So the titanic showdown between Facebook and Google might not be the News Feed vs. Google after all. It might be Facebook Camera vs. Project Glass. It might, in fact, be pictures vs. vision. I’m saying it that way for effect, of course. In truth it’s pictures and vision. Facebook users will continue to upload a significant fraction of a billion photos every day. With luck, Google will get something going with Glass. These things can thrive side by side. If Google is truly successful, POV images and video clips will start showing up on Facebook, too. Everything mixes and merges. (via Pictures and vision)

So the titanic showdown between Facebook and Google might not be the News Feed vs. Google after all. It might be Facebook Camera vs. Project Glass. It might, in fact, be pictures vs. vision. I’m saying it that way for effect, of course. In truth it’s pictures and vision. Facebook users will continue to upload a significant fraction of a billion photos every day. With luck, Google will get something going with Glass. These things can thrive side by side. If Google is truly successful, POV images and video clips will start showing up on Facebook, too. Everything mixes and merges. (via Pictures and vision)

Enjoying isn’t something you do, it’s just something that happens. You don’t decide whether or not you like a food, or whether or not you like that food more than all other foods. “Picking favorites,” as people like to say, isn’t about picking at all; it’s about finding a way to say something you already feel. (via Liking Is Not Favoriting)

Enjoying isn’t something you do, it’s just something that happens. You don’t decide whether or not you like a food, or whether or not you like that food more than all other foods. “Picking favorites,” as people like to say, isn’t about picking at all; it’s about finding a way to say something you already feel. (via Liking Is Not Favoriting)

If two people, one 6 feet tall, the other five feet tall are bit at the same instant by two mosquitoes, the “ouch” takes longer to travel to the taller person’s brain than the shorter person’s brain. There’s hardly a difference, but it’s different enough to make two different “nows.” (via It’s the Simplest Things That Keep Us Wondering : Krulwich Wonders… : NPR)

If two people, one 6 feet tall, the other five feet tall are bit at the same instant by two mosquitoes, the “ouch” takes longer to travel to the taller person’s brain than the shorter person’s brain. There’s hardly a difference, but it’s different enough to make two different “nows.” (via It’s the Simplest Things That Keep Us Wondering : Krulwich Wonders… : NPR)

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“I think how little we can hold in mind, how everything is constantly lapsing into oblivion with every extinguished life, how the world is, as it were, draining itself, in that the history of countless places and objects which themselves have no power of memory is never heard, never described or passed on.” —W.G. Sebald

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‘The Hole’ was a bit of an open secret before a blog post by urban explorer and photographer Nathan Kensinger piqued the interest of documentary filmmakers Courtney Sell and Billy Feldman, who interviewed the few people still living in the area. Many residents of the surrounding metro area still don’t know it exists. It was a body dumping ground for the mafia for many years. (via Open Secret: The Ghost Town of New York City | WebUrbanist)

‘The Hole’ was a bit of an open secret before a blog post by urban explorer and photographer Nathan Kensinger piqued the interest of documentary filmmakers Courtney Sell and Billy Feldman, who interviewed the few people still living in the area. Many residents of the surrounding metro area still don’t know it exists. It was a body dumping ground for the mafia for many years. (via Open Secret: The Ghost Town of New York City | WebUrbanist)

The digital imperative for nowness is mighty and real. But here’s the thing: Even when digital durability isn’t a choice, it can be a reality. The article I wrote about Radiolab, to cite a handy example, is more than a year old, and presumably its physical iteration has disappeared from even the most slothful dentist’s waiting area by now. Its digital iteration, however, remains at the ready for Google searchers to encounter on the Times web site; one might also discover it through Longform.org or Byliner.com, two entities that both contribute and owe something to digital durability. The point is that digital durability comes into play not just by intent, but also, often, by default. (via Making an e-collection, and what it taught me.: Observatory: Design Observer)

The digital imperative for nowness is mighty and real. But here’s the thing: Even when digital durability isn’t a choice, it can be a reality. The article I wrote about Radiolab, to cite a handy example, is more than a year old, and presumably its physical iteration has disappeared from even the most slothful dentist’s waiting area by now. Its digital iteration, however, remains at the ready for Google searchers to encounter on the Times web site; one might also discover it through Longform.org or Byliner.com, two entities that both contribute and owe something to digital durability. The point is that digital durability comes into play not just by intent, but also, often, by default. (via Making an e-collection, and what it taught me.: Observatory: Design Observer)

"During a presentation on happiness at the Ted Conference, Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman makes a distinction between the experiencing self and the remembering self. Digital photography gives additional dominance to the remembering self. At his birthday party on the beach, my son almost leapfrogged over his realtime experience. He was no longer imagining what he looked like on that surf board. He was looking at what he looked like. The wave of emotions, senses and reactions that made up his initial experience were swept away by the undertow of a single sense: what his eyes saw on a two inch viewfinder."
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Who is the 1% of Twitter, and how would you determine that?

What started as an intellectual exercise or an afternoon curiosity is slowly turning into a research-based passion project. Bear with me while I lay some groundwork.

First, the term “one percent.” The Wall Street Journal estimates…

DeadSocial is a platform that allows us the schedule secret messages. These are only distributed across our social networks when we die (via DeadSocial)

DeadSocial is a platform that allows us the schedule secret messages. These are only distributed across our social networks when we die (via DeadSocial)

Well, Washington thinks it’s time to take the problem seriously. As Facebook rounds the billion-user mark, the Feds have stepped up to the plate with a formal policy about America’s online profiles. On April 26th, the government added creating “a social media will” to their list of official personal finance recommendations. USA.gov advises folks to appoint someone they trust as an online executor, and to hand over all passwords and a clear statement about how you’d like each of your accounts handled after your death. (via The Social Media Will: An Expert Guide to Your Digital Afterlife - Jacoba Urist - Technology - The Atlantic)

Well, Washington thinks it’s time to take the problem seriously. As Facebook rounds the billion-user mark, the Feds have stepped up to the plate with a formal policy about America’s online profiles. On April 26th, the government added creating “a social media will” to their list of official personal finance recommendations. USA.gov advises folks to appoint someone they trust as an online executor, and to hand over all passwords and a clear statement about how you’d like each of your accounts handled after your death. (via The Social Media Will: An Expert Guide to Your Digital Afterlife - Jacoba Urist - Technology - The Atlantic)