links for 2011-03-24

"For almost all interactions we place our body in motion. Even speaking requires muscles to move in order to work....The question I ask is if certain movements just feel better than others at an aesthetic level and further that perception is manipulated by other interacting factors."

"Interactions like this were realistic enough to attract attention from members of the targeted community, who started to follow the bots and respond to their messages. The best-performing bot was able to gain more than 100 followers and generated almost 200 responses."

"I'm definitely not a data expert, however I've been truly inspired by the people and the organisations involved in this programme and the services they are creating."

Tricky to see what couldn't have been achieved by using a list instead?

"In my opinion this is a win for common sense. Loads of people bid on competitors trademarks but nobody in the industry really likes it. Most brands get upset not by the leakage of traffic (although this is a big problem) but by the increase in AdWords bid prices caused by multiple competitors bidding on your own brand name."

"And just imagine the unflattering and potentially compromising shots you took at the party last night being broadcast to your boss (you spend a lot of time standing near him, right? You *must* be friends)."

Or, from the other side of the story: "why is that weird guy still moping all these years later and freaking me out on Facebook"

City University students Andrea Jezovit, Pearlyn Quan, Meg Morigami and Maria Font have launched a new blog 'searching for the future of news' with a piece about the talk I gave there a couple of weeks back