by Minter Dial | Apr 6, 2011 | Mental Health, Social Media
The Bell Curve Tolls for Thee This bell toils for thee When people argue against Facebook, they often like to cite the one or two negatives cases that have been heavily mediatized (people getting fired because of a posting on a Facebook wall, a girl who tragically...
by Minter Dial | Apr 4, 2011 | Social Media
The pace of change in digital media “The world is moving fast,” is one of the more trite comments that one can hear these days (right up there with banal commentary on the weather). In fact, the average orbital speed of the earth is 29.78 km/second...
by Minter Dial | Mar 15, 2011 | Social Media
A SOCIAL MEDIA EXPERIMENT Minter and Lisa Porter Dial, NY, circa 1938 I am on a mission. I have launched a social media experiment (over on Minter Dialogue Blog) regarding the 100th anniversary of the birth of my grandfather, Lt Cdr N Minter Dial, after...
by Minter Dial | Feb 8, 2011 | Social Media
If Facebook has gained 20 million users in France, there are still some people in France who are recalcitrant users, wary of the platform and feel more or less forced to join (6 reasons why not to join!). But, to paraphrase Joel de Rosnay, France is not rear guard; it...
by Minter Dial | Jan 22, 2011 | Social Media
Are you, like many people addicted or obsessed with Facebook? The statistic I like the most about people’s online activity is: “57% of people talk to people more online than they do in real life” …and I tend to believe that...