Post on “Inside Social Games”
I have a blog post on “Inside Social Games” discussing some of my research findings: http://www.insidesocialgames.com/2010/10/07/how-design-choices-impact-virtual-goods-purchases-in-games/
Hating Louis Vuitton on Hulu
I was absolutely horrified when a Louis Vuitton advertisement popped up while I was wathing some TV show on Hulu. Being somewhat of a snob, I disliked the idea of […]
The Last Newspaper: Newspapers as art
The New Museum has an exhibition titled “The Last Newspaper” featuring the work of artists who use (and abuse) the daily newspaper in their art practices. It is certainly not […]
Seattle waterfront
Enhancing Relationships with Farmville?
I just finished submitting the camera-ready copy of our paper on how social network games can initiate, maintain, and even enhance relationships. (Co-author J. Vitak has written a blog post […]
Parenting on Facebook: Communicating or Moderating?
I don’t have children yet, so I don’t know about parenting, or what it means to be “Friends” with my children on Facebook. However, I have parents on Facebook and […]
Updates
* Prof. Axel Bruns apparently attended the talk I gave at ICA about using Twitter to analyze television viewers’ sentiments and posted a lovely summary. So many people were taking notes during […]
Reflecting on Casual Connect & advantages of being on an social network platform
Wow, it has already been two weeks since I attended Casual Connect, which was held this year in Seattle. Being in academia, this isn’t a conference that I would normally […]
D. Yvette Wohn 