Do you know this feeling, when you daily set up a goal and fail to achieve it? I’m not talking about big lifetime goals, just small stuff.

For example, everyday I try to sit down and work on the new look of the blog; and I just postpone it.

I think the best way to put some pressure on me and this goal is to go public.

So there: During the weekend and the days to come, I’ll start working on a new look for the blog.

I love Mr.Happy’s theme, but I’m the type who likes change.

I think I’ll keep the main structure of the blog (meaning the php theme) and I’ll mainly concentrate on the style (meaning the CSS).

I am also considering applying a theme changer, where the readers can change the look of the blog (which means I want to create more than one style).

For any suggestions or recommendations, improvize - feel free to contact me.

I’m trying to implement a rating system (a wordpress plugin developed by Lester ‘GaMerZ’ Chan), so that you can rate my posts and help me improve the content. It might take me a couple of hours to make it work properly, but bare with me.

I like criticism especially when its constructive, so additional feedback/comments would be appreciated.

You might have noticed that this blog is quite fresh. I just want to say, that it is in my (near)future plans to create my own themes - although I really like this one (thanks to Mr. Happy).

I am planning on making a small collection of themes and giving you the option to change the layout. When you don’t like the theme, you just change it. I’m still working on how exactly to do this, so any tips would be appreciated.

veryone is welcome to contact me. Depending on the person, contact possibilities are numerous:

Contact-Form for lazy people

E-mail for hasty people

me@changemod.com

Chat for chatters

gmail - robojiannis@gmail.com

skype - robojiannis

This is an introductory post in a (hopefully and supposedly) series of many. It doesn’t really have an informative character, since it does not contribute in the blogging community. It is simply my exlpanation, why I start this blog and how I hope it will develop.

I’m intrigued with the evolution of the social media these last years and if i were to summarize the subject of my blog, this would be it. Social Media. But this term entails a vast series of studies. Theory of networks, the small world problem (I don’t see it as a problem), the new hyperlinked, collaborative forms of authorship, scaling laws, emergent systems even mass psychology and social representations. This blog’s goal is to contribute to the discourse about all these subjects. I’m not saying that I know my way around with all these subjects, but that’s what blogging is about. Participating in a vast discourse, where everyone contributes one small piece of the puzzle.

See you online.

About the blog

The cyberspace is a complicated place to be. Many variables define its identity; variables, which combine the practice (and theory) of many different disciplines. From psychology, sociology, network theory, law to more abstract issues like authorship, freedom, beauty and virtuality.

Purpose of this blog is to discuss the development of cyberspace, following and criticizing current issues. It is also my interest to study and decode (to a possible extent) the structure, formation and connectivity of the web. Finally, this blog will approach the aesthetical side of cyberspace. By that, I don’t only imply the beauty of code but also the beauty of the web itself. As a believer to the freedom and independence of cyberspace, it is my hope to contribute and provide to the community.

Bare in mind, dear reader, that this is a personal blog. This means, that although I will stay true to the goals set above, I cannot guarantee that they will constitute my sole reflections.

About the author

My name is Jiannis Sotiropoulos, I’m a 25 year old person, currently living in Berlin. I have studied sociology and media sciences and I’m currently working on various projects concerning (mostly) online media.

I’m an active member of stumbleUpon, LibraryThing, Last.fm, del.icio.us, friendfeed and Mixx.

In a personal level:

I’m 65% open to new experiences, 69% conscientious, 42% extrovert, 74% agreeable and 4% neurotic (!)

Also running…

I’m an official contributor at the PandemicBlog, where we mostly concentrate on social media and online marketing subjects.

I also contribute my CSS designs at the OpenDesigns Community. You can check my profile to see the designs or just click on the downloads section.

07.04.08