2 Jul
2009
2 Jul
'09
1:30 p.m.
Have you read the various discussions and articles on the concept and desire for "ambient awareness"--the desire to develop a kind of sixth sense about what our friends and colleagues are doing/thinking/observing, so in a sense we feel more connected to them? So, just like you might be chatting on the phone with a friend or relative and say you've just had a delicious Thai chicken sandwich as a way to share something trivial, but still socially bonding, the same can be done over your Twitter followers, writ large... Robert Berkman Associate Professor Media Studies & Film The New School **************It's raining cats and dogs -- Come to PawNation, a place where pets rule! (http://www.pawnation.com/?ncid=emlcntnew00000008)