How did they know my life?

jonathanmarcus:

The Foursquare squeeze: will it survive to check in on 2011?

The Media Convergence Forum updated their little infographic video in Fall 09. Here are some fascinating stats.

About computers:

“So what used to fit in a building, now fits in your pocket, what fits in your pocket now will fit inside a blood cell in 25 years.”

Wow.

Via jterm2010:

This completely new Fall 2009 version includes facts and stats focusing on the changing media landscape, including convergence and technology, and was developed in partnership with The Economist. For more information, or to join the conversation, please visit http://mediaconvergence.economist.com and http://shifthappens.wikispaces.com.

Content by XPLANE, The Economist, Karl Fisch, Scott McLeod and Laura Bestler. Music by DoKashiteru, “Home Tonight.” Design and development by XPLANE, http://www.xplane.com. You can follow us on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/xplane

jterm2010:

“Social media is most effective if you are consistent and patient. Being authentic is important, because the hive mind of the internet can filter out deception and worthless claims. Effective social media users are honest, open, and engage in multiple conversations. Try to find a happy medium between authenticity and a comfortable level of personal privacy. If you use social media for a business or charity, don’t just produce content — interact with others, and you’re sure to build followers and be a valuable contributor to the world wide web.”

Andy Welfle is the managing director of the Fort Wayne Dance Collective, and an active participant in social media.

Follow him on Twitter (link: http://twitter.com/awelfle)

Follow the Dance Collective (link: http://twitter.com/FWDC).

Just today I went to Firefly to have a meeting with some Arts United colleagues, and on the way to my table, I remarked to a woman sitting on near the counter that I liked her MacBook. That was, of course, because I had one just like it.

After the meeting, I checked my tweets, like you do after you’re done with meetings, and saw this:

@awelfle Firefly is awesome. I was the girl with the other MacBook. ;)

She used some kind of location-awareness program to track me down, and realized that I was tweeting from the same local network she was! My mother or another less “online” person might think that was creepy. I’ve decided a while ago to embrace my online identity. If I was going to tweet my locations, I should be prepared to meet new people and be prepared to talk about myself with someone I’ve never met.

Anyway, if you stumble across this blog, find me on Twitter. I’m usually good about notifying everyone where I’m going if I am up for visiting.