Signum sine tinnitu–by Guy Kawasaki: Social Networking Essays
Signum sine tinnitu–by Guy Kawasaki: Social Networking Essays: Here are three interesting essays about how social networks work. Highly relevant reading for anyone in a social networking company—or...
View ArticleRedefining Friendship
Redefining Friendship : Venture Chronicles: “But really, these sites aren’t about connecting and reconnecting. They’re a platform for self-branding.” I really don’t agree with, or even understand, the...
View Article“If the news is important, it will find me”
“If the news is important, it will find me” – - mathewingram.com/work: Think about that for a second — or longer, if necessary. I think that sums up, in ten simple words, what has happened to the way...
View ArticleThree Tales of Trolls
Derek Powazek – Three Tales of Trolls: Sometimes things happen in threes. I recently read these stories and, maybe it’s just me, but I think they share a common thread. In the first story, Mattathias...
View ArticleSocial media at its worst – post-mortem cyber-bullying | Measuring Social Media
Social media at its worst – post-mortem cyber-bullying | Measuring Social Media: The problem of cyber-bullying hit me hard last week. As I wrote last week, I volunteer as a critical incident stress...
View ArticleSocial Media is No Place for Robot Behavior | chrisbrogan.com
Social Media is No Place for Robot Behavior | chrisbrogan.com: I’m sick of robots. Truly. Your automated direct message back thanking me for following you does three things exceptionally well: 1. Irks...
View ArticleThe Social Graph: Revolution or Evolution?
The Social Graph: Revolution or Evolution?: Arguably, the first serious discussion into implementing archival and retrieval of public online information was via Usenet; in early 1985 Chuq Von Rospach...
View Articlethe ever changing social landscape
I hadn’t planned on this nor intended to make changes, but the social landscape online keeps changing, and so I’ve been thinking through whether to make changes in my personal landscape and if so, what...
View ArticleGoogle+ — lots of win, not perfect
I have been experimenting with (and when I say that, I mean “avoiding work with”) Google+ the last couple of weeks, and I have to admit, I did not expect to be impressed, but I am. The engagement...
View Articlewe’re having the comment fight again…
While I wasn’t looking, it looks like the “Comments: good idea, or tool of Satan?” fight has broken out again. Matt Gemmell fired it off: Comments Still Off – Matt Gemmell: Just over a month ago, I...
View ArticleDoes my favorite author now have to spend a couple hours a day on Facebook?
January 24, 2012 | Trent Nelson | Photojournalist: Tech people keep saying that artists can make it without the distribution systems, and they all trot out Jonathan Coulton as the example of someone...
View ArticleiPhone Address Book Fiasco Should Be Apple’s Cue to Build Its Own Social Network
iPhone Address Book Fiasco Should Be Apple’s Cue to Build Its Own Social Network: Apple can take all that address book data and make a real social platform out of it, adding features like two-way...
View ArticleI’m not a “curator” – Marco.org
I’m not a “curator” – Marco.org: First of all, readers aren’t going to learn what those symbols mean. The distinction between them is also unnecessary and will lead to more confusion: I’ve been running...
View ArticleReinventing mistakes…
Pinterest allows impersonators free rein—but for how long?: Each new social media service that crosses the threshold of public awareness sees two things: brands and celebrities rushing in to find out...
View ArticleCurated Thoughts on Curation
Curated Thoughts on Curation – Marco.org: Link to great stuff often, and you’ll build an audience. But subsequent linkers don’t owe credit to every intermediate linker. It’s nice in some cirustances as...
View ArticleShould all social media managers be under the age of 25?
Should All Social Media Managers Be Under 25? – Forbes: By now you have likely read the controversial article by Cathryn Sloane arguing that all social media managers should be under the age of 25....
View ArticleChick-fil-A Finds Politics Can Be Bad For Its Business
Chick-fil-A Finds Politics Can Be Bad For Its Business | News – Advertising Age: Fast-growing chicken chain Chick-fil-A has long been known for sticking to its conservative roots. In a 2010 interview...
View ArticleI am Twitter’s Worst Enemy
On Twitter — James Duncan Davidson: While Twitter has done a lot of things of late that may be disappointing or annoying or even infuriating—such as pulling the rug out of the 3rd party ecosystem that...
View ArticleLying for a living…
When I was interviewing for the Community Manager job with Palm’s Developer Relations, I found myself sitting in a conference room with the person who would ultimately be my boss, and we were talking...
View ArticleGoogle+ now has groups/communities — and I’ve created the Bird Photography group
I’m tempted to say “It’s about time!”, but Google has rolled out real communities/groups/forums on Google+. At first glance, they’ve done a decent design, and I’ve been watching groups pop up this...
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