The Right to Publicize Self-Gossip

I have always wondered why do people like to gossip about themselves. Is that really important to them? Do I really want to hear this? What can I respond with?
This is important to me because it affects the way I respond to their topics “of interests”, and my behavior towards them and it leads all [...]

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Summary of How Technology Almost Lost the War: In Iraq, the Critical Networks Are Social – Not Electronic

By Noah Shachtman.
This article discusses about winning a war, comparing techniques using technology versus communities. Both techniques uses networks, but in a slightly different way.
WARNING: DO NOT READ UNLESS YOU’RE A GEEK, MALE, MILITARIST OR ANY COMBINATION. OR WANT THE ARTICLE SUMMARIZED IN A VERY LAYMAN WAY

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