6 posts tagged “social networks”
(Crossposted from www.c4chaos.com)
… well, that's according to this MySpace expose over at Valleywag --
5. MySpace was a direct assault on Friendster.com. The major key players in the ultimate development of MySpace have Friendster accounts, and name Friendster and its founder in their original business proposal.
The current CEO of MySpace, Chris DeWolfe has been a member of
Friendster since June of 2003 (MySpace was not conceived until August
of 2003).
(Crossposted from www.c4chaos.com)
Part 1 is cool. But this Part 2 is just perfect of the Labor Day holiday...
(via zPod:Integral Institute)
Entrepreneurial Idealism and the Integral Model. Part 2. Right Bucks. Right Business. Right View.
”Brian Johnson is the co-Founder and Philosopher/CEO of social networking phenomenon Zaadz.com, a website which is one of Integral Institute’s esteemed “Integral Friends.”* A 32-year-old font of idealism-in-action, Brian is a rather extraordinary example of the passion, creativity, and drive of an emerging wave of integrally-oriented twenty- and thirty-somethings worldwide.
“Brian beings the conversation by mentioning his passion for “conscious capitalism,” and how the Zaadz “plan” as described on the site actually leads with capitalism, and then mentions the spiritual emphasis. He comments, “I deliberately do that… I’m trying to create a compelling ‘yes-and’ story here.” In other words, he’s trying to take a more integral perspective and show how capitalism and spirituality can not only coexist, but actually support each other. However, he continues, not everyone is so excited to see these two things come together, and certain camps have been particularly vocal in denouncing his entire approach, following a general “capitalist pig” theme.
As Ken comments, there are several different things going on here. To begin, even more fundamental than how one might feel about capitalism—or any of the economic systems available—is how one feels about money in general. Generally speaking, a strong negative view of money can be attributed to either 1. exclusively ascending types of spirituality or 2. the green altitude of development (types and altitude/levels being two of the five elements in the AQAL Approach, the others being quadrants, lines, and states).”NOTE: Integral Naked is a premium site. FIRST MONTH is FREE. Eavesdrop on the conversations you can hear nowhere else.
(also posted on zPod:Starship Social Enterprise)
P.S. Here's the link [PDF] to the Right Bucks essay that Ken Wilber wrote two decades ago. Happy (right) Labor Day!
“Suppose hypothetically that one out of every 200 people or so is a jerk. In today's world these jerks will discover that if they enter government or business they can become super rich and powerful jerks. Do we conclude, therefore, that markets (or government) have caused greed? No, the fact is that once we no longer live in tiny tribes of 200, anonymity allows some people, who would have been assholes in a small tribe but who would have been sanctioned there, to go off and become jerks on a much, much larger scale.
“Technology,
including Zaadz, will allow us to evade the jerks far more than we
could before. The technology-based social responsibility movement,
broadly construed, will allow us to return to some extent to the moral
monitoring of small villages.”
(Crossposted from ~C4Chaos@Zaadz.com)
MySpace continues to dominate the social networking arena. Even Google is courting them already. And Rupert Murdoch is on his way to make a hefty profit from buying MySpace for $585 million. Nice.
Although there is some truth to this Huffington Post article, I think it's a little too harsh on MySpace. But partially true nonetheless. It can be said of the entertainment industry in general too (e.g. FOX, ESPN, MTV, HBO, Hollywood).
“The exploitation of kids on MySpace is, mostly, exploitation by MySpace. Back in the day — warning: here comes the Old Fart Rant — kids had real experiences and made real mistakes, played real games and got real injuries. MySpace takes kids who need fresh air and real friends and addicts them to their computer screens. Pump them up with snacks and soft drinks, and they're just like their parents — only “interactive.” Whatever that means.”
But while MySpace has the greater SPAN, Zaadz has the greater DEPTH. Greater DEPTH rarely results in exploitation, IMHO.
(Crossposted from www.c4chaos.com)
While some bloggers say (even if only sarcastically) that “the blogosphere is everything,” to me this is just a silly (sarcastic) notion. This maybe true for some bloggers who are enclosed and enraptured by their own ingenious blogs, but if we pull away just a little bit and use our bigger beer-goggles, then the blogosphere is just a big slice of cyberspace, not to mention meatspace.
Here are just some reasons why the blogosphere is just a freakin' big slice:
– State of the Blogosphere, August 2006
– Seth Godin's Web 2.0 Traffic Watch List
– Social Networks gaining on Internet portals
– Digital Divide
A big slice, yes. But still just a slice. Always swallowing mine in a single gulp.Yum!
(Crossposted from www.c4chaos.com)
Ok, shame on me. It took me a while before I signed up for Last.fm and strart scrobbling because I'm already happy with iTunes. What a big mistake!
But it's never too late. Last.fm is currently rocking my music world. I'm listening to bluesy music right now while I do my work, all the same time sharing all my stuff with other people and learning stuff from other people's music! Now that's collective music tasting!
So give Last.fm a try and feel free to add me to your friends list so we can share some rockin' soothin' music.
Here's my Last.fm profile: http://www.last.fm/user/c4chaos/
Last.fm really is a social music revolution….
~C (for Collaborative music sharing rocks!)
