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Alex de Carvalho


Social Object

Social object and the object-centered environment
Sergeant Jalo­nen must have spent his child­hood in a con­crete sandbox After I grad­u­ated from col­lege, I com­pleted manda­tory mil­i­tary ser­vice in the Finnish Army. The year-long expe­ri­ence yielded intense expe­ri­ences, life­long friend­ships and lots of sto­ries. One of them comes to mind: Jalo­nen and I were the first two sol­diers from our com­pany to [...] Read more – ‘Social object and the object-centered environment’.
Social objects and the observer’s paradox
My pre­vi­ous post about “social objects”, described how your pro­file, what you pub­lish and what share online deter­mines the impres­sion you make and pro­vides top­ics or hooks for oth­ers to get in touch with you. The term social object is a con­ve­nient short­hand for describ­ing such hooks, which rep­re­sent many of the rea­sons peo­ple social­ize [...] Read more – ‘Social objects and the observer’s paradox’.
The use of social objects as artefacts for identity management
First, a bit of history Before talk­ing about social objects as acces­sories for online impres­sion man­age­ment, I wanted to sur­face a bit of his­tory about the term, “Social Object”. There’s been a lot of talk lately about object-centered social­ity, which can be thought of as “the rea­son peo­ple con­nect and social­ize with each other”, to [...] Read more – ‘The use of social objects as artefacts for identity management’.