Some of My Best Friends Are Robots

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Some of My Best Friends Are Robots

Posted on 01 December 2009.

The presentation I gave at nextMEDIA in Toronto today. Basic premise, let’s put human stuff first when using the ‘new’ media (and in every case, in fact). Stuff like personality, quality, relationships and taking the time to invest in the people you follow/follow you is really important for being able to raise that crucial social capital that helps us achieve our goals at the end of the day (job, growing our business, changing the world, raising money, etc).

4 Responses to “Some of My Best Friends Are Robots”

scott anderson says:

December 10, 2009 at 7:43 pm

I thoroughly enjoy how you express your opinions, ideas & thoughts. They just make sense. Not everyone has that knack to put ideas into words. My wife’s a teacher & teaches writing, so I do appreciate others who can also write well. Question for you. I would like to share your slideshare presentations on my Linkedin site. How do I do that? I am also in the very slow process of spreading the word of coworking to see if it has any chance here in my town. So keep up the awesome work.
Tara Hunt says:

December 11, 2009 at 2:43 pm

Hey Scott! Thanks! I’m not sure how you share my slides on LinkedIn, but probably through adding the Slideshare tool to your LinedIN profile? Awesome re: coworking!
Sam Rose says:

December 13, 2009 at 1:30 pm

Tara, this was an amazing presentation (and I did not even see you deliver it).

I think a lot of people are stuck in the mindsets that you outline here (shortcuts, “personal branding”, quantity, messaging, etc). I think people look at the most successful commercial enterprises, institutions, etc, see this going on, and believe that this is what they must emulate.

Problem is, there is no room for any more players in that realm, and it takes massive resources to operate in the machine way. Plus, perhaps most importantly, it isolates and alienates people, as you point out.

RE: Volume, we at Forward Foundation are working on a model to show that too much volume has the counter-effect of attracting and sustaining interest. More on this later
Tara Hunt says:

December 13, 2009 at 2:25 pm

Sam, I’m always eager to hear about what you are working on.