This is chapter 2 of my book Grouped. You you like and want to read the rest, you can do so here! HOW AND WHY WE COMMUNICATE WITH OTHERS WHY WE TALK We talk to survive The desire to communicate is hard-wired into all of us. It was an effective survival mechanism for [...]
Archive for January, 2012
January 16, 2012
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A book is never done
By Paul Adams in BookWriting a book about social interaction is a strange experience because the minute the book hits the printing press, you start to uncover more and more new material that could have been included and you start to think about new things. I’m very lucky to be working in product development at Facebook, and am surrounded [...]
January 9, 2012
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Why the Olympics social media ban for volunteers is idiotic
By Paul Adams in MusingEarlier on Twitter I posted that the social media ban on volunteers at the Olympics is idiotic. Let me explain why: 1. It’s a huge missed opportunity. Imagine if the organisers had decided to embrace social media from the volunteers. Imagine the moments that would be captured that couldn’t have ever been captured by the [...]
January 6, 2012
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Five major shifts
By Paul Adams in MusingLately, I’ve been talking to people about five major shifts that I see happening. Each is big enough to warrant a post of its own, so over the next few days I’ll write about each individually, and then write a post about what it means to think of them in combination. I’ll link to all [...]
