Code, Strings, and Keys

Category: microblogging

  • The trouble with Twitter

    The Trouble with Twitter The trouble with social networking… (see The Social Brain Hypothesis, page 184, column 3) British anthropologist Robin Dunbar […] noted in 1992 that humans—like other primates—can handle only 150 relationships. If we try to add many more connections, our little brains get overloaded. The conclusion from a ballpark example… Thus Twitter…

  • My thoughts on Yammer

    I commented on @joewheeler’s take on Yammer (Yammer.com): I’m not entirely sure that there is as huge of a barrier to adoption from the corporate side. Office Communicator and Windows Messenger before that offered private network IM capability. Additionally, the Millenials and like-minded young adults are starting to filter into the workplace as interns and…