Loyal readers, just a note to let you know that we’ll be away for a few days to commemorate Labor Day in the U.S. We encourage you to check back in Tuesday when normal posting will resume.
In the meantime, leaving you with a few links of note… enjoy!
The “Facebook Exodus” “Is Facebook doomed to someday become an online ghost town, run by zombie users who never update their pages and packs of marketers picking at the corpses of social circles they once hoped to exploit?” [From Virginia Heffernan’s “The Medium” column in the New York Times magazine]
“Clive Thompson on the New Literacy” This line sort of knocked me out of my seat: Stanford University professor of writing and rhetoric says, “I think we’re in the midst of a literacy revolution the likes of which we haven’t seen since Greek civilization…” [From Wired]
On the other hand… “Why Gen-Y Johnny Can’t Read Nonverbal Clues.” Teenagers “read comments on Facebook, but they don’t “read” each others’ posture, hand gestures, eye movements, shifts in personal space and other nonverbal—and expressive—behaviors.” [From the Wall Street Journal]
“How Should We Define ‘Design’?” Great question, I say, as more people are using the word to define pretty much any given problem’s solution. [From Gadi Amit’s Fast Company blog]
“Why TiVo Is Struggling While Netflix Is Thriving” [From NewTeeVee]
Goolery! A Google gallery, or in other words, a collection of mash-ups and “awesome Google-related projects from people around the world.” [Spotted via PSFK]
“More marketers use social networking to reach customers.” Pretty basic roundup. Those in-the-know should already recognize most of these examples. [From USA Today]
