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By Adam Richardson - May 3, 2010
Last week was The Next Web conference in Amsterdam, and it was really a terrific event. It was held in a wonderful brick factory building which, despite getting very hot inside, was a spectacular space. The screen was a gigantic 70 meters across. But despite the showy scale, the vibe inside was friendly, enthusiastic, and down to earth.
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By Adam Richardson - December 8, 2009
Does anyone else find it ironic that the people who are creating sites such as Facebook and Twitter, who are shaping so much of our online social experience, are the same people (i.e. computer geeks) who are stereotypically socially inept? Talk about the inmates running the asylum!
Are we being set up for a workable and worthwhile future of social interactions, or are we slowly poisoning our ability to be truly social?
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By Adam Richardson - December 2, 2009
I was driving along the other day and saw a lime green Ford Fiesta - a car which is not currently available in the US, but which launched recently in Europe. It's combination of good looks, driving fun, and low prices has quickly made it the second-best-selling car there after the Golf.
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By Adam Richardson - October 26, 2009
The Pew Internet & American Life Project has release a new survey with some stats on how many people are using Twitter, MySpace, Facebook and so on to give status updates to others, or see what other people are up to.
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By Adam Richardson - August 5, 2009
I was just listening to a talk by American novelist Donna Leon, who lives in Venice, Italy, and she said something that made me wonder if Facebook (or MySpace, the place for friends, for that matter) could have originated outside of the US.
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By Adam Richardson - June 11, 2009
Insightful post from O'Reilly about the strengths and weaknesses of Twitter, which echo very basic thoughts I've had about the service. Mark Drapeau goes into much more depth than I've thought about the topic. He starts out saying:
