As some of you may know, I’m building a great piece of social software right now together with our team: uberVU. As I dig deeper and deeper into the heart of what social software is, I find that it’s really useful to ponder about the history of social software a bit.
While some of you may think that social software started with Friendster, the truth is a bit more complicated. Social software actually started way back in the 1940s, with an enigmatic device called the Memex. This was before computers existed.
The history of social software is really interesting and will give you a lot of insights about how we got where we are and also about where we may be headed. If you’re interested in the subject, you’ll find this post a great resource.
It’s a really long post, so those of you with short attention spans should be returning to Twitter about now.
History Of Social Software
While some of you may think that social software started with Friendster, the truth is a bit more complicated. Social software actually started way back in the 1940s, with an enigmatic device called the Memex. This was before computers existed.
The history of social software is really interesting and will give you a lot of insights about how we got where we are and also about where we may be headed. If you’re interested in the subject, you’ll find this post a great resource.
It’s a really long post, so those of you with short attention spans should be returning to Twitter about now.