Web in Focus

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Sum­mary:

Pur­pose in life is found in rela­tion­ships; how can we use the web to develop relationships?

Episode Top­ics:

• Focus on sub­jects that peo­ple are pas­sion­ate about
• Tech­nol­ogy bridges dis­tance and barriers.
• Low invest­ment can lead to insignif­i­cant relationships.
• eHar­mony: a good exam­ple of tech­nol­ogy being used to ini­ti­ate relationships
• Tech­nol­ogy is good for shar­ing facts and enabling communication
• Activism: an emo­tional connection
• Hur­ri­cane Kat­rina illus­trates the power and fail­ings of inter­net com­mu­ni­ca­tion (also the 2009 Iran­ian election)
• Focus on the needs of the community
• Build­ing a com­mu­nity from scratch
• open and closed communities
• Trolling
• How to do:
  con­sider the cost
  need peo­ple and rel­e­vant con­tent (chicken & egg dilemma)
  seed conversations
• Tech­nol­ogy in not a replace­ment for real-​​world inter­ac­tion, but can be used to pos­i­tively impact the peo­ple and orga­ni­za­tions we care about.