Sep Kamvar - We Feel Fine
This picture showing an emotional graph is simply beautiful:
I had the privelege of seeing Sep Kamvar talk about his new book on Friday and I feel inspired by the blending of engineering and art. He spoke about the emotional nature of blogs and how some bloggers feel the need to put their feelings out there no matter how raw. The project WeFeeFine.org is just beatiful, as is the piece IWantYouToWantMe, but both raise interesting questions.
- the web is increasingly about feelings and relationships. Is google missing out by defining its mission as organizing all the worlds information? Information is so impersonal, but even organizing thoughts would be much more personal.
- is the era of openness on the web just a fad? Privacy concerns on the internet are on the upswing it seems, and this whole experiment of self disclosure may produce some undesireable results. Already I see a trend of more experienced users of social networking sites being more conservative with their information.
Still an inspiring area of research and I’m excited to get my hands on a copy of the book.