Wildfire on the Web
Written on 7 May, 2009 at 21:04 in Featured Stories, Others | viewed times and users have made 0 comments so far
Another topic that fascinates me is how rumours spread over the Internet. On April 1st 2003, All Fools Day, someone at CNN thought it a good joke to post a spurious story about the assassination of Bill Gates in Los... (Continue reading)
Profiling – Twitter joining the bandwagon!
Written on 27 Apr, 2009 at 8:31 in Featured Stories, Twitter | viewed times and users have made 0 comments so far
Twitter – the microblogging platform – boasts millions of subscribers, and its user base is experiencing exponential growth. The time is right for it to go the way of AdWords. With millions already invested, but a negligible Return on Investment,... (Continue reading)
Buried as irrelevant
Written on 20 Apr, 2009 at 18:42 in Featured Stories, Spam, Web Creatures | viewed times and users have made 0 comments so far
I’m a perpetual reader of xkcd. For those poor souls who aren’t aware, it’s a webcomic that has an immense following. Not only is it insightful into web culture, it has it’s own coherent effects. An example can be found... (Continue reading)
How are the Mighty Fallen?
Written on 20 Apr, 2009 at 10:32 in Featured Stories, Others | viewed times and users have made 0 comments so far
Mike Morgan has just received a cease-and-desist notice from the mighty Goldman Sachs; GoDaddy has locked his domain names. ‘Mike who?’ I can hear you ask. I didn’t know about him either until an article appeared in the Daily Telegraph... (Continue reading)
Welcome to WebCoherence
Written on 7 Apr, 2009 at 6:10 in Featured Stories, Web Creatures | viewed times and users have made 0 comments so far
The Web is an exciting place. Crazy things happen there. Don’t take my word for it – find out for yourself. The Internet is a chaotic system, populated by millions of users, each with unique purposes and priorities. Out of... (Continue reading)
Web Vigilantes
Written on 7 Apr, 2009 at 6:10 in Featured Stories, Web Creatures | viewed times and users have made 2 comments so far
I don’t want to give readers the impression that coherent behaviour is only about commerce. Here is an example of how a digital photograph taken on mobile phone and then loaded onto the Internet focused the attention on an entire... (Continue reading)
When Social Networks become a Nuisance
Written on 7 Apr, 2009 at 6:08 in Featured Stories, Social Networks | viewed times and users have made 4 comments so far
I’ve just logged off Facebook, having wasted nearly forty-five minutes. There were 27 requests asking to be my friend, but I knew less than about half of them. I can’t imagine why the other half would want to be my... (Continue reading)
Your Web sins will find you out!
Written on 7 Apr, 2009 at 6:06 in Featured Stories, Others | viewed times and users have made 0 comments so far
The Daily Mail headline screams out “Girls at Risk.” Apparently young girls are being incited by friends to post provocative pictures of themselves on Facebook, Bebo, MySpace etc., … because it’s cool! What are these silly adolescents thinking? They are... (Continue reading)
The ‘Digital Bounty Hunter’
Written on 7 Apr, 2009 at 6:03 in Featured Stories, Others | viewed times and users have made 0 comments so far
When we set up the Web Coherence blog the idea was not only to observe coherent behaviour on the Internet, but also to propose the creation of new creatures. We start with the mix of the internet and the mobile... (Continue reading)
Twitter ‘Spam’
Written on 6 Apr, 2009 at 7:03 in Featured Stories, Twitter | viewed times and users have made 1 comment so far
I’ve just received a uniquely personalized email from a marketing company that is trying to sell me a product that increases my blog’s visibility by attracting more readers, and I am outraged! Why so? It’s just another piece of marketing... (Continue reading)
