Google Buzz Demonstration

Google announced Google Buzz today, their integration of social accounts and online conversations with Gmail. TechCrunch has a rundown. Here’s a video demo of Google Buzz.

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The Yellow Smiley Face

This is “a heartwarming comedy of parents using a computer for the first time to communicate with their son in America.” Nice depiction of how humans interact with technology

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The Paradox Of Choice – Barry Schwartz

Psychologist Barry Schwartz takes aim at a central tenet of western societies: freedom of choice. In Schwartz’s estimation, choice has made us not freer but more paralyzed, not happier but more dissatisfied.

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Old Skool Social Networking

An interview with James Fowler & Nicholas Christakis, MD, authors of Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks, in which they discuss how traditional social networks affect our behavior.

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