Reads tagged with “social web”
The Man Who Turned Paper into Pixels: How Mathematician and Black Jack Wizard Claude Shannon Ignited the Information Age
How the most important man you never heard of laid the groundwork for the digital world.
The Definitive Manifesto for Handling Haters: Anne Lamott on Priorities and How We Keep Ourselves Small by People-Pleasing
“What if you wake up some day, and you’re 65… and you were just so strung out on perfectionism and people-pleasing that you forgot to have a big juicy creative life?”
Cicero’s Web: How Social Media Was Born in Ancient Rome
How the dynamics of papyrus scrolls explain Facebook.
Amanda Palmer on Creativity as Connecting Dots and the Terrifying Joy of Sharing Your Art Online
“We can only connect the dots that we collect.”
Steven Johnson on the “Peer Progressive” Movement and What the Internet Wants
“When you give people more control over the flow of information and decision making in their communities, their social health improves — incrementally, in fits and starts, but also inexorably.”
The Birth of the Information Age: How Paul Otlet’s Vision for Cataloging and Connecting Humanity Shaped Our World
“Everyone from his armchair will be able to contemplate creation, in whole or in certain parts.”
How to Master on the Art of Getting Noticed: Austin Kleon’s Advice to Aspiring Artists
How to balance the contagiousness of raw enthusiasm with the humility of knowing we’re all in this together.
Aesthetic Consumerism and the Violence of Photography: What Susan Sontag Teaches Us about Visual Culture and the Social Web
“Needing to have reality confirmed and experience enhanced by photographs is an aesthetic consumerism to which everyone is now addicted.”
Anaïs Nin on the Meaning of Life and the Dangers of the Internet, Before the Internet
“We believe we are in touch with a greater amount of people… This is the illusion which might cheat us of being in touch deeply with the one breathing next to us.”
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