Social, work lives collide on networking websites Jan 18, 2008
" Not an exclusive club Some have tried to deal with the pitfalls of social networking without limiting access to their friends lists. Howard Rheingold, a blogger and author of books about online communities, recently sent all his Facebook friends a message reminding them that he doesn't actually know everyone on his list. Rather than be selective about whom he accepts as friends, Rheingold and others treat Facebook more as a guestbook, open to nearly everyone who makes a request. Once you... (USA Today -- Tech)
Flash mob 2.0: Urban playground movement invites participation Nov 11, 2007
"This all speaks to the quintessentially human desire to gather and do something that benefits everyone in the group," said Howard Rheingold, author of "Smart Mobs: The Next Social Revolution" (2002). Rheingold, who teaches at both UC Berkeley and Stanford University, has studied how the rise of the Internet and networking technology have helped "lower the threshold for collective action," allowing anyone to join a mob and at any given moment. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Wikipedia project is a class act Nov 1, 2007
Internet luminary Howard Rheingold, author of Smart Mobs: The Next Social Revolution, recently told an education conference in Melbourne that educators needed to teach kids how to critically evaluate information online. They need 00004000 ed to promote participatory media like Wikipedia and blogs rather than banning them. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)
Who's the boss? Oct 16, 2007
Some sites are not commercial ventures to begin with - run on donations and the power of collective intelligence that IT luminary Howard Rheingold calls "smart mobs". One such is Australia's Whirlpool forum, now a massive resource for information on broadband service providers, internet hardware, computers and the net in general. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)
There's more to academic research than hitting the search button Oct 13, 2007
Howard RheingoldOctober 13, 2007 ... Howard Rheingold is the author of Smart Mobs: The Next Social Revolution. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Discovering beliefs, core values online Oct 1, 2007
Communications expert Howard Rheingold writes, "I believe that we humans, who know so much about cosmology and immunology, lack a fundamental framework for thinking about why and how humans cooperate.". The Edge Web site questions prompted the publication of several books cataloging hundreds of the responses. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Sack the net nanny, talk to your kids Sep 25, 2007
Author and academic Howard Rheingold (pictured) says parents should educate rather than censor their children. He says that by censoring the internet "you are not encouraging a good relationship with your child". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)
Digital age spawns a new first-responder Aug 4, 2007
"The technologies lower the barriers for collective action," said Howard Rheingold, author of "Smart Mobs," a book on how electronic devices spawn social networks. "People are able to do things together in ways they weren't easily able to do things before.". (Boston Globe)
If successful, iPhone could raise the bars Jun 26, 2007
But they could do even more with tools such as the iPhone, said Howard Rheingold, author of "Smart Mobs: The Next Social Revolution" and a professor at Stanford University. "Those are hints to what people are going to do," he said. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Genius and Misfit Aren’t Synonyms, or Are They? Jun 3, 2007
In an era where one-size-fits-all solutions take hold for reasons of efficiency and winner-take-all economics, ;misfits can thrive, because start-up companies are how misfits express themselves,; says Howard Rheingold, the author of ;Smart Mobs,; which is about how the Internet allows strangers to act in concert. Google, the hottest company on the planet as measured by media ink, is one of the latest examples of the power of the misfit. (Shoals TimesDaily)
GOING DOWN IN FLAMES Apr 23, 2007
" Fifteen years ago, the still relatively small and relatively sophisticated Internet community expressed dread over the colonization of their frontier by corporations such as AOL -- and the millions of clueless users these "Internets 4 Dummies" ISPs would bring with them. The early adapters had reason to be uneasy. Internet egalitarianism, it seems, is a double-edged sword. "The rate of technology is overwhelming the slower process by which social norms form," explains Howard Rheingold, pioneer... (San Francisco Chronicle)
How smart mobs coped with a massacre Apr 20, 2007
"-- TECH NEWS By Alan BoyleScience editorMSNBCUpdated: 9:14 a.m. ET April 19, 2007Alan BoyleScience editor The way students and teachers passed along information during the Virginia Tech massacre via cellphone videos and campus-watching Webcams, via text messages and Web bulletin boards demonstrates how the wired world has changed in the 21st century, one of the prophets of the new age says., technology guru Howard Rheingold predicted that the... (MSNBC -- International)
Q&A: Butler's Cotton Apr 16, 2007
Our conferences started in 2003 and the idea is to present thought leaders, such as Chris Anderson, Howard Rheingold, Eric Ryan of Method cleaning products, and Nike's trend team. Leading marketers and ad agencies from all over the States attend. (AdWeek)
Samaritans with keyboards: On the Internet, helping strangers is a form of fun Jan 13, 2007
"It's not that human nature has changed, it's that the cost of participation has been dramatically lowered," said Internet theorist Howard Rheingold. "If you're an expert on the prairie dogs of Nebraska, it's now very inexpensive for you to contribute your little piece of expertise.". (North County Times)
