diversity – The Nexus of 2024

The sold-out Women 2.0 PITCH Conference’s opening keynote features Caterina Fake, co-founder of Flickr and Hunch,* on “Making and the True Path.”Â The rest of the sessions look great too: case studies by Robin Chase of Zipcar and Julia Hu of Lark, and the “$50 Million Panel” featuring Deena Varshavskaya of Wanelo, Leah Busque of…

In chaos there is opportunity (part 11 of Diversity and Google+)

Sep 25, 2011

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jon

in Professional, social computing, Tales from the Net

I’m flashing! Back in 2006, the Ad Astra project proposed a strategy for Microsoft to outflank Google by leveraging its employee base and social technologies. One of the key insights: social computing technologies allow a company to tap into the combined energy of employees and their networks. This can be a huge asset — and…

The Trend is in the Wrong Direction: Reflections on the Field Trial (part 10 of Diversity and Google+)

Sep 23, 2011

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jon

in Professional, social computing, Tales from the Net

Also published on We Get Google Plus, Diaspora *, and G+ For the past 12 weeks weâ€™ve been in field trial, and during that time weâ€™ve listened and learned a great deal. Weâ€™re nowhere near done, but with the improvements weâ€™ve made so far weâ€™re ready to move from field trial to beta, and introduce…

Talk about a hostile environment (part 9 of Google+ and Diversity)

Sep 19, 2011

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jon

in Professional, social computing, Tales from the Net

also posted on G+ and on Diaspora* I feel very let down by Google’s behavior. I had hoped to escape the heavy-handedness that is Facebook, but that is not to be. I’ll have a presence here; I have to, professionally. But the joy is gone. — Kathy Gill, Google+ As An Identity Service Is Bait…

Constitution Day 2011: Freedom not Fear

Sep 15, 2011

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jon

in political

In the aftermath of my events on Sept. 11, 2011, I feel violated, humiliated and sure that I was taken from the plane simply because of my appearance. Though I never left my seat, spoke to anyone on the flight or tinkered with any â€œsuspiciousâ€ device, I was forced into a situation where I was…

Booberday: Google+ and Diversity, part 8

Sep 12, 2011

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jon

in social sciences, Tales from the Net

Summary: itâ€™s a â€œshare pictures of your cleavage because ofâ€¦ breast cancer! yeah!â€ meme. That meta-meme is potent, folks. Got something you want people to do? Claim itâ€™s about preventing or ameliorating or alerting or grieving breast cancer. You are now the untouchable saviour. The end. — Mary, on Geek Feminism A surprising number of…

Still a Ways to Go: the Suggested Users List (part 7 of Diversity and Google+)

Sep 4, 2011

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jon

in Professional, social sciences, Tales from the Net

Google Plus launched a â€œsuggested usersâ€ list yesterday. Iâ€™m not on it, and I bet you arenâ€™t either, particularly if youâ€™re an educator â€” because, well, there arenâ€™t any educators on the list. — Audrey Watters, Personal Learning Networks and the Google+ “Suggested Users” list The Google Suggested User List reads like the typical San…

Anxious Masculinity Under Threat: Google+ and Diversity, part 6

Sep 2, 2011

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jon

in Professional, Tales from the Net

Google+’s naming policy isn’t failing because it’s poorly implemented, or because Google’s enforcement team is stupid. It’s failing because what they’re trying to do is (1) impossible, and (2) antisocial. — Bob Blakley, Google+ Can Be a Social Network Or The Name Police — Not Both, Gartner Blog Network I wonder what folks at Google…

The double bind of oppression: Google+ and Diversity, part 5

Aug 26, 2011

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jon

in Professional, social computing, Tales from the Net

Ever since it launched, Ive spent most of my online time on Google+, and so far am very impressed from both the software engineering and business strategy perspectives. I think it’s on track to be a big success, so expect me to be talking about it a lot. — me, in A work in progress,…

A tale of two searches: Google+ and Diversity, part 4

Aug 16, 2011

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jon

in Professional, Tales from the Net

cross-posted on Google+ and Dreamwidth Check out the previous posts in the series: A Work in Progress, Why it matters, and #nymwars! Here’s a good example of how Google+ is already influencing search results. I’ve got screenshots below for two searches on nymwars, one when I’m logged into G+ and the other when I’m not…

Why it Matters: Google+ and Diversity, part 2

Jul 27, 2011

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jon

in Professional, social computing, Tales from the Net

Over the past 50 hours I’ve lost a lot of friends here, and all of my transgender friends and family and all the older gay activists I was sharing with have all quietly mothballed their accounts. They can’t have their “real” names out there – they work with human rights organizations and do HIV/AIDS activism,…

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