Sorin Adam Matei
Analysis, research, maps, and essays from Sorin Adam Matei.
ahall is a phd student interested in social media with respect to how it has changed the behavior of how consumers interact, purchase goods and services, and word-of-mouth activities.
Series 6: Getting Noticed on Google (The following is part of a series of reviews on web 2.0, web design, and social media books. It will be a 9 part series. Each review is structured to provide a brief summary of the…
The following is a series of reviews on web 2.0, web design, and social media books. It will be a 9 part series. Each review is structured to provide a brief summary of the books along with some application to current course…
(previously posted on consumermixx.com by adrienne hall) In honor of Earth Day, this post is dedicated to the social networking sites that are helping consumers examine their carbon footprints and start making healthy earth choices. 1. JustMeans (www.justmeans.com) This site encourages uses…
David Spinks wrote a post on Mashable outlining 10 social networking sites college students should try. I found one of them to be very interesting, box.net, an online collaboration service.
I just saw this commercial on YouTube. Now, I’m not trying to promote Sprint, but the concept of the commercial is fantastic.
(The following is a series of reviews on web 2.0, web design, and social media books. It will be a 9 part series. Each review is structured to provide a brief summary of the books along with some application to current course…
(The following is a series of reviews on web 2.0, web design, and social media books. It will be a 9 part series. Each review is structured to provide a brief summary of the books along with some application to current course…
(The following is a series of reviews on web 2.0, web design, and social media books. It will be a 9 part series. Each review is structured to provide a brief summary of the books along with some application to current course…
(The following is a series of reviews on web 2.0, web design, and social media books. It will be a 9 part series. Each review is structured to provide a brief summary of the books along with some application to current course…
We have been reading about WordPress and Lisa Sabin-Wilson’s book, WordPress for Dummies, has given us one of the best overview of WordPress I’ve seen. I’ve been using the platform for a few years now. I think the first version I used…
Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, LinkedIn, Flickr, last.fm (too name a few) – are we joining too many social networking communities? Do we reveal too much to our “friends” online? Has it all taken up too much energy in our lives? These are some…
The world renown Museum of Modern Art has embraced social networking! A new site has been launched as a part of their new site re-design that showcases how museum patrons and other interested parties to connect with MoMA via flickr, Twitter, YouTube,…
Over the past couple weeks there has been enormous amounts of buzz on Twitter. Just about every medium has an opinion about the service, how to use it, how to make money from it, and who will be using it, to name…
YouTube has added more social features to it’s API. Now users can tag favorite videos, make comments, and upload videos. Like some other sites out there like Amazon, YouTube hopes that there will now be an influx of applicaitons or sites that…
Twisten.fm….a new mashup between Twitter and music service Grooveshark is just one more way to “fall in love” with web 2.0. As if Twitter needed another way to show-off it’s coolness.
Wouldn’t it be great to be able to login to any computer and be able to access all your music, pictures, documents, and passwords to all your social networking services? Well, soon (hopefully) you’ll be able to. This is the whole idea…
Just when you thought you that Google was everywhere, it shows up again someplace unexpected…or is it? Now you can get your “content specific” news from Google on your personal website. This is great for those who run news-based sites. It’s also…
Have you ever wanted to capture a webpage in it’s entirety? More than just the link, but what you actually see on the page? Well you can! Services like Google notebook, Evernote, ubernote, Diigo, and Zoho (to name a few) can…
Submitted by Adrienne Hall on December 1, 2008 to the On-line Interaction and Facilitation Seminar, Fall 2008, Purdue University, Dr. Sorin A. Matei via the I Think Blog (http://www.matei.org/ithink) Abstract The purpose of this paper is to discuss some of the design…
Submitted by "Adrienne Hall" on October 22, 2008 to the On-line Interaction and Facilitation Seminar, Fall 2008, Purdue University, Dr. Sorin A. Matei via the I Think Blog. Abstract This essay attempts to begin explaining how participation in online social interactions impacts…