Comments on: Why some social network services work and others don’t — Or: the case for object-centered sociality http://www.zengestrom.com/blog/2005/04/why-some-social-network-services-work-and-others-dont-or-the-case-for-object-centered-sociality.html Thu, 05 Jan 2012 09:34:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: From Open Data to Open Action | Afrinnovator http://www.zengestrom.com/blog/2005/04/why-some-social-network-services-work-and-others-dont-or-the-case-for-object-centered-sociality.html#comment-203839 From Open Data to Open Action | Afrinnovator Fri, 23 Dec 2011 14:01:39 +0000 http://www.zengestrom.com/?p=117#comment-203839 [...] the now ubiquitous mobile devices in Africa as well as on old fashioned news print and billboards. Jyri Engestrom refers to social networks as “object-centered sociality” meaning people connect because they have a reason to and that reason is usually an object (in the [...] [...] the now ubiquitous mobile devices in Africa as well as on old fashioned news print and billboards. Jyri Engestrom refers to social networks as “object-centered sociality” meaning people connect because they have a reason to and that reason is usually an object (in the [...]

]]> By: HiMY SYeD http://www.zengestrom.com/blog/2005/04/why-some-social-network-services-work-and-others-dont-or-the-case-for-object-centered-sociality.html#comment-203464 HiMY SYeD Wed, 21 Dec 2011 03:51:26 +0000 http://www.zengestrom.com/?p=117#comment-203464 As a Labyrinth maker based in Toronto, reading this article just hit me like a tonne of bricks... I'd never grasped that Labyrinths are a social object for Humanity itself and have been for thousands of years through time and space and place. I have but two words to share in return for this epiphany: Thank You. HiMY SYeD As a Labyrinth maker based in Toronto, reading this article just hit me like a tonne of bricks…

I’d never grasped that Labyrinths are a social object for Humanity itself and have been for thousands of years through time and space and place.

I have but two words to share in return for this epiphany:

Thank You.

HiMY SYeD

]]> By: What is a social network? http://www.zengestrom.com/blog/2005/04/why-some-social-network-services-work-and-others-dont-or-the-case-for-object-centered-sociality.html#comment-194922 What is a social network? Sat, 22 Oct 2011 11:40:05 +0000 http://www.zengestrom.com/?p=117#comment-194922 [...] out this link for an influential post on the topic of social [...] [...] out this link for an influential post on the topic of social [...]

]]> By: Harold Jarche » Thoughts on slackers, conversations, data and networks http://www.zengestrom.com/blog/2005/04/why-some-social-network-services-work-and-others-dont-or-the-case-for-object-centered-sociality.html#comment-190442 Harold Jarche » Thoughts on slackers, conversations, data and networks Fri, 30 Sep 2011 11:35:54 +0000 http://www.zengestrom.com/?p=117#comment-190442 [...] Object by Ton Zijlstra In my presentations over the past 8 months I’ve positioned data as an object of sociality: it becomes the trigger for interaction, a trigger for the forming of connections between people. [...] [...] Object by Ton Zijlstra In my presentations over the past 8 months I’ve positioned data as an object of sociality: it becomes the trigger for interaction, a trigger for the forming of connections between people. [...]

]]> By: HYVE check-ins encourage accountability, reduce email — Online Collaboration http://www.zengestrom.com/blog/2005/04/why-some-social-network-services-work-and-others-dont-or-the-case-for-object-centered-sociality.html#comment-188379 HYVE check-ins encourage accountability, reduce email — Online Collaboration Thu, 15 Sep 2011 21:01:29 +0000 http://www.zengestrom.com/?p=117#comment-188379 [...] built on entrepreneur Jyri Engestrom‘s observation that it’s a fallacy “to think that social networks are just made up of people. They’re not; social networks consist of ...” In this case the shared objects are things like projects, customers and places. By letting [...] [...] built on entrepreneur Jyri Engestrom‘s observation that it’s a fallacy “to think that social networks are just made up of people. They’re not; social networks consist of …” In this case the shared objects are things like projects, customers and places. By letting [...]

]]> By: ”Varför har Facebook blivit så jävla populärt?” « Fyra nyanser av brunt http://www.zengestrom.com/blog/2005/04/why-some-social-network-services-work-and-others-dont-or-the-case-for-object-centered-sociality.html#comment-187213 ”Varför har Facebook blivit så jävla populärt?” « Fyra nyanser av brunt Wed, 07 Sep 2011 09:17:58 +0000 http://www.zengestrom.com/?p=117#comment-187213 [...] Sociala objekt. Det finns en hel uppsjö forskning om sånt här men kortfattat så lyckades Facebook göra varje [...] [...] Sociala objekt. Det finns en hel uppsjö forskning om sånt här men kortfattat så lyckades Facebook göra varje [...]

]]> By: Welcome back « Future Case http://www.zengestrom.com/blog/2005/04/why-some-social-network-services-work-and-others-dont-or-the-case-for-object-centered-sociality.html#comment-186912 Welcome back « Future Case Sun, 04 Sep 2011 09:47:13 +0000 http://www.zengestrom.com/?p=117#comment-186912 [...] a rather brilliant socialogist from Helsinki (just like his dad). I suggest you read his “Why some social network services work and others don’t — Or: the case for object-centered soc...  so we can have a constructive [...] [...] a rather brilliant socialogist from Helsinki (just like his dad). I suggest you read his “Why some social network services work and others don’t — Or: the case for object-centered soc…  so we can have a constructive [...]

]]> By: An Introduction to Work Objects http://www.zengestrom.com/blog/2005/04/why-some-social-network-services-work-and-others-dont-or-the-case-for-object-centered-sociality.html#comment-184578 An Introduction to Work Objects Wed, 10 Aug 2011 01:34:47 +0000 http://www.zengestrom.com/?p=117#comment-184578 [...] Jyri Engestrom (Jaiku, Ditto) applied this theory to the online world in his seminal 2005 post on what makes a successful social network, and goes so far as to say that Social Objects need to be [...] [...] Jyri Engestrom (Jaiku, Ditto) applied this theory to the online world in his seminal 2005 post on what makes a successful social network, and goes so far as to say that Social Objects need to be [...]

]]> By: The Story of DoubleDutch HYVE: Moving Beyond the Check-In ~ HYVE ~ DoubleDutch http://www.zengestrom.com/blog/2005/04/why-some-social-network-services-work-and-others-dont-or-the-case-for-object-centered-sociality.html#comment-180254 The Story of DoubleDutch HYVE: Moving Beyond the Check-In ~ HYVE ~ DoubleDutch Tue, 21 Jun 2011 12:32:01 +0000 http://www.zengestrom.com/?p=117#comment-180254 [...] in 2010, we stumbled across some Jyri Engstrom’s seminal 2005 work on the concept of Social Objects, as well as some of GapingVoid’s excellent analysis on the same [...] [...] in 2010, we stumbled across some Jyri Engstrom’s seminal 2005 work on the concept of Social Objects, as well as some of GapingVoid’s excellent analysis on the same [...]

]]> By: Some thoughts on Color with a capital C | 'Pataphysical science in the home http://www.zengestrom.com/blog/2005/04/why-some-social-network-services-work-and-others-dont-or-the-case-for-object-centered-sociality.html#comment-179785 Some thoughts on Color with a capital C | 'Pataphysical science in the home Tue, 14 Jun 2011 15:54:41 +0000 http://www.zengestrom.com/?p=117#comment-179785 [...] as John Battelle defined it, and that this signal will be extremely useful when wrapped around social objects, in the way that Jyri Engestrom intended the term way back in 2005, and it’s every bit as [...] [...] as John Battelle defined it, and that this signal will be extremely useful when wrapped around social objects, in the way that Jyri Engestrom intended the term way back in 2005, and it’s every bit as [...]

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