headstart in credibility.
The project’s homepage

ActiveMatch combines location information with a matchmaking database to create a new kind of service for mobile phone users.
From Smart Mobs:
Location-Based, Mobile, Matchmaking Service