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to this… #DublinSky (Taken with instagram)
From this… #DublinSky (Taken with instagram)
“People sharing more - even if just with their close friends or families - creates a more open culture and leads to a better understanding of the lives and perspectives of others.”
— Mark Zuckerberg’s letter to investors on Facebook’s ‘social mission’ | The Verge
I have no doubt that facebook has created a revolution in communications. Unlike TV or radio, it wasn’t just a technology that changed the media landscape, but how it was applied. Social design is fascinating and hugely effective.
However Zuckerberg’s strong held view that having a closely knitted group of friends - probably like-minded people - will improve society, is concerning. We need distractions, interruptions and counter-arguments to beliefs held in our own social groups. Without this, narrow-mindedness will occur and history has shown us the effects of that.
Q WAS Z? (Taken with instagram)
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Project Dreamcatcher: How cutting-edge text analytics can help the Obama campaign -
There has been a frantic rush to analyse social media. Part of my role at Mindshare is to do just this, but often like any data analysis, context is key. Text analysis - understanding the human meaning behind what is left on forums, twitter, or blogs - can provide far greater insight into consumers than the volume of data alone. For me, this article was fascinating. If Obama’s text analysis consultant can achieve what is outlined, they will have powerful insights to inform their strategy.
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Thanks to @eimearofarrell for dicovering this brilliant piece of data mapping. Dublin by flickr uploads (orange) and tweets (blue).
The coast and parks are clearly popular for picturesque scenes while colleges, city streets and the airport are lit up with tweets.
This was created by Eric Fischer so thanks for producing this.
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