My friend Zeynep was quoted in a NY Times Magazine article, http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/07/magazine/07awareness-t.html?_r=2&pagewanted=all&oref=slogin, on the use of Facebook. The article is a good read and the author discusses how people are increasingly using Facebook and other technologies to monitor the behaviors of others (both strong and weak ties).
I was at a department party tonite and a colleague's husband was there. On his FB status update today he noted that he'd gone to a bootcamp workout class this morning and he was really out of shape. I asked him about it at the party and I could tell that he was surprised that I knew about it. I then mentioned that I saw his status update on FB. He laughed; he's new to FB. I'm guessing his ambient awareness level will increase over time.
How do you use FB or other technologies to stay in contact with others? Do you like having ambient awareness and/or intimacy?
17 years ago
