Tag: SOCIAL NETWORKING
The condition of not being willing and/or able to form relationships with people you met online has a name: cyberasociality, as coined by researchers at Cornell and the University of North Carolina. It’s counterpart — the openness towards or even preference for internet friends — is called cybersociality (no “a”). Cyberasocial people, as defined by […]
Generating Utopia, by German developer Stefan Wagner, takes Foursquare location data as input, then maps your most-visited (or most-broadcasted, to be precise) locations onto the topography of an area. It’s a bit like these topographical maps of NYC’s wealth, but way prettier and with money swapped out for total oversharing. Wagner had this to say about […]
Dronestagram, a new social network for the proud owners of unmanned aerial vehicles–not to be confused with a much less cheeky project of the same name–allows users to share their collective explorations in the realm of aerial photography, sharing their breathtaking photos of cityscapes, nature, sports, or whatever else may tickle their fancy, sans shameful Instagram […]
