Social Networks
Entries related to social networks, group psychology, anthropology, and really any of the social sciences.
Rapture Road Trip Diary - ShakeDown BBQ
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Sat, 05/21/2011 - 11:01As we started our trip to Virginia yesterday, we listened to various tunes appropriate for a pre-rapture road trip. First up was Freebird, “If I leave here tomorrow, will you still remember me.” At various points along the trip, we listened to other songs that fit the trip. Somewhere in Pennsylvania, we pulled over to switch drivers so Kim could search on the cellphone for restaurants while I drove. The restaurants we had chosen before we left didn’t seem as promising as we had thought. One was about fifteen minutes of the interstate and had mixed reviews. The other was in the middle of a college town that is having graduation today.
Kim spent some time using Yelp’s app, and we finally got off the road in Grantville, PA. There were three choices. One was a hotel restaurant that got good reviews. However, the hotel had some crowd in it and the idea of eating in a hotel restaurant didn’t really fit the bill. The second choice was a dive bar that sounded promising, but perhaps not with Fiona. We ended up using the GPS to find our way to ShakeDown BBQ. It was really good, with a nice smoker and pile of wood out back. We need to go out and give it some good reviews, especially for people heading down I-81. Afterwards, Kim asked what the implications of location based restaurant review sites for national food chains might be.
Why do people stop at McDonald’s or Waffle House? They know what they are going to get. Stopping at The Farmer’s Wife’s Country Kitchen could provide something really good, or something really disappointing. As more people start using location based restaurant reviews, we could see a return to the local mom and pop restaurants that serve up great food the way we used to see before the branding and malling of America.
Of course, a lot of people don’t use location based restaurant reviews on their smartphones yet, so we may not see it as a disrupting technology all that soon, but in my mind, the sooner the better. Oh, and if you’re ever traveling on I-81 around Grantville, PA and looking for some really good food, be sure to checkout ShakeDown BBQ, but check in on your smartphone so you can find it and be sure that they’re open when you are passing by. And yes, they take plastic.
#ff
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Fri, 05/20/2011 - 12:27@CACHCA_RCACCS @CHIGAMIK @HealthJusticeCT @CHCConnecticut @AmeriCorps @CommHealthCorps @CHCHealthCorps @AmeriCorpsWeek
This week’s Follow Friday post is based on whose messages I have been retweeting recently. The first two, @CACHCA_RCACCS and @CHIGAMIK are regular participants of the Thursday afternoon #chcchat. I’ve met a lot of interesting people on these tweet chats and we regularly retweet one another.
Coming up next is @HealthJusticeCT. They sent me a direct message at my work account, asking that I retweet a message they had posted about a survey they are doing. I retweeted it from both my personal account and on behalf of @CHCConnecticut where I work.
One of the great things about @CHCConnecticut is that we have a wonderful group of @AmeriCorps members. AmeriCorps members at health centers are part of @CommHealthCorps and those at CHC tweet as @CHCHealthCorps. This week is @AmeriCorpsWeek and our AmeriCorp members have been crossing the State of Connecticut doing great community service projects.
There are so many great people on Twitter that I’ve been retweeting, I could go on and on, but this is a pretty good list for now. So, who are you following? Who are you retweeting?
Mental Health Month Blog Party
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Wed, 05/18/2011 - 18:02So, today was the APA’s Mental Health Month Blog Party. I wrote about it on my work blog, and shared information about it on the APA’s Facebook Page.
I’ve had a pretty busy day, so I haven’t had a chance to check out many of the other blog posts. It looks like they managed to break 100 blogs participating in the blog party by 5:30. There is still time to join in, so, go out and read some of the other blogs about mental health, and consider adding your own. If you do, let me know.
Wordless Wednesday
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Tue, 05/17/2011 - 20:42
#ff @reachoutandread @bjfogg @trybarefoot @sbanjo @macrame_art @wadedog21 @pitagroup @AndrewCWhite
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Fri, 05/13/2011 - 18:08It has been a long week and I’m only now getting to my Follow Friday list for this week. Starting things off is @reachoutandread. “Reach Out and Read is the evidence-based early literacy initiative that partners with pediatricians to prepare America’s youngest children to succeed in school”. They will be doing some interesting programs in Connecticut this summer which I may be writing about.
@bjfogg is a “Stanford innovator & psychologist. Focus on persuasive tech, behavior change. Work 50% in industry. Fun mix.” He came up in a discussion at work yesterday, so I’m starting to look into his work.
@trybarefoot is from Nova Scotia “working with you to facilitate the growth of individuals, teams, orgainzations and communities”. I met him through #chcchat and need to follow up on some ideas from the tweetchat.
@sbanjo is a “Wall Street Journal reporter covering Connecticut and Westchester County”. She recently started following me and I’m following her in return. Oh, and she’s rooting for #teamtate
@macrame_art is “In love with MACRAME for over 20yrs and still keep discovering new patterns”. I assume she followed me because of my writing about trying to make a macrame hammock. Hopefully I’ll get a little more time to work on that this weekend.
@wadedog21 is the CFO for a community health center in South Dakota. I suspect he followed me as part of the #chcchat and I returned the follow. I can’t remember exactly, but I’m interested in following CHC related people
@pitagroup is “brand advisors, innovators and true business partners who build success for our clients by developing and executing creative strategies”. A friend just went to work there and it will be interesting to see what they are up to.
@AndrewCWhite is a long time political friend.
Well, that’s it for this week.
