Social Networking

November 4, 2011

Interview with Liz Lynch, author of the book Smart Networking: Attract a Following In Person and Online

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Mike Carruthers:
If you're looking for a job or looking to advance in your career it's important to know that people do want to help you.

Liz Lynch:
But you have to realize that what you ask for has to be in proportion to the relationship you have with somebody. So something that your best friend might go out of their way and walk over nails to do for you - someone you don't know as well may not be able to do that.
 

August 1, 2011

Interview with Thomas Cooper, PhD author of the book Fast Media, Media Fast: How to Clear Your Mind and Invigorate Your Life In an Age of Media Overload

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Mike Carruthers:
Technology has changed our lives but the change is not all good for all people, for some it has become an addiction.

Thomas Cooper PhD:
People unable to leave their cell phone, to leave their hand held device, people unable to stop watching sports every night, those kinds of media addictions allow us to become the first culture to spend more time with machines than with each other.
 

June 1, 2011

Interview with Jason Ohler, author of the book Digital Community, Digital Citizen

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Mike Carruthers:
Ever since cellphones became available people have complained they are a big distraction.

Jason Ohler:
Well I think most people have that visceral experience where they’re talking to somebody and a text comes in and they say, “I gotta take this.”
 

February 2, 2011

Interview with Sherry Turkle, author of the book Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other

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Mike Carruthers:
More and more people would rather text than talk on their cell phones and when you ask them why?

Sherry Turkle:
They say I’m not in control of the conversation if I call.
 

February 1, 2011

Interview with Sherry Turkle, author of the book Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other

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Mike Carruthers:
Technology has created a definite shift in how we relate to each other as individuals.

Sherry Turkle:
Because people would rather text than talk – we’re so connected that we don’t have time to think.
 

January 11, 2011

Interview with Ellie Kay, author of the book The 60-Minute Money Workout: An Easy Step-by-Step Guide to Getting Your Finances into Shape

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Mike Carruthers:
The beginning of the year is a good time to examine just how you’re spending your money.

Ellie Kay:
You ought to re-evaluate your automobile policy, you ought to re-evaluate your homeowner’s policy, and I also think you ought to re-evaluate your cell phone policy.
 

November 22, 2010

Interview with Ken Auletta, author of the book Googled: The End of the World As We Know It

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Mike Carruthers:
Google as a company has changed everything.

Ken Auletta:
All of us have been affected by this company, we don’t search for information we Google it – it’s a verb and it’s changed all of our lives.
 

October 7, 2010

Interview with Nick Bilton, author of the book I Live in the Future & Here's How It Works: Why Your World, Work, and Brain Are Being Creatively Disrupted

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Mike Carruthers:
Computer and Internet technology has a lot of people worried about what it’s doing to our children and our society in general.

Nick Bilton:
Well, I think there’s been a lot of negative press and a lot of negative books saying the Internet is bad for us and that it’s ruining our brains – and I just didn’t buy it.
 

 September 20, 2010

Interview with John L. Locke, author of the book Eavesdropping: An Intimate History

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Mike Carruthers:
Eavesdropping, snooping - it’s considered bad social behavior but apparently it’s biologically wired into us.

John L. Locke:
Almost all living beings are aware of their surroundings and they need to be aware of things that the others in their surroundings don’t want them to know.

May 28, 2010

Interview with Susan Roane, author of the book How to Work a Room, Revised Edition: Your Essential Guide to Savvy Socializing

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Mike Carruthers:
Because of technology we are socializing - REALLY socializing: face-to-face, shaking hands kind of socializing, less and less.

Susan Roane:
We now have something called techno friends. I have a friend in India, we've never met, we've never even talked it's been strictly talking on email.