You might remember the near-novel I wrote a couple months ago on LinkedIn InMaps titled, “Hubs and Connectors: Understanding Networks Through Data Visualization.” Now New Work City member Alex Shapiro, founder of CEO of TouchGraph, has created a powerful network visualization based on contact exchanges made via Hashable at SXSW. The Java applet allows you [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Social Networking'
Visualizing First-Time Interactions at SXSW
March 22nd, 2011 · 2 Comments · Community, Social Networking
Hubs and Connectors: Understanding Networks Through Data Visualization
January 29th, 2011 · 17 Comments · Community, Pleasure, Social Networking
Yesterday a bunch of friends were tweeting about the new LinkedIn InMaps web app (part of LinkedIn Labs), so I had to check it out for myself. Wow, wow, wow! InMaps are data visualizations of your professional network, based on LinkedIn connections, with you as the center node. I’ve been waiting years for LinkedIn to [...]
Tags:Community·Data Visualization·Pleasure·Social Networking
Onboarding: A Sidebar in “Designing Social Interfaces”
October 6th, 2009 · 12 Comments · Design, Pleasure, Social Networking, User Experience
Last May I was given the great privilege to write a sidebar in Christian Crumlish and Erin Malone‘s fabulous new book, Designing Social Interfaces. The topic I was asked to write about is “onboarding” — designing welcoming experiences for new users by easing them in. You might have seen a couple blog posts that I’ve [...]
Tags:Books·Design·Onboarding·Patterns·Pioneers·Pleasure·Social Networking·User Experience
Twitter’s Most Moronic Change: Removing @ Reply Settings
May 12th, 2009 · 82 Comments · Pain, Social Networking, Twitter, User Experience
I’m furious. Absolutely astounded and ready to scream. Why? Because Twitter just announced a drastic change to their service that will forever affect how people interact with the stream. They have effectively removed all discoverability of new people to follow and connect with, thereby destroying the very element that made Twitter the powerful networking tool [...]
Please help me feed hungry New Yorkers #tenbuckthursday
March 26th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Social Networking
As you might already know, I’m involved with a great organization called Social Media for Social Change that takes advantage of the connections we make online in order to produce face-to-face fundraising events around the country. The first Social Media for Social Change fundraising event in New York City will be held on the evening [...]
