September 2011
3 posts
“What had once been dedicated to the soul was now dedicated to the sale”
– Ignatius Reilly
One, None, and One Hundred Thousand (Facebook)...
Q: What is the difference between Luigi Pirandello and Mark Zuckerberg?
A: 99,999 identities. Give or take.
During an interview last year, Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, stated that*:
You have one identity. […] The days of you having a different image for your co-workers and for the other people you know are probably coming to an end pretty quickly. […] Having two...
The use of microblogging for field-based...
Authors: Alberto Pepe, Matthew S. Mayernik
Title: The use of microblogging for field-based scientific research
Venue: Proceedings of the 45th Hawaii International Conference on System Science (HICSS-45 2012)
Abstract: Documenting the context in which data are collected is an integral part of the scientific research lifecycle. In field-based research, contextual information provides a...