Pages tagged socialnetworking:

How Not to be a Key Online Influencer | David Henderson - author, journalist
http://www.davidhenderson.com/2009/01/21/key-online-influencer/

by David Henderson - author, journalist - Story of Andrew James and a tweet that was misinterpreted by his client, FedEx
use of social media
A friend initially shared this story with me recently, and I have delayed posting it until confirmation. It’s a story about a PR account executive/vice president named James Andrews from Ketchum in Atlanta who flew to Memphis to visit FedEx, one of the agency’s biggest clients. Andrews’ mission was to — now, this is important — talk with the corporate communications people at FedEx about social media. Upon landing in Memphis, Andrews posted this message on the popular social media, mini-blogging service, Twitter, that’s widely followed by business people worldwide: James Andrews“True confession but I’m in one of those towns where I scratch my head and say, ‘I would die if I had to live here.’”
It’s a story about a PR account executive/vice president named James Andrews from Ketchum in Atlanta who flew to Memphis to visit FedEx, one of the agency’s biggest clients. Andrews’ mission was to — now, this is important — talk with the corporate communications people at FedEx about social media.
unthinking use of twitter comes back to haunt someone
he top executives at the FedEx front office, and the company’s corporate communications staff. At that point, a person in the FedEx corporate communications staff apparently took umbrage to the post by Andrews and responded with this personal message to Mr. “KeyInfluencer:”
Twittering Tips for Beginners - Pogue’s Posts Blog - NYTimes.com
http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/15/twittering-tips-for-beginners/
Can't escape from new technology
As a tech columnist, I’m supposed to be on top of what’s new in tech, but there’s just too much, too fast; it’s like drinking from a fire hose. I can only imagine how hopeless a task it must be for everyone else. But one thing’s for sure: The whole thing would be a lot more palatable if somebody would explain the basics. Something like this.
twitter article
twitterting tips
Plinky
http://www.plinky.com/
The Future Of Social Search (Or Why Google Should Buy Facebook)
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/28/the-future-of-social-search-or-why-google-should-buy-facebook/
Will Google buy....
30+ Apps for Doing Business on Facebook
http://mashable.com/2009/01/22/business-facebook-apps/
30 facebook apps for businesses
Here are over 30 Facebook applications to help promote, network, communicate, collaborate and accomplish more with your business.
HOW TO Sell Social Media to Cynics, Skeptics & Luddites - Tips, Resources & Advice
http://www.interactiveinsightsgroup.com/blog1/how-to-sell-social-media-to-cynics-skeptics-luddites-tips-resources-advice/
HOW TO Sell Social Media to Cynics, Skeptics & Luddites - Tips, Resources & Advice
Fanboy.com » Blog Archive » Social Media “Experts” are the Cancer of Twitter (and Must Be Stopped)
http://www.fanboy.com/2009/01/social-media-experts-rant.html
"Like drugs, social media can be a good thing in the right hands. But there are too many people out there who don’t know what they’re doing and just get carried away. Sadly most people just lack the good old fashioned discipline to keep their worse instincts in check." (Via Danny Sanchez)
Os especialistas em mídias sociais são zumbis. E estão estragando o twitter. Porém, eles só falam com eles mesmos. Acho que vou apagar uns feeds, unfollow algumas pessoas, e ganhar tempo este ano.
There is something deely ironic about this, possibly the fact that he is a Dr Who / Battlestar Galactica fan - however, despite me being an "SEO" bloke - I would say he might have a point ?
Nearly a day goes by on Twitter without yet another social media “expert” choosing to stalk me. At first it started innocently — back in the day (about a year ago) various techie friends started to declare themselves social media gurus because they decided to hang out on Twitter and Facebook all day.
Horribly true and I'm one of the people it targets...
totally.
Sometimes the social media and SEO zombies can mate to produce a marketing strategy monster: http://is.gd/gCyv
This is quite funny. But sadly true.
RT @JesseNewhart: Why 'Social Media Experts' are The Cancer of Twitter and Need to Be Stopped: http://bit.ly/1xsDza
I Am Here: One Man's Experiment With the Location-Aware Lifestyle
http://www.wired.com/gadgets/wireless/magazine/17-02/lp_guineapig?currentPage=all
Simply put, location changes everything. This one input—our coordinates—has the potential to change all the outputs. Where we shop, who we talk to, what we read, what we search for, where we go—they all change once we merge location and the Web.
Interesting Wired article on Geotagging and photographs. Shows the potentially creepy side of stalking throught the net using geotagged flickr photos!
location, location, location location awareness needn't be invasive or creepy. But it can be isolating.
To test whether I was being paranoid, I ran a little experiment. On a sunny Saturday, I spotted a woman in Golden Gate Park taking a photo with a 3G iPhone. Because iPhones embed geodata into photos that users upload to Flickr or Picasa, iPhone shots can be automatically placed on a map. At home I searched the Flickr map, and score—a shot from today. I clicked through to the user's photostream and determined it was the woman I had seen earlier. After adjusting the settings so that only her shots appeared on the map, I saw a cluster of images in one location. Clicking on them revealed photos of an apartment interior—a bedroom, a kitchen, a filthy living room. Now I know where she lives.
Social Media Statistics: Welcome to Social Media Statistics
http://socialmediastatistics.wikidot.com/
as it says!
Wiki-esque stats for major socnets, including demographic info
Wiki de estatísticas de mídias sociais
TakenOutOfContext.pdf (application/pdf Object)
http://www.danah.org/papers/TakenOutOfContext.pdf
Impact des réseaux sociaux sur les ados américains...
teens in networked social spaces. danah boyds dissertation.
"While teenagers primarily leverage social network sites to engage in common practices, the properties of these sites configured their practices and teens were forced to contend with the resultant dynamics. Often, in doing so, they reworked the technology for their purposes. As teenagers learned to navigate social network sites, they developed potent strategies for managing the complexities of and social awkwardness incurred by these sites. Their strategies reveal how new forms of social media are incorporated into everyday life, complicating some practices and reinforcing others. New technologies reshape public life, but teens’ engagement also reconfigures the technology itself."
Dr danah boyd's newly-minted PhD from UC Berkeley was awarded based on her fantastic thesis project, "Taken Out of Context: American Teen Sociality in Networked Publics." danah's ground-breaking research on how kids (especially marginal kids) use the Internet has been featured here a lot -- she was one of the contributors to Mimi Ito's gigantic Digital Youth Project, and the attorneys general's report on the relative absence of pedophiles online.
Kevin Rose: 10 Ways To Increase Your Twitter Followers
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/25/kevin-rose-10-ways-to-increase-your-twitter-followers/
World Without Walls: Learning Well with Others | Edutopia
http://www.edutopia.org/collaboration-age-technology-will-richardson
30 Amazingly Creative Social Bookmarks Icon Sets : Speckyboy - Web Design, Web Development and Graphic Design Resources
http://speckyboy.com/2009/01/26/30-amazingly-creative-social-bookmarks-icon-sets/
The Unforeseen Consequences of the Social Web - ReadWriteWeb
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/social_web_unforeseen_consequences.php
The social Web has given users great power: the ability to create and share content with people around the world - easily and quickly. The problem of course, ...
what you do on social media leaves traces and cannot be easily removed from the Web. Information can fairly easily be tracked back to you and what you say and do will be public for a long time. Whether you believe in monitoring yourself online or not, don't forget the point of the social Web
Zappos Blogs: CEO and COO Blog: How Twitter Can Make You A Better (and Happier) Person
http://blogs.zappos.com/blogs/ceo-and-coo-blog/2009/01/25/how-twitter-can-make-you-a-better-and-happier-person
excellent post on power of twitter and transparency
Noovo - Welcome!
http://www.noovo.com/
Looking at: "Noovo - Welcome!" ( http://www.noovo.com/ )
Social Network User Demographics - eMarketer
http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?id=1006882
Social Network User Demographics JANUARY 27, 2009 Adults constitute the bulk of social networkers, but use still skews young. The share of adult Internet users who have a profile on an online social network site has more than quadrupled since 2005, from 8% to 35%, according to a November–December 2008 Pew Internet & American Life Project survey.
The 100 Most Popular Twitter applications | blending the mix
http://blendingthemix.com/2009/01/23/the-most-popular-100-twitter-applications/
Ok, so the title is a little sensationalist, but I had to get you here somehow so you could see the most bookmarked web-based Twitter applications of the
10 Ways Social Media Will Change in 2009 - ReadWriteWeb
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/10_ways_social_media_will_change_in_2009.php
Social Media is Evolving Social media is morphing into a holistic experience that speaks to people's social needs in new ways. If you are a CEO of a startup who is focusing on the next generation of social media, here are 10 areas you'll need to take into consideration in the coming year:
"Social media" was the term du jour in 2008. Consumers, companies, and marketers were all talking about it. We have social media gurus, social media startups, social media books, and social media firms.
Twitter To Go: How one local coffee shop used Twitter to double their clientele. What’s YOUR story? | Blog of Mr. Tweet
http://blog.mrtweet.net/twitter-to-go-how-one-local-coffee-shop-used-twitter-to-double-his-clientele
The End of Solitude - ChronicleReview.com
http://chronicle.com/free/v55/i21/21b00601.htm
That's Not Cool
http://www.thatsnotcool.com/
Being with someone isn't easy. When there's a problem, how do you handle it? See how your choices play out.
Includes videos, callout cards, talk it out, and need help features. Good use with MYP environments and teacher homerooms/health
short videos on teen topics
Top FriendFeed Tips for Twitter Users
http://mashable.com/2009/01/20/friendfeed-tips-for-twitter-users/
good tips
Friendfeed and twitter tips
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media: Creating Your Organization's Social Media Strategy Map
http://beth.typepad.com/beths_blog/2009/01/creating-your-organizations-social-media-strategy-map.html
Here's a great post written by my friend Beth Kanter. Must read.
social media engagement methodology
A comprehensive guide to creating a social media strategy that incorporates a deep dive into the tactics and tools of social media. Check the links
How to Friend Mom, Dad, and the Boss on Facebook...Safely - ReadWriteWeb
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/how_to_friend_mom_dad_and_the.php
Oh no! Your mom just joined Facebook and what's even worse, she wants to be your friend. More and more people are finding themselves in this situation today and unsure of what to do. Friending mom and dad, the boss, or other work colleagues opens up the details of your private life for the whole world to see - and you might not be entirely comfortable with that. What's to be done?
Guide til friendlists
Facebook Page Statistics
http://www.allfacebook.com/statistics/pages/
Name # of Fans Daily Growth Rate Weekly Growth Rate 1. Barack Obama 4,798,664 1.56% 18.82% 2. Coca-Cola 2,372,474 1.23% 9.18% 3. Homer J Simpson 2,230,644 0.00% 0.00%
Mr Bean marginally less popular than pizza
If you want to track the most popular fan pages on Facebook, AllFacebook pushed out a new Facebook Pages Tracker last night that keeps stats on 611,213 fan pages on the social network. Only about 57,000 of those pages have more than 1,000 fans.
Facebook stats
The Top 10 Social Networks for Generation-Y
http://mashable.com/2009/01/30/generation-y-social-networks/
Dan Schawbel is the author of Me 2.0: Build a Powerful Brand to Achieve Career Success, and owner of the award winning Personal Branding Blog. With thousands
The Top 20 Social Networks of 2008
http://mashable.com/2009/01/23/most-popular-social-networks-2008/
Now, we’ve finally got the final numbers from 2008, and with them, a look at the rankings and trends within the top 20 social networks, according to Nielsen Online. Here are the highlights: - Facebook nearly caught MySpace in traffic. MySpace had 58.4 million unique visitors in December, Facebook had 55.2 million. - Facebook passed MySpace in time per person: 2 hours, 7 minutes to 1 hour, 40 minutes. - The fastest growing sites were Twitter (664%), Tagged (421%), and Ning (303%) - Of the sites in the top 20, three saw traffic declines in 2008: Meetup (-7%), Flixster (-6%), and MySpace (-3%) - Time spent on social networks decreased for 14 of the 20 sites on the list.
15 Websites to Trace People Online | MakeUseOf.com
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/15-websites-to-trace-people-online/
There are many websites that search standard social networks like MySpace or Facebook, but Piple is one resource that conducts a “deep web” dig for the name you’re looking for on “non-typical sites.” The search results from Piple are pretty impressive. Y
the private world of yesterday is now an online world with open access to social networks, government databases, and public records.
pentru tine cu drag
8 Tools to Track Your Footprints on the Web - ReadWriteWeb
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/8_tools_to_track_your_footprin.php
Good round up of some social media search tools
Last week we looked at how easy it is to leave footprints on the Web; today we'll show you how easy it is to digg_url = 'http://digg.com/software/8_Tools_to_Track_Your_Footprints_on_the_Web';digg_bgcolor = ...
Welke 'footprints' laat ik zelf eigenlijk achter ;-)?
10 Privacy Settings Every Facebook User Should Know
http://www.allfacebook.com/2009/02/facebook-privacy/
Networking site cashes in on friends - Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/4413483/Networking-site-cashes-in-on-friends.html
At the conference, Facebook asked a range of questions to its users around the world, before feeding the answers back to delegates within minutes. It selectively-targeted users in Palestine and then Israel with the same question about global peace, before debating the results at a discussion forum. It also asked 120,000 US members whether US President Barack Obama's economic stimulus package would be enough to save the US economy. Almost 60pc said it would not.
Facebook is planning to exploit the vast amount of personal information it holds on its 150m members by creating one of the world's largest market research databases. In an attempt to finally monetise the social networking site... it will soon allow multinational companies to selectively target its members in order to research the appeal of new products. Companies will be able to pose questions to specially selected members based on such intimate details as whether they are single or married and even whether they are gay or straight.
Market research company eMarketer recently cut its estimate of advertising spending on the social networking sites, including Facebook, MySpace and Bebo, this year by £351m to £912m. It said US advertising spending on Facebook will fall by 20pc to £147m
...und bitte warum regt sich darüber keiner auf?
8 Useful Tips To Become Successful With Twitter | How-To | Smashing Magazine
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/02/03/8-useful-tips-to-become-successul-with-twitter/
how to become successful with twitter
mas recomendaciones utiles sobre twitter
SocialWhois » Home Page
http://www.socialwhois.com/
While the names of some new followers I get on Twitter or Friendfeed immediately ring a bell, with others, I have no idea who the person might be. Typically, I can make a “re-follow decision” within a few seconds by checking out their profile and clicking thru to whatever links they provide, but for those looking for another layer of detail, Socialwhois is a new service you might find somewhat useful. Much like a domain name whois, Socialwhois provides additional data for a username on Friendfeed or Twitter. By default, this appears to be done by trying to cross-reference the two sites – for example, before signing up, Socialwhois seemed to associate my Twitter username with several other accounts that are listed on my FriendFeed profile.
Managing Social Media with a system | Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing
http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2009/01/22/my-social-media-system/
Social media professional John Jantsch goes through what his daily routine is. It's more intense than you'd think.
At a recent social media workshop a participant asked me to reveal my social media routine - how I track, converse, communicate and otherwise curate all my
More Adults Than Ever on Social Networks - ReadWriteWeb
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/more_adults_than_ever_on_socia.php
adults, like teens, are there to socialize with their friends and people they already know. Nearly nine in ten social network users (89%) say they use the networks to stay in touch with friends, and 57% say they use it to make plans with friends. Under half (49%) use the sites to make new friends.
35% of US adults (Pew) now have profiles on social media sites
An article discussing adult usage of social networks.
ReadWriteWeb story on LinkedIn
Eleven Interesting Ways to use Twitter in the Classroom - Google Docs
http://docs.google.com/Present?docid=dhn2vcv5_118cfb8msf8
Twitter in the classroom
nearby tweets - instantly find twitterers nearby (or anywhere for that matter)
http://nearbytweets.com/
Tweets in/near Green Bay! Still in beta
10 Examples of Creative Twitter Uses | Houston Search Engine Marketing and Optimization Services
http://sem-group.net/search-engine-optimization-blog/10-examples-of-creative-twitter-uses/
Facebook: 25 Things I Didn't Want to Know About You - TIME
http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1877187,00.html
I can't believe I'm saying this, but I've finally found something more stupid than Twitter.
Stuntdubl Business Search Marketing Consulting » 9 Reasons You Need Social Media Marketing in 2009
http://www.stuntdubl.com/2008/12/22/9-social-media-marketing/
You can have the most beautiful website in the world, and without traffic, it might as well be a billboard in the middle of a cornfield in Iowa.
Social marketing is the new search engine optimization. Reciprocal voting is the new reciprocal linking. It offers a fairly low barrier to entry, and the opportunity to drive a TON of traffic in a short period of time. Even more importantly, social media has become a cornerstone of the strategy for launching sites, or improving their link popularity.
The Ten Commandments of Twitter | James R. Dickey
http://jamesrdickey.com/2008/12/the-ten-commandments-of-twitter/
save
why twitter
test
These Twitter commandments will help you live a long, happy and successful Twitter life if you follow them exactly. Just kidding. These are only
Twitter Fast Growing Beyond Its Messaging Roots | Epicenter from Wired.com
http://blog.wired.com/business/2009/02/twitters-hackab.html
More Twitter news.
ny moisture sensor attached to a circuit board with an Ethernet port. You stick it in your plant's soil, and when the moisture levels drop below a certain level, your plant sends you a tweet begging to be watered.
Another cool Twitter use article. Quite clever, actually.
automate with twitter
"It's so simple and easy to access, people are thinking of more and more uses for the platform," says Dan Wasyluk, creator of the Twitter-based Snipt service. Wasyluk launched Snipt last week as a way to let programmers share short snippets of code over Twitter.
TED Interview: Tribes Author Says People, Not Ads, Build Social Networks | Epicenter from Wired.com
http://blog.wired.com/business/2009/02/ted-seth-godin.html
"The third idea, the one that I think is really available to a large number of people now without a lot of resources, is this idea of finding and connecting like-minded people and leading them to a place they want to go"
You can't have insiders unless you have outsiders. All tribes have outsiders. That's what makes them a tribe. If everyone is a member, it's not a tribe anymore.... So I don't think there's any problem at all for Apple with people saying they're elitist.
An interesting article on social networking and viral marketing concepts.
How to Friend Mom, Dad, and the Boss on Facebook...Safely - NYTimes.com
http://www.nytimes.com/external/readwriteweb/2009/01/30/30readwriteweb-how_to_friend_mom_dad_and_the.html?em
If you're not ready to expose everything about you to anyone who asks to be your online friend, it's time you learned how to use Facebook's friend lists.
How to keep stuff you want open open and stuff you want secret secret. Includes discussion of Facebook's own advice about it.
This is interesting because social networking is not just about staying in touch. We now selectively chose who to communicate with as well as who can communicate with us and how much they can know about us.
Government 2.0: The Rise of the Goverati - ReadWriteWeb
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/government_20_rise_of_the_goverati.php
Everyone knows how well Barack Obama's presidential campaign made use of new media to raise money and market the candidate. We also know how big a role social ...
Emily Chang - eHub: Getting Things Done with Twitter
http://www.emilychang.com/go/ehub/app/getting-things-done-with-twitter/
Emily Chang is an award-winning strategic designer and co-founder and principal of Ideacodes, a web design consultancy in San Francisco focused on designing and developing next generation web products for companies, organizations, schools, businesses and individuals.
Everything about twitter
diddit - Welcome - You are what you do!
http://www.diddit.com/
Browse through more than 300,000 experiences in over 20 interest channels!
diddit is a fun and easy way to discover new stuff to do and meet people like you.
14 Tools of Highly Effective Twitter Users - Kenny Hyder
http://hyder.me/social-media/14-tools-of-highly-effective-twitter-users
A collection of the most useful twitter tools for twitter power users!
A collection of the 14 best tools available to help you manage and maximize twitter in alphabetical order!
Mainly ways to get statistics and added value out of Twitter.
KeepMeOut
http://keepmeout.com/
Te avisa si entras mas de 1 vez en una web durante 1 determinado tiempo
"The system will warn you if you visit the website more than once in 60 minutes."
指定した時間だけアクセス制限。コミュ中毒者向け・・・。
Goodrec
http://www.goodrec.com/
raccomandazione di 1. vini 2. ristoranti 3. bar 4. film 5. libri
share n shared
Goodrec is the easiest way to make and find recommendations
Goodrec is the easiest way to get recommendations from friends for restaurants, books, movies and more. You can make and find recs from any mobile phone!
140-character reviews including restaurants including iPhone app
good site for ratings and information about anything
Pew Internet: Twitter and status updating
http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/276/report_display.asp
As of December 2008, 11% of online American adults said they used a service like Twitter or another service that allowed them to share updates about themselves or to see the updates of others. The use of Twitter is highly intertwined with the use of other social media; both blogging and social network use increase the likelihood than an individual also uses Twitter. Twitter users and status updaters are also a mobile bunch; as a group they are much more likely to be using wireless technologies -- laptops, handhelds and cell phones -- for internet access, or cell phones for text messaging.
Look who is Twittering now...
In the past three years, developments in social networking and internet applications have begun providing internet users with more opportunities for sharing short updates about themselves, their lives, and their whereabouts online. Users may post messages about their status, their moods, their location and other tidbits on social networks and blogging sites, or on applications for sending out short messages to networks of friends like Twitter, Yammer and others.
Facebook Opens Status API, Say Goodbye to Twitter
http://www.allfacebook.com/2009/02/facebook-opens-status-api-say-goodbye-to-twitter/
Tonight Facebook has made a number of updates to the Facebook platform one of which is the opening of status updates. In order to get Facebook statuses, you no longer need to use a session ID to access statuses. This is a huge update and one that I think is going to take Facebook to the next level. There are additional updates listed in the Facebook blog post:
Tonight Facebook has made a number of updates to the Facebook platform one of which is the opening of status upd ...
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Facebook Now Nearly Twice The Size Of MySpace Worldwide
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/22/facebook-now-nearly-twice-the-size-of-myspace-worldwide/
Facebook Now Nearly Twice The Size Of MySpace Worldwide -- DJ
In November 2008 Facebook drew 200 million unique worldwide visitors; more than 1 in 5 people who accessed the Internet that month visited ...
In November 2008 Facebook drew 200 million unique worldwide visitors; more than 1 in 5 people who accessed the Internet that month visited the site.
Twitter To Start Charging Companies For Having An Account?
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/02/10/twitter-to-start-charging-companies-for-having-an-account/
در مصاحبه‌ای یکی از بینیانگذاران تویتر (بیز استون) به صورت ضمنی به این موضوع اشاره کرده
Companies using Twitter for commercial purposes may soon start getting charged for that activity, according to an interview British trade magazine Marketing (part ...
Twitter might start charging companies for advertising using tweets.
近々、Twitter が法人アカウントに課金を開始するという噂
Facebook for Parents
http://facebookforparents.org/
Best practices for parents with children who are under the age of 18 and using Facebook
To help kids reach their full potential, parents today must know about Facebook. That’s the purpose of this website. Starting now, parents can enroll in a free course at Stanford to learn more about Facebook. The course instructors are psychologist Dr. BJ Fogg of Stanford’s Persuasive Technology Lab and BJ’s sister, Linda Phillips, a mom with kids from college age to 5th grade. Parents can also sign up for a free newsletter about Facebook, created especially for parents with kids under 18 using the service.
Offered by Stanford, no less
an online education program for parents to learn about Facebook including tips on making sure their children are practicing responsible online citizenship. The homepage of Facebook for Parents offers five tips for parents just beginning to learn about Facebook. Facebook for Parents has a free email newsletter for parents to keep up to date on the latest research and best practices for keeping kids safe online.
To help kids reach their full potential, parents today must know about Facebook. That’s the purpose of this website. Starting now, parents can enroll in a free course at Stanford to learn more about Facebook. The course instructors are psychologist Dr. BJ Fogg of Stanford’s Persuasive Technology Lab and BJ’s sister, Linda Phillips, a mom with kids from college age to 5th grade. Parents can also sign up for a free newsletter about Facebook, created especially for parents with kids under 18 using the service.
Best and Worst Practices Social Media Marketing | Online Marketing Blog
http://www.toprankblog.com/2009/02/best-worst-practices-social-media-marketing/
Social media is hot, just take a look at Google Trends and to see the comparison between topics like search marketing being eclipsed by social media in
Good guide to corporate social media marketing Do's and Don'ts
I Am Here: One Man's Experiment With the Location-Aware Lifestyle
http://www.wired.com/gadgets/wireless/magazine/17-02/lp_guineapig
This is crazy scary!
A great article on the incredible potential (and scary pitfalls) of broadcasting your location at all times. Including some really interesting discussion of the way our social contexts haven't really caught up (e.g. people thinking he was lonely or depressed and yearning for company).
This is scary stuff, I tell you what.
Facebook's New Terms Of Service: "We Can Do Anything We Want With Your Content. Forever."
http://consumerist.com/5150175/facebooks-new-terms-of-service-we-can-do-anything-we-want-with-your-content-forever
Not a big Facebook fan. Glad I haven't used it for content sharing. I've got to believe my photos have a much better home in Flickr.
FB changed it's TOS to include rights to your content even AFTER you've closed your account.
Facebook's New Terms Of Service: "We Can Do Anything We Want With Your Content. Forever."
HOW TO: Create Groups for Twitter
http://mashable.com/2009/02/15/twitter-groups-3/
creating twitter groups
More tools for twitter users. Especially those overwhelmed with all their follower streams
Why Facebook Is for Old Fogies - TIME
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1879169,00.html
Twitter Professors: 18 People to Follow for a Real Time Education
http://mashable.com/2009/02/16/twitter-professors/
he adds in his bio, as if it’s a minor thing” “Oh, and am the Science Advisor to the Project on Emerging Nanotech.” Super smart guy on Twitter alert.
Never before in history has it been easier to glean from the knowledge of others who will give it away to you for free. It’s equivalent to getting higher education. I’m talking about Masters level stuff. And it’s all available right there on Twitter. I call the people I follow who contribute above and beyond the basic answer to “what are you doing?” my professors of Twitter.
Amanda L. French, Ph.D. » Blog Archive » Facebook terms of service compared with MySpace, Flickr, Picasa, YouTube, LinkedIn, and Twitter
http://amandafrench.net/2009/02/16/facebook-terms-of-service-compared/
Top 10 Twitter Tips for Beginners - Solutions by PC Magazine
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2341095,00.asp
Ready to jump into Twitter, but don't know how to get started? Follow these 10 tips and you'll fit right in.
Facebook | How to permanently delete your facebook account.
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=16929680703
Ever tried to leave Facebook and found out they only allow you to "deactivate" your account? All your personal data, including photos, interests, friends etc will still be saved indefinitely! You don’t have to be a conspiracist to find this quite fishy (or simply annoying)! Look further down for instructions on how to get your account permanently deleted.
Facebook is a social utility that connects people with friends and others who work, study and live around them. People use Facebook to keep up with friends, upload an unlimited number of photos, post links and videos, and learn more about the people they meet.
Six ways to make Web 2.0 work
http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/Six_ways_to_make_Web_20_work_2294
#web2.0work
An article about "web 2.0"
Six ways to make Web 2.0 work. A Application Management Feature Article about Six ways Web 2.0 work by The McKinsey Quarterly. Free registration for most Business Technology Application Management articles. Web 2.0 tools opportunities, and how to use web 2.0. Web 2.0 tools present a vast array of opportunities—for companies that know how to use them.
Twitter creator Jack Dorsey illuminates the site's founding document. Part I | Technology | Los Angeles Times
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2009/02/twitter-creator.html
twitter history
Sitting in the Flickr archives is a nearly 10-year-old document uploaded a couple of years ago by its author, Jack Dorsey (@jack), who started Twitter in 2006 along with co-founders Evan Williams (@ev) and Biz Stone (@biz).
Twitter creator Jack Dorsey illuminates the site's founding document. Part I
The business and culture of our digital lives, from the L.A. Times
Debunking Six Social Media Myths - BusinessWeek
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/feb2009/tc20090218_335887.htm
Using social media to market your business is a good idea. Just don't plan on getting your whiz-kid nephew to do it for free
Business week tells us what to watch not to expect from social media.
For companies, resistance to social media is futile. Millions of people are creating content for the social Web. Your competitors are already there. Your customers have been there for a long time. If your business isn't putting itself out there, it ought to be. But before you take the plunge, bear in mind the many myths that surround social media.
31 Power Tools For Twitter Lovers To Make Lives Easier - Opensource, Free and Useful Online Resources for Designers and Developers
http://www.smashingapps.com/2009/02/16/31-power-tools-for-twitter-lovers-to-make-lives-easier.html
31 Power Tools For Twitter Lovers To Make Lives Easier
How Facebook is taking over our lives - Feb. 17, 2009
http://money.cnn.com/2009/02/16/technology/hempel_facebook.fortune/
facebook
Presidend Obama used it to get elected. Dell will recruit new hires with it. Microsoft's new operating system borrows from it. No question, Facebook has friends in high places. Can CEO Mark Zuckerberg make those connections pay off?
50 Ideas on Using Twitter for Education by Blog By Carol
http://cooper-taylor.com/blog/2008/08/50-ideas-on-using-twitter-for-education/
AOD
tweetCC | Publish & license tweets with Creative Commons
http://tweetcc.com/
tweetCC | Publish & license tweets with Creative Commons
Publish & license tweets with Creative Commons
Publish & license tweets with Creative Commons Send a message to tweetcc via Twitter including the words "@tweetcc: I license my tweets under a Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication license" (via @jeanlucr)
あとで
How to Reach Baby Boomers with Social Media - ReadWriteWeb
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/how_to_reach_baby_boomers_with_social_media.php
baby boomers and social media
Baby Boomers and Social Networking stats
apparently Baby Boomers aren't exactly the technology Luddites that people think they are.
We're not as active as the Millennials in creating content, especially blog writing, but neither are we Luddites.
Life is tweet: How the Twitter family infiltrated our cultural world | Technology | The Observer
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/feb/15/twitter-microblogging-cultural-influence
The hottest microblogging service, Twitter, is changing the way TV, literature and media operate.
Movable Type: Motion - Social Networking for Businesses, Publishers and Bloggers
http://www.movabletype.com/motion/
* Create a private, custom action aggregator to track sentiment and glean intelligence from conversations around the web through action streams. * Provide a private microblog community for simple internal employee or team collaboration. * Publish a public microblog to nurture and grow your community while increasing your page views. * Create a public social network to connect to your community across the web instead of competing against other social networks.
Motion, a new free social application for Movable Type, has just launched in beta.
7 Habits of Highly Effective Twitterers: Kris Colvin | Blog of Mr. Tweet
http://blog.mrtweet.net/7-habits-of-highly-effective-twitterers-kris-colvin
*Note: This is the first part of our series to highlight Twitterers who have achieved significant professional and personal success via Twitter. They share their unique approach towards building great networks here!
The Periodic Table of the Social Media Elements « eyecube
http://eyecube.wordpress.com/2009/02/23/the-periodic-table-of-the-social-media-elements/
table of social networking
Note to check out all of the links
Social websites harm children's brains: Chilling warning to parents from to
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1153583/Social-websites-harm-childrens-brains-Chilling-warning-parents-neuroscientist.html
Social networking websites are causing alarming changes in the brains of young users, an eminent scientist has warned.
uh oh
Ultimate How-To: Grow Your Social Media Network
http://www.interactiveinsightsgroup.com/blog1/ultimate-how-to-grow-your-social-media-network/
We’ve put together a roundup of tools, resources and great advice to help you grow your network - in two groupings. The first group of links contain tools and advice on finding the people you want to connect with - colleagues and also those people who are the influentials in your areas. The second group serves up expert resources and advice to help you connect, build and nourish your network once you identify the right people.
In social media, who you know — or who knows you — can certainly make all the difference. That’s why figuring out who to connect with and taking the time to build relationships with these people is key to leveraging the power of social media.
Facebook et al risk 'infantilising' the human mind | Media | guardian.co.uk
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/feb/24/social-networking-site-changing-childrens-brains
Social network sites risk infantilising the mid-21st century mind, leaving it characterised by short attention spans, sensationalism, inability to empathise and a shaky sense of identity, according to a leading neuroscientist. The startling warning from Lady Greenfield, professor of synaptic pharmacology at Lincoln college, Oxford, & director of the Royal Institution, has led members of the government to admit their work on internet regulation has not extended to broader issues, such as the psychological impact on children.
Music + Twitter = Love : Dork Muffin
http://dorkmuffin.com/?p=709
With the popularity of Twitter growing drastically every day, there are more and more sites that are making sharing music on Twitter easier.
As an avid music lover and prolific Twitter user, I love to share music on my timeline. With the popularity of Twitter growing drastically every day, there are more and more sites that are making sharing music on Twitter easier. I’ve compiled a list of some cool sites to check out.
OPEN Forum by American Express OPEN | How to Get Retweeted
http://blogs.openforum.com/2009/02/18/how-to-get-retweeted/
How to get Retweeted
Forget imitation as the sincerest form of flattery—it’s as twentieth century as ripping off interfaces, songs, photos, and books. Today, the sincerest form of flattery is retweeting—the process of forwarding someone else’s tweet to your followers on Twitter. (I assume that you know about Twitter. If you don’t, take a minute and read this description at Answers.com.)
The reason that retweeting is so flattering is that every time people do it, they are putting their reputation on the line. If their followers don’t like the retweet, their reputation is reduced. So whenever someone retweets your tweet, they are expressing confidence that what you’ve tweeted is interesting and good. Thus, the best measure of someone’s quality as a Twitter user is not the number of followers but the amount of retweets.
Top 10 Social Sites for Finding a Job
http://mashable.com/2009/02/24/top-10-social-sites-for-finding-a-job/
140 Health Care Uses for Twitter
http://philbaumann.com/2009/01/16/140-health-care-uses-for-twitter/
Twitter’s simplicity of functional design, speed of delivery and ability to connect two or more people around the world provides a powerful means of communication, idea-sharing and collaboration. There’s potency in the ability to burst out 140 characters, including a shortened URI. Could this power have any use in healthcare? After all, for example, doctors and nurses share medical information, often as short bursts of data (lab values, conditions, orders, etc.).
Information about utilizing Twitter and healthcare
The possibilities that I believe Twitter offers currently far exceeds the constraints. I won’t offer work-around solutions to these constraints in this post. I want to focus on the possibilities because once we see the potential, we may have stonger motivations to deal intelligently with the constraints. So when reading this list, don’t get hung up on the details, the fears, the anxieties that may be provoked by the realities of health care as it is practiced today. It’s the 21st Century: let’s be imaginative, determined and innovative. Let’s be remarkable.
A Completely Unscientific (Yet Accurate) Look at Social Sites
http://brainz.org/completely-unscientific-yet-accurate-look-social-sites/
A review of Social Sites
Interested in joining a community based site but not sure which one is right for you? There are many different options out there that will cater to your specific interests and demographic. You can start by asking yourself a few questions. Is your interest in technology more Linux-based, or more camera-phone-to-take-picture-of-self-based? Would you like to make connections for business relationships or communicate to your legions of followers that you will be 'AFK' for the next 45 seconds while using the restroom? Yes, there is a little something for everyone here in cyberspace, and these demographic breakdowns of each social site will help you to choose the right community for you.
Adobe on Twitter | Serge Jespers
http://www.webkitchen.be/2009/02/18/adobe-on-twitter/
Adobeの中の人のアカウント。
Adobe の中の人の Twitter
adobeの中の人。誰が誰かさっぱりわからん。
"a list of Adobeans on Twitter"
adobeの中の人たちTwitters
The size of social networks | Primates on Facebook | The Economist
http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13176775
"What also struck Dr Marlow, however, was that the number of people on an individual’s friend list with whom he (or she) frequently interacts is remarkably small and stable. The more “active” or intimate the interaction, the smaller and more stable the group."
Here's The Economist article on FB. The best quote: ...people who are members of online social networks are not so much “networking” as they are "broadcasting their lives to an outer tier of acquaintances who aren’t necessarily inside the Dunbar circle,” says Lee Rainie, the director of the Pew Internet & American Life Project.
Facebook Developers | Facebook Developers News
http://developers.facebook.com/news.php?blog=1&story=198
Commenting with Facebook Connect
Permet de publier ses commentaires à la fois sur le site et sur son compte facebook
Facebook comments vient d'être lancé, permettant de relier les commentaires que l'on poste sur un site, avec son compte facebook. fort.
"(facebook comment system)"
Facebook’s “In-House Sociologist” Shares Stats on Users’ Social Behavior
http://www.insidefacebook.com/2009/02/27/facebooks-in-house-sociologist-shares-stats-on-users-social-behavior/
How much do we colloborate or manage our weak and strong ties? This report suggests not as much as is often touted.
’s “In-House Sociologist” Shares Stats on Users’ Social Behavior
Facebook’s “In-House Sociologist” Shares Stats on Users’ Social Behaviorhttp://www.insidefacebook.com/2009/02/27/facebooks-in-house-sociologist-shares-stats-on-users-socia
Facebook users comment on stuff from only about 5-7% of their Facebook friends. And as has been shown by many other studies, women communicate with more people in all cases than men. “People who are members of online social networks are not so much ‘networking’ as they are ‘broadcasting their lives to an outer tier of acquaintances who aren’t necessarily inside the Dunbar circle,’” Lee Rainie, the director of the Pew Internet & American Life Project, says. - Tac Anderson
"...Facebook users comment on stuff from only about 5-10% of their Facebook friends."
Did Last.fm Just Hand Over User Listening Data To the RIAA?
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/02/20/did-lastfm-just-hand-over-user-listening-data-to-the-riaa/
That leaked U2 album is causing all sorts of trouble. The unreleased album, which is due out on March 3, found its way ...
Annotated link http://www.diigo.com/bookmark/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.techcrunch.com%2F2009%2F02%2F20%2Fdid-lastfm-just-hand-over-user-listening-data-to-the-riaa
HOW TO: Connect With the FriendFeed Community
http://mashable.com/2009/02/23/connect-friendfeed-community/
why should I care about making new friends, and why FriendFeed? There are more things to do than just find cool websites and pictures; people are forging important friendships and using their relationships to do things like find jobs. FriendFeed is more community-based than almost any other social media website, so if you’re looking for another tool to expand your network in a meaningful way, don’t ignore FriendFeed.
Evan Williams on listening to Twitter users | Video on TED.com
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/evan_williams_on_listening_to_twitter_users.html
In the year leading up to this talk, the web tool Twitter exploded in size (up 10x during 2008 alone). Co-founder Evan Williams reveals that many of the ideas driving that growth came from unexpected uses invented by the users themselves.
Talks Evan Williams: How Twitter's spectacular growth is being driven by unexpected uses
"Evan Williams reveals that many of the ideas driving that growth came from unexpected uses invented by the users themselves."
10 Traits of Highly Effective Twitter Users
http://www.twitip.com/10-traits-of-highly-effective-twitter-users/
Check User Names - Social Networking Username Availability
http://checkusernames.com/
Find out if your username is still available at dozens of popular Social Networking and Social Bookmarking websites. Promote your brand by selecting the right username.
LearningXL | Top 100 Networks for People Who Want to Change the World
http://www.unixl.com/blog/2008/top-100-networks-for-people-who-want-to-change-the-world/
Links to some sites that may help us make the world better
100 social network per gente che vuole cambiare il mondo
Conversations.net - Home
http://www.conversations.net/
Search the conversations of the Web
Search with an emphasis on Ning, Blogger, Google Groups, Yahoo Groups, Twitter, Plurk, Jaiku, Tumblr, Twine, and Diigo. If you want us to add a service or have any other ideas, please email feedback@conversations.net.
Twitter-Yahoo Mashup Yields Better Breaking News Search | Epicenter from Wired.com
http://blog.wired.com/business/2009/01/twitter-yahoo-b.html
nice screenshot of related tweets
Why Twitter sucks.
TweetNews takes Yahoo’s news results and compares them to emerging topics on Twitter, in effect using what’s most popular on Twitter as an index for determining the importance of news stories. In other words, TweetNews uses Twitter to rank stories that are so new they may not have enough inbound links for algorithm-based ranking systems to prioritize them. The result is a search engine mashup that tracks breaking news stories ranked by Twitter search results, offering faster updates, better relevance and more in-depth coverage than either source by itself.
interesting
The 90-10 Rule for Successful Twitter Networking
http://www.twitip.com/the-90-10-rule-for-successful-twitter-networking/
This made me wonder if there really could be an overlying theme or practice which could sum up in one sentence the most important thing you need to know to be successful using Twitter to generate buzz.
by Jack Humphrey blogs from The Friday Traffic Report (follow him at @bendtheweb Have you noticed all the electronic and tree-based books that have come out
Learn how twitter functions as a gift economy. If you want to gain more influence - then spend 90% of your time giving back to the community, and 10% of your time taking.
Successful Twitter Networking
Interesting article on how to contribute to Twitter
Obama's Social Media Advantage - ReadWriteWeb
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/social_media_obama_mccain_comparison.php
From this entry I get information about how much more Obama used the Social Networking cites online than McCain and how that helped him.
deep
OBAMA SNA Strategic_1.pdf (application/pdf Object)
http://blog.guykawasaki.com/OBAMA%20SNA%20Strategic_1.pdf
Obama experience, paso a paso
Twitter Reading List
http://www.c4lpt.co.uk/socialmedia/twitterrl.html
Source pour apprivoiser, qualifier et exploiter Twitter comme outil et environnement de communication, de réseautage, de veille et de promotion.
HOW TO: Organize a Successful Tweetup
http://mashable.com/2009/02/25/tweetup/
about them in the comments.
From selecting a location to mingling with guests, here are a few quick tips for both the organization and managing of Tweetups.
7. Secure a venue with limited or no WiFi. At a minimum the CrackBerry/iPhone users should have good service. People like technology. But they won’t like YOU if they can’t use their tech at your event. (This is of course size/type of Tweetup dependent, if in a large conference room/venue: WiFi and cell phone reception should be working. However, if you are in smaller venue or bar Jeff Cutler of jeffcutler.com reports: “I have an iPhone, but anyone with mobile Web knows that when 200 people in one spot are on 3G/Edge it disintegrates.” This negates the need for an elaborate setup in smaller venues.
good stuff
Debunking Six Social Media Myths - BusinessWeek
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/feb2009/tc20090218_335887_page_2.htm
great checklist of what is and isn't possible in social media
Using social media to market your business is a good idea. Just don't plan on getting your whiz-kid nephew to do it for free.
Social Media Marketing, non gratis non facile, non tanti esperti! L'articolo menziona BackType, un servizio molto interessante per tracciare i commenti
Twitter Technology Blog: We Got Data
http://dev.twitter.com/2008/10/we-got-data.html
Social Web Q&A with Google’s Kevin Marks
http://www.techcrunchit.com/2009/02/23/social-web-qa-with-googles-kevin-marks/
I call this the “social cloud,” meaning that “social” will be integrated with the web so that you don’t think about it anymore. Charlene Li calls this same idea “social networks become like air.” The web itself is like this — following links seems like second nature to us because we know a URL can take us anywhere. -- (on OpenSocial and other things)
In this Q&A-style post, Kevin delves into the standards that make up the emerging open social stack (OpenID, OAuth, Portable Contacts, and OpenSocial), looking at the infrastructure problems they address, and exploring some of the live implementations, including Plaxo and Google Friend Connect.
Twitter Lists
http://mashable.com/category/twitter-lists/
List of all kinds of things you can do with Twitter.
Niche Social Networking Sites | Social Media Answers
http://socialmediaanswers.com/niche-social-networking-sites/
all social networking sites review...
Who's Online and What Are They Doing There? - ReadWriteWeb
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/whos_online_and_what_are_they_doing_there.php
Para Atenas
Generation Y, aka the "Net Generation," does not dominate every aspect of online life. That revealing statistic and many others like it come from Pew Internet and American Life's recent "Generations Online" report which takes a look at how the different generations of users - from Millennials to the G.I. Generation - use the internet.
The Future of Web Apps: 7 Things Companies Must Do to Succeed
http://mashable.com/2009/01/15/the-future-of-web-apps/
The Future of Web Apps: 7 Things Companies Must Do to Succeed
News Flash: Web 2.0 is so over. Here are seven things web app companies will need to do to succeed in the future.
Royal Pingdom » Dawn of the Twitter Effect
http://royal.pingdom.com/2009/02/03/dawn-of-the-twitter-effect/
Blog on Twitter shutting down a site.
Yesterday a Twitter post (a tweet) by Mashable’s Pete Cashmore became so popular that traffic from Twitter crashed a blog. This sounds very similar to a common social media phenomenon originally known as the Slashdot effect (and later also the Digg effect), where a post on a popular social media site pushes more traffic than the target site can handle.
Retweet: The Infectious Power Of Word Of Mouth
http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2008/11/23/retweet-the-infectious-power-of-the-word-of-mouth/
Per Manisha: "Jeremiah Oqyang discusses the power word of mouth marketing has in his article about WOM marketing and Twitter- "ReTweet: The Infectious Power of Word of Mouth". The repaid speed at which information is shared on Twitter makes it a powerful source for marketing- especially WOM marketing. If someone takes the time to "ReTweet" this means not only did they take it as a source of information, but that they also wanted to share this information with their friends by copying the original tweet and sending it on. He states "we trust the opinions of people we know more than anyone else", so how does this influence companies?"
iBegin Share - Share + Spread your Content
http://www.ibegin.com/labs/share/
Make it Easy to Share and Spread your Content
Somewhat limited version of addthisbutton. Only has wordpress plugin.
The ROI of being social at work | The AppGap
http://www.theappgap.com/roi-of-being-social-at-work.html
Decades of psycho-social research on team work suggests that effective teams have both strong task-based behaviour as well as good social cohesion.
Decades of psycho-social research on team work suggests that effective teams have both strong task-based behaviour as well as good social cohesion. “A high-performance team works together to achieve mutual goals, recognizes that each member is accountable and committed to achieving team goals, communicates effectively with each other, shares the joy of achievement and the pain of not meeting goals, shares information, helps each other, and recognizes that the success of the group is dependent upon each individual”
Free Sales Leads - Crowdsource Your Lead Generation and Referrals
http://www.leadvine.com/
LeadVine finds you new qualified sales leads and new customers to increase your sales and revenue. We crowdsource lead generation by having the community find you sales leads.
LeadVine is where you post sales leads you are searching for, list a referral fee, and have the community act as your sales force. * Increase sales * Outsource your sales process * Lower marketing, advertising, and recruiting costs * Did we mention all of this is free? Make money by giving referrals Do you come across information that is not valuable to you but valuable to someone else? Get paid for information that is at your finger tips. * Earn easy money * Leverage your existing network to help companies increase sales * Make money for information you have at your fingertips * Spend a minimal amount of time earning extra cash
Twitter to journalists: Here’s how it’s done — Eat Sleep Publish
http://eatsleeppublish.com/twitter-to-journalists-heres-how-its-done/
To prepare for the class (and give people a taste of what I was talking about) I asked people on Twitter to share whatever tips they might have for journalists looking to break in to the social Web. I put out the request in a big public tweet and also sent direct messages to several journalists, bloggers, students, professors and media mavens I knew would have something valuable to say. I put the tips up on the overhead during the class and highlighted a few in the beats between slides and questions. When we were done, I realized only I could see all the tips, and it would just be silly to keep it that way. So without further ado, here’s what some great people on Twitter advise us journalists keep in mind as we tackle social media. Follow their Twitter links to see who they are …
Use social media to get stories out everywhere! People want u to be open -human, warts & all -consider your professional IMAGE though -SM is not for everyone's brand, unless you've got LOTS of time or good PR people.
Why Twitter Turned Down Facebook - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/03/why-twitter-turned-down-facebook/
Twitter will complement other forms of media, he said, the way that blogs and newspapers co-exist. “New media never kill old media,” he said. “It’s all part of an ecosystem.” Mr. Williams emphasized many times that, despite its buzz, Twitter is still a tiny, two-year-old company with just 25 employees. “It’s good that the expectations are high, but give us a minute,” he joked.
Throughout the talk, he mentioned several big projects that Twitter plans to tackle but hasn’t yet. One is moving its search function, which is hard to find, to the home page. Twitter also wants to make it easier for users to find their friends on the service, filter the people they follow and form groups so they can control which messages reach which of their followers.
potential merger of FB and twitter?
How to Delete Accounts from Any Website - Features by PC Magazine
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2342599,00.asp
Features by PC Magazine
Oh sweet. Now I can finally get rid of my stupid myspace.
Deleting accounts you've created on Facebook, MySpace, AOL, and elsewhere on the Web isn't always easy. Here are the details on leaving 23 services behind.
100 Twitter Tools to Help You Achieve All Your Goals | Best Online Colleges
http://www.onlinebestcolleges.com/blog/2009/100-twitter-tools-to-help-you-achieve-all-your-goals/
Top 10 Social Networks for Entrepreneurs
http://mashable.com/2009/03/12/entrepreneur-networks/
Here are the top 10 social networks for entrepreneurs. Each helps entrepreneurs succeed by providing them with the guidance and resources to setup their company.
resources for entrepreneurs
"Social Media is Here to Stay... Now What?"
http://www.danah.org/papers/talks/MSRTechFest2009.html
save
Good piece on network effects and history of social network sites by Danah Boyd.
Social media is not new. Media has been leveraged for sociable purposes since the caveman's walls. Even in the realm of the Internet, some of the first applications were framed around communication and sharing. For decades, we've watched the development of new genres of social media - MUDs/MOOs, instant messaging, chatrooms, bulletin boards, etc.
Feb. 28, 2009 paper on Social Media to Microsoft.
Great overview (sampling plate) about 'social media'
HOW TO: Manage Multiple Social Media Profiles
http://mashable.com/2009/03/07/manage-multiple-profiles/
Having trouble keeping up with all your soical profiles, etc. ?
Start counting the number of social media websites you have a profile with, right now. Out of fingers yet? FacebookFacebook reviews, TwitterTwitter reviews,
A List Apart: Articles: The Elements of Social Architecture
http://alistapart.com/articles/theelementsofsocialarchitecture
In an information space, a human’s needs are simple and his behavior straightforward. Find. Read. Save. But once you get a bunch of humans together, communicating and collaborating, you can observe both the madness and the wisdom of crowds.
site with thousands or millions of people, how do you make sure you can keep track of the people you care about? Resolution: Create ways for people to identify, connect, and organize the people they care about, as well as the information those people produce. The complexity of relationship classification depends on how your customers will use your website.
Artículo de ALA exponiendo algunos patrones de interacción social de redes
BackTweets
http://backtweets.com/
SEARCH FOR LINKS ON TWITTER
Searching twitter for tweets that have certain links in 'em.
Search for links on Twitter.
Search for real URLs behind the shortened ones on Twitter.
Search for links on twitter through url shortening services like tinyurl
WeFollow: A User Powered Twitter Directory
http://wefollow.com/
Founded by Kevin Rose
A User Powered Twitter Directory
How To Develop A Facebook Page That Attracts Millions of Fans
http://www.allfacebook.com/2009/03/facebook-page-strategy/
Over the past few years Facebook has witnessed a dramatic rise in new user adoption and with that rise has come the opportunity for brands to interact directly with exis ...
There are numerous ways for brands to leverage Facebook but the overall branded experience is becoming increasingly integrated into a single offering as the new Pages product highlights. So what are the primary benefits and changes for the new branded pages?
10 Ning Networks to Help You Land Your Next Job
http://mashable.com/2009/03/02/ning-job-networks/
We’re all in this economy together, so why not unite with people who have the same mission? 80% of jobs are filled through networking, so by signing up for social networks, filling out your profile and actively communicating with other people, you have a much better chance of securing a job during these tough economic times.
New Facebook Pages: A Guide for Social Media Marketers
http://mashable.com/2009/03/04/new-facebook-pages/
Facebook's new pages have gone live. The following is a guide for social media marketers.
Discusses Implications of changes in new Facebook layout for business profiles.
Look at the bright side of the new facebook changes.
How to Twitter - WSJ.com
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123638550095558381.html
When I first joined Twitter, I felt like I was in a noisy bar where everyone was shouting and nobody was listening.
The social rules and tips for gaining 'followers'; why opinionated people win
Can Twitter Survive What is About to Happen to It? | Twine
http://www.twine.com/item/123c9051b-g8/can-twitter-survive-what-is-about-to-happen-to-it
twitter tool
I am worried about Twitter. I love it the way it is today. But it's about to change big time, and I wonder whether it can survive the transition. Twitter …
The ReTweetability Index
http://www.retweetability.com/
Classement des twitters
The ReTweetability Index measures and ranks Twitter users based on the infectious power of their tweets. This number accounts for number of followers and Tweets overall, so it is a true indicator of infectiousness.
ReTweetability busca la vuelta de tuerca a la hora de analizar la popularidad de un usuario, ya que no toma en cuenta sólo los seguidores que uno tenga sino que tiene una métrica mucho más elaborada. La misma consiste en dividir las respuestas de nuestros amigos por día sobre el logaritmo natural de tuiteos por día, y a eso a su vez dividirlo sobre el logarito natural del número de followers. Bien matemática la cosa. Via DotPod.Com El ranking de alguna manera busca la verdadera popularidad, que tiene más que ver con la interacción del usuario con sus contactos que un simple conjunto de tweets egocentristas o destinados a solamente una porción de los mismos. Lo malo es que no todos los usuarios están indexados, así que probablemente tendremos que esperar a que en algún momento sume nuestro twitter a la lista.
RT index! Awesome people on this list
Twitterユーザーの影響力を算出してくれるサイト その人の発言がどれだけ他の人に取り上げられているかをもとに計算されているよう
10 Great Social Sites for Resume Building
http://mashable.com/2009/03/18/resume-building/
Creating the perfect resume is not easy. Luckily, there are a number of online resources dedicated to helping you create outstanding resumes.
"Here are 10 great social sites with unique features that let you create your own resume-like profile, edit your resume online, get it reviewed by experts, print it, share it on social networks, and much more."
8 Excellent Tools to Extract Insights from Twitter Streams
http://socialmediatoday.com/SMC/80437
Twitter is now the third most popular social network, behind Facebook and MySpace (Compete, 2009). A year ago, it has over a million users and 200,000 active monthly users sending over 3 million updates per day (TechCrunch, 2008). Those figures have almost certainly increased since then. With the torrential streams of Twitter updates (or tweets), there’s an emerging demand to sieve signals from noises and harvest useful information. Enter Twitter Analytics, or simply just Analytwits (in the tradition of Twitter slang). These analytics tools are growing in numbers; even Twitter is developing them. Besides Twitter Search, the following 8 Analytwits are some of the more useful web applications to analyze Twitter streams. Each of these tools serve specific purpose. They crawl and sift through Twitter streams; also, aggregate, rank and slice-and-dice data to deliver some insights on Twitter activities and trends. There’s no single best analytic tool available but use in combination, they
100 Tips, Apps, and Resources for Teachers on Twitter | Online College Degree
http://onlinecollegedegree.org/2009/03/19/100-tips-apps-and-resources-for-teachers-on-twitter/
Twitter can be at first glance a strange phenomenon and many don’t understand its purpose right away. However, Twitter is a powerful tool that is growing in popularity as word spreads of its potential capabilities. The idea of writing small blog posts of 140 characters or less to a group of your followers is actually a revolutionary new way to bring communities together, learn from each other, and keep updated with all that is happening. Busy teachers may feel that taking the time to learn how to use Twitter isn’t worth the return for the students benefit, so that’s why this list of 100 tips, apps, and resources is worth browsing. Find out how to get started with Twitter, ways to use it in an educational setting, and tools to help you use it better with these resources below.
le 20 mars 09
Top 237 Twitter Users Who Will Follow You Back | Social News Watch
http://socialnewswatch.com/top-twitter-users/
Article du 14 mars 09
Top 100 Edu Tweeters | Online Degree World
http://www.onlinedegreeworld.com/blog/2009/top-100-edu-tweeters/
How Two Coke Fans Brought the Brand to Facebook Fame - Advertising Age - Digital
http://adage.com/digital/article?article_id=135238
coca cola ♥ ..
Il mistero del successo di una delle innumerevoli pagine spontanee della Coca-Cola
Soda Has Most Popular Page After President, in Collaboration Between Creators and Marketer
Top Twitter Friends
http://twitter.mailana.com/
Cool Twitter visualization tool.
RT @TomChapman: Fantastic Twitter social graph tool from @PeteWarden aka Mailana http://twitter.mailana.com
GissiSim.com | How to twitter like a pro
http://www.gissisim.com/2009/03/how-to-twitter-like-a-pro/
good info about using tools to streamline your tweets
Super tips on using Twitter
Time Management in the Age of Social Media - BusinessWeek
http://www.businessweek.com/managing/content/mar2009/ca20090310_589525.htm
David Allen talks about ways you can make Facebook and Twitter work for you on the job
Maintained Relationships on Facebook | overstated
http://overstated.net/2009/03/09/maintained-relationships-on-facebook
info relationship on facebook
Size of friend networks maintained on Facebook
Yet another datapoint proving the Dunbar number?
Annotated link http://www.diigo.com/bookmark/http%3A%2F%2Foverstated.net%2F2009%2F03%2F09%2Fmaintained-relationships-on-facebook
Ten Facebook Tips For Power Users - PC World
http://www.pcworld.com/printable/article/id,161688/printable.html
BBspot - Twitter Unveils New Premium Accounts
http://www.bbspot.com/News/2009/03/twitter-unveils-premium-accounts.html
Eagle ($250/month) – Users get 500 character limit, 1000 extra random followers, 3 celebrity followers of their choice, 5 hours on recommended list each month, Twitter Concierge for Tweeting while user is asleep or busy (and more), auto-spell check, "Fail Whale" tuxedo, custom "Fail Whale" page when service is down.
Twitter co-founder and CEO Evan Williams today announced part of the company's long-awaited business model: Twitter Premium accounts.
HA!
How To Effectively Follow 15000+ People On Twitter Using These Tweetdeck Tricks
http://jessenewhart.com/twitter/how-to-effectively-follow-15000-people-on-twitter-using-these-tweetdeck-tricks/
Twitter information
Twitter
I often get the question “How do you follow so many people on Twitter”. Using Tweetdeck it’s actually quite easy. I made this video tutorial to show you exactly how I do it. If you have any questions please leave a comment and I’ll be happy to answer them.
Rands In Repose: The Art of the Tweet
http://www.randsinrepose.com/archives/2009/03/02/the_art_of_the_tweet.html
In writing an article, I know I’m done when I delete. The process leading to done is chaotic; it’s days, weeks, or months of aggregating writing where I collect and organize paragraphs and sentences. Over time, content creation becomes content shaping as I organize the thoughts into a pleasing coherence.
How to write a good tweet that puts a bit of you into it.
Say More with Less
the sense of tweeting
Welcome! » Tagalus
http://tagal.us/
Get and set definitions for #tags - A dictionary for (hash)tags
Twitter hashtag dictionary
way to define hashtags for Twitter
Tagalus lets users define tags so that others can understand what they're talking about. Other users can vote on definitions and decide which best describes the given tag.
#knmknk
defines hashtags
6 Reasons Why Twitter is the Future of Search - Google Beware
http://www.winningtheweb.com/twitter-future-search-google.php
6 Reasons Why Twitter is the Future of Search
The Future of Twitter: Social CRM
http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2009/03/22/the-future-of-twitter-social-crm/
Twitter has multiple business models to choose from I get asked over and over: “How do you think Twitter will monetize? What’s their business model?” While it’s clear their already experimenting with ‘house’ ads, ads that promote features of their service, I’m not sure that’s going to be the right direction for them. We already know that click through rates on social networks are low, why? because people are there to communicate with each other –not search for information like Google or on a media site. It’s possible they could turn on ads in the search tool, as people are seeking information. Yet all of these tactics have been done on other social sites, I think that Twitter has a unique opportunity to tap into the lucrative CRM space. Manually tracking a large brand within Twitter isn’t scalable It’s important to first realize that managing a large brand on Twitter isn’t scalable, with hundreds –maybe thousands of tweets about a marketplace a day, individuals will have a very diffic
This is a great article about where Twitter is going. It says they have a lot of thing going for them right now (like customers) but are lacking many things too. If they find the right tools Twitter could be big.
Twitter
GissiSim.com | 6 Ways how I let Twitter work for me
http://www.gissisim.com/2009/03/how-i-let-twitter-work-for-me/
Skimmer - We Are Fallon
http://www.fallon.com/skimmer
日本語表示できない?
this looks pretty bad ass
web 2.0 aggregator
A lifestreaming app that let's you see it all in one place.
Skimmer - The coolest and easiest was to view and share online content.
Gary Hamel on Managing Generation Y - the Facebook Generation - Gary Hamel’s Management 2.0 - WSJ
http://blogs.wsj.com/management/2009/03/24/the-facebook-generation-vs-the-fortune-500/
Interested ideas on how web2.0 changed how people think.
4 Ways Companies Use Twitter for Business - ReadWriteWeb
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/4_ways_companies_use_twitter_for_business.php
Gartner released a report today that highlights the different ways that companies are adopting Twitter for business use. Although Twitter was originally intended for communication among individuals, a number of organizations have begun to actively participate on the platform. However, not all companies are using Twitter in the same way. Some are tweeting, some are just listening, and some really savvy companies are doing both.
Micro Persuasion: Social Networking Demographics: Boomers Jump In, Gen Y Plateaus
http://www.micropersuasion.com/2009/03/social-networking-demographics.html
According to the study, baby boomers... * Increased reading blogs and listening to podcasts by 67 percent year over year; nearly 80 times faster than Gen Y (1 percent) * Posted a 59 percent increase in using social networking sites—more than 30 times faster than Gen Y (2 percent) * Increased watching/posting videos on the Internet by 35 percent—while Gen Y usage decreased slightly (-2 percent) * Accelerated playing video games on the go via mobile devices by 52 percent— 20 times faster than Gen Y (2 percent) * Increased listening to music on an iPod or other portable music player by 49 percent—more than four times faster than Gen Y (12 percent)
A List Apart: Articles: Coaching a Community
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/coachingcommunity
this is a test.
A great article from ALA on how to cultivate an active membership base
A key to running successful "social networking sites" is to remember that they're just communities. All communities, online or off, have one thing in common: members want to belong—to feel like part of something larger than themselves. Communicating effectively, setting clear and specific expectations, mentoring contributors, playing with trends, offering rewards, and praising liberally (but not excessively) can harness your members' innate desires—and nurture great content in the process.
Social Media for Social Causes Study: The Results
http://mashable.com/2009/03/26/social-media-nonprofit-study/
Will help in analysing the use of social media in social causes.
Twitter: We Can Do What Google Can't - Advertising Age - Digital
http://adage.com/digital/article?article_id=135016
"a search of "what's happening -- right now," and in Twitter's small but growing world, it is. While being a searchable database of what is being said at a particular time is unique, it doesn't take Twitter too far afield from Google, which is a catalog of the world's recorded knowledge. Google looks back at what documents have been produced and can be surfaced, while Twitter looks back at what was said on a given topic. "
"While being a searchable database of what is being said at a particular time is unique, it doesn't take Twitter too far afield from Google, which is a catalog of the world's recorded knowledge. Google looks back at what documents have been produced and can be surfaced, while Twitter looks back at what was said on a given topic. "Certainly there's an AdWords-like business there, but, as Mr. Chaffee told us, Twitter has another "wild card." "In the future, searches won't only query what's being said at the moment, but will go out to the Twitter audience in the form of a question, like a faster and less-filtered Yahoo Answers or Wiki Answers. Users would be able to tap the collective knowledge of the 6 million or so members of the Twitterverse."
from BF
Twitter sees lucrative opportunities in search, albeit a different kind of search than what Google offers, and, as co-founder Biz Stone told Ad Age recently, "we'll certainly be exploring those."
Building Complementary Services: A Powerful Long-Term Social Media Marketing Strategy
http://www.doshdosh.com/complementary-services-social-media-marketing-strategy/
Hunch
http://www.hunch.com/
i suspect this'll be pretty big
From Angus
Hunch helps you make decisions and gets smarter the more you use it.
Over beslissingen en advies. Van een van de oprichters van Flickr. Nog niet kunnen uittesten, is nog in beta stadium, alleen op uitnodiging. Kan interessant zijn.
Twitter Now Growing at a Staggering 1,382 Percent
http://mashable.com/2009/03/16/twitter-growth-rate-versus-facebook/
The latest numbers from Nielsen Online indicate that Twitter grew 1,382% year-over-year in February, registering a total of just more than 7 million unique visitors in the US for the month. Not only is that huge growth in one year, but in one month as well, as in January, Twitter.com clocked in with 4.5 million unique visitors in the US, meaning the service grew by more than 50 percent month-over-month
Maybe it’s Jimmy Fallon’s integration of it into his new TV show, Shaq’s use of it to interact in real-life with fans, or blog’s ability to write about it non-stop, but one way or another, Twitter’s growth just continues to explode.
10 MORE Must Have Twitter Tools
http://www.twitip.com/10-more-must-have-twitter-tools/
TWITTER TOOLS
Due to the extreme popularity of TwiTip's 10 Twitter Tools that Help You Work Smarter post, we're proud to present 10 MORE must have Twitter tools to help you
BBC NEWS | Technology | Social networks 'are new e-mail'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7942304.stm
Social network usage has overtaken email. More and more people are using social networks to communicate with others rather than email. This trend is evolving and growing.
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over Facebook die email vervangt
"'You used to e-mail content to people and you had to choose who you wanted to e-mail it to and you didn't know if your friends even wanted to see it. Now you can put something out there and let people engage with it.' The simplicity and ubiquity of some of these services is beginning to see activity feeds and status updates replace many of the uses to which e-mail was once put."
Status updates on sites such as Facebook, Yammer, Twitter and Friendfeed are a new form of communication, the South by SouthWest Festival has heard. "We are all in the process of creating e-mail 2.0," David Sacks, founder of business social network Yammer said.
6 Twitter Games To Make Tweeting Fun
http://mashable.com/2009/03/28/twitter-games
Awesome twitter games!
will try these games later
How To Monetize a Social Network: MySpace and Facebook Should Follow TenCent « abovethecrowd.com
http://abovethecrowd.com/2009/03/09/how-to-monetize-a-social-network-myspace-and-facebook-should-follow-tencent/
How To Monetize a Social Network: MySpace and Facebook Should Follow TenCent « abovethecrowd.com
The Twitter Followholic: An Epidemic
http://mashable.com/2009/03/10/twitter-followholic/
GET SICK!
Some great apps to help you deal with Twitter and get most out of it
It’s an illness. It’s a disease that attacks the brain, affecting the response of your fingers on the keyboard and mouse. “Stop clicking,” you say to yourself as another follow button has turned into a green-checked following icon. The first step to recovery is admitting you have a problem: you’re a followholic and you can’t stay away from a Twitter user’s follow button. (Say it out loud: My name is ______, and I’m a followholic.)
ollow you back, but they never did. Manage incoming followers: First, turn off auto-follow in whatever program you’re using to do it. There is no possible w
5 Elements of a Successful Facebook Fan Page
http://mashable.com/2009/03/30/successful-facebook-fan-page/
mashable
For many companies a Facebook (Facebook reviews) fan page is an integral part of their social media campaign. But, what elements help fan pages build up large followings and what can brands do to emulate the success of others? I’ve put together a list of specific elements that I believe have helped create fan pages with large, engaged, followings.
Nine great reasons why teachers should use Twitter | Laura Walker
http://mrslwalker.com/?p=79620905
What’s the point of Twitter? Why should educators get involved? What difference does using Twitter make? Remember, your experience on Twitter is only as high quality as the people who you follow and the information you share.
Relationship Symmetry in Social Networks: Why Facebook will go Fully Asymmetric - Bokardo
http://bokardo.com/archives/relationship-symmetry-in-social-networks-why-facebook-will-go-fully-asymmetric/
Why Facebook will go Fully Asymmetric
Tweleted: recover deleted Twitter messages for good or evil
http://tweleted.com/
Find the tweets you've lost
Tweleted allows you to recover Twitter messages — tweets — after they've been deleted.
How-To: Search the Social Web - Ultimate Toolkit
http://www.interactiveinsightsgroup.com/blog1/how-to-search-the-social-web-ultimate-toolkit/
socialmedia search tools monitoring socialnetworking ; Social Search Engines That Search Across Multiple Social Media Sites ; Finding Information on Blogs ; Searching on Twitter, Microblogs and Lifestreaming Services ; Message Boards and Forum Search Tools ; Conversations and Comments Search Tools ; Finding Information on Social News, Bookmarking and Other Social Media Sites ; Brand Monitoring Tools and Techniques ; Managing Your Search Information: Advice on Aggregation & Filtering ; Finding People On the Social Web ;
Adobe Flash Platform & Facebook Platform | Adobe Developer Connection
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/facebook/
The Adobe Flash Platform and Facebook Platform provide the ideal solution for building rich, social experiences on the web.
Flash & Facebook. They both begin with F.
from the Adobe Developer Connection website
The Adobe Flash Platform and Facebook Platform provide the ideal solution for building rich, social experiences on the web. Flash is available on more than 98% of Internet-connected PCs, so people can immediately access the applications, content, and video that enable social interactions.
Adobe Developer Connection. Flash>Facebook
Check Username Availability at Multiple Social Networking Sites
http://namechk.com/
Allow you to check the availability of your username across multiple sites
Check Username Availability
UnHub
http://unhub.com/
On-stop unified page. Great for brand building, where you can glue your twitter, facebook, blogs, and etc..
自分のブログやtwitterなんかをお纏め。
Cool Hub for keeping all social networking profiles together in one place
aggregator
You Are Everywhere
Большое количество сайтов, которое просматривает интернет-пользователь, привело к появлению инструментов агрегации и интеграции контента вроде «Френдфида». А количество социальных профайлов, в свою очередь, привело к возникновению их агрегаторов. Новый сервис UnHub его авторы и обозреватели техноблога TechCrunch назвали одним из самых удобных в своем роде по ряду причин. Прежде всего, пользователь получает страницу по удобному короткому адресу вида http://unhub.com/имя, где могут быть собраны данные всех его профайлов. Это содержимое, размещенное на страницах социальных сетей Faecbook, LinkedIn, фотографии из Flickr или Picasa и видео из YouTube.
Your UnHub URL directs others to your profiles, photostreams, channels, etc. with a persistent bar at the top of the screen.
http://nomee.com/
http://nomee.com/
http://nomee.com/
47 Twitter Power Users’ Secrets To Getting Many Followers | JobMob
http://jobmob.co.il/blog/get-many-twitter-followers-power-user-secrets/
Twitter power users have many thousands of people following their tweets. Here are their tips and insight to gaining so many followers.
Sources: Google In Talks To Acquire Twitter (Updated)
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/02/sources-google-in-late-stage-talks-to-buy-twitter/
Yes, yes, we know it's not true. But what would be the implications if it were...
"Our goal is to build a profitable, independent company and we're just getting started. "
Here’s a heck of a rumor that we’ve sourced from two separate people close to the negotiations: Google is in late stage negotiations to acquire Twitter. We don’t know the price but can assume its well, well north of the $250 million valuation that they saw in their recent funding.
"Here’s a heck of a rumor that we’ve sourced from two separate people close to the negotiations: Google is in late stage negotiations to acquire Twitter"
An interesting development in the rumors that Google could be acquiring Twitter...
Social Networking with BuddyPress - Nettuts+
http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/wordpress/social-networking-with-buddypress/
BuddyPress adds Facebook social networking features to WordPress blogs.
Thanks for the Add. Now Help Me with My Homework - News Features & Releases
http://www.gse.harvard.edu/blog/news_features_releases/2009/01/thanks-for-the-add-now-help-me-with-my-homework.html
A Study showing potential learning benefits of social networking site like myspace and facebook
Article from Harvard about positives to teens using social networking today.
A new study by Harvard alum Christine Greenhow finds social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook have more educational potential than you might think.
I just co-wrote a proposal to the National Science Foundation about the use of new technologies in the classroom. We're only on the cusp of this, and we need to harness the energy and interest that kids currently have for these things.
Harvard Graduate School of Education article on social networking as an educational tool
5 Examples of Social Media Blunders and What to Learn From Them
http://mashable.com/2009/03/08/social-media-blunders/
A Poor Man’s Guide to Finding Influencers. » The Buzz Bin
http://www.livingstonbuzz.com/2009/03/10/a-poor-mans-guide-to-finding-influencers/
he primary challenge of successful social media is being able to listen and communicate with the broader community. This requires knowing who your community is, and where to find them online. To do this, engaging top influencers is essential, but how do you find them?
Think about how the community likely identifies itself online. To do so, do: General search; explore Top blogs and bloggers; Visit the blogs; read Message boards and forums; Search social media sites.
finding influencers, finding top blogs/bloggers
SharePoint 2007: Gateway Drug to Enterprise Social Tools :: Personal InfoCloud
http://www.personalinfocloud.com/2009/03/sharepoint-2007-gateway-drug-to-enterprise-social-tools.html
Via Adriana
Top 100 Tools for the Twittering Teacher | Best Colleges Online
http://www.bestcollegesonline.com/blog/2009/04/02/top-100-tools-for-the-twittering-teacher/
teachers have also found success on Twitter, using the tool to connect with students, share information with parents, and find useful resources. Here, we’ll take a look at 100 tools that can help twittering teachers make the most out of this helpful microblogging tool.
» The Hierarchy Of Tweets - Analysing The Psychology of Twitter
http://www.theinnovationdiaries.com/2009/03/24/the-hierarchy-of-tweets-analysing-the-psychology-of-twitter/
Analisis de los mensajes que circulan en Twitter.
7 Top Twitter Topic Trackers - ReadWriteWeb
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/7_top_twitter_topic_trackers.php
to follow street art trends - or find people - etc -
services that look for a specific keyword, topic, or hashtag (all falling under the fuzzy category of meme or viral idea) and cluster related tweets together.
Sharepoint and Enterprise 2.0: The good, the bad, and the ugly | Enterprise Web 2.0 | ZDNet.com
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Hinchcliffe/?p=280
Useful article highlighting Sharepoint and Enterprise 2.0
The technology landscape of the enterprise environment fits SharePoint well; the business requirements to a lesser extent.
These concerns about SharePoint’s ability to be an effective Enterprise 2.0 platform is one I hear echoed a lot with practitioners I talk to. In spite of this, I correspondingly hear that SharePoint is in fact what most organizations are planning on using when it comes to 2.0-style collaboration and knowledge management.
The Anatomy of a Facebook Meme
http://mashable.com/2009/04/03/facebook-meme/
Chinese Social Networks ‘Virtually’ Out-Earn Facebook And MySpace: A Market Analysis
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/05/chinese-social-networks-virtually-out-earn-facebook-and-myspace-a-market-analysis/
gregorylent - April 5th, 2009 at 9:12 am PDT
Chinese Social Networks ‘Virtually’ Out-Earn Facebook And MySpace: A Market Analysis
Social networks are taking off in China. The following guest post by George Godula. David Li, and Richard Yu explores how Chinese social networks are pursuing different business models than their American counterparts, relying more on micropayments and the sale of virtual goods.
Editor’s Note: Social networks are taking off in China. The following guest post by George Godula. David Li, and Richard Yu explores how Chinese social networks are pursuing different business models than their American counterparts, relying more on micropayments and the sale of virtual goods. George Godula is the co-founder of Web2Asia, an East Asian incubator and also a consultancy for Western startups trying to enter markets in China, Japan and Korea. David Li is a developer of social networking applications such as Growing Gifts, and he also was the developer of OnChat, an early in-browser graphical avatar chat system. Richard Yu is a Seattle native living in China, where he consults for Shanghai-based web startups while writing his blog.
George Godula. David Li, and Richard Yu
European Social Media: 19 Web Startups to Watch
http://mashable.com/2009/04/05/europe-social-media/
Mashable is exclusively announcing the 19 finalists in a European startup competition, selected by a panel including Amazon CTO Werner Vogels.
Silicon Valley isn't the only place that's a hotbed for social media and web entrepreneurship: Europe is filled with skilled entrepreneurs and successful
Mashable is exclusively announcing the 19 finalists in a European startup competition, selected by a panel including Amazon CTO Werner Vogels. It’s all part of the 2009 Next Web Conference in Amsterdam this month, which gathers together Europe’s tech community and brings it some well-deserved international attention.
localtweeps :: Help Localize The Twittersphere!
http://localtweeps.com/
Localize The Twittersphere!
Twitter gets you fired in 140 characters or less - Technotica- msnbc.com
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29796962/
How-To: Create a Unique Twitter Background
http://www.interactiveinsightsgroup.com/blog1/how-to-create-a-unique-twitter-background/
Seth's Blog: The power of a tiny picture (how to improve your social network brand)
http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2009/04/the-power-of-a-tiny-picture-how-to-improve-your-social-network-brand.html
If it's important enough for you to spend your time finding and connecting with new people online, it's important enough to get the first impression right. If you use any online social network tool, the single most important first impression you make is with the 3600 to 5000 pixels you get for your tiny picture. In the social group I run, part of my job is to pick the featured members. As a result, I spend a lot of time looking at little pictures. Here's one person's take on the things you can do to avoid wrecking that first impression:
your social network face is important
Top 10 Reasons Your Company Probably Shouldn't Tweet - Advertising Age - DigitalNext
http://adage.com/digitalnext/article?article_id=135827
You’re NOT a social media expert, you idiot • openpresswire.com
http://openpresswire.com/twitter/youre-not-a-social-media-expert-you-idiot/
You’re NOT a social media expert, you idiot
Do You Pass the Social Media Recruitment Test?
http://mashable.com/2009/04/08/social-media-recruitment/
Done
Do You Pass the Social Media Recruitment Test?
» Twitter, the Most Important Website Since Google?
http://www.97thfloor.com/blog/twitter-the-most-important-website-since-google/
Most Important Website
Discusses how the author uses Twitter to get information on buying a car, etc.
week 2 discussion
twitter resource
10 Most Extraordinary Twitter Updates
http://mashable.com/2009/04/10/extraordinary-twitter-updates/
View my * My Posts * Facebook * Twitter * Friendfeed * LinkedIn * Digg * 10 Most Extraordinary Twitter Updates
Here are 10 of the most extraordinary and creative uses of Twitter updates. From marriage proposals to breaking news, and much more.
HOW TO: Get the Most Out of Status Updates
http://mashable.com/2009/04/09/status-update-tips/
Great list of apps to make the most of your Twitter experience and increase your blogging skills.
True/Slant
http://trueslant.com/
news site
wordpress video - wordpress plugin for integrated video on video blogs, and video tools
7 deadly sins of networking, and how to avoid them - Manage Your Life on Shine
http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/life/7-deadly-sins-of-networking-and-how-to-avoid-them-443310/
8 Steps For Building Community On Twitter: Tips For Membership Organizations
http://www.twitip.com/8-steps-for-building-community-on-twitter-tips-for-membership-organizations/
Just in case you didn't see my Twitip post - please RT. Thanks so much! http://tinyurl.com/cvurj2
neat twit tips for EH interest?
SEOmoz | 21 Tips to Earn Links and Tweets to Your Blog Post
http://www.seomoz.org/blog/21-tips-to-earn-links-and-tweets-to-your-blog-post
It's been a long time since I've covered blogging strategies, and my recent panel with one of the world's foremost authorities got me thinking that given our success, both with the SEOmoz blog and with blogs for clients, it's time to share a bit more. Today, I'd like to cover how to make that single post you're composing more likely to earn the attention it deserves. Let's dive into the list:
blogging tips,good one
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Can the Statusphere Save Journalism?
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/11/can-the-statusphere-save-journalism/
<em>Recently, I enjoyed a refreshing and invigorating dinner with Walt Mossberg. While we casually discussed our most current endeavors and experiences, the discussion shifted to deep conversation about the future of journalism in the era of socialized media with one simple question, “are newspapers worth saving?”</em> [photo by swanksalot]
@briansolis blogs: Journos must "create a dedicated tribe that supports, shares, and responds to your work."
“Think about it. Of the hundreds, thousands, of newspapers around the country, there are really only a few that matter. Good journalism and journalists, on the other hand, are worth saving.”
Renny Gleeson on antisocial phone tricks | Video on TED.com
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/renny_gleeson_on_antisocial_phone_tricks.html
De-anonymizing Social Networks
http://randomwalker.info/social-networks/index.html
De-anonymizing Social Networks
Facebook Shares Tips and Case Studies for Brand Marketers
http://mashable.com/2009/04/13/facebook-brand-marketers/
With its recent redesign and a slew of new features, Facebook has been moving to make Pages a focal point of the site. Personally, I recently described these changes as “the business model that moves [the company] from a successful social network to a highly profitable business.
With its recent redesign and a slew of new features, Facebook has been moving to make Pages a focal point of the site. Personally, I recently described these
Applications of usability principles on a social network | creative briefing
http://creativebriefing.com/applications-of-usability-principles-on-a-social-network/
As a result of this, social networks should - I say should because not every social network does this - put greater emphasis on usability over, say, a corporate website. Don’t get me wrong, usability is important everywhere you go on the web, but the nature of a social network’s operation makes usability especially important. This perspective guided my thinking during the redesign of the Daily Challenge beta 2.0 website. Many forks in the road were put to rest at the hands of basic usability principles that dictated righter from wronger (sometimes there was no strictly right or wrong answer). These are the principles that I want to share with you in the following case study of how usability can be applied to a social network
When Sensors and Social Networks Mix - ReadWriteWeb
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/when_sensors_and_social_networks_mix.php
TwitZap (101) What's Happening
http://www.twitzap.com/#What%27s%20Happening
TwitZap lets you slice Twitter into channels of stuff that matters to you. Once your channels are set they will update in real-time, all in a familiar interface.
auto-refresh
Twitter search tool that lets you create channels to monitor activity in realtime.
Social Media and SEO: 5 Essential Steps to Success
http://mashable.com/2009/04/15/social-media-seo/
Now more than ever, company marketers are charged with improving performance with fewer resources and shifting marketing budgets from traditional to digital tactics like SEO and social media. There are significant benefits from combining search engine optimization and social media marketing tactics ranging from increased social network discovery via search to the ability to attract links for improved SEO.
7 marketing mistakes to avoid on Twitter - iMediaConnection.com
http://www.imediaconnection.com/content/22655.asp
YouTube - Flutter: The New Twitter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeLZCy-_m3s
You know a phenomenon has gone mainstream when it's spoofed on YouTube.
Encontramos un video en internet que está dando que hablar. No es una iniciativa real, es más bien una parodia, pero quizás sin proponérselo está promoviendo pensamiento creativo al respecto, y quien sabe si alguien ya se está inventando una manera de aplicar este concepto (chistoso) a la realidad
As Twitter-mania reaches new levels, Slate V presents a mockumentary about a company that wants to take microblogging to the next level.
10 Must-Try Social Media Sites for College Students
http://mashable.com/2009/04/16/social-media-college/
Today’s college students are no strangers to social media and all that it can do for our social interactions. 85% of students at 4-year universities have Facebook profiles. However, while populating most of the major sites, many students have not yet embraced the great amount of other social media tools available to them. There are a number of tools that cater specifically to students and new ones are constantly being developed. Here are ten must-try sites that will help you network, collaborate, communicate, and make your daily college tasks a bit easier. Better yet, they all offer free services.
Guide to social media sites
Here are ten must-try social media sites that will help you network, collaborate, communicate, and make your daily college tasks a bit easier.
A Whole Lotta Nothing: This is how Social Media really works
http://a.wholelottanothing.org/2009/03/this-is-how-social-media-really-works.html
So maybe instead of getting your company on twitter, paying marketers to mention you are on twitter, and paying people to blog about your company, forget all that and just make awesome stuff that gets people excited about your products, hire people that represent the company well, and when your stuff is so awesome that friends share it with other friends, you may not even need "social media marketing" after all.
forget all that and just make awesome stuff that gets people excited about your products, hire people that represent the company well, and when your stuff is so awesome that friends share it with other friends, you may not even need "social media marketing" after all.”
The Rainbow company makes awesome stuff, has a great website (pretty damn slick all-CSS one at that), and helpful catalog materials (both online and off). They got on my radar when a friend dug up their details for a blog post, in a way no marketing budget could influence.
FriendFeed
http://beta.friendfeed.com/
yes. Me like new Friendfeed. might entice me back. RT @Zee: New Friendfeed is up! http://is.gd/1V0m [from http://twitter.com/PaulSweeney/statuses/1463427696]
Ask Jeremiah: The Comprehensive FAQ Guide to Twitter
http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2009/03/11/ask-jeremiah-comprehensive-faq-guide-to-twitter/
Need a Twitter expert in your corner? I’m here to help! New, Advanced? Shy? Submit a Question I’ll take the most rudimentary basic question to the most advanced, don’t be shy. This is a living FAQ, if you have a question for me, Jeremiah, leave a comment and I’ll answer, if you’re really shy, you can email me, but I can’t promise I’ll see it (I get a lot of emails). I’ll be updating this over time, so please bookmark, and share with your network. Was this helpful? spread the word If you liked the post, please tweet it, by copying and pasting this into twitter: Got a question about Twitter? ask @jowyang http://snipurl.com/dmizv Alright, let’s get to work, I’m here to help, this faq will grow over time. Ask Jeremiah: Comprehensive FAQ Guide to Twitter What are common terms and phrases I need to know? Do I Tweet or Twitter? Twitter, which evolved from simple status messages to now a global conversation, is referred to in a number of times. Asking folks: “Are you on Twitte
twitter jeremiah
Ask Jeremiah: « Web Strategy by Jeremiah Owyang | Social Media, Web Marketing
Need a Twitter expert in your corner? I’m here to help! New, Advanced? Shy? Submit a Question I’ll take the most rudimentary basic question to the most advanced, don’t be shy. This is a living FAQ, if you have a question for me, Jeremiah, leave a comment and I’ll answer, if you’re really shy, you can email me, but I can’t promise I’ll see it (I get a lot of emails). I’ll be updating this over time, so please bookmark, and share with your network.
My Name is E
http://www.mynameise.com/
E * Tour * Mobile * Connector * About * Contact * Login * Signup Signup All your online identities, shared in real life. E enables you to collect your accounts - on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and every other network of your choice - in one spot, and share them in real life by using any mobile phone or Connector. You decide which profiles you share: E allows you to make an online ‘business card’ for every occasion. This way, you’ll be able to share business info with business contacts, and private info with private contacts. Learn more... Watch the Video Company * About * Investors * Press * Sales * Twitter Service * API * Get Satisfaction! Legal * Terms of use E for Everybody Copyright © 2007-2009. All rights reserved. E is a joint effort of Postmachina and madewithlove. Login Username Password Remember me * Cancel * Forgot password? * Login
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Digital Marketing: Using Social Media to Listen to Consumers - Advertising Age - Digital
http://adage.com/digital/article?article_id=135605
"at what point does the echo chamber of social media drown out the real opinions of the people who buy your brand?"
If the social-media sphere attacks your brand, do "real people" hear the screams? Not likely, according to surveys that indicate marketers shouldn't rush to quiet every micro-outrage that sweeps across the web.
Motrin offended twittering moms-so what?
Reading: Using Social Media to Listen to Consumers http://adage.com/digital/article?article_id=135605
Identify - Firefox entension | Madgex Lab
http://lab.madgex.com/identify/
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Identify - Firefox entension | Madgex Lab - http://lab.madgex.com/identify/
dentify is a Firefox extension that combines identities across various social network/media sites and provides you with a profile about an individual. Simply navigate to the profile page or a blog of an individual you are interested in and on Windows press Alt i or on the Mac press Ctrl i.
HOW TO: Retweet on Twitter
http://mashable.com/2009/04/16/retweet-guide/
Twitter RT explanation
The 7 Ways to Approach Twitter
http://mashable.com/2009/04/20/twitter-strategy/
Facebook in 2010: no longer a walled garden - O'Reilly Radar
http://radar.oreilly.com/2009/03/facebook-in-2010-no-longer-a-walled-garden.html
A lot of what I've been working on the past two years has been built on the assumption that the model that social networks use today will fundamentally change. Social networks have largely been built on the premise of being walled gardens in such a way that users can't communicate or share content or friends across networks; put simply this is what keeps a Facebook user from being able to send a message to a MySpace user.
Now You Can Change What Google Says About You - ReadWriteWeb
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/now_you_can_change_what_google_says_about_you.php
The program offers people control over their search appearance only in as much as they are willing to give Google more information about themselves. Google's Joe Kraus explained to us that up to four Google Profiles will appear at the bottom of a results page.
10 Twitter tools to effectively manage your followers - Daily SEO blog
http://www.dailyseoblog.com/2009/03/10-twitter-tools-to-effectively-manage-your-followers/
@alawine 10 powerful tools to manage your followers, very cool collection: http://bit.ly/12ulT [from http://twitter.com/markivey/statuses/1399546408]
6 Twitter Search Services Compared
http://mashable.com/2009/04/22/twitter-search-services/
With developers rushing like wild dogs to build and launch applications to make your Twitter (Twitter reviews) experience more productive, how can you choose which is the best tool to use if you’re running queries on your company name and competitor’s product line, or references on small-town bakeries or Red Sox pitchers? Thankfully, there is no shortage of search applications. But how different are their interfaces, how similar are their results, and what options do they offer? Let’s see.
BookArmy
http://www.bookarmy.com/defaultnew.aspx
"Never read a bad book again"
A Guide to Protecting Your Online Identity
http://mashable.com/2009/04/21/protecting-online-identity/
Being online is like being in public. Nearly anything that gets posted can come back to haunt you. Here is a guide to protecting your online identity.
PR 2.0: Twitter and Social Networks Usher in a New Era of Social CRM
http://www.briansolis.com/2009/03/twitter-and-social-networks-usher-in.html
Social Media has slowly evolved not only as a new content publishing, sharing, and discovery medium, but more importantly as a peer-to-peer looking glass into the real world conversations that affect the perception, engagement, and overall direction of the brands we represent. Socialized media didn't invent "conversations," it simply organized and amplified them.
Gitig: Blog site about social networks and such. He did that cool petal graphic of the social media landscape.
The Best Ways to Discover Music Through Twitter | Epicenter from Wired.com
http://blog.wired.com/business/2009/04/the-best-ways-t.html
"Twitter's growing fame as a text platform is slightly deceiving. A huge amount of music gets posted to to the messaging service every single day — the trick is knowing how to find it."
The Best Ways to Discover Music Through Twitter
Mike Arauz | Blog: Spectrum of Online Friendship
http://www.mikearauz.com/2009/04/spectrum-of-online-friendship.html
"Online friendship is better described along a spectrum defined by the actions people take and how we feel about them."
Spectrum of Online Friendship
BLDGBLOG: How the Other Half Writes: In Defense of Twitter
http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/2009/04/how-other-half-writes-in-defense-of.html
"...Twitter is a note-taking technology, end of story. You take short-form notes with it, limited to 140 characters. [...] If I attend a public lecture but I start to jot things down in a Moleskine, it would seem that only a particularly virulent form of social fascism would ask me to put that notebook down and begin 'sharing ideas' with the people next to me. No thanks – I'd rather write, actually. [...] there seem to be quite a lot of assumptions at work [when people object to microblogging], with so many class, political, and even gender implications for who is allowed to speak, who we are meant to listen to, who can write, how they are permitted to do so, in what social contexts writing is meant to occur, and what topics can be legitimately addressed by others, that I'd hope a much longer discussion about this might someday take place."
"What very much bothers me about this attitude toward Twitter is something else: if you were to go around the United States reading the handwritten diaries of, say, high-school girls or adolescent boys or even well-read college students, you would find equally inane chattering: "I feel fat today." "Can't wait for summer in Boca! But I need new shorts." "My history professor is HOT." "I hate holidays. Christmas at home is so boring." Are you really going to tell me that the average contemporary, hand-written diary is any more interesting than that?...I fail to see any clear distinction between someone's boring Twitter feed – considered only semi-literate and very much bad – and someone else's equally boring, paper-based diary – considered both pro-humanist and unquestionably good. Kafka would have had a Twitter feed! And so would have Hemingway, and so would have Virgil, and so would have Sappho. It's a tool for writing. Heraclitus would have had a f***ing Twitter feed."
Kafka would have had a Twitter feed! And so would have Hemingway, and so would have Virgil, and so would have Sappho. It's a tool for writing. Heraclitus would have had a f***ing Twitter feed.
With the caveat that this post doesn't have much to do with architecture, but with the further caveat that I will be speaking about media – specifically online media – next week at the Australian National Architecture Conference, I thought I'd offer a few thoughts here about Twitter.
It seems "Twitter" is code for "Please tell me how you think Twitter is stupid and useless." This article begs to differ.
Building 43
http://www.building43.com/
New community for internet geeks...
Check Out Building 43: A Place For People Fanatical About The Internet http://building43.com [from http://twitter.com/carreonG/statuses/1332474258]
Robert Scoble's newest Internet tech website
When Did You Join Twitter?
http://whendidyoujointwitter.appspot.com/
Micro Persuasion: Twitter is Peaking
http://www.micropersuasion.com/2009/03/twitter-is-peaking.html
He's called it, but I'm sure many people are feeling the same. And furthermore, Twitter's so trendy right now it can't possibly last. The kids who join a niche precisely because it's a tiny, obscure little niche are going to be leaving Twitter in droves.
Author says "In the last six months, Twitter has gone nuclear. There are three reasons why and I explore them in this post. However, they also point to why Twitter is about to jump the shark and we should begin asking ourselves what's "the next big thing."...As I have written before, no community has ever had staying power. Twitter right now is poised to fall victim to the same trend. Let's take a look at three reasons why Twitter has witnessed incredible growth, all of which point to why the service is peaking right now."
Though Twitter itself may be a bubble soon to burst, I do not think microblogging is going anywhere.
As long as Twitter maintains a following I feel every business should join it and converse with their customers
Caterina.net: Hunch!
http://www.caterina.net/archive/001169.html
In addition to helping you climb the decision tree, Hunch asks you a bunch of questions about yourself to find out more about what you're like and what you like. Hunch creates a kind of "taste profile" of you and people like you, which combine with topic-specific questions to deliver a hunch just for you.
Caterina.net: Hunch!
A site that makes decisions for you.
Look. Decision-making is difficult, and decisions have to be made constantly. What should I be for Halloween? Do I need a Porsche? Does my hipster facial hair make me look stupid? Is Phoenix a good place to retire? Whom should I vote for? What toe ring should I buy?
Enterprise: List of 40 Social Media Staff Guidelines | Laurel Papworth- Social Network Strategy
http://laurelpapworth.com/enterprise-list-of-40-social-media-staff-guidelines/
This list also includes policies called; Staff blogging policies, enterprise social network guidelines, Employee Blogging Policies, Staff engagement in online communities, and so on.
Managing staff who participate in social networks. This list also includes policies called; Staff blogging policies, enterprise social network guidelines,
Twitter Analyzer
http://twitteranalyzer.com/Default.aspx
Twitterのユーザー解析が出来るTwitter analyzer
Should Your Company Have a Social Media Policy?
http://mashable.com/2009/04/27/social-media-policy/
Why you have to engage in social media, even if you don't want to - Blog - Small Business Start Up - Ideas - Resources
http://blog.asmartbear.com/blog/why-you-have-to-engage-in-social-media-even-if-you-dont-want.html
Startups, small business, marketing, and useful geekery from someone who's been there: Jason Cohen, founder of Smart Bear Software
It's not just a passing thing, it's not just for kids, and it's not OK to sit idly by, even though we don't understand it yet.
Build a Social Network Using Joomla! - Nettuts+
http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/other/build-a-social-network-using-joomla/
Social network implementation has become a necessity for successful websites. Joomla!, the popular Open-Source CMS, has some great and affordable ways to bring
Apr 20th in Other by Rick Blalock Social network implementation has become a necessity for successful websites. Joomla!, the popular Open-Source CMS, has some great and affordable ways to bring your site to the social networking level. Let's review how.
Joomla! Social Network - build your own. FIVE-STARS!!!
Shows how a social networking application could be built with Joomla using extensions
Joomla Social Network
FACEBOOK FAIL: How to Use Facebook Privacy Settings and Avoid Disaster
http://mashable.com/2009/04/28/facebook-privacy-settings/
Oooh. You need this handy guide from mashable!
Facebook Statistics, Demographics, Reports, and News – CheckFacebook
http://checkfacebook.com/
Interesting facts about facebook
CheckFacebook.com tracks data reported from Facebook's advertising tool to help marketers and researchers understand how Facebook is spreading across the glob
12 Inspiring Stories of Successful Social Networkers
http://mashable.com/2009/04/28/grow-social-network/
Growing your social network
What follows are ten successful network growing techniques and the 12 inspiring stories of the people who made them happen.
49 Creative Ways You Can Profit From Content Marketing — Copyblogger
http://www.copyblogger.com/creative-content-marketing/
Creative Ways You Can Profit From Content Marketing
Maybe you think “content marketing” means having a blog that makes money. Or that it’s about producing content for sites ...
Twitter Quitters Post Roadblock to Long-Term Growth | Nielsen Wire
http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/online_mobile/twitter-quitters-post-roadblock-to-long-term-growth
Micro Persuasion: The Next Twitter or Facebook is the Open Web
http://www.micropersuasion.com/2009/04/the-next-twitter-or-facebook-is-the-open-web.html
Marketers need to really embrace the fact that it's peers and their data, rather than brand, that will become the primary way we make decisions. The greatest rewards will go to those who embrace and participate in as many communities as they possibly can in credible ways.
Today online shopping
Second Life was digital marketing's Vietnam. Communities come and go. Hubs seem to lose their innovation edge just as consumers grow more fickle, new venues emerge and viable monetization options remain scarce. If history repeats itself, Facebook and Twitter will one day be replaced by something else. However, this time it will be the open web.
MakingOf - Home - Front Row. Behind the Scenes.
http://makingof.com/
Behind the movies
MakingOf.com is a behind-the-scenes Web portal that provides an intimate, fresh look into the process of making a movie by the insiders themselves. MakingOf’s mission is to champion the art and craft of entertainment creation.
Twitter Quitters Just Don't Get It - Business Center - PC World
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/164107/twitter_quitters_just_dont_get_it.html
News of Twitter's low user retention rate is hardly shocking, and those of us who've stuck with it aren't likely to miss those who don't.
"But eventually, for most of us anyway, it dawns on us that Twitter is a lot more than a worldwide stream of trivial, self-promotional text bombs. And when that happens, we begin to see the beauty in Twitter's simple, terse messaging system. Used in conjunction with a good client app like TweetDeck, Twitter becomes an active massively multi-user conversation to rival any other social medium. " Depends on the kind of conversation you want, I guess; I'm still mainly in the "don't get it" camp.
The point of Twitter? Or just another twit?
Pretty much on point.
5 Ways to Take Control of Your Personal Brand Today
http://mashable.com/2009/04/30/control-personal-brand/
About your personal brand.
Five easy and initial steps you can take to start building your brand today. These will help you control your online identity, protect your future, centralize your digital assets, safeguard your brand from threats and more.
With a bad economy, more pressure at work and overwhelming competition, investing in yourself and your future is crucial. There are a lot of new trends and tricks that you can take advantage of now. Below are five easy and initial steps you can take to start building your brand today. These will help you control your online identity, protect your future, centralize your digital assets, safeguard your brand from threats and more. Tell us how you’ve taken control of your personal brand in the comments below.
twiggit | twitter meets digg
http://twiggit.org/
An automated service that lets your friends on twitter know what articles you digg.
twiggit is an automated service that lets your friends on twitter know what articles you digg.
How-To
http://mashable.com/category/how-to-web/
Lifehacker - How to Filter and Manage Your Online Social Life - Social Networks
http://lifehacker.com/5234590/how-to-filter-and-manage-your-online-social-life
You love your friends and enjoy your acquaintances, but their Facebook/Twitter/LinkedIn/MySpace activity is killing your productivity.
How to Filter and Manage Your Online Social Life
Positively Paula: 10 Tips for Social Media Marketers
http://www.pauladrum.com/from_the_inside/2009/04/10-tips-for-corporate-social-marketers.html
There have been many chapters in the book of my life, some sad but most really happy. I’m now at the end of another chapter and it is bittersweet. I’m leaving H&R Block to become the General Manager of a new online shopping site that will be launching this fall. I’m excited to start this new chapter as it is fulfilling one of my dreams, but, sad to leave behind a great brand and wonderful colleagues.
Firms Seek Profit in Twitter's Chatter - WSJ.com
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123793945676332341.html
WSJ: Firms Seek Profit in Twitter's Chatter &lt;paying users for right to sell ads in their tweets,Magpie&Friends,GlamMedia http://bit.ly/WoI7b [from http://twitter.com/frankhellwig/statuses/1406214635]
Companies are trying to profit from Twitter's users by experimenting with business models that incorporate parts of the free messaging service.
Companies are trying to profit from Twitter's popularity by experimenting with business models that incorporate parts of the free messaging service. So far no companies on Twitter have reaped a windfall.
Twitter business models...
Companies are trying to profit from Twitter's popularity by experimenting with business models that incorporate parts of the free messaging service.
Home - BookArmy
http://www.bookarmy.com/
Literary social networking
How Big is Facebook?
http://mashable.com/2009/04/04/how-big-is-facebook/
Facebook give the chance to make someone go-a broad
What started as a place for students to socialize is now a cross-generational, location-agnostic meeting place that at once keeps us in touch with our second grade buddies, distant relatives and closest friends. But just how prominent is Facebook in our culture? We’ve gathered together a number of metrics that illustrate the growth and cultural saturation Facebook currently enjoys.
numbers on how often Facebook is mentioned online and how fast it's membership is growing
The Rapid Growth Of Twitter With The Stats To Prove It | Six Pixels of Separation - Marketing and Communications Blog and Podcast - By Mitch Joel at Twist Image
http://www.twistimage.com/blog/archives/the-rapid-growth-of-twitter-with-the-stats-to-prove-it/
There were some fascinating statistics released recently from Nielsen Online about the growth of Twitter. These stats will blow you away
There were some fascinating statistics released recently from Nielsen Online about the growth of Twitter. These stats will blow you away: 1,382% year-over-year growth in February 2009. Total unique visitors grew from 475,000 in February 2008 to seven million last month. Twitter is the fastest growing member community site for...
35 Incredibly Useful Facebook Applications for Better Connectivity | Noupe
http://www.noupe.com/tools/35-facebook-applications-for-better-connectivity.html
35 Incredibly Useful Facebook Applications for Connectivity http://www.noupe.com/tools/35-facebook-applications-for-better-connectivity.html [from http://twitter.com/felipemorales/statuses/1613216048]
Facebook is a leading social networking site with over 120 million members. There are now many Facebook applications that allow it be used productively in
35 Incredibly Useful Facebook Applications for Better Connectivity // 페이스북 어플 모음
Free Technology for Teachers: Seven Ways to Find Teachers on Twitter
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2009/03/seven-ways-to-find-teachers-on-twitter.html
Great blog for teachers -- and a great post.
RT @mashable: Reading: "Seven Ways to Find Teachers on Twitter" http://tinyurl.com/anex9a -- Includes resources for teachers too! [from http://twitter.com/beanfair/statuses/1291636862]
16 Different Clones You Can Build with Drupal
http://webjackalope.com/16-different-clones-you-can-build-with-drupal/
Gartner Highlights Four Ways in Which Enterprises Are Using Twitter
http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=920813
As businesses struggle to consider the uses of microblogging platforms such as Twitter in the workplace, Gartner, Inc. has highlighted the four ways in which organizations are using Twitter.
As businesses struggle to consider the uses of microblogging platforms such as Twitter in the workplace, Gartner, Inc. has highlighted the four ways in which organizations are using Twitter. "Despite the fact that Twitter is primarily aimed at individual users in the consumer market, many of those individuals work for companies and 'tweet' about business issues, leading businesses to explore how they could best use it," said Jeffrey Mann, research vice president at Gartner.
What Social Media Means for Search - Advertising Age - Digital
http://adage.com/digital/article?article_id=135566
The three kinds of online connections. Marketers need to be aware of the different types of personal networks emerging through social media.
It's Not Just What's on a Page or Who Links to It; It's How It Relates to Users' Personal Networks
Firefox Could Be the Real Facebook Challenger - ReadWriteWeb
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/firefox_could_be_the_real_facebook_challenger.php
Could Firefox compete with Facebook in the social scene? Or could Facebook compete against Firefox in the browser arena?
Firefox doesn't keep track of the number of users it has but Asa Dotzler, Mozilla's director of community development, said today that the company estimates that there are ...
"It's only logical to extrapolate from that analysis that the line between browsers and social networks will become much less clear and the two types of software will very likely compete with each other."
FF Challenge Facebook?
Really liking "Firefox Could Be the Real Facebook Challenger - ReadWriteWeb" ( http://tinyurl.com/czylrw )
Top 100 Librarian Tweeters | Best Colleges Online
http://www.bestcollegesonline.com/blog/2009/03/26/top-100-librarian-tweeters/
Top 100 Librarian Tweeters | Best Colleges Online
BBC NEWS | Technology | Social networks 'are new e-mail'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7942304.stm
Heads up email marketers-the kiddies are abandoning inboxes for FB messages. Adapt strategy or die. http://bit.ly/g4PFt RT @felfoldi [from http://twitter.com/sbeckham/statuses/1350843030]
Twitterの標準化についての議論。
A List Apart: Articles: The Wisdom of Community
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/the-wisdom-of-community/
It’s one of the most important concepts on the web today—perhaps the most important for social media—but it’s one of the least understood. When James Surowiecki wrote The Wisdom of Crowds in 2004, he explored the stock market and other classic social psychology examples, but “web 2.0” was still nascent. It’s time to connect his ideas to the social web, where they can reach their full potential. The Wisdom of Crowds (WOC) theory does not mean that people are smart in groups—they’re not. Anyone who’s seen an angry mob knows it. But crowds, presented with the right challenge and the right interface, can be wise. When it works, the crowd is wiser, in fact, than any single participant. The standard example is this: Imagine you have a jar of pennies. Ask a few hundred people how many there are inside. When you tally the results, chances are, all the guesses will be wrong. But if you average all the answers, the result will be almost perfect, almost all the time. The web, with its low barr
derek powazek
100 Terrific Twitter Feeds for Young Entrepreneurs | Select Courses
http://www.selectcourses.com/blog/2009/100-terrific-twitter-feeds-for-young-entrepreneurs/
Interesting
freakonomics
Ning’s Social Networks Get Their Own App Platform
http://mashable.com/2009/05/06/ning-apps/
Ning’s Social Networks Get Their Own App Platform
Ning, the social network for social networks, recently hit the 1 million networks milestone. But with such a huge user base comes huge user demand for
Today, Ning is about to deliver some of that functionality to their 700,000 social network creators with Ning Apps, giving them more than 90 new toys — think apps like Qik, Twitter, Ustream, Box.net, Tokbox, WordPress, Mailchimp, and PollDaddy — that they can use to enhance their individual networks.
new apps for ning
50 Awesome Online Lectures for Social Media Masters | MatchACollege.com
http://www.matchacollege.com/blog/2009/50-awesome-online-lectures-for-social-media-masters/
50 Awesome Online Lectures for Social Media Masters | MatchACollege.com
Literary Tweets: 100+ of the Best Authors on Twitter
http://mashable.com/2009/05/08/twitter-authors/
There are Twitter users covering virtually every niche out there. Authors are no exception. Here are over 100 writers who are active on the service.
K-3 Teachers Guide to Twitter
http://www.k-3teacherresources.com/teachers-guide-to-twitter.html
i have a twitter
explain how twitter works
How and Why to Launch a Business Presence on Twitter - CIO.com - Business Technology Leadership
http://www.cio.com/article/484266/How_and_Why_to_Launch_a_Business_Presence_on_Twitter_
various Twitter tip articles here -- see under RELATED on right side
CIO Magazine: How and Why to Launch a Business Presence on Twitter http://tinyurl.com/d54xbh (quoted) (via Twitter) http://ff.im/1vv44 [from http://twitter.com/FredericMartin/statuses/1326127701]
From an upstart airline to the cable company some people love to hate, organizations big and small have reaped success in improving customer service, receiving R&D tips, and marketing their products on Twitter. Here's expert advice on how and why your business should tap into Twitter.
Forrester Wave Report: The Leaders in Community Platforms for Marketers (Part 4/4)
http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2009/01/09/forrester-wave-community-platforms-2009/
45 Pros You Should Be Following on Twitter
http://www.blogtrepreneur.com/2009/04/15/45-pros-you-should-be-following-on-twitter/
This is a list of big wigs on twitter
If you love the Twitter like I love the Twitter, you know that it is much more than just a work diversion or a way to practice your editing skills. Part non-stop news feed, part networking luncheon/happy hour, part social commentary; Twitter is where the pros are hanging out. And you can learn a lot simply by reading and observing their Tweets. Ready to fire up your TweetDeck or Whirl? Then consider following these Pros—they come from various industries and have different styles, but they all personally update their accounts on a regular basis, and provide both interesting information, humor, and personal insights in their individual fields. Techies, Entrepreneurs, and Biz Folk Name: Robert Scoble Handle: @Scobleizer Why Follow: Widely regarded as one of the biggest (and most social) geeks on the internet. Scoble is a prolific Twitterer! Name: Guy Kawasaki Handle: @GuyKawasaki Why Follow: Marketing guru who earned his chops at Apple in the 1980’s. He is now enjoying success as a ven
However, if you are planning to engage in Twittering (or even if you’ve already jumped in with both feet) there are a few rules of etiquette—or Twittiquette—that you want to remember if you’re going to use the application for your business:
twttrip :: a simple travel organizer twitter app.
http://twttrip.com/
tweetbook.in
http://tweetbook.in/
Para publicar todos tus tweets
save your tweets into a pdf book
Gerador de PDF e XML com o Twitter.
hacer un PDF de todos los TWITTS
Identify: Google People With Two Keystrokes - ReadWriteWeb
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/identify_google_people_with_two_keystrokes.php
Article discussing the Google Social Graph API, a search engine for all the webpages that we identify as profiles online and it tracks the connections between pages linked together for a single person.
Six reasons why no one likes you online - The Viral Garden
http://moblogsmoproblems.blogspot.com/2009/04/six-reasons-why-no-one-likes-you-online.html
How to Mine Twitter for Information
http://webworkerdaily.com/2009/05/11/how-to-mine-twitter-for-information/
Last week, I admitted that I am an information junkie, and I wanted to follow up this week with a ...
LinkedIn SuperGuide -Tutorials, Tips and Tools
http://www.interactiveinsightsgroup.com/blog1/linkedin-superguidetutorials-tips-and-tool/
linkedin tips
Twitter Puts a Muzzle on Your Friends: Goodbye People I Never Knew (Updated) - ReadWriteWeb
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/twitter_puts_a_muzzle_on_your_friends_goodbye_peop.php
8 Essential Apps for Your Brand's Facebook Page
http://mashable.com/2009/05/13/facebook-brand-apps/
UPDATED: New 'WSJ' Conduct Rules Target Twitter, Facebook
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003972544
It Begins: "Staffers at The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday were given a newly compiled list of rules for "professional conduct," which included a lengthy guide for use of online outlets, noting cautions for activities on social networking sites. In an e-mail to employees, Deputy Managing Editor Alix Freedman wrote, "We've pulled together into one document the policies that guide appropriate professional conduct for all of us in the News Departments of the Journal, Newswires and MarketWatch. Many of these will be familiar.""
* Business and pleasure should not be mixed on services like Twitter. Common sense should prevail, but if you are in doubt about the appropriateness of a Tweet or posting, discuss it with your editor before sending. FAIL
HOW TO: Simplify Your Social Media Routine
http://mashable.com/2009/05/14/social-media-routine/
mashable with several good steps
Oh, was I happy when I saw this title today? Yes, very. Does it simplify my social media routine? Nope. But their advice is not bad: say less and make it meaningful, read less and scan more to get to those really juicy things you need and like, be friends with the people who like you and don't forget to manage your time. That's what my grandma is telling me since I was 8.
zuviel social media? 6 überschaubare tips
redesocial 3 SocialMediaRoutineSimplify mashable.com/2009
City Brights: Howard Rheingold : Twitter Literacy (I refuse to make up a Twittery name for it)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/rheingold/detail?blogid=108&entry_id=39948
good post about twitter literacy (if there is any)
Why use twitter?
Post-Oprah and apres-Ashton, Twittermania is definitely sliding down the backlash slope of the hype cycle. It's not just the predictable wave of naysaying after the predictable waves of sliced-breadism and bandwagon-chasing. We're beginning to see some data.
How to lose your job in 140 characters or less « The BrandBuilder Blog
http://thebrandbuilder.wordpress.com/2009/03/19/how-to-lose-your-job-in-140-characters-or-less/
How to lose your job in 140 characters or less
TIP: don't twitter that you hate your job...or you might lose it...or not get it. duh http://short.to/21gv [from http://twitter.com/DrIanFenwick/statuses/1373450215]
Via the Thinkhammer blog and the I’m Not Really A Geek blog, this great little cautionary tale / wake-up call for people who don’t quite grasp that EVERYTHING they post on the internet is 100% public.
Are you using Facebook, Linkedin and Twitter differently? | Blog of Mr. Tweet
http://blog.mrtweet.net/how-are-you-using-facebook-linkedin-twitter-differently
*Updated post with great comments by Heather Rasley and Dean Kakridas, both of whom said much more in 3 paragraphs than I did in one whole blog post. How
HOW TO: Get the Most Out of Twitter #Hashtags
http://mashable.com/2009/05/17/twitter-hashtags/
'This short guide details how to identify, track, use, and organize hashtags in an efficient and useful way. Just be sure not to flaunt your new hashtag wisdom.'
9 Tips For Brand Building With Web Design | Webdesigner Depot
http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/05/9-tips-for-brand-building-with-web-design/
branding web design tips
10 Essential Twitter Tools for Business | Business Pundit
http://www.businesspundit.com/10-essential-twitter-tools-for-business/
TWITTER
If you want to use Twitter, but aren’t sure how to use it well, these process by using these 10 essential Twitter tools for business may help smooth the learning curve:
apophenia: answers to questions from Twitter on teen practices
http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2009/05/16/answers_to_ques.html
Incredibly insightful
danah's answers to Qs on teen uses of social media - May '09
What do teens do on Twitter (and the rest of the Internet)?
"To all who asked questions about Twitter: average teens don't use Twitter. They may in the future, but they do not now. Those who do are early adopters and not representative of any mainstream teen practice. Because of Oprah and celebs, some teens are starting to hear about it, but they don't understand it and they aren't using it."
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media: So you want a Facebook Fan Page for Your Nonprofit? Here's the Scoop!
http://beth.typepad.com/beths_blog/2009/05/so-you-want-a-facebook-fan-page-.html
This webinar will be a resource for non-profits and other organizations for social good. Expanding on the Non-Profits on Facebook page, we want to help you harness the power of Facebook and bring positive change to the world. Facebook empowers non-profits by enabling them to mobilize communities, organize events, increase fundraising, reduce costs with free online tools, and raise awareness through viral networks.
NTEN offered a fantastic Webinar today featuring Randi Zuckerberg, Director of Marketing at Facebook and Adam Conner from the DC Office on the emerging best practices for nonprofits who want to set up Facebook Fan Pages. Here's the description This...
"We want to encourage you to experiment. Let's be honest, takes an effort to build a community Just because Facebook is free doesn't mean it is easier to get a million fans. Don't start from scratch - look at the other groups that are already talking about your cause and experiment or piggy back or do cross promotion."
Flavour Extended: The Ultimate Icon Set For Web Designers | Freebies | Smashing Magazine
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/05/20/flavour-extended-the-ultimate-icon-set-for-web-designers/
icon set with 452 icons in a resolution of 48×48 pixels, freely available to use in private or commercial projects
Us Now on Vimeo
http://vimeo.com/4489849
Buy the DVD here http://banyak.co.uk/shop-usnow.php For more information, extra clips and reviews please go to usnowfilm.com
Buy the DVD here banyak.co.uk/shop-usnow.php For more information, extra clips and reviews please go to usnowfilm.com
TwitVid - Share Videos on Twitter
http://twitvid.io/
The easiest way to share videos on Twitter
Twitter based video sharing. Twitter itself is used for feedback and video commenting and sharing. I'm trying to find out how they are hosting/delivering things.
Most Corporate Social Media Efforts Will Fail - Search Engine Watch (SEW)
http://searchenginewatch.com/3633285
Last October, Gartner unveiled a study that stated that by 2010, 60 percent of the Fortune 1000 companies with a web site will be involved in some form of online community that is utilized for customer relationship purposes. What the research also goes on to state is that 50 percent of those that set out and establish or become involved in these communities will fail in their efforts. That's about 300 Fortune 1000 companies that will fail at social media: a striking number, especially in light of recent economic pitfalls.
a prediction -- focused on failure. based on a study released in October 2008, the prediction was that by 2010, 60 percent of the Fortune 1000 companies with a web site will be involved in some form of online community that is utilized for customer relationship purposes. What the research also goes on to state is that 50 percent of those that set out and establish or become involved in these communities will fail in their efforts.
ces, and companies listeni
25 Signs You’ve Got a Strong SM Consultant or Agency » The Buzz Bin
http://www.livingstonbuzz.com/2009/01/05/25-signs-youve-got-a-strong-sm-consultant-or-agency/
Advice to marketers on choosing social media consultants.
by Beth Harte (cross-posted on the Harte of Marketing) and Geoff Livingston Our original post Top 25 Ways to Tell ...
1) Believes in the generous web and practices cross-linking in their blog (example: Kami Huyse) 2) Highlights others’ work in their blog (example: Chris Brogan) 3) Integrates social media as part of larger marketing strategy(example: Razorfish) 4) Doesn’t pretend to be an expert in all things digital; instead simply focuses on what he/she/they do best (example: Common Craft) 5) Gives away best practices in an effort to educate, grow social media in general (example: Todd Defren/SHIFT Communications) 7) Will tell you that there is no magic bullet for determining social media ROI and that you need to go further to accurately monitor, measure and determine the effectiveness of social media. (example: K.D. Paine). 8) Understands that social media is an important part of the larger word of mouth marketing principles (example: Ogilvy’s John Bell) etc...
What Are the Top Performing Brands on Facebook?
http://mashable.com/2009/01/27/facebook-page-statistics/
Facebook Pages, which let people become “fans” of their favorite brands, people, and places - have become an important piece of the social media strategy for lots of companies. But how do you measure how well the effort is performing? Raw number of fans is one way, but more important than that are the actual growth rates your Facebook Page is showing.
Tool to measure fan growth
MUST READ THIS
RT @mashable: What Are the Top Performing Brands on Facebook? ( http://zz.gd/bc3ff4 ) [from http://twitter.com/jcookaz/statuses/1152520266]
How To Network: For Introverts | Business Pundit
http://www.businesspundit.com/how-to-network-for-introverts/
I have a problem. I'm an introvert. I'm not shy. I'm not afraid of being in public. But I am horrible at chit-chat and gossip. If I spend an evening at a social
this bookmark brought from the different place.
GizaPage
http://www.gizapage.com/
Upload your email lists and instantly discover more profiles of your friends
GizaPage: GizaPage is a social network organizer that helps consumers and brands manage their online presence by consolidating their many social networking profiles side by side under a personalized URL
a social network organizer
The 6 Dangerous Fallacies of Social Media | Social Media Marketing | Digital Marketing Training - Convince & Convert
http://www.convinceandconvert.com/social-media-marketing/the-6-dangerous-fallacies-of-social-media/
The is a balanced look at social marketing. Addressing positives and negatives
Inexpensive, fast, viral, unmeasurable, optional.
Is Social Media Making Corporate Websites Irrelevant?
http://mashable.com/2009/05/25/vitamin-water-kobe-vs-lebron/
There was a time when having a dotcom was key to your brand. The URL you pointed everyone to in all of your marketing. But with the emergence of the social web, and opportunities to engage with fans elsewhere, is that the right strategy?
VitaminWater Facebook campaign
social media making corp website irrelevant
Twitter to Facebook: 5 Ways to Post to Both
http://mashable.com/2009/05/25/twitter-to-facebook/
There once was a time when our Facebook (Facebook reviews) friends wanted nothing to do with our Twitter (Twitter reviews) updates. Now that Twitter is growing at an astounding rate and rounding the mainstream bend, more of our Facebook friends have developed a fancy for Twitter themselves, and it’s becoming commonplace to highlight our tweets on our Facebook walls.
twitter and facebook
I've been asked about why/how I'm active in many socialmedia at once. here are 5 tools that expedite distribution across your socialnets.
The Man Who Made Gmail Says Real-Time Conversation is What's Next - ReadWriteWeb
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/the_man_who_made_gmail_says_real-time_conversation.php
maybe?
"The open, realtime discussions that occur on FriendFeed," he says, "are going to become a major new communication medium on the same level as email, IM and blogging." ... even more the *distributed* discussions via Twitter, me thinks.
"Paul Buchheit built the first version of Gmail in one day. Then, he built the first prototype of Google's contextual advertising service, Adsense, in one day as well."
The Man Who Made Gmail Says Real-Time Conversation is What's Next (The Future of FriendFeed) http://bit.ly/ZAjW4 [from http://twitter.com/marshallk/statuses/1671776888]
TweetPhoto
http://www.tweetphoto.com/
TweetPhoto lets you share photos on Twitter and interact with any user or photo.
twitter
twitter image sharing
TweetPhoto lets you share photos on Twitter with your friends.
TweetPhoto is a free photo sharing service for Twitter.
4 Lessons for Social Media Marketers
http://mashable.com/2009/05/01/social-media-marketing-lessons/
flick.to.twitt - Post your photos on Flickr and announce them on Twitter right away
http://flicktotwitt.com/index.php
"Ever wanted to post a photo on Flickr and announce it right away on Twitter?"
flick.to.twitt is a web tool that allows to upload a photo to Flickr and announce it on Twitter
Post your photos on Flickr and announce them on Twitter right away
Post your photos on Flickr and announce them on Twitter.
Web service to post your photos on Flickr and announce them on Twitter right away.
"Living and Learning with Social Media"
http://www.danah.org/papers/talks/PennState2009.html
Interesante estudio
"Living and Learning with Social Media" danah boyd Symposium for Teaching and Learning with Technology Penn State: State College, PA 18 April 2009 [This is a rough unedited crib of the actual talk] Citation: boyd, danah. 2009. "Living and Learning with Social Media." Penn State Symposium for Teaching and Learning with Technology. State College, PA: April 18.
Unedited crib of talk from Penn State Symposium for Teaching and Learning with Technology. State College, PA: April 18.
danah boyd
5 Ways to Share Your Social Media Identity
http://mashable.com/2009/05/27/share-social-media-profiles/
This is a very good link. A must have for social networking geeks.
One of the great things about the current web landscape is that the barrier to entry for entrepreneurs to create great new social media sites is very low. Open source, falling hardware and bandwidth costs, and social media itself (which can be used as a viral marketing vehicle), mean that enterprising developers can more easily than ever create amazing new services. That’s great for consumers because it facilitates a lot of competition that leads to the best possible products.
We might use one site for sharing photos, another for sharing videos, and a couple more for sharing links. The content we create on those sites makes up our social media identity, and as we use more sites, it becomes increasingly difficult to share it all from one place. Yesterday, I received an email from a friend whose signature had links to no less than eight social media profiles. Thankfully, there are better ways to share your social media identity. Below are five sites that offer social media badges you can share and embed.
Some helpful links to different types of social media badges.
The Ten Ways Twitter Will Permanently Change American Business – 24/7 Wall Street
http://247wallst.com/2009/05/26/the-ten-ways-twitter-will-permanently-change-american-business/
Micro-blogging platform Twitter has 32 million users, which is an increase from about 2 million a year ago, according to research mentioned in The Wall Street Journal. Some Internet measurement services show that figure increasing 50% to 100% month-over-month.
Twitter
full article
Learning, and Profiting, from Online Friendships - BusinessWeek
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/09_22/b4133032573293.htm
Companies are working fast to figure out how to make money from the wealth of data they're beginning to have about our online friendships
Practically every hand we shake and every business card we exchange can lead to an invitation, sometimes within minutes, for a "friendship" on LinkedIn or Facebook. What do these relationships say about us and the people in our networks? Companies armed with rich new data and powerful computers are beginning to explore these questions. They're finding that digital friendships speak volumes about us as consumers and workers, and decoding the data can lead to profitable insights.
Google Waves Goodbye to E - Webmonkey
http://www.webmonkey.com/blog/Google_Waves_Goodbye_to_E-Mail__Welcomes_Real-Time_Communication
The Web Developer's Resource
Google has set out to rewire the e-mail inbox with a new product called Wave. Wave is a web-based application that marries multiple forms of communication and collaboration, including chat, mail and wikis, into a unified interface. Everything inside Wave happens in real time: You can even see a comment being made as the person is typing it, character-by-character. There are few effective ways to communicate within small groups, whether co-workers, friends, or family. Most of us use e-mail, just addressing a new message to a bunch of people. This starts a thread, which eventually gets twisted and fragmented into side conversations and becomes more and more confusing. The more-organized among us use tools like IM or IRC chat rooms, wikis, group blogs or web apps built for threaded communications, such as FriendFeed.
Google has set out to rewire the e-mail inbox with a new product called Wave. Wave is a web-based application that marries multiple forms of communication and collaboration, including chat, mail and wikis, into a unified interface. Everything inside Wave happens in real time: You can even see a comment being made as the person is typing it, character-by-character.
YouTube Brands: 5 Outstanding Leaders in YouTube Marketing
http://mashable.com/2009/06/01/youtube-brands/
One thing is becoming apparent: The brands that achieve long-term success on YouTube are the ones that consistently and frequently publish refreshing content that has intrinsic value for audiences online. Here are some of the standout brands that have created a strong position on YouTube by understanding the zeitgeist of collective content generation and some of the clever marketing tactics they are using to build their presence on the site.
The Problem with Social Media in the Office - eMarketer
http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?R=1007109
Great commentary on why social media is a double-edged sword for businesses.
Excellent survey information re: social media and business
Online conduct
How to Save the World
http://blogs.salon.com/0002007/2009/05/29.html#a2386
a look at intranets and social net tools within an organization
leaf trust your instincts
Great overall look at tools and how to use them
environment economics politics stories business innovation knowledge management entrepreneurship eco blog
el futuro de la web 2.0
Socrata | Making Data Social
http://www.socrata.com/
"Opening government to new audiences and constituencies is the 21st century battle cry in societies everywhere. At the heart of this movement is open government data, readily accessible over the internet, in a form that maximizes comprehension, interactivity, participation, and sharing, delivered at a fraction of the cost of today's data download sites."
This used to be the site called blist.
AWESOME source of data sets, .csv
How-To: Build & Manage Your Brand Identity with Social Media
http://www.interactiveinsightsgroup.com/blog1/how-to-build-and-manage-your-social-media-brand-identity/
Trying to figure out the best way to brand yourself or establish your company’s brand identity on social media sites?
Dweeber
http://dweeber.com/
Welcome to Dweeber, a social website that connects youth and helps them get homework done faster by working with their school friends online. Dweeber.com was created by SmartWired, a group dedicated to helping young people understand their strengths and talents, and work together more effectively with parents, mentors, and each other. SmartWired has been working with audiences around the world since 2003 to help them reach (and exceed) their potential.
Social network that visualizes communicators on little screens?
Social networking for students to discuss homework, and help each other.
Great site that allows students to collaborate in studying and project completion.
Dweeber is website for kids to write their homeworks.
social networking site for student homework collaboration. Dweeber enables students to solve problems together, participate in virtual study sessions, and communicate with friends around schoolwork in a number of ways. The collaborative whiteboard can be used to solve math and science problems or to create joint drawings and diagrams. Dweeber allows students to create a SMART profile and discover how they learn best and then apply this knowledge to improve their schoolwork and ultimately their self esteem. It is targeted towards students aged 13 and up, and is free to use.
Beyond #FollowFriday: 24 Daily Twitter Memes
http://mashable.com/2009/04/24/daily-twitter-memes/
RT @mashable More Than #FollowFriday: 24 Daily Memes to Connect on Twitter http://bit.ly/x09mY (via @tweetmeme) [from http://twitter.com/lekahe/statuses/1603224030]
Beyond #FollowFriday: 24 Daily Twitter Memes http://tinyurl.com/dag9dm [from http://twitter.com/markivey/statuses/1606054295]
24 Daily Twitter Memes
Six Ways that Google Wave is Going to Change Your Business, Career and Life | Think Vitamin
http://thinkvitamin.com/dev/six-ways-that-google-wave-is-going-to-change-your-business-career-and-life/
Extensions, Embedding APIs, Collaboration, Open Source, Google Web Toolkit (GWT), Playback
How Twitter Will Change the Way We Live - TIME
http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1902604-1,00.html
Twitter makes the cover of TIME Magazine.
Modeling The True Value Of Social Networks: 2009 Edition
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/06/04/the-true-value-of-social-networks-the-2009-updated-model/
A year ago we modeled out the true value of various social networks based on the idea that users in high-value online advertising markets like Japan, the UK and the U.S. were worth more (financially speaking) than those in lower value online advertising markets. Facebook had recently become the largest worldwide social network in terms of users, but based on our model MySpace was still by far the most valuable social network. We’ve now remodeled social network valuations based on current user numbers and Facebook’s most recent $10 billion valuation. The results are dramatically different.
Modeling The True Value Of Social Networks: 2009 Edition
The new model takes into account the dramatic rise of Facebook usage over the last year, the massive recent decline in MySpace usage, and less dramatic changes in the other social networks. We’ve also modeled out the various valuations with the old Bebo ($850 million) and LinkedIn ($1 billion) valuations as pivot points. We’ve also added Twitter to the list just for kicks.
social network model
recent data and modeling by TechCrunch - turns out MySpace still worth more than Facebook
7 Habits of Highly Effective Twitterers: Wayne Sutton | Blog of Mr. Tweet
http://blog.mrtweet.net/7-habits-of-highly-effective-twitterers-wayne-sutton
good habits...worth noting.
Wayne Sutton | Blog of Mr. Tweet
Social Media Policy Examples
http://123socialmedia.com/2009/01/23/social-media-policy-examples/
Policy examples for companies planning to implement social media.
123socialmedia.com social list web2.0 socialmedia media article business Corporate socialnetworking legal policy guidelines examples policies strategy casestudy modelodepalavras
Testing Google Wave: This Thing is Tidal
http://mashable.com/2009/05/31/google-wave-test/
Mashable's review of Google Wave.
Mashable got their hands on an account for the demo version of Google Wave, and this in-depth review gives it an early thumbs up: "It’s already got certain aspects, like navigation, absolutely right. With some great 3rd party apps and greater customization, Google Wave could actually match its hype."
Dual Perspectives Article
http://www.wired.com/dualperspectives/article/news/2009/06/dp_social_media_ars
The future of social business: http://bit.ly/QqvFU It's all about dis(x2)intermediation. [from http://twitter.com/dhinchcliffe/statuses/2078680801]
talks about the social networking phenomenon mentions an interesting new google program coming about soon
walls come tumbling down - how to take social networking to the next level
Google wave- how it will let you build the next facebook, twitter, whatever...
Everything I Need to Know About Twitter I Learned in J School
http://mashable.com/2009/06/05/twitter-journalism-school/
What Charlie meant by that is that news journalism works best when it’s simple and direct, at least in the story’s lead sentences. And simplicity (and other tenets of good journalism — like brevity, and clarity, and immediacy) are now cornerstones of how many businesses, brands and individuals communicate on Twitter.
Local Tweets: 9 Ways to Find Twitter Users in Your Town
http://mashable.com/2009/06/08/twitter-local-2/
Nice ways to find local media, local influencers
The Future of Twitter - 10 Ways Twitter Will Change American Business - TIME
http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1901188_1901207,00.html
While there may be commercial value for using Twitter to communicate with customers, the danger is that the Twitter community could turn against a marketer viewed as being too crass by being relentlessly self-promoting.
Social Music: 5 Essential Tools for Marketing Your Band
http://mashable.com/2009/02/19/musician-marketing-tools/
Social Networking Media ROI Calculator
http://www.dragonsearchmarketing.com/social-media-roi-calculator.htm
Social Networking Media ROI Calculator
Metrics
TwitZap
http://www.twitzap.com/
Great online web 2.0 twitter tool
twitter 第三方web端
之前居然没有收到diigo,只是twitious了一下
TwitZap is the ultimate Twitter client. Real-time Twitter monitoring. Tweet while Twitter is down.
Facebook | Username
http://www.facebook.com/username/
Facebook is a social utility that connects people with friends and others who work, study and live around them. People use Facebook to keep up with friends, upload an unlimited number of photos, post links and videos, and learn more about the people they meet.
Nine Elements
http://www.digitalcitizenship.net/Nine_Elements.html
The nine elements of digital citizenship
web2.0 culture; digital etiquette
Mike Ribble blog post on Digital Citizenship: Using Technology Appropriately
Dual Perspectives Article
http://www.wired.com/dualperspectives/article/news/2009/06/dp_social_wired
by forcing users to commit their thinking to the bite-size form of the public tweet, Twitter may be giving a powerfully productive new life to a hitherto underexploited quantum of thought: The random, fleeting observation.
perspectives on twitter
For those of you increasingly convinced that you're the last human alive who doesn't get the point of Twitter, I have comforting news: Nobody does. Not really.
Dual Perspectives article by Julian Dibbell: ... Sure, it's easy to dismiss Twitter because of the content — the endless stream of latte orders, flight delays, mood swings. Who cares? But that would be a mistake. Early critics of the television also wrote it off as a time waster with few redeeming social or cultural values: the boob tube. But TV became a powerful change agent regardless of, or even in spite of, the programming. The medium was the message. ...
Read in-depth coverage of current and future trends in technology, and how they are shaping business, entertainment, communications, science, politics, and culture at Wired.com.
Why Twitter from Wired Magazine
For those of you increasingly convinced that you're the last human alive who doesn't get the point of Twitter, I have comforting news: Nobody does. Not really. Sure, the twittering masses (17 million registered U.S. users, by latest count) have some idea what their habit is good for. For many, Twitter's steady stream of one-line updates — "microblogging," as the form is known — is a low-maintenance way to feel connected to family, friends, celebrities. For others, it's a marketing tool, a public diary, a communal news feed, or even, simply, a sort of brain game — a text-message Sudoku, where the daily challenge is to fit the maximum amount of cleverness into the minimal space of a 140-character limit. But knowing how people use Twitter isn't the same thing as knowing why they use it. And that turns out to be a puzzle even seasoned Twitter watchers have found difficult to crack.
25 Free People Search Engines to find Anyone in the World | FinderMind
http://www.findermind.com/free-people-search-engines/
Wow
From the website: "I’ve been in this people search industry for over 2 years now and while researching, I found many free, high quality free people search engines to help you reconnect with friends, family, school friends or any other person from your past. So I decided to put them in one huge list. Here they are:" - I haven't tried any of these but usually these lists are handy
Facebook | Facebook Marketing Solutions
http://www.facebook.com/marketing
something you might want to check out if you haven't found this already
collection of marketing campaigns and other stuff curated by the facbook folks.
Junta42 blog: 42+ Social Media Marketing Tools
http://blog.junta42.com/content_marketing_blog/2009/06/42-online-content-sharing-and-productivity-tools.html
There's an art to writing on Facebook or Twitter -- really - USATODAY.com
http://www.usatoday.com/life/lifestyle/2009-06-09-status-writing-online_N.htm
June 9, 2009: USATODAY.com
Social Networking writing tips
There's an art to writing on Facebook or Twitter -- really - USATODAY.com http://bit.ly/aCXpt [from http://twitter.com/chiefshu/statuses/2112073508]
HOW TO: Exchange Business Cards With Twitter @Replies
http://mashable.com/2009/05/19/twtbizcard/
Lately we’re seeing business card applications for mobile phones, SMS, and the web sprout up faster than we can follow. We’ve got 8 fantastic options for the iPhone, and a super simple SMS option courtesy of Contxts, and now there’s something even easier for us Twitterholics.
Clay Shirky: How cellphones, Twitter, Facebook can make history | Video on TED.com
http://www.ted.com/talks/clay_shirky_how_cellphones_twitter_facebook_can_make_history.html
While news from Iran streams to the world, Clay Shirky shows how Facebook, Twitter and TXTs help citizens in repressive regimes to report on real news, bypassing censors (however briefly). The end of top-down control of news is changing the nature of politics.
Many to many conversation. Social collaboration. Crowdourcing
Facebook Connect Live Sites - Facebook Developers Wiki
http://wiki.developers.facebook.com/index.php/Facebook_Connect_Live_Sites
Here is a sample of sites that are live with Facebook Connect. Check out these examples as you think about how to integrate into your own site. When your site is live, feel free to edit this page and add a link to it here.
Facebook Developers Wiki.
50 Social Sites That Every Business Needs a P | Marketing | Focus.com
http://www.focus.com/fyi/marketing/50-social-sites-every-business-needs-presence/?tfso=3338
Focus.com article on social marketing strategy.
Neo4j - a Graph Database that Kicks Buttox | High Scalability
http://highscalability.com/neo4j-graph-database-kicks-buttox
If you are Digg or LinkedIn you can build your own speedy graph database to represent your complex social network relationships. For those of more modest means Neo4j, a graph database, is a good alternative. A graph is a collection nodes (things) and edges (relationships) that connect pairs of nodes. Slap properties (key-value pairs) on nodes and relationships and you have a surprisingly powerful way to represent most anything you can think of. In a graph database "relationships are first-class citizens. They connect two nodes and both nodes and relationships can hold an arbitrary amount of key-value pairs. So you can look at a graph database as a key-value store, with full support for relationships."
another graphbase
Show Support For #IranElection on Twitter
http://helpiranelection.com/
Show support for democracy in Iran add green overlay to your Twitter avatar with 1-click - http://helpiranelection.com/ [from http://twitter.com/EdwardRobins/statuses/2238952589]
Green overlay over twitter
25 ways to teach with Twitter by Sonja Cole
http://www.techlearning.com/article/20896
25 ways to teach with Twitter by Sonja Cole
People who sign up for Twitter, post once, then never return. - By John Swansburg and Jeremy Singer-Vine - Slate Magazine
http://www.slate.com/id/2219995
- By John Swansburg and Jeremy Singer-Vine - Slate Magazine
hat 10 percent of the service's users account for more than 90 percent of tweets. The study dove
Unresolvable
At their best they resemble found art, an index of first lines of poems that have yet to be written: mundial marching backwards toward the source of the four winds 9:45 AM Jul 17, 2007 stonelove27 I am standing behind my nose... 11:59 AM Sep 5, 2007 ladydrea Marcus Aurelius! You are loved! (I'm typing now...) 10:53 AM Jun 7, 2008 newdayrising sold your soul to Jesus for a carton of yoghurt. He doesn't even like yoghurt that much. 12:48 PM Mar 31, 2008 boustanyn Getting ready for the third phase of life on this earth.... 12:51 PM Nov 17, 2008 bkennedy weeping gently 2:47 PM Mar 30, 2007 In at least one instance, two orphan tweets appear to have been in conversation. marcbresseel getting ready for cannes - printing latest briefing - I hate folding my shirts 8:36 AM Jun 14, 2008 Kolcott @Marcbresseel You fold your shirts? 9:13 AM Jul 10, 2008 A lone call followed by a lone response; a social network of two.
Which got us to thinking—there must be a legion of Twitterers out there who sign up, tweet once, and never return. In the spirit of the great blog One Post Wonder, "a collection of blogs that have one post," we set out to find these orphaned tweets. Different people obviously have different tweet metabolisms, but we decided that any account that's been dormant for at least six months is fair game. We found several thousand of them.
CDC - Social Media Tools for Consumers and Partners - Peanut Product Recall related to Salmonella Infections
http://www.cdc.gov/socialmedia/
Social media on CDC site
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) are working together to provide consumers and partners with social media tools that access information about the ongoing 2009 H1N1 Flu outbreak. Visit the CDC.gov 2009 H1N1 Flu and PandemicFlu.gov Web sites for information on 2009 H1N1 Flu.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) are working together to provide consumers and partners with social media tools to access information about the ongoing 2009 H1N1 Flu outbreak.
Facebook Grader | Score Your Profile
http://facebook.grader.com/
For business or personal Facebook pages
Facebook Grader : Measure the power of your Facebook profile
100 Leaders You Can Learn From on Twitter - Learn-gasm
http://www.bachelorsdegreeonline.com/blog/2009/100-leaders-you-can-learn-from-on-twitter/
Why follow people on twitter
Paul is a Senate hopeful and the son of former presidential candidate Dr. Ron Paul.
You can find just about anyone on Twitter, and leaders are no exception. Whether you’re looking for motivational speakers, authors, social media experts, or politicians, you can find quite a few interesting personalities. Read on to learn about 100 leaders on Twitter that you can learn from.
10 Things All Businesses Should Do to Market More Effectively on Facebook
http://www.insidefacebook.com/2009/01/27/10-things-all-businesses-should-do-to-market-more-effectively-on-facebook/
Writing exercise for Writing for the Web
Tee blogi artikkeli!
1. Create a Facebook Page Your Facebook Page should be the “hub” of your Facebook marketing presence. With a Facebook Page, Facebook users can become a “fan” of your company or product; when that happens, your name and logo will appear on their profile page and your name will appear in their profile feed. fbmarketingpages1In turn, more users will be able to discover your Facebook Page through their friends’ profiles and Facebook searches, and your Page can grow “virally” without you even having to do much work. Finally, Pages rank very highly in Google search results, boosting your SEO rankings.
http://www.c4lpt.co.uk/socialmedia/comparison.html
http://www.c4lpt.co.uk/socialmedia/comparison.html
сравнение 2.0 сервисов
When learning professionals (and others) want to create a free social network, social learning space or collaborative group for their students or employees, they often ask which platform is recommended. It is usually a matter of "horses for courses" so here is a comparison of the strengths and weaknesses of the three free main platforms: Facebook, Ning and Elgg.
When learning professionals (and others) want to create a free social network, social learning space or collaborative group for their students or employees, we are often asked which platform we recommend. It is usually a matter of "horses for courses" so we have drawn up this comparison of what we perceive to be the strengths and weaknesses of the three free main platforms: Facebook, Ning and Elgg
How to Be Generous: A Guide for Social Media Brands
http://mashable.com/2009/06/18/social-media-generosity/
Idées pour impliquer sa marque sur les réseaux sociaux
With social media, the cost of media has in effect been eliminated. This elimination of cost means that brands can now share much more of themselves, of their story, than ever before.
100 Tips, Tools, and Resources for Teaching Students About Social Media | Teaching Degree.org
http://www.teachingdegree.org/2009/06/22/100-tips-tools-and-resources-for-teaching-students-about-social-media/
100 Tips, Tools, and Resources for Teaching Students About Social Media from Teaching Degree.org
10 Twitter Best Practices for Brands
http://mashable.com/2009/06/24/twitter-brand-best-practices/
Here are 10 best practices for brands on Twitter.
HOW TO: Build Your Thought Capital on Twitter
http://mashable.com/2009/04/27/twitter-thought-capital/
Twitter citation So how do you build thought capital from retweeting? As Ben Parr wrote, “retweeting is an integral part of the Twitter experience.” Retweets are a simple, yet powerful idea: you are citing someone else’s work. This is what it looks like: In this example, @ashley0206 found something @kwtodd linked to interesting. This simple retweet builds both @ashley0206’s and @kwtodd’s credibility. Why? Because now all of @ashley0206’s followers are now aware of @kwtodd. @kwtodd is now seen as someone who understands marketing, so people following @ashley0206 (like myself) will see if they want to follow @kwtodd. This retweet also allows @ashley0206’s followers see what she is into, thus adding to her credibility. Why retweets are important Dan Zarella’s brilliant quantitative analysis places retweets into four categories, and while impressive, still misses out on the qualitative, human aspect of social networks.
Good article on the value of Retweeting as a tool to build thought capital on Twitter.
Retweet.
Статья, сравнивающая построение социального капитала на Твиттере с помощью retweets с механизмом цитирования в науках.
Great Wall of Facebook: The Social Network's Plan to Dominate the Internet
http://www.wired.com/techbiz/it/magazine/17-07/ff_facebookwall?currentPage=all
Facebook's long game. Written by former FB insider
360i Social Marketing Playbook
http://www.scribd.com/doc/16256776/360i-Social-Marketing-Playbook
Twitter search sites: The three best, and all the rest | Webware - CNET
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10272370-2.html
When you want to know what's happening on the Web right now, Google won't cut it. These sites will.
Outils de recherhe sur Twitter
Finding Utility in the Jumble of Tweeted Thoughts - NYTimes.com
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/14/technology/internet/14twitter.html
But taken collectively, the stream of messages can turn Twitter into a surprisingly useful tool for solving problems and providing insights into the digital mood.
How Twitter as a Hive Mind and information sharing technology is useful for everyone. How Twitter is more than just narcissistic microblogging.
Collectively, Twitter’s messages are a surprisingly useful tool for solving problems and revealing public opinion.
Taken collectively, the stream of messages can turn Twitter into a surprisingly useful tool for solving problems and providing insights into the digital mood. By tapping into the world’s collective brain...
The Day Facebook Changed Forever: Messages to Become Public By Default (UPDATED)
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/the_day_facebook_changed_messages_to_become_pulic.php
Speculation on opening status updates up to the public and making them available to trolling search engines.
Reading: The Day Facebook Changed: Messages to Become Public By Default http://bit.ly/18mi52 [from http://twitter.com/sandroalberti/statuses/2348881447]
Wow, Facebook profiles are going public by default.
One of the most anticipated days in the history of social networking site Facebook has finally come: the company announced today that it has begun making status messages, photos and videos visible to the public at large by default instead of being visible only to a user's approved friends.
One of the most anticipated days in the history of social networking site Facebook has finally come: the company announced today that it has begun making status messages, photos and videos visible to the public at large by default instead of being visible only to a user's approved
Number of US Facebook Users Over 35 Nearly Doubles in Last 60 Days
http://www.insidefacebook.com/2009/03/25/number-of-us-facebook-users-over-35-nearly-doubles-in-last-60-days/
Don’t look now, but the number of Americans over 35, 45, and 55 on Facebook is growing fast. In the last 60 days alone, the number of people over 35 has nearly doubled.
Don’t look now, but the number of Americans over 35, 45, and 55 on Facebook is growing fast. In the last 60 days alone, the number of people over 35 has nearly doubled. Developers and marketers may want to think about how to serve this group of new users.
Looking at Facebook US audience growth over the last 180 days, it’s clear that Facebook is seeing massive increases in adoption amongst users 35-65. The fastest growing demographic on Facebook is still women over 55 - there are now nearly 1.5 million of them active on Facebook each month.
19 Presence Management Chores You COULD Do Every Day | chrisbrogan.com
http://www.chrisbrogan.com/19-presence-management-chores-you-could-do-every-day/
TWEETED 6/29
Creating Your Social Media Plan | Using Social Media for Business
http://outspokenmedia.com/social-media/social-media-planning/
"The Not-So-Hidden Politics of Class Online"
http://www.danah.org/papers/talks/PDF2009.html
Discussion of the migration of myspace users to facebook, explores the way class, race, and social lines are distributed across social networking sites
fascinating look at social networks and class structure
social networking
"...increasingly, we're seeing people with similar levels of access engage in fundamentally different ways. And we're seeing a social media landscape where participation 'choice' leads to a digital reproduction of social divisions."
A Corporate Guide For Social Media - Forbes.com
http://www.forbes.com/2009/06/30/social-media-guidelines-intelligent-technology-oreilly.html
for web 2.0
10 Ways to Find People on Twitter
http://mashable.com/2009/07/02/twitter-people/
TwitterTwitterTwitter is all about facilitating conversations, but until you’re following some people, it’s just a blank page. Once you find people to follow and talk to, however, Twitter becomes exceptionally useful. You can share thoughts, ask questions, get updates about news, music, brands, and businesses, and discover helpful links and information. Finding good people to follow, especially for new users staring at a blank page the first time they log in, can be a bit daunting, though.
10 formas de encontrar gente en Twitter
twoquick :: simple google + twitter search
http://www.twoquick.com/
Simple Google and Twitter Search
search google + twitter at once
Simple Google + Twitter search. Find stuff on Google and see what people are saying on Twitter.
Social Media Directory for Designers
http://directoryfordesigners.com/
The Directory for Designers was created so that designers from all across the globe could share their various social media profiles allowing the community to easier connect. If you're looking for someone in particular just search for that person's name and find all of the directories they're members of. If you want to find other designers at a particular site, go to that site's directory and start adding friends. And don't forget to add your own information while you're there!
I like the background image
Diretório Social de Mídias para Designer's
directory for designers
About Face: A free white paper on Facebook Pages | The Advance Guard
http://www.theadvanceguard.com/about_face_white_paper/
With the recent update to Facebook Pages, many brands and businesses will be left wondering how they can best take advantage of this upgrade. The Advance Guard has collected some ideas and tips into a white paper that can now be freely downloaded and shared under a Creative Commons license.
Twitter Better: 20 Ways to Filter Your Tweets
http://mashable.com/2009/07/03/twitter-filter/
Most Twitter users probably follow under a thousand other people, but that's enough to make it hard to keep track of the real-time stream.
Twitter Filtering Tips
Fundamentals of Social Media Marketing Strategy | Online Marketing Blog
http://www.toprankblog.com/2008/12/social-media-marketing-strategy-2/
Central to the notion of effective social media participation is the ability to create, publish and share content. The sheer volume of information on the topic
Learning Twitter? Don't Take Your Cue From These Ad Agencies - Agency News - Advertising Age
http://adage.com/agencynews/article?article_id=137724
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- As Twitter moves into the business mainstream -- nearing some 35 million unique global visitors, according to ComScore -- it's increasingly clear that one community has yet to fully embrace the social-networking tool du jour: agencies. The irony is that the same people clients hire to erect communications and social-media strategies often appear uncomfortable using Twitter themselves. One stark example: A couple of months back, Volvo struck a landmark ad-placement deal with YouTube to promote the Twitter feed for its XC60 model (@VolvoXC60). But the agency that created the innovative rich-media ad for Volvo, Havas' Euro RSCG, has an account (@Euro_RSCG) that's never been used.
Agencies are struggling to get their heads around Twitter
The irony is that the same people clients hire to erect communications and social-media strategies often appear uncomfortable using Twitter themselves. SO TRUE
Learning Twitter? Don't Take Your Cue From These Ad Agencies - Agency News - Advertising Age
y's brand, but don't hit people over the head with a litany of press releases. Be human. Attach a personality -- a name, a photo -- to your Twitter feed and balance promoting your brand with some personal updates so followers can get a sense of your company culture. Remember, Twitter is public! A client probably won't appreciate your tweeting "Ouch, got a nasty hangover" when you're late to the meeting. Keep clients looped. Be sure to share your agency's Twitter strategy with your clients. Get permission if you want to mention one by name, and don't forget that a lot of your work is proprietary. Don't let a careless misstep to cost you the relationship. Listen. Know what people are saying about you on Twitter. Use search.twitter.com or an application such as TweetDeck to monitor the chatter. Respond. The point of being on Twitter is to engage wi
Over-promotion is a big problem on Twitter. At the same time, an agency's Twitter feed should share relevant information -- not only press releases -- so the balance can be hard to find.
Influential Marketing Blog: 10 Stunning (And Useful) Stats About Twitter
http://rohitbhargava.typepad.com/weblog/2009/07/10-stunning-and-useful-stats-about-twitter.html
Twitter
Interesting Stats about Twitter!
Facebook Users Are Getting Older. Much Older.
http://mashable.com/2009/07/07/facebook-users-older/
So what? I thought ... smart older people have to learn about this social networking stuff somewhere ... so why not on the world's biggest social app, Facebook.
Analytics company iStrategyLabs has examined the demographics stats from FacebookFacebook's Social Ads platform, and they've reached some very interesting
Facebook's Own Estimates Show Declining Student Numbers; Now More Grandparents Than High School Users
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/facebooks_own_estimates_show_youth_flight_from_sit.php
There are more Facebook users over 55 years old today than there are high school students using the site
"35 to 54 year old users, now the biggest group on the site"
This is just interesting...
Facebook user demos
Top Blogs on Twitter - Huffington Post, TechCrunch, Engadget, and more - Twittorati
http://twittorati.com/
Twittorati site.
Social Media Icons — Paul Robert Lloyd
http://paulrobertlloyd.com/2009/06/social_media_icons
2.0icons
From Paul Robert Lloyd.
Social Media: Anderson Analytics Reveals Users' Habits - Advertising Age - Digital
http://adage.com/digital/article?article_id=137792
Today 110 million Americans, or 60% of the online population, use social networks, and that number is fairly conservative, because instead of counting unique users or everyone who has an account, as many estimates do, the Anderson study counted only people who have used a social network at least once in the past month.
what does the social networking site you use say about you?
Elements of a Good LinkedIn Recommendation | chrisbrogan.com
http://www.chrisbrogan.com/elements-of-a-good-linkedin-recommendation/
Who Uses Social Networks and What Are They Like? (Part 1)
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/who_uses_social_networks_and_what_are_they_like_part_1.php
For example, Facebook users tend to be old, white, and rich. MySpace users are young...and fleeing. Other info is new: Twitterers are more likely to have a part-time job, LinkedIn users like to exercise and own more gadgets.
A new study by Anderson Analytics looks into the demographics and psychographics of social networking users on Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, and LinkedIn with a goal of providing marketers with information about users' interests and buying habits as related to their network of choice. The end result is a detailed look at the profiles and habits of social networking users on the web today.
Socialbrite
http://www.socialbrite.org/
Social Media
Socialbrite is a learning hub & sharing community that brings together top experts in social media, social causes and online philanthropy. We're here to share insights about the tools and best practices that drive the social Web and advance the social good
Freedom to surf: workers more productive if allowed to use the internet for leisure : News : The University of Melbourne
http://uninews.unimelb.edu.au/news/5750/
News: The University of Melbourne
Surfing the net at work for pleasure actually increases our concentration levels and helps make a more productive workforce, according to a new University of Melbourne study. Dr Brent Coker, from the Department of Management and Marketing, says that workers who engage in ‘Workplace Internet Leisure Browsing’ (WILB) are more productive than those who don’t. “People who do surf the Internet for fun at work - within a reasonable limit of less than 20% of their total time in the office - are more productive by about 9% than those who don’t,” he says.
HOW TO: Manage Social Media Goals and Expectations
http://mashable.com/2009/07/11/social-media-goals/
You have insightful tweets, write amazing blog posts, and can make a viral video like it's nobody's business. So why don't you have 500,000 followers, 50,000
Savor Chat - A better group chat for Facebook and Twitter
http://www.savorchat.com/
A better group chat for Facebook and Twitter
Social Network Design: Examples and Best Practices | How-To | Smashing Magazine
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/07/13/social-network-design-examples-and-best-practices/
Freaking awesome Examples and Best Practices - How To Social Network Design
...But what’s the best way to design a social network? What are the elements that make a social network more user-friendly and more attractive to users? Read on to find out. Mooie bundeling
Toolkit - Networking for the Shy Entrepreneur - NYTimes.com
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/23/business/smallbusiness/23toolkit.html?_r=1
Among the tidbits offered, the article suggests networking in person. Though perhaps intuitive and inviting for the more gregarious worker, this is an especially important step for the shy employee who may prefer to limit the crux of his communications to emails and IM chats. While both are important to establishing and maintaining a relationship, meeting up in-person is vital. The NYT bluntly says to force yourself to do so. Making a bee line to the bar or buffet, if there is one, is a classic way to get the ball rolling. The article also claims that being an introvert can even help your networking efforts. Introverts are intuitive and analytical. Use that skill. After you have been networking for a while, ask, "What is working? What isn't? Where do you get the most bang for your buck?"
From NYTimes.com, Paul B Brown. Networking tips
Posterous vs. Tumblr: A Head to Head
http://mashable.com/2009/06/29/posterous-vs-tumblr/
Posterous, though not really made with the web-created post in mind, does have a web posting WYSIWYG editor that does just fine. It’s a little bit more difficult to post and preview, but that’s not where Posterous tries to excel. ... You can basically import content from any blogging platform ever created (you can export too), and push your Posterous content out to any social site where you have a following.... n a twitter mood, email your post to twitter@posterous.com. Only want to update Flickr, send your email to flickr@posterous.com. Want to do just those two, that’s okay too; email flickr+twitter@posterous.com you can even add tags ((tag: social media, photo)). ... Posterous’ knockout posting punch is email — the technology that most of us take for granted on a daily basis. What Posterous can do with your emails is simply incredible, and we recommend creating all of your posts by emailing post@posterous.com.
Twitter is not for teens, Morgan Stanley told by 15-year-old expert | Business | guardian.co.uk
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/jul/13/twitter-teenage-media-habits
adolescentes sobre consumo de mídia
The US investment bank's European media analysts asked Matthew Robson, an intern from a London school, to write a report on teenagers' likes and dislikes, which made the Financial Times' front page today. His report, that dismissed Twitter and described online advertising as pointless, proved to be "one of the clearest and most thought-provoking insights we have seen – so we published it", said Edward Hill-Wood, executive director of Morgan Stanley's European media team.
Facebook for Business SuperGuide
http://www.interactiveinsightsgroup.com/blog1/facebook-for-business-superguide/
Facebook has certainly garnered a lot of attention these past weeks- first with it’s new vanity URL feature and then with it’s changed privacy features. Facebook’s vanity URL feature - particularly for Facebook pages - is of particular interest to businesses. As Facebook continues it’s explosive growth heading towards 250 million active users, more and more businesses are hoping to leverage Facebook for serious business purposes. Facebook’s new feature allows businesses to create a custom url for their business page - something that wasn’t possible until now. (If you haven’t gotten your custom name, read Facebook expert Mari Smith’s post: How To Secure Your Facebook Username (Vanity URL).) Want to sharpen your skills and learn how to really leverage Facebook to grow your business? Below I’ve put together a comprehensive collection of resources, tips and advice on how to use Facebook for business purposes including: 1. General Guides, Tutorials and Help 2. Facebook Pages an
20 Tips to Manage Your Online Social Life – Part 1
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/20-tips-to-manage-your-online-social-life-part-1/
30+ More Ways to Create Twitter Groups
http://mashable.com/2009/07/13/more-twitter-groups/
Tips on how to create Twitter Groups
Top 10 Social Media Presentations | Digital Buzz Blog
http://www.digitalbuzzblog.com/the-top-10-social-media-presentations-online/
There would be 100+ Social Media Presentations on SlideShare but this is just about the Top 10 Presentations you’d actually want to spend the time reading! Some of the social media presentations loose their punch with out the speaker actually talking you through it, but I’m sure you’ll all find every side valuable. Note: Some are a little basic while others are much more advanced so there is something for everyone here!
I’m addicted to slideshare and after reading a bunch of re-tweets about the Top 10 Social Media Presentations I thought it might be useful to post them on Digital Buzz! There would be 100+ Social Media Presentations on SlideShare but this is just about the Top 10 Presentations you’d actually want to spend the time reading!
10 Key SEO Strategies Every Facebook Page Owner Should Know
http://www.insidefacebook.com/2009/07/13/seo-facebook-pages-10-key-strategies/
5 Business Models for Social Media Startups
http://mashable.com/2009/07/14/social-media-business-models/
Before you launch your startup, you should be thinking about how you're going to make money. Here are 5 ways social media startups can bring in some cash.
10 Ways Universities Share Information Using Social Media
http://mashable.com/2009/07/15/social-media-public-affairs/
Como usan algunas universidades al social media
Universities are constantly exploring new ways to use social media to fulfill their missions of engaging and sharing knowledge with their constituents. Below are just 10 highlights of how universities are using social media for public affairs. As always, please share other examples you have used or come across in the comments below.
10 things you should cover in your social networking policy | 10 Things | TechRepublic.com
http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/10things/?p=875
Get the key facts on a wide range of technologies, techniques, strategies, and skills with the help of these concise, need-to-know lists.
How to Behave: New Rules for Highly Evolved Humans
http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/magazine/17-08/by_index
Funny compendium by Wired
Does Social Networking Breed Social Division? - Gadgetwise Blog - NYTimes.com
http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/09/does-social-networking-breed-social-division/
Studies suggest that users of Facebook and MySpace are breaking down along class and racial lines.
"Is the social media revolution bringing us together? Or is it perpetuating divisions by race and class?" (NYT)
Alimentan las redes sociales las divisiones del mundo real? Articulo en el Nwe York Times, basado en la investigacion de Danah Boyd, investigadora del Harvard Law School’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society
(2009, NYTimes) Article about recent research suggesting there is classism in the use of social media. The quality of the reporting is very weak - hard to say if I agree with the conclusions.
The Future of Search: Social Relevancy Rank
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/future_of_search_social_relevancy_rank.php
Real-time Web search (of streams of activities) is a hot topic right now. Everyone, including Google and Microsoft, recognizes the value of using trusted contacts as filters. What was once called social search is now called real-time search, but this time it will really happen. First, it will be applied to streams and then to the Web in general.
Here is an idea so obvious that it is surprising Twitter has not implemented it already: front-load search results with people you follow. When you search for, say, "Wilco" on Twitter today, the results are in the chronological order. That is not really relevant because you do not know who most of these people are. But if instead you could see people you follow, the search results would be much more useful.
How Twitter's Staff Uses Twitter (And Why It Could Cause Problems)
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/twitters_staff_may_not_use_twitter_like_you_do_tha.php
@Pogue twitter staff believes twitter best used for casual conversations, not serious archiving etc. :) http://bit.ly/3bXAXn [from http://twitter.com/marshallk/statuses/2094867969]
Twitter team members don't follow very many other people, they aren't following many of the top developers in their own community, and they don't even Tweet very much.
6 Promising And Open Source Social Networking Softwares To Create Your Own
http://www.webresourcesdepot.com/6-promising-and-open-source-social-networking-softwares-to-create-your-own/
6 Promising And Open Source Social Networking Softwares To Create Your Own - http://www.webresourcesdepot.com/6-promising-and-open-source-social-networking-softwares-to-create-your-own/
Resource for integrationg of website
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Twibbon.com - Start Something!
http://twibbon.com/
create icons to show support for causes on Twitter
twibbon.com is the easiest way to promote awareness of your cause on twitter. Create a twibbon in 3 easy steps and soon all your supporters will be proudly wearing their twibbons on their twitter profile images. Simply describe your cause and upload a twibbon image and we will do the rest.
33 Ways to Use LinkedIn for Business
http://webworkerdaily.com/2009/07/13/33-ways-to-use-linkedin-for-business/
Top 10 Great Social Sites for Movie Lovers
http://mashable.com/2009/07/18/movie-social-networks/
Bantam
http://www.bantamlive.com/
Bantam - Red social en tiempo real
CRM with Live Social elements added
12 Rules For Bringing 'Social' To Your Business | SocialComputingJournal.com
http://socialcomputingjournal.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=833
17 Ways to connect with local twitterers
http://www.goldenblogging.com/17-ways-to-connect-with-local-twitterers/
http://mashable.com/2009/07/21/facebook-connect-new/
http://mashable.com/2009/07/21/facebook-connect-new/
ts containing links can automatically be encoded with Awe.sm, for users of that service.
10 Ways to Use Social Media to Pick a College
http://mashable.com/2009/07/20/social-media-colleges/
Here are 10 social media resources for high school students (and their parents) to use in order to find out more about what college life is really like at the school they plan to attend.
Vanish: Enhancing the Privacy of the Web with Self-Destructing Data
http://vanish.cs.washington.edu/
Program that makes email self destruct
ehind Vanish in detail. Briefly, as mentioned above, the user never knows the encryption key. This means that there is no risk of the user exposing that key at some point in the future, perhaps through coercion, court order, or compromise. So what do we do with the key? We could escrow it with a third party, but that raises serious trust issues (e.g., the case with Hushmail).
copies of Vanish encrypted data — even archived or cached copies — will become permanently unreadable at a specific time, without any action on the part of the user or any third party or centralized service.
Storing the decryption key across many p2p nodes means you can "lose" the key at a specified time. As long as one of the p2p nodes you have used destroys the key, we can no longer decrypt the message. The theory is certainly sound, lets hope the implementation is.
Vanish is a research system designed to give users control over the lifetime of personal data stored on the web or in the cloud. Specifically, all copies of Vanish encrypted data — even archived or cached copies — will become permanently unreadable at a specific time, without any action on the part of the user or any third party or centralized service.
32 Ways to Use Facebook for Business
http://webworkerdaily.com/2009/07/21/32-ways-to-use-facebook-for-business/
reading the Facebook rules regarding business accounts.
first bookmark
Facebookをビジネスで利用する32の手順
Yes, Your Social Media Strategy Needs Design - Conversation Starter - HarvardBusiness.org
http://blogs.harvardbusiness.org/cs/2009/07/yes_your_social_media_strategy.html
harvard business - social strategy / harvard biznes
100 Serious Twitter Tips for Academics | Best Colleges Online
http://www.bestcollegesonline.com/blog/2009/07/21/100-serious-twitter-tips-for-academics
The following tips will help you know just how to get started using Twitter in academia, teach you etiquette, offer strategies and benefits, provide suggestions for specific ways to use Twitter, list tools to use with Twitter, and more.
Social Network Icon Pack · Komodo Media
http://www.komodomedia.com/blog/2009/06/social-network-icon-pack/#icons
MediaPost Publications Study: Social Media Pays 07/21/2009
http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=110120
5 Events That Have Used Social Media for a Good Cause
http://mashable.com/2009/04/02/social-media-charity-events/
Best point is #5, which observes that giving a personal touch vastly increases the chances of raising significant amounts of money.
Who Uses Social Networks and What Are They Like? (Part 2)
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/who_uses_social_networks_and_what_are_they_like_part_2.php
In a recent study by Anderson Analytics, the demographics and psychographics of social networking users on Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, and LinkedIn were revealed. The ultimate goal was to provide marketers with information about users' interests and buying habits as related to their network of choice. The end result is a detailed look at the profiles and habits of social networking users on the web today. Here we'll delve into the details about the specific networks studied.
In a recent study by Anderson Analytics, the demographics and psychographics of social networking users on Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, and LinkedIn were revealed. The ultimate goal was to provide marketers with information about users' interests and buying habits as related to their network of choice. The end result is a detailed look at the profiles and habits of social networking users on the web today.
As we've heard before, Facebookers are older and better off. They are more likely to be married (40%), white (80%) and retired (6%) than users of the other social networks. They have the second-highest average income ($61,000) and an average of 121 connections. In general, there is no one area of interest for this group of social networkers. Out of 45 categories, national news, sports, exercise, travel, and home and garden skewed only slightly higher than the rest. This is likely because this network has the most users and contains a high number of users within each demographic. Facebookers are also extremely loyal: 75% say Facebook is their favorite site and 59% say they've increased their use in the past 6 months. - via Paula Sanchez
Foursquare: Why It May Be the Next Twitter
http://mashable.com/2009/07/25/foursquare-app/
Foursquare is by no means the first location-based social network to help you connect with friends using GPS via your mobile device. In fact, Brightkite was one of the first companies to really make a splash, combining location sharing, friend connections, and Twitter-like streams to create a photo and status update feed for your check-in history, and placestreams for each location. [Next Twitter? or NBT ?]
interesting
Eine gute Erklärung von Foursquare, einem Local Social Networking Spiel (oder so). Eine tolle Idee zum location based gaming/ location based ecommerce.
Top 5 Funniest Fake Facebook Pages
http://mashable.com/2009/07/26/funniest-fake-facebook/
LOL
List of five hilarious fake facebook pages
mashable.com
http://emberapp.com/
http://emberapp.com/
emberapp
share designs
socialseek by sensidea
http://www.sensidea.com/socialseek/
>socialseek by sensidea
outil veille en ligne. appli adobe air
All the real-time social goodness in your city or anywhere. Stay in the scene with socialseek!
Haven't tried yet but looks like it's a good social tool.
7 Secrets to Tweeting Your Corporate Culture
http://mashable.com/2009/07/27/twitter-corporate-culture/
follow us @BGChamber - we will keep you updated with ribbon cuttings, ground breakings and news around the South Central Kentucky area.
Why People Use Twitter - eMarketer
http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?R=1007193
An interesting research on Twitter users. It would worth to know the findings while we add ourselves into the big number.
Twitter
According to the “Consumer Internet Barometer” from TNS and The Conference Board, 41.6% percent of Internet users who used Twitter did so to keep in touch with their friends. In addition, 29.1% used it to update their status, 25.8% to find news and stay updated, 21.7% for work purposes and 9.4% for research.
The “Must-Have” Tool Kit of Social Media Citizen
http://socialmediatoday.com/SMC/106772
Social Media Today is a moderated business community for the web's best thinkers on Social Media and Web 2.0
15 Useful Twitter Tools For Web Workers | FreelanceFolder
http://freelancefolder.com/15-useful-twitter-tools-for-web-workers/
If there was a popularity contest between social media platforms, I am sure Twitter would be the winner. Networking, trends, and search features all On its own,
Three Steps to Building an Online Brand - ReadWriteStart
http://www.readwriteweb.com/readwritestart/2009/07/three-steps-to-building-online-brand.php
Breakdown: The Five Ways Companies Let Employees Participate in the Social Web « Web Strategy by Jeremiah Owyang | Social Media, Web Marketing
http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2009/07/15/three-ways-companies-let-employees-participate-in-the-soical-web/
"Consider this a supplement to my latest report on “How Companies Should Organize for Social Computing“. I continue to get questions from clients, and have spent time with more large brands are connecting with customers. Diving in further, I’ve noticed that there are five ways that companies allow employees to participate."
Is your social media expert really an expert? | The Home of Peter Shankman - Shankman.com
http://shankman.com/is-your-social-media-expert-really-an-expert/
There’s a new phenomena of people declaring themselves social media experts. We’ve actually heard from firms who pushed someone to become their resident social media expert because the person was on Facebook. There is no endorsement or accreditation to set apart legitimate industry leaders from bandwagon opportunists. Social media is a hot topic. We get it. And we don’t want to see people getting scammed by self-touting experts ready to make a quick buck. There are very few people who could, or should in all honesty, be called social media experts. We’re sharing this list with our networks, including those not yet involved in the social media world to give them a helpful guide.
Funny list of what NOT to look for in a social media expert. My fav: "#11. Any use of the term “MySpace” unless you’re only targeting 14-year-old males, or independent bands."
Die Fail Whale: Have You Played?
http://www.diefailwhale.com/
Die Fail Whale is a free social gaming utility for killing fail whales in real-time.
Shooting gallery featuring the Twitter fail whale
How Community Arts Organizations Are Using Social Media
http://mashable.com/2009/07/08/community-arts-organizations/
http://mashable.com/2009/07/08/community-arts-organizations/ comoascomunidadesdearteestausandoaredesocial social art arte mashable.com
As more diverse organizations dive into web marketing, for-profit organizations can learn well from their indie counterparts about experimentation and innovation online. A few notable community and arts groups have been inventive in their use of social media and truly collaborative in their outreach in ways that even the most seasoned corporate marketer can appreciate. Among the arts and community organizations using social media thoughtfully and in big ways (which aren’t necessarily representative of their limited budgets) are independent artists and companies in photography, film, modern art, radio and craft. They’ve capitalized on the audiovisual nature of the Web to showcase the storytelling and community-building aspects of their work, and the results are worth a pass-along.
A Brief and Informal Twitter Etiquette Guide
http://www.chrisbrogan.com/a-brief-and-informal-twitter-etiquette-guide/
The idea to write a brief and informal twitter etiquette guide came from my new friend Zaven, who asked whether, in some cases, people might just be behaving in a social structure that makes sense to their culture, but not mine. He might be right. With that as a motivator, here are some guidelines for Twitter to consider.
Manual de buenas maneras en Twitter
5 More Twitter Related Trends to Watch Right Now
http://mashable.com/2009/07/24/top-twitter-trends/
the twitter dynasty
When Do You Use Twitter Versus Facebook?
http://mashable.com/2009/08/01/facebook-vs-twitter/
also best buy not listening case #fail #customer experience
When to use Twitter versus vs Facebook
Twitter Vs Facebook - which is best?...
Soren Gordhamer is the author of Wisdom 2.0: Ancient Secrets for the Creative and Constantly Connected (HarperOne, 2009). His homepage is: www.sorengordhamer.com. You can follow him on Twitter.
How the Old, the Young and Everyone in Between Uses Social Networks - eMarketer
http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?R=1007202
social networks
Social Networking on Intranets (Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox)
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/social-intranet-features.html
Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox - a good source for Social Networking on Intranets
Social software is not a trend that can be ignored. It's affecting fundamental change in how people expect to communicate, both with each other and the companies they do business with. And companies can't just draw a line in the sand and say it's okay for employees to use Web 2.0 to communicate with customers, but it's not okay to use it when communicating with each other; Philips case study...
uccessful social media initiatives at many companies emerged from underground, grassroots efforts
"Perhaps more than any other corporate intranet innovation, social software technologies are exposing the holes in corporate communication and collaboration — and at times filling them before the (usually slow-moving) enterprise can fully grasp (and control) the flow." Also as I've said main times "But in truth, social software isn't really about the tools. It's about what the tools let users do and the business problems the tools address."
HOW TO: Build Your Company’s Profile on LinkedIn
http://mashable.com/2009/08/03/linkedin-company-profile/
LinkedIn can be an enormously valuable way to attract top talent to your company, especially if you use all of the options available to you.
HOW TO: Deal With Social Networking Overload
http://mashable.com/2009/07/30/social-networking-overload/
1. Ask Yourself Why 2. Consider Your Purpose 3. Create Boundaries 4. Communicate Your Plan
5 Ways to Get the Most Out of Your Music Collection
http://mashable.com/2009/08/04/music-apps/
If you’re like most people these days, you’ve probably got a lot of music on your computer — whether from your own CD library, or downloaded from Amazon, iTunes, or (ahem) elsewhere. But if the only thing you’re doing with your music collection is listening to it, you’re missing out. There are a large number of web applications devoted to helping you get more from the music you already have.
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Report: Social Networks Growing while Other Social Media Sites Stagnate and Decline
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/social_networks_growing_while_other_social_media_sites_stagnate_and_decline.php
After four surveys of active internet users, a group whose total estimated global audience is now 625 million (or one in thirteen of people worldwide!), UM found that the usage of social networks is on the rise.
Universal McCann has released a new report that looks at the state of social media today. Apparently, this trend is showing no sign of slowing down. In fact, it's still growing.
Annotated link http://www.diigo.com/bookmark/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.readwriteweb.com%2Farchives%2Fsocial_networks_growing_while_other_social_media_sites_stagnate_and_decline.php
apophenia: Would the real social network please stand up?
http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2009/07/28/would_the_real.html
looks like an interesting categorization
danah maps three models of social networks: 1. Sociological "personal" networks 2. Behavioral social networks 3. Publicly articulated social networks
Stats Confirm It: Teens Don’t Tweet
http://mashable.com/2009/08/05/teens-dont-tweet/
Teens may not be tweeting, but there is some evidence here of other generations taking to it
One of the hardest dems to reach
Why Teens Don’t Tweet
http://mashable.com/2009/08/05/why-teens-dont-tweet/
Twitter’s different than Facebook (Facebook) or MySpace (MySpace) because Twitter is not about your friends. As I highlighted in my analysis of Twitter’s new homepage, Twitter is quickly becoming the epicenter of world events. Yes, you can update your status, but you can do that just as easily on Facebook. What you can’t do on other social media sites is learn about the #IranElection crisis in real-time. But does this really interest teenagers? Teenagers are notorious for being terrible at social engagement, voting, and keeping up with the news. While I don’t want to typecast an entire age demographic, I can say this with confidence: Teens, more than any other age group, care about their friends.
We struck a nerve with a lot of people this morning with our article Stats Confirm It: Teens Don't Tweet. In it, we explained how a recent Nielsen report shows
deographic breakdown
Twitter Bird ImageWe struck a nerve with a lot of people this morning with our article Stats Confirm It: Teens Don’t Tweet. In it, we explained how a recent Nielsen report shows that only 16 percent of Twitter (Twitter) users are under 25. The response was overwhelming – especially from teenagers who currently use Twitter.
Mashable's Twitter Guide Book Now Available for Download
http://mashable.com/2009/08/05/twitter-guide-book-download/
Helpful resource on Twitter
Mashable's Twitter Guide Book, a one-stop shop for getting up to speed with everything Twitter, is now available for download.
Steepster
http://www.steepster.com/home
a social network for tea?
Maybe it'll get better...seems a bit too "I'm 2.0!" From: http://www.metafilter.com/83912/Tea-drinkers-unite
Steepster is a site that helps you keep an online log of the teas you drink. Using our super-simple interface, you can easily fill your tealog with tasting notes and tales of your tea drinking adventures. You can also follow other tea drinkers to see what's in their cup, discovering brand new teas from people you know and trust.
Twitter is Not Your Average Social Network
http://mashable.com/2009/06/02/twitter-users-dont-tweet
@maedelmaedel: "Twitter is more like Wikipedia than a social network - 10% of the user create 90% of the content http://bit.ly/r6dT5" (from http://twitter.com/maedelmaedel/status/3145407508)
Reading: "Twitter is Not Your Average Social Network" ( http://bit.ly/qq96k ) [from http://twitter.com/markivey/statuses/2036292159]
"Twitter is not so much about connecting with your friends, it’s about broadcasting information." http://is.gd/MqDp [from http://twitter.com/doktordab/statuses/2005864086]
"25% of Twitter users don’t tweet at all, while 50% of users tweet less than once every 74 hours... witter really is more like Wikipedia than, say, Facebook."
90% tweets from 10% of users
It's SO over: cool cyberkids abandon social networking sites | Media | The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/aug/06/young-abandon-social-networking-sites
5% drop in 18-24 using social networking sites like facebook
Social Media Optimization: 16 Rules Revisited - Online Marketing Blog
http://www.toprankblog.com/2009/08/social-media-optimization-redux/
16 Rules For Social Media Optimization Revisited: http://bit.ly/3sAWrk Good piece that stands out from the noise. [from http://twitter.com/dhinchcliffe/statuses/3153279367]
"Guidelines for marketing with social media aren’t all that new. In 2006 five members of the digital marketing community collaborated on 16 rules for “social media optimization”. Fast forward to nearly 2010 and social media has begun to take a more significant role in the marketing mix."
16 Rules For Social Media Optimization Revisited
Cody Brown - MySpace is to Facebook as Twitter is to ______
http://codybrown.name/2009/08/06/myspace-is-to-facebook-as-twitter-is-to-______/
pretty brilliant prognosis on the future of social networking
The past few weeks have come with two major reveals for the weirdos who follow online social networks. The first was big news. Twitter’s internal documents leaked and the identity-crisis of earth’s most popular start-up is now public. The second was more under the radar but just as important. In a memo that went out to staff, the CEO of MySpace admitted that their users are caught between three competing notions of what MySpace is or should be.
Facebook was one of the first social networks to emphasize genuine identity insofar as they required full names, university email addresses, and deleted accounts that used aliases. The second was pragmatic. Facebook launched in a single target market. In this case, of course, it was Harvard. What this enabled was a less abstract more manageable mission. Instead of having to define what an ‘online social networking space’ was supposed to be for everyone, Zuckerburg just had to answer for Harvard.
Facebook Is Now the Fourth Largest Site In The World
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/08/04/facebook-is-now-the-fourth-largest-site-in-the-world/
The global rise of Facebook is nothing less than astounding. In the month of June alone it gained 24 million unique visitors worldwide, compared to the month before, for a total of 340 million unique visitors worldwide. It is now the fourth largest site in the world, trailing only Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo sites, according to comScore (see table below). Facebook itself only officially acknowledges 250 million active registered users (but you don’t have to be a registered user to visit some Facebook pages).
Learn How to Work a Crowd - Social Networking - Lifehacker
http://lifehacker.com/5332556/learn-how-to-work-a-crowd
When you think of "working a crowd," you might think of entertainers at best, and shifty multi-level marketing salesman at worst. There are, however, non-jerky ways to meet people and benefit from casual networking.
Number of Social Networking Users Has Doubled Since 2007
http://mashable.com/2009/07/28/social-networking-users-us/
With Facebook, Twitter (Twitter), LinkedIn (LinkedIn), and other social networking sites growing rapidly, it’s not too surprising that on the whole, the number of social networking users has doubled since 2007. Specifically, 55.6 million adults – or just less than 1/3rd of the population – in the US now visit social networks at least monthly, according to a new report from Forrester Research. That’s up from just 15 percent of adults in 2007, and around 18 percent last year.
With Facebook, TwitterTwitter, LinkedInLinkedIn, and other social networking sites growing rapidly, it’s not too surprising that on the whole, the number of social networking users has doubled since 2007.
55.6 million adults – or just less than 1/3rd of the population – in the US now visit social networks at least monthly, according to a new report from Forrester Research. That’s up from just 15 percent of adults in 2007, and around 18 percent last year.
Facebook Acquires FriendFeed (Updated)
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/08/10/facebook-acquires-friendfeed/
buying the little guy ... more annoyence from FB?
キタコレ!
Facebook Acquires FriendFeed (Updated) by Jason Kincaid on August 10, 2009. Includes interview.
Presumably FriendFeed will end up being incorporated into FB interface? At this point details on the acquisition are still very sparse, but it’s clearly a good match. Over the last year or so, Facebook has “borrowed” quite a few features that FriendFeed popularized, including the ‘Like’ feature and an emphasis on real-time news updates
"Facebook has acquired FriendFeed, we’ve learned. We’re gathering details now. At this point details on the acquisition are still very sparse, but it’s clearly a good match. Over the last year or so, Facebook has “borrowed” quite a few features that FriendFeed popularized, including the ‘Like’ feature and an emphasis on real-time news updates."
Techcrunch: Facebook has acquired FriendFeed, we’ve learned. We’re gathering details now.
JustBought.it - Crowd Powered Shopping
http://justbought.it/
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Full-screen I #justbought 46" longboard http://jb.ly/bnzx from www.stubbiesbaynation.com in Dallas US
Ferramenta usando Google Maps para shopping local
10 Creative Contests Powered by Social Media
http://mashable.com/2009/08/11/social-media-contests/
Designing for Social Traction (slide deck) - Bokardo
http://bokardo.com/archives/designing-for-social-traction-slide-deck/
great presentation slides.. very valuable!
Presentation by Joshua Porter. "each part focusing on a specific problem in software. Each problem is a major hurdle in what I call the usage lifecycle, or the stages people go through as they use and adopt software over time."
Social Web Design by Joshua Porter
Facebook’s New Privacy Features: A Complete Guide
http://mashable.com/2009/08/12/facebook-privacy-features/
ideasonideas - Eric Karjaluoto discusses design, brands and experience » Blog Archive » More mess; less B.S. (or: Nine simple suggestions for using social media)
http://www.ideasonideas.com/2009/06/more-mess-less-bs-or-nine-simple-suggestions-for-using-social-media/
Less B.S.
'Have someone cursing about your product? Talk to them and find out why they’re so frustrated. In the past we used to pay for focus groups, now we get real-world feedback for free. Quite a bargain, isn’t it?'
HOW TO: Use Facebook for Professional Networking
http://mashable.com/2009/08/14/facebook-networking/
Ask anybody why they use Facebook, and most people will respond with reasons like staying in touch with friends, or being able to share pictures. Rarely does one’s professional life ever get mentioned when describing the social network. When it comes to business networking, LinkedIn (LinkedIn) tends to take all the thunder, and Facebook (facebook) is generally written off as a place just for fun. Yet, perhaps that’s a mistake.
Ask anybody why they use Facebook, and most people will respond with reasons like staying in touch with friends, or being able to share pictures. Rarely does one’s professional life ever get mentioned when describing the social network. When it comes to business networking, LinkedIn tends to take all the thunder, and Facebook is generally written off as a place just for fun. Yet, perhaps that’s a mistake. Facebook, after all, has 250 million active users compared to about 44 million for LinkedIn, and even though the atmosphere is clearly not as focused on business, there are still a ton of opportunities for professional networking that business users would be remiss to pass up. Once you look beyond the obvious social features like sharing pictures and poking friends, there are plenty of ways to tap into the professional community on the world’s largest social network.
Facebook privacy: a guide - Ars Technica
http://arstechnica.com/web/news/2009/08/meshing-social-networking-and-privacy-on-facebook.ars
Guia de privacidade no Facebook do Ars Technica.
JamNow
http://jamnow.com/
music something
Editing
music thing
create music background
like garage band upload individual tracks
Online music collaboration or podcast creation
Is a Perfect Storm Forming For Distributed Social Networking?
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/is_a_perfect_storm_forming_for_distributed_social_networking.php
is the time right for distributed net as Dave Winer sugests? links to various tools that could be really useful
"Maybe it's better to host your own. That's the thinking coming from a growing number of early technology adopters as service after service goes down, sells out or otherwise frustrates the users who have published their content online only to see the tools they use become broken or less desirable." One word (camelCased): BuddyPress.
Why Teens Aren’t Using Twitter: It Doesn’t Feel Safe
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/07/13/why-teens-arent-using-twitter/
왜 십대들은 트위터를 안쓸까? 트위터는 열린 네트워크... 십대들은 그게 싫다??? 페이스북은 닫힌 네트워크..나를 친구맺는 사람이 누구인지 알고 승인을 받아야 한다.
RT @thecleversheep: Twitter to a 16 year old. RT @Educator:"Why Teens Aren’t Using Twitter: It Doesn’t Feel Safe" http://ow.ly/hbig [from http://twitter.com/teachernz/statuses/2625404256]
SocialSafe | Your Facebook photos, photos you are tagged in, profile and friends saved to your machine or device
http://www.socialsafe.net/
Your Facebook photos, profile and friends saved to your machine or device - now with Time Capsule!
SocialSafe - Save. Store. Explore. The backup tool for Facebook
10 Things You Must Do to Earn Your Audience's Trust
http://mashable.com/2009/08/12/earn-public-trust/
Here are 10 things you must do to earn the trust of your online audience. While written from a crowdfunding perspective, this advice applies to anyone working in social media.
Lincoln once said, “With the public trust, anything is possible. Without it, nothing is possible”. Social media is now a daily activity that millions of people around the world consume and participate in. This is the first time in human history that anyone, no matter who you are or where you are has an opportunity to create, share, and prosper, and if you’re going to succeed and stand out in a heavily crowded social media ocean, you need to earn your audience’s trust.
100 Entrepreneurs You Should Follow and Learn From on Twitter | Associate Degree - Facts and Information
http://associatedegree.org/2009/07/19/100-entrepreneurs-you-should-follow-and-learn-from-on-twitter/
entrepreneurs on twitter
Socialnomics – Social Media Blog
http://socialnomics.net/
Everything related to Social Media Annotated link http://www.diigo.com/bookmark/http%3A%2F%2Fsocialnomics.net
Directory: 100 technology experts on Twitter | Between the Lines | ZDNet.com
http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=22754
Larry Dignan, Sam Diaz and other IT industry experts, blogging at the intersection of business and technology, deliver daily news and analysis on vital enterprise trends.
One the most important — and most difficult — things to do when you first start using Twitter is to develop a good list of people to follow. You can check your friends’ lists of followers, watch for interesting people that come up in @replies, and look for personalities and brands who promote their Twitter addresses. But, it can take several months to build up a good list. For technology professionals, I’m going to give you a big head start.
Answers to Social Media Questions You Should Know - Online Marketing Blog
http://www.toprankblog.com/2009/08/answers-to-social-media-questions-you-should-know/
Discussion of Costs and Benefits of Companies Having a Social Networking Presence
A few ways to discover where your customers are on the social web include: * Participation * Social Media Monitoring * Logging existing traffic and behaviors to your web site from social media web sites. * Surveys of your existing customers * Referencing demographic information supplied by social media sites that offer advertising. * Third party data sources
In the course of providing consulting services and conducting training programs for companies on social media marketing & PR or a combination of SEO and
Top 35 Plugins of Wordpress to Share Your Blog Post | Tools | PelFusion.com
http://pelfusion.com/tools/top-35-plugins-of-wordpress-to-share-your-blog-post/
When ever you write something on your blog you always want to share it with others, even your blog readers want the same (if they like it off course) . To do
Social Advertising Best Practices
http://www.iab.net/socialads
Social media is big and getting bigger, providing marketers with a combination of reach, relationships, and relevance:
Social Advertising Best Practices PDF from IAB http://www.iab.net/socialads [from http://twitter.com/teedubya/statuses/2222208877]
Social media has overtaken email as the most popular consumer activity, according to a recent Nielsen study. Importantly, consumer growth is coming from an older demographic than social media's historical base; for example, Facebook's strongest growth is coming from 35-49 year-olds, adding twice as many 50-64-year-olds as opposed to those under 18.
by IAB
Social media is big and getting bigger, providing marketers with a combination of reach, relationships, and relevance: * Reach: Social media has overtaken email as the most popular consumer activity, according to a recent Nielsen study. Importantly, consumer growth is coming from an older demographic than social media's historical base; for example, Facebook's strongest growth is coming from 35-49 year-olds, adding twice as many 50-64-year-olds as opposed to those under 18. (Nielsen “Global Faces and Networked Places,” March 9, 2009; MediaPost Blogs Research Brief, “Social Networking Is No Respecter of Age,” March 18, 2009.) * Relationships: Social media's strength is in the personal connections it enables, the peer-to-peer contact, providing reasons for consumers to visit regularly and for extended periods of time. * Relevance: Consumers are extremely engaged with the content and connections that their friends are creating because of its personal relevance.
The 12 most annoying types of Facebookers - CNN.com
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/08/20/annoying.facebook.updaters/index.html
I can think of someone for each of these..
Hurricane Bill leads to tropical storm warning for Bermuda
6 Steps to Kill Your Community — Matt Mullenweg
http://ma.tt/2009/08/kill-your-community/
Some platforms claim to increase your user engagement, get you more comments, increase your traffic, and more, through means that I consider short-sighted and harmful. This guide tells you how to increase the number of comments you get by 400-1,000% and ruin whatever shred of community you had on your site.
5 Terrific Ted Talks on Future Technologies
http://mashable.com/2009/08/20/ted-future/
A sampling of how technology might influence the future.
ow? Those are questions that some of the most inventive and outrageous thinkers around have been addressing at the yearly TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) conference. TED presenters have been wowing audiences with their future-tech ideas for a long time, and many of these talks are freely available on the web. But it can be a daunting task working out what to watch. So here’s a taster-menu of five great TED talks on how technology might influence the future. Rather than describe the latest in consumer tech, they take on the much harder task of predicting how technology will change our lives in profound ways. I’ve used a few simple rules in selecting the talks: - Was I hooked within the first few seconds? - Was the technology potentially life-changing? - Was I inspired and challenged?
Viral Marketing Campaign Checklist | Dan Zarrella
http://danzarrella.com/viral-marketing-campaign-checklist.html
** Posted using Viigo: Mobile RSS, Sports, Current Events and more **
How to Use Facebook: 5 Tips For Better Social Networking
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/how_to_use_facebook_5_tips_for_better_social_networking.php
Wie man aus Facebook mehr nutzen zieht und sich für andere Nutzer attraktiv macht.
5 Tips for using Facebook as a powerful social networking tool. As featured on the ReadWriteWeb blog.
6 Gorgeous Facebook Visualizations
http://mashable.com/2009/08/21/gorgeous-facebook-visualizations/
create beautiful Facebook visualizations of your own with very little effort. Enjoy!
This Facebook add-on lets you easily create 3D graphical representations of the connections in your Facebook network. You can also view graphs for other users, fine tune the settings to create various graphs, zoom and pan your graph, and choose between a light and a dark theme. The results can be stunning, especially for users with a lot of Facebook friends.
Great Social Site with connections to all other social sites
Great Twitter Applications for Small Business.
http://www.youngentrepreneur.com/blog/2009/08/10/great-twitter-applications-for-small-business/
Great Twitter Applications for Small Business http://bit.ly/grAkS [from http://twitter.com/inti/statuses/3228223886]
Details the top ten Twitter applications for small business.
Okay, here’s a teaser for you. What kind of word can you come up with that incorporates some or all of the word “Twitter” to describe a useful business application, tool or service?
if your business is involved in affiliate marketing in any way, then you should check out Twist. See which trends are hot right now within a variety of searchable topics and niches.
HOW TO: Survive the New, New Facebook
http://mashable.com/2009/03/27/facebook-homepage-tips/
Earlier this week, Facebook promised a number of changes to appease user concerns about the latest homepage re-design. Users have been noticing these improvements being pushed live to their homepage over the last day or so, and this morning, I finally got them enabled on my account. After doing a bit of tweaking, I’m definitely enjoying my Facebook homepage more than I was the past couple weeks with version 1 of the redesign. I thought I’d share with you a few of these tweaks - designed primarily to reduce information overload - so you can try them on your own account, unless of course you’re happy with the new, new Facebook as-is.
Using Facebook effectively.
30+ Impressive Social Media Stats Visualized [Video]
http://mashable.com/2009/08/14/social-media-stats-visualized/
This a post on the Mashable: The Social Media Guide blog
Hueniverse: Introducing 'Sign-in with Twitter', OAuth-Style "Connect"
http://www.hueniverse.com/hueniverse/2009/04/twitter-connect.html
adding site sign-in using twitter
Interesting differentiations between OpenID and OAuth ... neither of which I have played with that much. But twitter has recently implemented an OAuth solution.
From Hueniverse
The 10 Commandments of Social Media | The Ten Commandments Of Social Media | Fast Company
http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/lon-safko/ten-commandments-social-media/ten-commandments-social-media?partner=homepage_newsletter
los 10 mandamientos de medios sociales
Great article and subsequent comments, 10 commandments of social media.
social media religion lol, the 10 commmand ments of social media
add this to the social media matrix and you have a recipe for life
Social technology growth marches on in 2009, led by social network sites
http://blogs.forrester.com/groundswell/2009/08/social-technology-growth-marches-on-in-2009-led-by-social-network-sites.html
"In the US, social technology Creators and Collectors grew slowly, and Critics didn't grow at all. ... Why? Probably because much of this activity has been sucked into social network sites like Facebook. At the same time, Joiner activity exploded and Spectators became nearly universal."
Consumers' participation in social technologies
Top 100 Best Social Media Books, Ever « Mellow Billow
http://blog.mellowbillow.com/2009/08/17/top-100-best-social-media-books-ever/
Calculated using 6 criteria including quantity sold and amazon rating
RT @geechee_girl: our @dummies is #23 on this list of best social media books http://bit.ly/bCram [from http://twitter.com/WayneNH/statuses/3363041048]
How to Track Your Twitter ROI : Technology : Idea Hub :: American Express OPEN Forum
http://www.openforum.com/idea-hub/topics/technology/article/how-to-track-your-twitter-roi-jennifer-van-grove
If you're using Twitter for business, there will come a point when you, or those you report to, will want proof that your Twitter efforts have a tangible return on investment (ROI).
Quelques outils pour monitorer son activité sur Twitter. Je ne les ai pas encore essayés, mais ça à l'air pas mal.
A wealth of resources for business owners — videos, articles, blogs, and expert advice to boost your business, sponsored by American Express OPEN.
Lots Twitter measurement ideas here!
apophenia: Twitter: "pointless babble" or peripheral awareness + social grooming?
http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2009/08/16/twitter_pointle.html
This pov (Twitter as social grooming) makes a lot of sense to me. But I would also dispute the term "pointless babble" itself: the two examples of "phatic" (non-information-conveying) expressions given here, "hi", and "thank you", actually can convey quite a lot of information, depending on context.
Spirited and spot on defence of the cod analysis of Twitter that some commentators engage in as a form of denial...
Now, turn all of your utterances over to an analytics firm so that they can code everything that you've said. I think that you'll be lucky if only 40% of what you say constitutes "pointless babble" to a third party ear.
Refreshing perspective on twitter. Makes me want to tweet. (Aside: this shines some light on things I've been trying to figure out about IM lately too. It might as well be re-titled "why IM should never be logged".)
Social Follow - All social networks in one button
http://www.socialfollow.com/
Have Facebook, Myspace, YouTube and LinkedIn accounts and want to feature them all on your website? Social Follow has created one happy place for all your social profiles to hang out and get along. Social Following is the action of following someone through all of their social accounts. The Social Follow button gives people an easy way to Social Follow you through all your social accounts, either personally or for your business. Take the tour or create your free account by clicking the "Get it Now!" button. Then create and customize your button. It's a simple 3 step process.
crea un bottone dove sono linkati tutti gli account di social networking
Create a Follow Me Button | All social networks in one button
How Facebook Can Ruin Your Friendships - WSJ.com
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204660604574370450465849142.html
Although it's annoying when people tell you how you should act online, this article does have some good points. Esp. liked the "Facebook needs to have an eyeball roll function"
WSJ article.
Why Don’t Teens Tweet? We Asked Over 10,000 of Them.
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/08/30/why-dont-teens-tweet-we-asked-over-10000-of-them/
Most teens don’t use Twitter because it doesn’t enable them to do anything they can’t already do elsewhere, which is the same reason most adults don’t use Twitter. It has nothing to do with any teen-specific concerns like texting plans or safety. It comes down to something more simple: delivering value beyond Facebook and MySpace...
Aug 30, 2009 article
Teen responses about why they don't use Twitter probably mirrors adult population views
If we break down those top reasons one by one, a clearer picture emerges of why Twitter is not more popular among teens. * Teens already update their status religiously on other sites like Facebook, MySpace, and myYearbook. * Teens use MySpace to keep up with musicians and celebrities, which MySpace differentiates on. * As a group, teens are not major consumers of news from any outlet, making “staying current” a poor driver of mainstream adoption — though of course there are exceptions. * Teens use both MySpace and Facebook to keep up with friends they know.
good data on teens and twitter. it skews more teen than facebook. but most teens think "it's lame" and a passing fab. they are so wrong
only 11% of Twitter is teen as evidence of Twitter’s unpopularity to that group.
100 Fabulous Social Networks and Communities for Lifelong Learners | Rated Colleges
http://www.ratedcolleges.com/blog/2009/100-fabulous-social-networks-and-communities-for-lifelong-learners/
More marketers use social networking to reach customers - USATODAY.com
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2009-08-27-social-networks-marketers_N.htm
Marketers who closely follow social media can find some enticing statistics to justify their online strategies: Facebook More than 10,000 websites use Facebook Connect, a service that lets Facebook users log in to affiliated sites using their Facebook account and share information from those sites with their Facebook friends. About 30 million Facebook members access it through mobile devices. Twitter Twitter users spend 66% more dollars on the Internet than non-Twitter users, says market researcher ComScore. LinkedIn LinkedIn has more than 365,000 company profiles. More than 12 million small-business professionals are members of LinkedIn. MySpace More than 1 million small businesses and individuals promote their goods and services on MySpace.
"Social-networking services increasingly are indispensable business tools, says Forrester Research. According to its survey of 1,217 business decision makers worldwide late last year, 95% use social networks to some extent. And 53% of more than 300 marketers planned to increase social-media marketing spending this year, according to a Forrester presentation in April."
Continued growth in social media and social networking use by big companies - Ford, Lenovo, Starbucks, etc.
"Social-networking services increasingly are indispensable business tools, says Forrester Research. According to its survey of 1,217 business decision makers worldwide late last year, 95% use social networks to some extent."
More Truth About Twitter | Information Is Beautiful
http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/2009/more-truth-about-twitter/
Twitter statistics in graphical format, incl. "If the Twitter community were 100 people", "The Average 100 Tweets", and "Peak Days/Hours".
peaks in twitter acivity
Sweet charts that highlight Twitter users and uysage.
Eight Twitter Habits That May Get You Unfollowed or Semi-Followed
http://socialmediatoday.com/SMC/118535
A great article that will make you reconsider your Twitter etiquette.
Good tips for twitter users to ensure they are staying relevant to their audiences and getting noticed.
nice round up of twitter misbehavior if you use it for business
Social Media Today is a moderated business community for the web's best thinkers on Social Media and Web 2.0
Some GREAT things to note when trying to Twitter successfully
A Look At Facebook’s Reach Worldwide
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/08/27/a-look-at-facebooks-reach-worldwide/
Everyone knows that Facebook has become absolutely massive, but it’s easy to lose sight of just how big a number like 250 million is. Buzzpoint, a social media marketing firm based out of Los Angeles, has put together an impressive visualization that shows off just how large Facebook has grown. The company has estimated the current and past Facebook usage statistics using available data and plotted a number of graphs tracking its progress over the last three years. I’ve broken the image (which is quite massive on its own) into a few chunks below, and you can download the whole thing here.
Everyone knows that Facebook has become absolutely massive, but it's easy to lose sight of just how big a number like 250 million ...
Facebook Stats
Datos sobre Facebook.
Buzzpoint, a social media marketing firm based out of Los Angeles, has put together an impressive visualization that shows off just how large Facebook has grown.
The Building Blocks of Social Media for Business
http://www.chrisbrogan.com/the-building-blocks-of-social-media-for-business/
Chris Brogan tries (and succeeds) in offering a general primer on social media for business. A solid read
Recommendations from Chris Brogan on how businesses can and should engage in social media
review of a book
also contains info about the Thesis Theme for WordPress
TO READ
Educational Networking - List of Networks
http://www.educationalnetworking.com/List+of+Networks
from BScullin
some links to education sites
A listing of social networks used in educational environments or for educational purposes. Please add to this list (alphabetical by category and within categories).
Popular Groups :: Hexagon.cc
http://hexagon.cc/
Bit Torrent search engine, with torrents, releases and ratings. The best P2P community online.
Share torrents and videos in public or private groups that you can easily create and moderate.
Sitios social de torren
(from the isoHunt people) Share torrents and videos in public or private groups that you can easily create and moderate.
20 Must Read Beginner Twitter Tips for Small Business Owners
http://www.twitip.com/20-must-read-beginner-twitter-tips-for-small-business-owners/
Twitter is a tool that all small business owners should use as part of their overall efforts to build a distributed social media footprint.
A good description of how twitter is being used in business.
20 Must Read Beginner Twitter Tips for Small Business Owners
WOW: Facebook Launches a Twitter App
http://mashable.com/2009/08/20/facebook-twitter-app/
WOW: Facebook Launches a Twitter App http://bit.ly/1Sqjvj [from http://twitter.com/jjjunk/statuses/3441745251]
This is a bit of a shocker. Facebook, who has seemingly been in a race to emulate many of Twitter’s features, just announced that it’s launching the
22 Facebook Funded Startups to Watch
http://mashable.com/2009/09/01/facebook-fbfund-startups/
Good reading, follow up on it!
45% of Employers Now Screen Social Media Profiles
http://mashable.com/2009/08/19/social-media-screening/
This article shines light on the possible downside of user generated content. The author of the article outlines how more and more employers are turning to the net in order to see how prospective employees represent themselves to the world. Many could argue that this indeed is an invasion of privacy but this seems to be the avenue that is readily available for use. This article links with history2.0 as it exposes how our media consumption habits are continually changing with certain forms of media now being phased out to make way for new advanced media with multiplatform databases. The website that the article is found in is a multi platform for user generated content and provides the links to further spread information to other users. This gives legitimacy to the facts brought forward in the article as the information would have come from within the website.
We all know that employers are getting savvy to social networking sites and the information we share online. But what you may not know is that a recently conducted survey shows that nearly 1 in 2 companies are doing their online due diligence for prospective job candidates. This according to research firm Harris Interactive, who was commissioned by CareerBuilder.com and surveyed 2,667 HR professionals, finding that 45% of them use social networking sites to research job candidates, with an additional 11% planning to implement social media screening in the very near future.
This according to research firm Harris Interactive, who was commissioned by CareerBuilder.com and surveyed 2,667 HR professionals, finding that 45% of them use social networking sites to research job candidates, with an additional 11% planning to implement social media screening in the very near future.
HOW TO: Get the Most Out of Posterous
http://mashable.com/2009/09/06/posterous-guide/
Use this as your guide to uncovering the gems that make Posterous a glamorous blogging alternative and the email-to-blog-to-everywhere platform that strips the hassle out of blogging.
There’s something interesting happening in the space between Twitterhttp:/​/​www.blippr.com/​apps/​336651-Twitter and a full blown blog. We’re seeing more and more of our social friends turn to sites like Posteroushttp:/​/​www.blippr.com/​apps/​337125-Posterous for 140 character plus musings, or simple and fast photo and video sharing. Whether you need a little more space to create a lifestream that serves as a compliment to your Twitter presence, or you’re looking to totally replace your existing personal or group blog, Posterous makes the transition and posting process dead simple. The Posterous possibilities are endless, and the best part is it that takes very little effort to maintain your site and attract a subscriber base.
Hi, I'm - your nametag on the internet
http://hi.im/
Hi, I'm is like your nametag on the internet
Featuring your latest content from your favorite networks, your Hi, I'm page tells everyone who you are and what you're about all on one page.
agrégateur de réseau sociaux
Agrégateur d'identité numérique
nametag on the internet
STATS: Young People Are Flocking to Twitter
http://mashable.com/2009/09/02/twitter-demographics/
According to new data from comScore, younger users – specifically those in the 12-17 and 18-24 year-old demographics – are Twitter’s fastest growing audience segment.
One of the most actively discussed topics in the Twitter universe over the past couple months has been the idea that teens don’t tweet – at least not as
In other words, unlike popular social sites before it – most notably Facebook() and MySpace() – Twitter is actually “aging in reverse,” first gaining popularity with older users and only later teens and young adults.
"most notable positive shifts are evident among the 12-17 and 18-24 year old segments"
Top 10 Web 2.0 Activities for Ecommerce | Get Elastic
http://www.getelastic.com/top-ten-2-dot-0/
Unresolvable
이커머스를 위한 웹2.0 소셜 기능
by Linda Bustos. [August 17, 2009]
Some good ideas for utilising Web 2.0 tools with examples.
Retailers often wonder what Web 2.0 / social media activities to be involved with, so this post ranks what I believe are the top 10 Web 2.0 activities for ecommerce based on their business impact.
Facebook | Facebook Widgets
http://www.facebook.com/facebook-widgets/
Facebook Page Badgets for Websites
Para que los fans puedan enlazar tu página de facebook desde tu web
Widget overview page, both for personal and business profiles.
Facebook | Home
http://lite.facebook.com/
I like the lean mean incarnation of Facebook lots. I don't really get into all the applications within FB anyway so this is much easier to pop in and check out what's going on and pop out.
Posted by Supybot
Tweetvite :: Find & Create Tweetups and other Events on Twitter
http://tweetvite.com/
Find and Create Events on Twitter ! Tweetvite makes it easy to create invitations for events you're hosting or to find local Tweetups in your area. Click below to try it out for yourself!
Tweetvite :: Find & Create Tweetups and other Events on Twitter - http://tweetvite.com/
Create a Tweetup, organize events on Twitter, find local Tweetups, promote your Tweetup, and much more.
The Medium - Facebook Exodus - NYTimes.com
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/30/magazine/30FOB-medium-t.html?em
Why some Facebook members are moving on.
Things fall apart; the center cannot hold. Facebook, the online social grid, could not command loyalty forever. If you ask around, as I did, you’ll find quitters. One person shut down her account because she disliked how nosy it made her. Another thought the scene had turned desperate. A third feared stalkers. A fourth believed his privacy was compromised. A fifth disappeared without a word.
Oversharers
http://www.oversharers.com/
please, go on
How Your Library May Not Be Using Twitter But Should | kellydallen
http://www.kellyd.com/2009/07/29/how-your-library-may-not-be-using-twitter-but-should/
I've been doing some workshops recently on social networking (especially Twitter) for our library system and thought I would collect some of this information here because I usually can't cover everything I would like and it may also be useful inform
Postling :: a simple social media tool for small businesses
http://www.postling.com/
a simple social media tool for small businesses
TweetMixx - More Links, Less Clutter. Filter, preview, and share links you really care about!
http://www.tweetmixx.com/
Mixx is your link to the web content that really matters. There's a lot of information out there and, let's face it, you don't have all day to find the good stuff (if you do, we're totally jealous). And who knows better than you what informs you, what makes you think, what makes you laugh? So why should some faceless editor get to decide what's important? But now you're in charge. You find it; we'll Mixx it. Use YourMixx to tailor the content categories, tags, specific users and groups, and we'll deliver the top-rated content as chosen by you and people who share your passions. So go ahead and whip up your own version of the web. Just tell us how you like it Mixxed and we'll deliver the best the web has to offer—morning, noon and night.
More Links, Less Clutter. Filter, preview, and share links you really care about!
10 Solid Tips to Safeguard Your Facebook Privacy
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/the-complete-guide-to-facebook-privacy/
Groupsite.com - Create a Groupsite for Work, Life, Anything
http://www.groupsite.com/
Create an instant Groupsite to connect your association members online. Empower members to maximize their return on involvement by giving them a place to communicate, share and network
With Groupsites, people from a wide range of professional and social groups within companies, communities, non-profits, families and more are now able to instantly and easily communicate, share, network. Best of all, basic Groupsites are FREE to create and can be setup to be public
Groupsite.com is a self-serve platform for creating social collaboration communities called Groupsites.
100 Best Blogs for Tech-Savvy Teachers - Online Courses
http://www.onlinecourses.org/2009/09/13/100-best-blogs-for-tech-savvy-teachers/
these blogs offer a wealth of information straight from teachers and other professionals in the education field themselves
While there are still some educators who dispute the importance of technology in the classroom, there is no dispute over the fact that technology is here to stay in schools. Whether you are one of those tech-savvy teachers who can’t get enough of technology news and ideas or you are a teacher just learning to embrace technology in the classroom, these blogs offer a wealth of information straight from teachers and other professionals in the education field themselves.
Welcome to BetterLesson
http://www.betterlesson.org/
Create, Organize and Share your complete curriculum.
Helping teachers organize and share their curricula.
A Social Media Strategy Checklist - ClickZ
http://www.clickz.com/3634939
wonderfully written social media strategy checklist
Ten steps to building a social media strategy that delivers.
Outlines the basics of engaging with and getting the most of social media.
Run through this check list when I talk with Paul tomorrow
5 Easy Steps to Stay Safe (and Private!) on Facebook
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/5_easy_steps_to_stay_safe_and_private_on_facebook.php
People everywhere are mindlessly over-sharing on the world's largest social network, without a second thought as to who's reading their posts or what effect it could have on them further down the road.
5 Easy Steps to Stay Safe (and Private!) on Facebook
When the President of the United States warns schoolchildren to watch what they say and do on Facebook, you know that we've got a problem...and it's not one ...
hen the President of the United States warns schoolchildren to watch what they say and do on Facebook, you know that we've got a problem...and it's not one limited to the U.S.'s borders, either. People everywhere are mindlessly over-sharing on the world's largest social network, without a second thought as to who's reading their posts or what effect it could have on them further down the road. For example, did you know that 30% of today's employers are using Facebook to vet potential employees prior to hiring? In today's tough economy, the question of whether to post those embarrassing party pics could now cost you a paycheck in addition to a reputation. (Keep that in mind when tagging your friends' photos, too, won't you?) But what can be done? It's not like you can just quit Facebook, right? No - and you don't have to either. You just need to take a few precautions.
ng to enter here is "Only Friends." Anythin
HOW-TO: Write Effectively for Twitter & the Social Web
http://www.interactiveinsightsgroup.com/blog1/how-to-write-effectively-for-twitter-and-the-social-web/
HOW-TO: Write Effectively for Twitter & the Social Web
Want your tweets to be more compelling? Want to be a better writer on the social web? Me too! The advent of social media has opened up a wide range of opportunities for non-professional writers like me — and probably you too — to write online. Most of us writing for websites or blogs or posting on Twitter likely aren’t trained journalists. Even professional writers trained for print must learn to adapt their writing style to an online audience who experiences content differently than a print audience. And social media itself has changed writing online – making it more informal and personal. In fact, when you’re writing online these days, you’re writing not only for your audience but also for search engines and social media sites. Add Twitter to the equation and the need to communicate with only 140 characters raises writing for the social web to a new art form.
Great list of websites that write about how to write effectively for twitter, blogging and other social media sites.
Nice set of links about writing for social media.
TWITTER ANALYSIS: 40% of Tweets Are Pointless Babble
http://mashable.com/2009/08/12/twitter-analysis/
40% of #Tweets Are #Pointless Babble http://ow.ly/k2NH [from http://twitter.com/schulezweinull/statuses/3310688918]
@cuketka it is still not so bad.. RT @adent: 40% příspěvků na Twitteru jsou nesmyslné bláboly: http://jdem.cz/bwpn5 [from http://twitter.com/matushiq/statuses/3287194711]
TWITTER ANALYSIS: 40% of Tweets Are Pointless Babble http://ow.ly/jZtU [from http://twitter.com/10minuteexpert/statuses/3294127451]
RSS never blocks you or goes down: why social networks need to be decentralized - O'Reilly Radar
http://radar.oreilly.com/2009/09/rss-never-blocks-you-or-goes-d.html
Recurring outages on major networking sites such as Twitter and LinkedIn, along with incidents where Twitter members were mysteriously dropped for days at a time, have led many people to challenge the centralized control exerted by companies running social networks
y this is a felt need that's spreading across the Net. Interestingly, they approach the questions from a list of what information needs to be shared and how it needs to be transmitted; I come from the angle of what people want from each other and how their needs can be met. The two approaches converge, though. See the comments for other interesting related blogs.
"4 Awkward Moments in Facebook "Likes"" by Brian Murphy on CollegeHumor
http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1791517
Twitter Advertising : Sponsored Tweets
http://sponsoredtweets.com/
Sponsored Tweets is a new Twitter advertising platform that connects advertisers with tweeters. Advertisers can create sponsored conversations on Twitter. Tweeters can earn money for spreading the word. remember me Here's How It Works
Sponsored Tweets is marketplace that provides twitter advertising through twitter based sponsored conversations.
stribe.com - Welcome
http://www.stribe.com/
Stribe is a plug and play service to instantly create a social network on any website
HOW TO: Do Good on LinkedIn
http://mashable.com/2009/09/08/linkedin-good/
non per il contenuto ma per il "drag & share"
Thread
http://www.thread.com/
Matchmaker app for Facebook. Search profiles of friends and friends-of-friends.
Freunde von Facebook-Freunden finden
The best way to meet people is through friends. Thread makes it easy to see your entire social network and find common friends using Facebook Connect.
Your friends know awesome people. Browse their Facebook profiles and see if you connect. You can ask a friend for an intro, or play matchmaker with your own friends.
The Dirty Little Secret About the "Wisdom of the Crowds" - There is No Crowd
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/the_dirty_little_secret_about_the_wisdom_of_the_crowds.php
Small Groups, Big Impact Attempts to Address the Issue
A small crowd is still a crowd.
The findings showed that a small group of users accounted for a large number of ratings. In other words, as many have already begun to suspect, small but powerful groups can easily distort what the "crowd" really thinks, leading online reviews to often end up appearing extremely positive or extremely negative.
HOW TO: Make Facebook Your Company Newsroom
http://mashable.com/2009/09/18/facebook-newsroom/
Fazendo uma Sala de Notícias para a empresa
70 Do Follow Social Media Sites | Design And Marketing Blog
http://digitallabz.com/blogs/70-do-follow-social-media-sites.html
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As social media has grown and evolved over the past few years, it has become a new avenue for marketers and webmasters to execute link building campaigns. This blog post is an attempt to list the social media sites that allow “do follow” links; which should have the potential to contribute to the search rank of the page being linked.
Free eBook- Using the Social Web to Find Work | chrisbrogan.com
http://www.chrisbrogan.com/free-ebook-using-the-social-web-to-find-work/
I’ve written Using the Social Web to Find Work as a free ebook for you to download and share with others. It includes ideas and information from [chrisbrogan.com], and takes you from the specifics of using LinkedIn to your benefit, into some ideas on how to grow and nurture your social networks ahead of a need for them. It’s not much, but I wanted to help in one way that I know how – by providing ideas and actionable information.
Mostly Brogan's thoughts on how to get the most out of LinkedIn
25 Twitter Projects for the College Classroom | Online Colleges
http://www.onlinecolleges.net/2009/08/10/25-twitter-projects-for-the-college-classroom/
Much has been written about how Twitter is making its way into the halls of higher education. Go beyond the usual tips and strategies of using Twitter with these 25 projects that can be done in a college classroom. Part of the allure of Twitter is that it lends itself well to online classes, so many of these projects can be done without needing a physical classroom at all
these ideas could also be used in a plurk classroom
Part of the allure of Twitter is that it lends itself well to online classes, so many of these projects can be done without needing a physical classroom at all.
Guidelines for Educators Using Social Networking Sites - Home - Doug Johnson's Blue Skunk Blog
http://doug-johnson.squarespace.com/blue-skunk-blog/2009/8/7/guidelines-for-educators-using-social-networking-sites.html
draft of this revision
- Doug Johnson's Blue Skunk Blog
Tech Director Jen Hegna over in the Byron (MN) schools developed this set of guidelines for the staff in her district. (She was motivated, she said, partially by posts here and here on the Blue Skunk. Cool!) Anyway she's given permission for me to share her work here and says readers are welcome to use and adopt as well:
Guidelines for teachers when posting to social network sites such as Facebook.
Groups: The Secret Weapon of the Social Web - ReadWriteWeb
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/groups_the_secret_weapon_of_the_social_web.php
true. I have been very lazy about grouping on the various social services that I use.
Social interaction online is not very sophisticated. The news feed model of conversation has taken over the social web, from Facebook to Twitter to FriendFeed to MySpace, but by itself it doesn't serve us very well.
Groups: The Secret Weapon of the Social Web http://bit.ly/UlWGP [from http://twitter.com/FredericMartin/statuses/1664171234]
@vindugoel on folowing thousands of people but getting value from it: http://bit.ly/9Nlho [from http://twitter.com/marshallk/statuses/1700230046]
Various services have different ways for users to separate their "friends" into different groups, viewable by topic, category or type of connection. By better understanding the value that groups can deliver, we can better strategise our creation of groups.
The Web At A New Crossroads
http://www.arcticstartup.com/2009/09/11/the-web-at-a-new-crossroads/
"And for the time, it fit the write-print/publish model many people had become familiar with thanks to Microsoft Word and other text editors — and which was in turn rewarded by Google’s link-based approach to search."
This real-time web is not mature yet, since the platforms that sequester all of our activities today are proprietary ones like Facebook and Twitter. These are convenient, to be sure, but of limited utility to users with cross-site ambitions, who require interoperability. While “brand-mediated” profiles and relationships may not seem completely odious on the surface, there are four major drawbacks to keep in mind:
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Project ‘Gaydar’: An MIT experiment raises new questions about online privacy - The Boston Globe
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2009/09/20/project_gaydar_an_mit_experiment_raises_new_questions_about_online_privacy/?page=full
At MIT, an experiment that identifies which students are gay is raising new questions about online privacy. Using data from Facebook, two students in an MIT class on ethics and law on the electronic frontier made a striking discovery: just by looking at a person's online friends, they could predict whether the person was gay. The project, given the name 'Gaydar' by the students, is part of the fast-moving field of social network analysis, which examines what the connections between people can tell us, from predicting who might be a terrorist to the likelihood a person is happy, fat, liberal, or conservative." MIT professor Hal Abelson, who co-taught the course, is quoted: "That pulls the rug out from a whole policy and technology perspective that the point is to give you control over your information — because you don't have control over your information."
Using data from Facebook, they made a striking discovery: just by looking at a person’s online friends, they could predict whether the person was gay. They did this with a software program that looked at the gender and sexuality of a person’s friends and, using statistical analysis, made a prediction. People may be effectively “outing” themselves just by the virtual company they keep. If our friends reveal who we are, that challenges a conception of privacy built on the notion that there are things we tell, and things we don’t. Even if you don’t affirmatively post revealing information, simply publishing your friends’ list may reveal sensitive information about you, or it may lead people to make assumptions about you that are incorrect.
'guessing' whether someone is gay via FB
Deux étudiants du MIT ont imaginé un outil capable de repérer sur la toile les personnes homosexuelles. Leur outil parcours les sites sociaux à la recherche d'indices comme les goûts musicaux, les choix politiques, les types d'amis, les réactions à l'information... afin de déterminer si les personnes ont une forte proportion de chance ou pas d'être homosexuelles. Leur propos, montrer comment on peut détourner le traitement de l'information que les internautes déversent sur le net.
Article covering some projects analysing how revealing your Facebook friend list can be
Homepage | Socialwok
http://www.socialwok.com/
Socialwok adds the missing social layer to Google Apps. Create a secure private social network for your Google Apps Domain.
4 Ways Social Media is Changing Business
http://mashable.com/2009/09/22/social-media-business/
A very good article on how to be a social-media-friendly business
Trends in social media and how savvy businesses are adapting to the new era - circa Sept 2009
Full Circle Associates » How I use social media
http://www.fullcirc.com/wp/2009/08/04/how-i-use-social-media/
More goodness from Nancy White, who is probably one of the most adept users of social media out there. "When the door to connection is open, watch who walks through and follow them, not those who stand at the doorway and naysay! And I'm not just talking about social media early adopters. I'm talking about people passionate about getting something done." That shouldn't (I would say) be taken as an endorsement of a non-critical stance. But if someone naysays, they ought to at least have ventured into the technology (and its community) to have some grounds for their criticism. Nancy White, Full Circle Associates, August 5, 2009.
Annotated link http://www.diigo.com/bookmark/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fullcirc.com%2Fwp%2F2009%2F08%2F04%2Fhow-i-use-social-media
"My practices have been radically changed and shaped - yes, even transformed - by social software."
Erfahrungsbericht zum Einsatz von Social Media
How Nancy White uses social media
50 Terrific Twitter Tutorials for Teachers
http://www.onlinecolleges.net/2009/09/22/50-terrific-twitter-tutorials-for-teachers/
Social Networking’s New Global Footprint | Nielsen Wire
http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/global/social-networking-new-global-footprint/
The Nielsen report into Social Media growth between 2007 and 2008. Good stats about SM growth
Two-thirds of the world’s Internet population visit social networking or blogging sites, accounting for almost 10% of all internet time, according to a new Nielsen report “Global Faces and Networked Places.”
Social Media Outsourcing Can Be Risky (Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox)
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/social-mega-ia.html
Why it can be hard to incorporate material from social media sites on your web site.
Jakob discusses the best ways to organise multimedia content
Connosr - The Whisky Social Network (Beta) - Discover, Review and Share Single Malt Whisky
http://www.connosr.com/
Discover, review and share Single Malt Whisky with Connosr - the Whisky Social Network
Facebook Fan Boxes: Embeddable Facebook Pages
http://mashable.com/2009/07/08/facebook-fan-boxes/
From Mashable.com - The latest: Facebook Fan Boxes, which lets Facebook Page admins embed the latest activity from their Page on their own website. Page admins will now see an “Add Fan Box to your site” link under the logo of their page. From there, they can cut and paste the code into their website, which will then display a widget containing that page’s latest updates, and optionally, pictures of fans. Additionally, Facebook users can become a fan of a Page right from the website the Box is embedded on.
STUDY: Time Spent on Social Networks Has Tripled
http://mashable.com/2009/09/25/social-networking-triple/
Pesquisa feita em agosto/09, divulgada em setembro/09
According to a new report from The Nielsen Company, Americans spent 17% of all their Internet time using social networking sites. This was nearly triple the time spent a year ago.
Make Phone Calls on Twitter With @Call
http://mashable.com/2009/09/16/jajahcall/
RT @mashable: Make Phone Calls on Twitter With @Call - http://bit.ly/IvGRM - Definitely pushing the envelope! [from http://twitter.com/sspohnjr/statuses/4043562130]
Web-based phone service JAJAH has just released their Twitter calling feature JAJAH@Call in beta, giving participating members the ability to call each other,
Web-based phone service JAJAH has just released their TwitterTwitter calling feature JAJAH@Call in beta, giving participating members the ability to call each
Hmmm...2min free "tweet call" on #Twitter - What do you think? http://ow.ly/pNlF [from http://twitter.com/LauraleeGuthrie/statuses/4082452663]
Twitter’s Golden Ratio (That No One Likes To Talk About)
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/08/26/twitters-golden-ratio-that-no-one-likes-to-talk-about/
good description of classes of people on twitter.
Hate to take the linkbait but I disagree with @techcrunch on the golden ratio for Twitter. I want all types in my feed http://bit.ly/1ZLZui [from http://twitter.com/JMaultasch/statuses/3557139305]
Comenta varias "máximas" de las relaciones entre cantidad de gente que sigue un usuario y cantidad de gente que lo sigue.
A Twitter aranyszabálya, ami alapján elég hatékonyan el lehet dönteni, hogy egy minket újonnan követő embert visszakövetünk-e. Lényege, hogy ha a follower-following arány negatív (több following-ja van a usernek, mint ahány follower), akkor ez nagy valószínűséggel azt mutatja, hogy nem érdemes őt követni, mert nem érdekes a tartalma vagy mert valamilyen spammer. Ha az arány pozitív , akkor valszeg érdemes követni. Minél nagyobb az arány + vagy - irányba, annál igazabb lesz ez a szabály egy bizonyos pontig. Egyes IRL sztároknak többmillió followerük van, akik nem tudják ennek a mennyiségnek a felét sem visszakövetni, de nem biztos hogy ilyen nagy mértékben van jó tartalmuk. A túl nagy + aránnyal rendelkezőkre sokszor mondják, hogy nem is igazi Twitter userek, mert csak nagyon kevés embert követnek. A szabályt sok felhasználó használja és úgy tűnik valóban működik, de ellentmond a Twitter egyik alapelvének, miszerint ha elkezdesz követni valakit akkor elvárod, hogy az vissza is kövessen.
G2 meets Thomas Gensemer, the man who masterminded Obama's online presidential campaign | Politics | The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/feb/18/thomas-gensemer-online-election-campaign
Interview from Guardian G2, Feb 2009. "People have been bamboozled with the technology for too long," he says. "The real questions are, 'What are your goals, and how can you use technology to achieve them?' "Organisations can build very quickly, if they do the messaging right. They need to be able to answer the question, 'What can someone do for me today?'
"People have been bamboozled with the technology for too long," he says. "The real questions are, 'What are your goals, and how can you use technology to achieve them?' Our biggest sales pitch is that we couple the services along with the technology. A lot of our competition just sells technology, and the types of organisation and causes that we like to work with, if I go in and sell them really powerful technology, it doesn't do them any good, because they don't have the wherewithal to make sense of it."
Newest addition to my fantasy dinner party guestlist: Thomas Gensemer. http://is.gd/jUmY [from http://twitter.com/louisedoherty/statuses/1226680797]
Thomas Gensemer Mastermind of the Democratic campaign
PJF's Pages - Journal - Dark Stalking on Facebook
http://pjf.id.au/blog/?position=590
What makes this all rather chilling is that I'm doing all of this via the application API. If your friend has installed an application, then it can access quite a lot of information about you, unless you turn it off. If your friend has granted the application the read_stream privilege, then it can read your status stream. Even if a friend of a friend has done this, and you comment on your friend's status entries, it's possible to infer your existence and retrieve those discussions through dark stalking.
Most recently, I've been able to obtain status feeds, even for users who have very tight privacy settings, although I had to tweak my own application's privileges to do so. I don't know how far into the past these go, but they also come with likes information, and comments. This gives me a wealth of information on the strength and types of relationships people have. A person who comments a lot on another user's posts probably finds that user interesting. If I descended into keyword and text analysis, I may even be able to determine how they find that user interesting.
Programs to pull info out of facebook accounts
the information available to people via facebook is amazing....
Juice - The intelligent add-on for Firefox
http://grabjuice.com/
Juice is a free browser plugin that delivers rich, contextually relevant content to a sidebar area of your browser.
Great for sorting through mass of content for what you're actually looking for
Seems like Zemanta, but operates like Head Up (I think).
Social Network Statistics | Brian Solis - PR 2.0
http://www.briansolis.com/2009/10/revealing-the-people-defining-social-networks/
Some great data on the demographics of who is using social media. 75% of Facebookers and 81% of Twitterers are 25 and older. These are not "youth" tools.
perfil dos usuários de cada rede social
Data from August 2009
How to Demo Twitter - Holy Kaw!
http://holykaw.alltop.com/how-to-demo-twitter
bun pt wks - demo prin exemple, similar pt cirip
This is the set of links that were used to demo Twitter to the Surfing Industry Manufacturers Association. The purpose was to show consumer brands like Reef, Sector 9, and Sanuk how they could use Twitter as a tool.
The History of Web Browsers
http://sixrevisions.com/web-development/the-history-of-web-browsers/
From the first web browser in 1991 to the present day - one for the geeks!
Who’s Driving Twitter’s Popularity? Not Teenagers - NYTimes.com
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/26/technology/internet/26twitter.html?_r=1
Despite their reputation as early adopters, young people are not flocking to Twitter. But their parents are.
The public nature of Twitter is particularly sensitive for the under-18 set, whether because they want to hide what they are doing from their parents or, more often, because their parents restrict their interaction with strangers on the Web... Many young people use the Web not to keep up with the issues of the day but to form and express their identities, said Andrea Forte, who studied how high school students use social media for her dissertation. (She will be an assistant professor at Drexel University in the spring.)
chrisbrogan's casestudy Bookmarks on Delicious
http://delicious.com/chrisbrogan/casestudy
After seeing Chris' post on convincing people about social media I thought it would be worthwhile bookmarking his case studies bookmarks as a useful resource (blog post referred to: http://www.chrisbrogan.com/starting-your-social-media-case/)
via jdodds
awesome
chrisbrogan's casestudy Bookmarks on Delicious Tagged as casestudy socialmedia casestudies marketing socialnetworking strategy web2.0 study reference social list Use case studies. Need some to start with? Here, take mine. Find the ones that best align with what you want to do, and/or that best match your company’s verticals. Case studies are nature’s way of saying, “Hey, here’s an ass-covering for you.”
The 'Web Squared' Era - Forbes.com
http://www.forbes.com/2009/09/23/web-squared-oreilly-technology-breakthroughs-web2point0.html
Notes on Information Society
Five years in, collective intelligence applications are increasingly driven by cascades of sensor data being thrown off by devices, often without explicit human intervention. Today’s smartphones contain microphones and cameras, as well as motion, proximity, location, and direction sensors. They have their own eyes, ears, and sense of touch. Revolutionary new applications connect those senses to cloud databases and programs running on massive server farms.
La web al cuadrado (Web squared), el nuevo invento de marketing de Tim O´Reilly.
Community management: The 'essential' capability of successful Enterprise 2.0 efforts | Enterprise Web 2.0 | ZDNet.com
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Hinchcliffe/?p=913
ommunity management: The 'essential' capability of successful Enterprise 2.0 efforts
It’s not a skill that’s been widely understood until quite recently, however community management has begun to move to the forefront of discussions about enterprise social computing as the use of social tools begins to climb the maturity curve. Now community management is increasingly proving not just useful but a critical component of Enterprise 2.0 efforts despite an often vague understanding of what it is and where it should be situated in the org chart.
The History and Evolution of Social Media | Webdesigner Depot
http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/10/the-history-and-evolution-of-social-media/
Contiene una información muy completa de redes sociales, videos, fotos... Genial
Artikel zur Geschichte der Social Media
In this article, we’ll review the history and evolution of social media from its humble beginnings to the present day.
The History and Evolution of Social Media | Webdesigner Depot - http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/10/the-history-and-evolution-of-social-media/
HOW TO: Manage a Facebook Group
http://mashable.com/2009/10/07/facebook-groups/
"acebook Pages may be taking the social network by storm, but they can take time and technical skill to set up. When you need to promote something quickly, or are looking to foster a stronger sense of community, the more traditional Facebook Group is often the way to go. While not as fancy as Pages, Groups offer many of the same features, with a slightly more streamlined look. This makes it easy for virtually anyone to create a Group, for any number of purposes, and get them live quickly—an important benefit in the time-sensitive social media sphere. However, the ease and speed with which a Group can be set up has created a lot of spammy or messy Groups that are slapped together in minutes and abandoned soon after. In order to break through the clutter and gain members, you need to take the time to set up a Group correctly. Here are a few tips:
The Ultimate List of Niche Social Networks « Internet Marketing Blog
http://raven-seo-tools.com/blog/1151/the-ultimate-list-of-niche-social-networks
As participation marketing continues to gain traction as the most effective way to market a website, niche social networks are emerging as a crucial part of that strategy. While Facebook and Twitter can play an integral part in social media campaigns, they don’t always have the best targeted users and groups. Whereas, niche social networks, like cork’d and Social Workout, provide highly targeted communities for marketers.
Ideas to Inspire
http://www.ideastoinspire.co.uk/twitter.htm
Lots of practical ways to use twitter in the classroom immediately
Ideas for interactive and engaging lesson activities in a range of curriculum areas. Contributed by teachers from all around the world.
The Top 21 Twitter Clients (According To TwitStat)
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/02/19/the-top-21-twitter-clients-according-to-twitstat/
Twitter
Food Web, Meet Interweb: The Networked Future of Farms | Wired Science | Wired.com
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/05/food-web-meet-interweb/
Silicon Valley thinks the internet can transform anything from car sales to anonymous sex, but the way Americans grow and buy food is rooted in ancient,
'FarmsReach wants to make ordering from local, small farms as easy and reliable as ordering from Sysco. Farmers with smartphones would snap quick photos of their produce, then upload their products into their “virtual stalls.” Restaurants could cruise through the vegetables online and pick what they wanted. It’s a classic farmer’s market with a high-tech twist. And by bringing producers and customers closer together, the internet could cause purchasers to change who they buy their food from. Already, increasing numbers of restaurants and produce buyers demand to know more about the food they are purchasing.'
"With a suite of mobile apps for use in restaurants and on farms, FarmsReach wants to create an online food marketplace that would directly connect farms with restaurants. “The food supply industry is ripe for ‘disintermediation’ because of the internet,” said Alistair Croll, a startup consultant working with FarmsReach. In other words, middlemen beware: Food could undergo a transition like the one that swept through classified ads, air travel and dozens of other industries. If that happens, it could begin to transform the food system, and that would be welcome news for food activists. The problems of the food system have been well-chronicled over the last few years: environmental degradation, occasional food-borne disease outbreaks and millions of overweight Americans."
the baby book for modern parents - lil'grams
http://lilgrams.com/
online baby book blogg
UGC platform (blog / foto / video ..) for new parent ... with some social network elements added ...
50 Excellent Online Communities for Lifelong Learners - Learn-gasm
http://www.bachelorsdegreeonline.com/blog/2009/50-excellent-online-communities-for-lifelong-learners/
Unresolvable
Streams, Walls, and Feeds: Distributing Content Through Social Networks and RSS (Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox)
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/streams-feeds.html
AlertBox gives insight to how users interact with corporate streams. like Facebook, Twitter, and RSS.
According to a study of social networking postings, users like the simplicity of messages that pass into oblivion over time, but were frequently frustrated by unscannable writing, overly frequent postings, and their inability to locate companies on social networks.
Summary: Users like the simplicity of messages that pass into oblivion over time, but were frequently frustrated by unscannable writing, overly frequent postings, and their inability to locate companies on social networks.
Does your social class determine your online social network? - CNN.com
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/10/13/social.networking.class/index.html
This article questions whether social networks may maintain some of the same cultural divides as regular networks.
Does it have less to do with class and more to do with age or maturity?
HOW TO: Organize an Event on Facebook
http://mashable.com/2009/10/14/facebook-events-guide/
Some people wonder if all this social networking is really making us more social — we’re just sitting in front of our computers, after all. But Facebook, the web’s largest social network, plays host to 3 million event listings each month. And these are offline events, ranging in size from small, friendly get-togethers, to company picnics, to enormous political protests.
20 Social Networking Sites for Business Professionals
http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2009/07/28/social-networking-sites-for-business/
20 Social Networking Sites for Business Professionals - http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2009/07/28/social-networking-sites-for-business/
Many of us actively use sites like Twitter and Facebook to promote our businesses. And those of us looking to connect with more business-related contacts may turn to sites like LinkedIn to develop relationships with people we have worked with or may want to work with. With the growing use of social networking by business professionals, there is a growing number of social networking sites focused on business users and meeting their needs. Here is a list of 20 social networking sites for entrepreneurs, business owners and professionals that are worth a look.
5 Ways Social Media is Changing Our Daily Lives
http://mashable.com/2009/10/16/social-media-changing-lives/
for presentation
Top 5 Twitter Trends to Watch Right Now
http://mashable.com/2009/10/17/crowdsourced-twitter-trends/
Alright. Agree on the most of the trends.
t
Smarter Healthcare: How Social Media is Revolutionizing Your Doctor Visits
http://mashable.com/2009/10/05/social-media-healthcare/
Web-based and social media tools are making it easier to get health information, find doctors, make appointments, keep records, and get support.
"One of the most obvious ways that the web and social media are making our lives healthier, is in the proliferation of health information."
5 Must-Read Social Media Marketing Studies | Social Media Examiner
http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/5-must-read-social-media-marketing-studies/
Showcase of Social Networking Websites | Vandelay Design Blog
http://vandelaydesign.com/blog/galleries/social-networking-websites/
RT @mayhemstudios @vandelaydesign Showcase of Social Networking Websites http://bit.ly/18WPaG [from http://twitter.com/MarketingVeep/statuses/4676318145]
10 ways to use social media to get a new job | News | TechRadar UK
http://www.techradar.com/news/world-of-tech/10-ways-to-use-social-media-to-get-a-new-job-642756
jobsearch social media
Haystack : Discover the right Web Designer for your next project.
http://haystack.com/
Discover the right Web Designer for your next project.
Find a web designer for your next project.
Who Uses Social Networks? - eMarketer
http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?R=1007210
Everyone knows that social networking sites are growing in popularity. Millions of individuals visit daily—or even more often. Annotated link http://www.diigo.com/bookmark/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emarketer.com%2FArticle.aspx%3FR%3D1007210
Quite a jump in the last year for the 55+ demographic
Everyone knows that social networking sites are growing in popularity. Millions of individuals visit daily&mdash;or even more often. According to the “Consumer Internet Barometer” report from TNS and
Everyone knows that social networking sites are growing in popularity. Millions of individuals visit daily—or even more often.
The evolving face of networks | Technology | The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/oct/07/facebook-social-networks-evolutionary-graph-theory
What we do know is that more measurements need to be made, spread out over the next two to five years. According to Lieberman, the only way to predict how a social network will evolve is to construct an artificial one and track the flow of ideas within it. What is the likelihood of people forwarding on items that they receive in a social network such as Facebook (news items, links, video clips)? What is the likelihood of people responding to messages, or re-tweeting other people's tweets on Twitter? "The idea we need to explore is this: what is the likelihood that a particular stimulus within a social network leads to a particular response?" says Lieberman. "In my opinion, as we get better at measuring what happens within social networks, I predict a lot more organised marketing efforts on social networks as well as systematic influence campaigns."
What we do know is that more measurements need to be made, spread out over the next two to five years. According to Lieberman, the only way to predict how a social network will evolve is to construct an artificial one and track the flow of ideas within it. What is the likelihood of people forwarding on items that they receive in a social network such as Facebook (news items, links, video clips)? What is the likelihood of people responding to messages, or re-tweeting other people's tweets on Twitter? "The idea we need to explore is this: what is the likelihood that a particular stimulus within a social network leads to a particular response?" says Lieberman. "In my opinion, as we get better at measuring what happens within social networks, I predict a lot more organised marketing efforts on social networks as well as systematic influence campaigns."
"Laura Parker: What can evolutionary graph theory teach us about the spread of ideas on social networks such as Facebook and Twitter?"
The evolving face of social networks Laura Parker: What can evolutionary graph theory teach us about the spread of ideas on social networks such as Facebook and Twitter?
from the site: Article about Harvard graduate student Erez Lieberman, whose evolutionary graph theory is encouraging people to think about social networks in a different way: as an evolving population.
network developing and graph theory
apophenia: Some thoughts on Twitter vs. Facebook Status Updates
http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2009/10/25/some_thoughts_o_2.html
danah boyd discusses the differences in Twitter and Facebook status updates in relation to the social graph.
The Science of Retweets on Twitter | Brian Solis - PR 2.0
http://www.briansolis.com/2009/10/the-science-of-retweets-on-twitter/
retweet science
Post shows the best subjects, words, punctuation, days and times to maximize retweets.
interesting take. About Dan Zarella's report. http://twitter.com/danzarrella http://danzarrella.com/
Social Games: How The Big Three Make Millions
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/10/26/social-games-how-the-big-three-make-millions/
By http://bit.ly/Tweets2Delicious
annually on sales of virtual goods. Need a shotgun to do that next job on Mobsters? No problem. Pay with a credit card, paypal, or your mobile phone and it’s all yours. And people are obviously very willing to buy these virtual goods. Nothing new there.
HOW TO: Become an Expert in Your Industry
http://mashable.com/2009/10/27/industry-expert-how-to/
100 Ways You Should Be Using Facebook in Your Classroom | Online College Tips - Online Colleges
http://www.onlinecollege.org/2009/10/20/100-ways-you-should-be-using-facebook-in-your-classroom/
100 Ways You Should Be Using Facebook in Your Classroom
Teachers can utilize Facebook for class projects, for enhancing communication, and for engaging students in a manner that might not be entirely possible in traditional classroom settings.
10 Small Business Social Media Marketing Tips
http://mashable.com/2009/10/28/small-business-marketing/
Social media is a big place, and navigating the many networks and tools can be tough. Here are 10 great ways small businesses can make the most of social media.
30+ Very Useful Twitter Tools You Must Be Aware Of | SEOptimise
http://www.seoptimise.com/blog/2008/11/30-very-useful-twitter-tools-you-must-be-aware-of.html
We see at least a dozen new Twiter tools every other day. So I selected just 30+ Twitter tools that are most useful right now. Some of these tools have been around for a few months some have sprung up just recently. They have one thing in common: You must be aware of these tools in case you’re serious about Twitter participation.
more twitter tools
Listorious: Discover the Best Twitter Lists
http://listorious.com/
9 Useful Sites For Finding People To Follow On Twitter | MakeUseOf.com
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/9-useful-sites-for-finding-people-to-follow-on-twitter/
9 Useful Sites For Finding People To Follow On Twitter - http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/9-useful-sites-for-finding-people-to-follow-on-twitter/
More tools to help you find followers on Twitter
twitter help find people to follow who to twitter_help
use
louisgray.com: 15 Tools for Your Twitter Toolbox
http://www.louisgray.com/live/2008/11/15-tools-for-your-twitter-toolbox.html
via AngelaMaiers RT @louisgray- 15 Twitter Tools for your Toolbox-
Google Press Center: Twitter Directory
http://www.google.com/press/twitter_directory.html
All the different Google accounts on Twitter
Google accounts on Twitter published October 31
How To Spam Facebook Like A Pro: An Insider’s Confession
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/11/01/how-to-spam-facebook-like-a-pro-an-insiders-confession/
facebook users, beware
Interesting article on the spamming economics of Facebook and social media, straight from the horses mouth
Last night we wrote about the lead generation scams within social gaming networks. This is a guest post by Dennis Yu, the CEO ...
How To Spam Facebook Like A Pro: An Insider’s Confession
Six Social Media Trends for 2010 - Conversation Starter - HarvardBusiness.org
http://blogs.harvardbusiness.org/cs/2009/11/six_social_media_trends.html
With approximately 70 percent of organizations banning social networks and, simultaneously, sales of smartphones on the rise, it's likely that employees will seek to feed their social media addictions on their mobile devices
uh oh...social media predictions for 2010 have started - a good article on Harvard Business
mobile
1. less social; 2. corporations scale up; 3. Social business gets competitive; 4. Everyone has a social media policy; 5. Mobile gets important for social media; 6. Sharing is now more than email
via @leebryant
B.L. Ochman's blog: 10 Things Social Media Can't Do
http://www.whatsnextblog.com/archives/2009/10/10_things_social_media_cant_do.asp
B.L. Ochman's blog: 10 Things Social Media Can't Do
10 Things Social Media Can't Do
Waardevolle tips over wat je kan verwachten van Sociale Media en wat niet.
Twitter Links @ Educators
http://www.vrml.k12.la.us/curriculum/tech/socialnetwork/twitter/twitter.htm
Twitter Links
A good set of links to useful tips on using Twitter for teachers and groups to join or follow
twitter help for educators
Social networks and kids: How young is too young? - CNN.com
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/11/02/kids.social.networks/index.html
How young is too young for kids to be on facebook - the minimum age is 13 - but they have no way to verify how old kids who sign up actually are
Important article to read about children of all ages creating profiles. I believe this supports our driving need to incorporate instruction and discussion on this topic in schools. Annotated link http://www.diigo.com/bookmark/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2009%2FTECH%2F11%2F02%2Fkids.social.networks
Researchers say a growing number of children are flouting age requirements on sites such as Facebook and MySpace, or using social-networking sites designed just for them. Facebook and MySpace require users to be at least 13. But they have no practical way to verify ages, and many young users pretend to be older when signing up. Some scientists worry that pre-adolescent use of the sites, which some therapists have linked to Internet addiction among adults, could be damaging to children's relationships and brains.
10 Ways You Can Use Twitter Lists
http://mashable.com/2009/11/04/twitter-lists-uses/
10 Ways You Can Use Twitter Lists
Savvy individuals are looking for ways to use lists to further their personal/professional agendas, and while we are all still learning how to harness the power of this new feature, here are a few ideas to get the creative juices flowing.
Choosing the Right Social Media Tools for Your Business [Video]
http://mashable.com/2009/10/27/social-media-tools-video/
how to grow your business via socialnetworking
Social Isolation and New Technology | Pew Internet & American Life Project
http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2009/18--Social-Isolation-and-New-Technology.aspx
This Pew Internet Personal Networks and Community survey finds that Americans are not as isolated as has been previously reported. People’s use of the mobile phone and the internet is associated with larger and more diverse discussion networks. And, when we examine people’s full personal network – their strong and weak ties – internet use in general and use of social networking services such as Facebook in particular are associated with more diverse social networks.
his report adds new insights to an ongoing debate about the extent of social isolation in America. A widely-reported 2006 study argued that since 1985 Americans have become more socially isolated, the size of their discussion networks has declined, and the diversity of those people with whom they discuss important matters has decreased. In particular, the study found that Americans have fewer close ties to those from their neighborhoods and from voluntary associations. Sociologists Miller McPherson, Lynn Smith-Lovin and Matthew Brashears suggest that new technologies, such as the internet and mobile phone, may play a role in advancing this trend. Specifically, they argue that the type of social ties supported by these technologies are relatively weak and geographically dispersed, not the strong, often
An interesting report on the changing landscape of social connections.
Can we get on Pew's press release list so we don't have to read about their studies in NY times?
Inside Twitter HQ | Technology | The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/jul/15/twitter-headquarters-biz-stone
Life at Twitter
But behind the calm, every-office exterior, lies the astonishing truth: the staff here are holding up the systems behind the world's hottest internet startup. They are responsible for a sprawling website on which 35 million people from all over the world fire out vast numbers of messages every second. This isn't just any normal office. This is Twitter.
7 Ways to Get More Out of LinkedIn
http://mashable.com/2009/11/09/linkedin-tips/
some of the things you should consider incorporating into your LinkedIn strategy
10 Essential Social Media Blogs You Should Definitely Bookmark | Inspired Magazine
http://www.inspiredm.com/2009/11/01/10-essential-social-media-blogs-you-should-definitely-bookmark/
10 Essential Social Media Blogs You Should Definitely Bookmark
// The social blog scene is getting pretty crowded these days and we cannot just stand here without releasing a new list. So give it up for the coolest
The social blog scene is getting pretty crowded these days and we cannot just stand here without releasing a new list. So give it up for the coolest social media & social marketing blogs out there! Please leave some suggestions & feedback in the comments area.
7 Things You Should Know About Google Wave | EDUCAUSE
http://www.educause.edu/Resources/7ThingsYouShouldKnowAboutGoogl/188963
From the abstract: "The "7 Things You Should Know About..." series from the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI) provides concise information on emerging learning technologies. Each brief focuses on a single technology and describes what it is, where it is going, and why it matters to teaching and learning. Use these briefs for a no-jargon, quick overview of a topic and share them with time-pressed colleagues."
How to build a Social Networking Website with Drupal – woorkup.com
http://woorkup.com/2009/11/10/how-to-build-a-social-networking-website-with-drupal/
Guide pour construire un réseau social avec Drupal
Nice introductory post on putting together a social site with Drupal
Burberry - Art of the Trench
http://artofthetrench.com/
Art of the Trench is a living celebration of the trench coat and the people who wear it, created by Burberry, some of the world's leading image makers, and you.
Love this. Great facebook connect integration.
Evan Williams | evhead: Why Retweet works the way it does
http://evhead.com/2009/11/why-retweet-works-way-it-does.html
Interesting blog from the creater of Twitter
I'm making this post because I know the design of this feature will be somewhat controversial. People understandably have expectations of how the retweet function should work. And I want to show some of the thinking that's gone into it. I've been a big proponent of this particular design internally at Twitter, because, while it won't serve every use case, I think it offers something new and powerful.
excellent communication on the introduction of the new retweet feature on twitter. i don't think i've _ever_ retweeted anything. although i couldn't have articulated the reasons, i think the problems listed in the 'background' section of the post existed in my subconscious somewhere. i might start retweeting now though.
How Twitter is Changing the Face of Media
http://mashable.com/2009/11/11/twitter-media-landscape/
Interesante artículo de como twitter está cambiando los medios de comunicación.
Top 5 Must-Read Social Media Books
http://mashable.com/2009/11/13/social-media-book-review/
So you want to get up to speed fast on the latest social media thinking. Maybe give your colleague, boss or friend a dose of new social strategies. But where to start? Amazon nicely suggests 44,444 titles that they would be delighted to overnight direct to your bookshelf. Ummm, no thanks. Fortunately, you’ve got your own social media fairy right here. (Hi!) We’ve already done the hard part for you, and have narrowed down those 44,444 titles to 5 killer must-reads that can get you on the road to social media stardom. Abracadabra!
A mudança de Comunicação nas Empresas. Esta história é magicamente formatado para 2 tipos de pessoas: os leitores e espectadores. Olhe para cima para o vídeo, ou desloque-se para o texto. Magic. Você vai aprender porque confiança é a nova moeda, de Chris Brogan Smith e Julien, como a revolução da mídia social "tem transformado o megafone em torno" de Tara Hunt, os dois pilares do sucesso de mídia social de Mitch Joel, porque você precisa trabalhar o seu rosto largo de Gary Vaynerchuk e, por último, os detalhes de algumas das ferramentas mais eficazes para fora lá para crescer seu negócio e marca pessoal com Tamar Weinberg. Essas idéias são 5 (quase!) Tudo que você precisa para criar e executar um poderoso jogo de meios de comunicação social-plano. Let's go
read social book must
10 WordPress Plugins to Help Build Community
http://mashable.com/2009/11/13/wordpress-community-plugins/
The expression of community has changed considerably since the emergence of social media technologies, but its basic foundation — the notion of individuals exchanging information, ideas, and opinions — remains firmly intact. Today, one of the most widely-used tools in developing these types of exchanges online is WordPress (WordPress), the popular blogging and publishing platform. Part of its appeal is the ease with which users can build advanced functionality into their sites with plugins. If you’re interested in building a community around your site, there are plenty of third-party add-ons that can help create one.
How to Get More Followers on Twitter
http://www.twitip.com/how-to-get-more-followers-on-twitter/
problogger tips for getting more Twitter followers
How do I get more followers on Twitter? This is a question I get asked a lot - so I thought I'd put together a bit of a compilation of links to posts I've
Twitter Cluelessness : The World :: American Express OPEN Forum
http://www.openforum.com/idea-hub/topics/the-world/article/twitter-cluelessness-guy-kawasaki
As a small business person, you can’t afford to look clueless anywhere on the Internet, but this is especially true on Twitter. Read on if you want to avoid this fate.
by Guy Kawasaki
A funny thing often happens to me: People tell me that they&rsquo;re really into technology and ask what it was like to work for Steve Jobs. But they
Can this Video get Teachers Started? | Future of Education
http://futureofeducation.edublogs.org/2009/07/25/can-this-video-get-teachers-started/
Interesting comment discussion about my Brave New World Wide Web Video
A Brave New World World Wide Web; Education Blog; Can this video get teachers started?
Koofers - Exams, Rate/Pick Professors, Ratings/Evaluations, Notes
http://www.koofers.com/
YouTube - Direct's Channel
http://www.youtube.com/direct
Compartilhe seus vídeos com seus amigos, com sua família e com o mundo
A new service from YouTube which takes the idea of embedding code one step further: you now can embed upload functions directly on your site, allowing for your users to upload videos to you without having to go through youtube.com
Permet aux citoyens de proposer des video de leur actualité à des médias. Peut s'installer sur son site.
Is this useful and good or just more spreading of the hegemony of Google to everywhere?
6 Ways to Use Ning for Business
http://mashable.com/2009/11/18/ning-business/
There is an almost overwhelming number of options on the social web for businesses to create and participate in communities. You hear a lot about Facebook Fan Pages, Twitter() communities, and even LinkedIn Groups; but businesses have another option when looking to build a community online that’s often overlooked despite having nearly 40 million users: Ning. Ning allows businesses to create their own off-site social network for their brand’s community, and participate in existing conversations with the communities they are looking to engage. Here are 6 ways businesses can put Ning to work.
Downloads | Komodo Media
http://www.komodomedia.com/download/#social-network-icon-pack
Downloads!
80+ ridiculously rad social networking icons
Finally, some social networking icons I would actually use.
HOW TO: Take Advantage of FriendFeed's Unique Features
http://mashable.com/2009/08/10/friendfeed-tips-saved-searches/
Quote and Comment
http://jayrosen.tumblr.com/post/110043432/mindcasting-defining-the-form-spreading-the-meme
"A method I endorse is to understand things by participating in them. By doing your own thing, you learn the difference between possible actions (what you can do with the system) and likely behavior: what most people will tend to do when that system is switched on for them. Forget this difference and you foreclose on your invention. I started about a year ago in my project to understand Twitter by being on it . I wanted to know what it could be used for by citizens of the Web seeking knowledge for any reason. As a writer I wanted to make it work for me and my interrelated schemes. (Which is the approach I have with Tumblr, too. And Friend Feed .)"
http://tr.im/kWAw
A method I endorse is to understand things by participating in them. By doing your own thing, you learn the difference between possible actions (what you can do with the system) and likely behavior: what most people will tend to do when that system is switched on for them. Forget this difference and you foreclose on your invention.
"On Twitter, mindcasting is the new lifecasting" (BUT: some lifecasting injected is essential)
Annotated link http://www.diigo.com/bookmark/http%3A%2F%2Fjayrosen.tumblr.com%2Fpost%2F110043432%2Fmindcasting-defining-the-form-spreading-the-meme
After social networks, what next? | Media | guardian.co.uk
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/pda/2009/nov/24/future-of-social-networks-twitter-linkedin-mobile-application-next
How Social Networks Are Changing Everything - BusinessWeek
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/09_20/b4131067611088.htm
How social networks are changing everything (BusinessWeek) http://twurl.nl/dbpu1r [from http://twitter.com/markivey/statuses/1765590556]
RT: @valdiskrebs: Old goal: organize the world's information.New goal: organize the world's people. http://is.gd/xMeG [from http://twitter.com/CircleReader/statuses/1788508260]
Facebook and its ilk offer platforms to explore all the Web with one's relevant data in tow, and they're set to overtake the big portals
Business needs to take social netowrks into account
the explicit
http://www.zefrank.com/explicit/
Jorge Luis Borges wrote that we each have three themes that guide our creative life. I don’t remember what his were exactly but I’m going to guess labyrinths, knife fights and memory. If you don’t know of him, I would start with Borges: Collected Fictions , which is certainly worthwhile..........To try and trick the self-consciousness away I framed this blog as “Notes and Advice to Someone Just Like Me.” I assumed that someone like me would be a more forgiving audience. 3) I was wrong. Ha!
Ze Frank on Scale.
Being a Director of Community | Altitude Branding | Brand Elevation through Social Media
http://altitudebranding.com/2009/03/being-a-director-of-community/
Amber Naslund
The Innovative Educator: 21st Century Educators Don’t Say, “Hand It In.” They say, “Publish It!
http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com/2009/11/21st-century-educators-dont-say-hand-it.html
Don’t Say, “Hand It In.” They say, “Publish It!
Educators who ask students to, "Hand it in" rather than, "Publish it" are stuck in the past and not preparing 21st century students.” The Innovative Educato
“Educators who ask students to, "Hand it in" rather than, "Publish it" are stuck in the past and not preparing 21st century students.” The Innovative Educator:
Excelente post sobre como pasar del entregar al docente al PUBLICAR!!!!
The Boom of Social Sites | Other | Focus.com
http://www.focus.com/fyi/other/boom-social-sites/
The explosion of social networking sites over the past decade has facilitated a transformation in the way we communicate with each other. Here we look at some of these communities with over 1 million users, both active and defunct.
gráfico con número de usuarios de las redes sociales desde el comienzo
Infographic of various social sites, dates est and members
Google Wave’s Little Secret: It Already Works On The iPhone
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/10/13/google-waves-little-secret-it-already-works-on-the-iphone/
but without the Safari wrapper which allows
Webkit
Hey Rob, Not sure if this is something you or your listeners might be interested in, but here's a link on how to run Google Wave on the iPhone, although it doesn't technically support mobile safari. http://ff.im/-9QdtL Keep up the good work Renzo
Google Wave, the search giant's latest experiment in post-email communications, is hardly out the gate, with some of the first 100,000 private beta ...
300 Case Studies of Social Media Marketing
http://www.scribd.com/doc/16316521/300-Case-Studies-of-Social-Media-Marketing
Scrib doc
ViralHeat: Sophisticated Social Media Tracking on the Cheap
http://mashable.com/2009/07/07/viralheat/
Mashable article
Study: Males vs. females in social networks | Royal Pingdom
http://royal.pingdom.com/2009/11/27/study-males-vs-females-in-social-networks/
Have you ever wondered how many of Twitter’s users are women? Or men? What about Facebook, MySpace, Digg, LinkedIn, and other sites in the social media sphere? We have tracked down this information for a number of social network sites (19 of them). All the major ones have been included, like Facebook, MySpace and Twitter and also some of the most popular social news sites; Digg, Reddit and Slashdot.
Kevin: The male-female ration on 19 social network sites including Facebook, MySpace and Twitter and social news sites like Digg, Reddit and Slashdot.
Full list of sites in this mini study: Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace, Twitter, Slashdot, Reddit, Digg, Delicious, StumbleUpon, FriendFeed, Last.fm, Friendster, LiveJournal, Hi5, Imeem, Ning, Xanga, Classmates.com, Bebo.
BREAKING: Facebook Introduces @Mentions in Status Updates
http://mashable.com/2009/09/10/facebook-mentions/
RT @tweetmeme BREAKING: Facebook Introduces @Mentions in Status Updates http://bit.ly/4a4KV8 - Interesting. [from http://twitter.com/Nfernus/statuses/3894519662]
RT @yonitdm: BREAKING: Facebook Introduces @Mentions in Status Updates - http://bit.ly/fZ13n (via @mashable) [from http://twitter.com/cyberdad/statuses/3894386304]
One of Twitter'sTwitter strongest features is the @reply, where you can direct a message to someone else on Twitter by typing @ and then their username.
more evidence of facebook copying twitter
RT @mashable: Considering what this means for Twitter: "BREAKING: Facebook Introduces @Mentions in Status Updates" http://bit.ly/fZ13n [from http://twitter.com/Ipu_chan/statuses/3894493236]
STATS: Social Media Resistance Is Fading Fast
http://mashable.com/2009/08/26/social-media-brand-marketers/
Recently, Mashable highlighted a study that showed two-thirds of marketers now use social media in some capacity. Today, more data confirming this trend, but also pointing to what looks poised to be nearly total saturation within a year. According to a report published today by eMarketer, 59% of brand marketers currently use social media. But within 12 months, that number will swell to 82%. And in the long-run, only 13% indicate having no plans to enter the medium.
10 Web trends to watch in 2010 - CNN.com
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/12/03/cashmore.web.trends.2010/index.html
10 web trends to watch in 2010
Soon, our whereabouts may optionally be appended to every Tweet, blog comment, photo or video we post.
So many of these were in my list....
Twitter Trumps Online Conference - Six Steps For Using Twitter For Your Conference Or Event
http://www.twitip.com/twitter-trumps-online-conference-six-steps-for-using-twitter-for-your-conference-or-event/
Six Things Libraries Should Tweet | Information Tyrannosaur
http://andyburkhardt.com/2009/07/27/six-things-libraries-should-tweet/
” But people often wonder, what sort of things should our library tweet about? Here’s a list: * Library events – Let people know what’s going on. Having a movie night in the library? Let people know. Having a chili cookoff? Get the word out! * Links to articles, videos, etc. – If you come across web content that would be relevant or helpful to your patrons, tweet it. You can even tweet things marginally related if you think your patrons would respond favorably. Twitter is great for sending links. And don’t forget to use a link shortener like bit.ly or tinyurl.
Ideas for how NCL can use twitter. What we need to do is find a good way to attract follwers.
Examples of things you should be posting to a library Twitter account.
Library events, links to articles, videos etc, solicit feedback, new additions to your collection, marketing, answer questions
5 Ways Social Media Will Change Recorded History
http://mashable.com/2008/11/18/consequences-of-social-media/
5 Ways Social Media Will Change Recorded History - Mashable
Society didn’t take away the privacy of individuals. We gave it away
pt viral
FT.com / Reportage - The rise and fall of MySpace
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/fd9ffd9c-dee5-11de-adff-00144feab49a.html
interesting article, all too believable.
In summer 2005, having spent the best part of four decades building a newspaper, film and television empire, Rupert Murdoch decided that the time had come to get serious about the internet. As founder and chairman of News Corporation, one of the world’s biggest and most powerful media conglomerates, Murdoch controls an eclectic portfolio of businesses ranging from The Sun newspaper to the movie studio 20th Century Fox. Yet with young people “watching less television and reading fewer newspapers”, as he observed that summer, News Corp desperately needed a bigger presence online.
The 4 Types of Branded Facebook Campaigns
http://www.allfacebook.com/2009/07/branded-facebook-campaigns/
From AllFacebook.
Social Web’s Big Question: Federate or Aggregate? - GigaOM
http://gigaom.com/2008/11/30/social-webs-big-question-federate-or-aggregate/
was kommt nach dem web 2.0? http://is.gd/9GuC #geekstuff [from http://twitter.com/doktordab/statuses/1861274928]
A Power “communicator” will allow you to send information to all your friends across networks with the ease of sending an email. “This is just like Meebo,” Vachani insisted, where they log in to and constantly interact with the service. It doesn’t use any APIs, and all the magic happens using this technology developed by the company. Vachani called it “intelligent proxy.” I have asked for more details to understand how exactly it works.
The big question facing the social web depends on the direction it needs to take. A sharp increase in the number of web services and social networks has many of us yearning for a single sign-on, which has led to the idea of “federation.”
as well as other web services. It is not the first startup of its kind. Several others — MyLifeBrand
A sharp increase in the number of web services and social networks has many of us yearning for a single sign-on, which has led to the idea of “federation.” On the flip side, we also want one place to manage our diverse web services in one place — in other words, aggregation.
Beware Social Media Snake Oil - BusinessWeek
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/09_50/b4159048693735.htm
Hordes of marketing &quot;experts&quot; are promoting the value of wikis, social networks, and blogs. All the hype may obscure the real potential of these online tools
Hordes of marketing "experts" are promoting the value of wikis, social networks, and blogs. All the hype may obscure the real potential of these online tools
This is why claiming to be an "expert" in social media is not an option - I had a love/hate response while reading this article.
For business, the rising popularity of Facebook, Twitter, and other social media Web sites presents a tantalizing opportunity. As millions of people flock to these online services to chat, flirt, swap photos, and network, companies have the chance to tune in to billions of digital conversations.
Their pronouncements follow a rigid gospel: Be transparent, engage with your customers, break down silos. Yet these strictures don't always make business sense.
Facebook's New Privacy Changes: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly | Electronic Frontier Foundation
http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/12/facebooks-new-privacy-changes-good-bad-and-ugly
publicly available information"
In conclusion, we at EFF are worried that today's changes will lead to Facebook users publishing to the world much more information about themselves than they ever intended.
The new changes are intended to simplify Facebook's notoriously complex privacy settings and, in the words of today's privacy announcement to all Facebook users, "give you more control of your information." But do all of the changes really give Facebook users more control over their information? EFF took a close look at the changes to figure out which ones are for the better — and which ones are for the worse.
The Journalist's Guide to Maximizing Personal Social Media ROI
http://mashable.com/2009/12/02/personal-social-media-roi/
Cómo usan Twitter cinco periodistas
10 Ways Social Media Will Change In 2010
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/10_ways_social_media_will_change_in_2010.php
Really nice summary of where we're headed.
This time last year, I wrote about the 10 ways social media will change 2009, and while all predictions have materialized or are on their way, it has ...
december 2009
TV Shows, TV Trivia, TV Quotes, TV Episodes and more - TVLoop
http://tvloop.com/
The TVLoop™ online community is the largest online community of passionate TV fans with over 16 million registered members across TVLoop.com and the top 5 social networking sites including Facebook and MySpace. The TVLoop community enables members to connect with other passionate fans, discuss their favorite shows, play social games, and watch their favorite episodes and clips. The TVLoop community is owned and operated by Watercooler, Inc.
yay tvloop!
Google, Facebook, MySpace and More Meet to Talk Activity Streams - ReadWriteWeb
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/google_facebook_myspace_activitystreams.php
how to handle media files in activity feed streams
People from Google, MySpace, Facebook, Yahoo!, Nokia, Comcast" and startups met on January 8, 2009, to "discuss proposed standards for the future of 'activity streams'." Marshall Kirkpatrick analogizes standards to the railroads' standardization on gauge track.
New microsyntax for Twitter: three pointers and the slasher | FactoryCity
http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2009/11/08/new-microsyntax-for-twitter-three-pointers-and-the-slasher/
/via /cc /by
Neue Twitter-Konventionen: "slashtags"
"All of these are simple conventions for adding more standard metadata to a post in a specific, uniform way."
Since it’s apparently all the rage to design your own features for Twitter now, I figured I’d build on my success with the hashtag and crank out a few more. All of these are simple conventions for adding more standard metadata to a post in a specific, uniform way.
Slashers and pointers. /via, /cc, /by. Good ideas /via @ChrisMessina.
9 Tips for Enriching Your Presentations With Social Media
http://mashable.com/2009/12/14/presentations-social-media/
Keynote Tweet
Social media offers some innovative ways to engage your audience during a presentation. Here are some tips on how to enrich the experience using these social tools.
Pioneer presenters are using social media to engage their audience and extend the reach of their ideas. Twitter (Twitter), Facebook (Facebook), and numerous custom online tools allow presenters to create a backchannel for their audience’s ideas and feedback. This two-way engagement can enrich the audience’s understanding as well as the presenter’s effectiveness. Here are 9 tips for improving your presentations with social media.
Welcome to Seppukoo / Assisting your virtual suicide
http://www.seppukoo.com/
You are more than your virtual identity. Pass away and leave your virtual ID behind.
Facebook Suicide
via psflannery
10 New Privacy Settings Every Facebook User Should Know
http://www.allfacebook.com/2009/12/facebook-privacy-new/
Last week Facebook rolled out a new version of their privacy settings to all users. Privacy settings are something that many Facebook users are regularly confused about. That’s why we published our original Facebook privacy guide back in February. After millions of people visited our privacy guide, we realized how important privacy is to Facebook users. With the new settings rolled out, we thought that now would be a great time to update the guide with the latest changes. In this guide we present a thorough overview of the most important privacy settings which includes previous settings that are still relevant as well as new privacy settings that have been added by Facebook. The majority of the old privacy settings are still relevant, however there’s a chance that you may now be sharing much more information with the whole world. Make it through our new Facebook privacy guide and you’re guaranteed to be safe.
Hotseat at Purdue University
http://www.itap.purdue.edu/tlt/hotseat/
Enabling collaborative micro-discussion in and out of the classroom Hotseat, a social networking-powered mobile Web application, creates a collaborative classroom, allowing students to provide near real-time feedback during class and enabling professors to adjust the course content and improve the learning experience. Students can post messages to Hotseat using their Facebook or Twitter accounts, sending text messages, or logging in to the Hotseat Web site.
An app developed by Purdue University. Something All schools should be ding
Hotseat, a social networking-powered mobile Web application, creates a collaborative classroom, allowing students to provide near real-time feedback during class and enabling professors to adjust the course content and improve the learning experience. Students can post messages to Hotseat using their Facebook or Twitter accounts, sending text messages, or logging in to the Hotseat Web site.
Telstra's 3Rs of Social Media Engagement
http://www.exchange.telstra.com.au/training/flip.html
The Australian telecom Telstra recently released to the web the social media guide they designed for their employees. It's an animated graphic novel! I think they score points for both attributes (using visuals effectively and releasing it publicly).
Telstra - Austrian telecom - published social media guide for their employees
Telstras multimediale Schiene ... sehr gute Lösung!
Introducing the ReadWriteWeb Guide to Online Community Management - ReadWriteWeb
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/introducing_the_readwriteweb_guide_to_online_commu.php
@marshallk: ".@clarkkaren our Guide to Online Community Management was well received http://bit.ly/tv1fZ" (from http://twitter.com/marshallk/status/5453618012)
Publication américaine sur le management d'une communauté Mai 2009 299dollars
does Josh have this?
The top seven social networking sites for kids - Times Online
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/education/young_times/article6747799.ece#cid=OTC-RSS&attr=1063742
The top seven social networking sites for kids http://bit.ly/7fMPU [from http://twitter.com/kureng/statuses/3249788249]
From the UK: A new study has found that young people are turning their backs on sites such as Facebook and Twitter. Meanwhile, the number of 35 to 54-year-olds using such sites has rocketed by 25 per cent in the last year. So what can you do if you don’t want to be poked by your mum or added by your gran? Here’s a round up of the coolest sites and virtual worlds for children
ClubPenguin.com Poptropica.com Habbo.co.uk Neopets.com Stardoll.com MoshiMonsters.com FreeRealms.com
Web 2.0 Suicide Machine - Meet your Real Neighbours again! - Sign out forever!
http://suicidemachine.org/
Open, Smart and 100% satisfaction guaranteed!
shanenickerson.com: the 46 stages of Twitter
http://www.shanenickerson.com/nickerblog/2009/06/the-46-stages-of-twitter.html
From sceptic to Twitter junky in 46 steps
1. Hear the word Twitter. Scoff. 2. Hear it again from someone else. Scoff again. 3. Hear about famous celebrity who is apparently "On Twitter." Scoff, but make mental note to check it out. 4. Log into Facebook to comfort self. 5. Sign up for Twitter. 6. Give up because it seems dumb. 7. Loudly criticize others on Twitter. 8. Follow @johncmayer, @aplusk, @rainnwilson, @wilw, @mrskutcher, @oprah, and one other person you actually know. 9. Post tweet that is a variant of: "Trying out this Twitter thing." 10. Attempt to dig a little deeper into Twitter. 11. Notice rampant usage...
hysterical.
The 46 Stages of Twitter
"36. Alienate actual people in your life in an attempt to impress ones you don't know."
City Brights: Howard Rheingold : Twitter Literacy (I refuse to make up a Twittery name for it)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/rheingold/detail?entry_id=39948
why twitter - one of the best articles to explain why
Twittermania is definitely sliding down the backlash slope of the hype cycle. It's not just the predictable wave of naysaying after the predictable waves of sliced-breadism and bandwagon-chasing. We're beginning to see some data. Nielsen, the same people who do TV ratings, recently noted that more than 60% of new Twitter users fail to return the following month.
When I recently participated in a live discussion onstage, we projected in real time the tweets that included a hashtag for the event, an act that blended the people in the audience together with the people on the panel in a much more interactive way than standard Q&A sessions at the end of the panel. After years as a public speaker and panelist, I found it fascinating and useful to have a window on what my previously silent audience was thinking while I was talking. You have to be sure enough about what you are saying onstage to keep from being distracted or thrown by the realtime feedback. Backchannel twitterers have been to virtually mob speakers they felt were wasting their attention.
Excellent post on social media literacy using Twitter as the key example. It is not about the tools, it is about an online culture. This article attempts to identify characteristics of this culture. For example; "Twitter is not a community, but it's an ecology in which communities can emerge...It is a platform for mass collaboration. To oversimplify, I think successful use of Twitter means knowing how to tune the network of people you follow, and how to feed the network of people who follow you."
Ten top issues in adopting enterprise social computing | Enterprise Web 2.0 | ZDNet.com
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Hinchcliffe/?p=581
# Lack of social media literacy amongst workers. Anecdotally, the farther a business is from the technology industry, the less likely that line workers will be familiar with the latest software innovations.
social computing adoption curve dion hinchcliffe
Ten top issues in adopting enterprise social computing http://snipr.com/o2ybe [from http://twitter.com/FredericMartin/statuses/2876580605]
Ten top issues in adopting enterprise social computing | Enterprise Web 2.0 | ZDNet.com
10 Must-Read eBooks for Social Media Lovers
http://mashable.com/2009/12/21/must-read-ebooks/
How to Follow ALOT of People on Twitter and Still be Engaging using TweetDeck
http://www.twitip.com/how-to-follow-alot-of-people-on-twitter-and-still-be-engaging-using-tweetdeck/
re a
How to Follow A LOT of People on Twitter and Still be Engaging using TweetDeck
However…. one of the tools that has helped me incredibly to manage the task is TweetDeck. TweetDeck has a lot of great tools designed to help Twitter users with a variety of tasks - some of which are simply indispensable to those trying to connect with large numbers of people.
One of the most common questions that I'm asked by fellow Twitter users is how I manage the large number of people that I follow and am followed by on
Social Networking Still the #1 Growth Area in Online Marketing
http://mashable.com/2009/01/12/social-networking-online-marketing/
Some optimistic news today in a study dug up by eMarketer: lots of small businesses plan to increase their spending on social network marketing in 2009. In
Some optimistic news today in a study dug up by eMarketer: lots of small businesses plan to increase their spending on social network marketing in 2009. In fact, 25% of the small businesses surveyed by Ad-ology Research indicated that they would increase spending on the medium this year, a higher percentage than any other marketing format.
social marketing forcast for 2009
Results of eMarketer's study: Change in Online Marketing Usage/Spending in 2009 According to US Small Businesses by Tactic (% of respondents)
Article used as research towards a paper on social networking and business.
Dunkin Donuts’ Facebook Campaign Turns Your Profile Pic into Prizes
http://mashable.com/2009/06/03/dunkin-donuts-facebook-campaign/
Motivate Facebook members to promote your products or events and engage with the campaign’s focus on tying social media with offline experiences is a great way to immediately make the organization's Facebook presence relevant.
Dunkin' Donuts: Profilbilder sollen neues Produkt bekannt machen
With the Keep It Coolatta sweepstakes, fans of the brand on Facebook (Facebook) (there’s over 800,000 of them) can post a photo of themselves with any Coolatta beverage to the Fan Page wall, add the caption #CoolattaGiveaway, and subsequently update their profile with the pic, and they’ll be entered to win a daily giveaway through June 24. Dunkin’ Donuts will randomly select winners, award the prizes, and update their official profile with the winning image.
Facebook is huge, Twitter is mainstream, and social media is everywhere. It’s now not unheard of for large and traditional brands to embrace the unknown for better or worse. Remember the Skittles ordeal?
How to Get the Most Out of Social Networks and Not Annoy Users - Advertising Age - Digital
http://adage.com/digital/article?article_id=136233
"The constant barrage of invites to sign up for this group or download that app are starting to wear on social-network users, presenting big challenges for the brands and marketers who are looking to use these sites to aggregate fans and cultivate relationships with customers."
The constant barrage of invites to sign up for this group or download that app are starting to wear on social-network users.
AKQA had success with a Marmite group on Facebook. The savory spread's advertising message is "Love it or hate it," so the group works well as a discussion topic for social networkers. Fans post recipes, discuss weird and wonderful ways to enjoy the sticky black spread, tell tales of conversion to the taste and share frustrations about not being able to purchase it outside the U.K. Too often, Mr. Beattie said, advertising on social networks is "still a traditional interruptive approach where brands are piggybacking on content that people value." The IAB research found that exclusive content, which appeals to 28% of social networkers, and a genuine interest in the message, which attracts 37%, are the keys to a positive response from consumers on social networks. And because only 5% say that they actively dislike messages from brands, there are big opportunities for marketers who can hit the right notes
Skittles Site Receives an Extreme Social Makeover
http://mashable.com/2009/03/02/skittles-social/
March 2nd, 2009 | by Stan Schroeder
article about skittles site redesign
Many companies are starting to realize that whatever content they offer online still can’t match the various social media offerings out there, where the community contributes to the whole. Few, however, have taken it so far as candy maker Skittles, which replaced its entire homepage with its Twitter stream. The only thing that’s left is a widget-like navigation console in the upper left part of the screen, but lo and behold: instead of pointing you to some company PR nonsense, it sends you to the Skittles entry on other popular social destinations: WikipediaWikipedia reviewsWikipedia reviews, YouTube, Flickr.
Reading: Skittles Site Receives an Extreme Social Makeover http://bit.ly/keuQw [from http://twitter.com/sandroalberti/statuses/1270542887]
Skittles replaced its entire homepage with its Twitter stream.
I Can Haz Community? | Think Vitamin
http://thinkvitamin.com/features/i-can-haz-community/
Fifteen ideas for how to make your online community awesome. A summary of a talk by Ben Huh (of I Can Has Cheezburger) at FOWA London 08.
Ben Huh from I Can Has Cheeseburger gives you 15 top tips on how to take your community to the next level, one user at a time.
15 top tips on how to take your community to the next level, one user at a time.
Facebook Connect vs Google Friend Connect: Fight!
http://mashable.com/2008/12/05/facebook-connect-vs-google-friend-connect/
The differences between Facebook Connect and Google Friend Connect
Social Media in 2009: Our Predictions and Desires - ReadWriteWeb
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/social_media_in_2009_our_predi.php
Over the past year, we've been inundated with social media. We've seen Twitter go mainstream, lifestreaming take over blogging, and we've tried what felt like a million different applications. We've joined then abandoned new services recklessly, leaving our accounts to wither away on platforms long forgotten. What more could we possibly do in 2009?
'For the entrepreneurs still looking to get our attention with the latest social media toys, their pitch may no longer be "come try this, it's new," but instead, "come try this, it helps." Because if there's anything we learned from 2008, it's that social media overload is not sustainable."
ReadWriteWeb
read again!
what do we think will happen? what would be useful (personally)? what could be applied to clients?
Dailymotion - "Twouble with Twitter" sous-titré, une vidéo de LePostfr. twouble, with, twitter, sous-titré
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8puil_twouble-with-twitter-soustitre_creation
RT @rt @haubert Video explicando o que é o twitter - http://snurl.com/eyerx - Funny video about Twitter (Link received from @Lynn_Allen) [from http://twitter.com/rssbrasilblog/statuses/1629903106]
How long have you been tweeting? Find out the age of your Twitter account.
http://howlonghaveyoubeentweeting.com/
いつからTwitterをやっているかを競えるサービス
HOW TO: Deal With Social Media Conflict
http://mashable.com/2009/02/22/social-media-conflict/
There are 3 things to remember when responding to differing points of view.
how to handle negative blog comments, with the whole world watching
HOW TO: Get the Most Out of StumbleUpon
http://mashable.com/2008/12/11/how-to-get-the-most-out-of-stumbleupon/
StumbleUpon (StumbleUpon reviews) has been around since 2001, and their tag line boasts “Discover your web” and, truly, that’s what this service does. It provides the unique feature of showing you a random website, anytime, anywhere, and also learns and adapts to your interests, showing you websites specifically tailored to your preferences. Here’s a guide for users of all levels that will help you get the most out of StumbleUpon.
SmallWorlds
http://www.smallworlds.com/login.php?login=true
Toddles Lightworker is in here, hated the "mission" paradigm, looking a NZVS ( Virtual School -== distance learning ) but what ever taht means it is not the same as Virtual Environments or Virtual Reality
13 up
The open, social web | FactoryCity
http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2009/05/18/the-open-social-web/
Open Social Web - Presentation
Chris Messina of OpenID, Citizen Agency, and Flock fame, presents on the open, social web.
Getting Links AND Content From Flickr
http://searchengineland.com/getting-links-and-content-from-flickr-17000
Ideas on how to use Flickr to attract links and really great content. As featured on Search Engine Land.
Using Flickr to build content isn't so hard once you get inspiration from this article which features a case study and suggested scenarios that you can use Flickr with to help.
How To Configure Your Facebook Page In Under 15 Minutes
http://www.allfacebook.com/2009/08/how-to-configure-your-facebook-page/
Step 5: Start Inviting Friends Once you’ve finished adding your applications and customizing your public profile, all you need to do is invite people to get started. One thing that I highly recommend is targeting nodes of individuals. If there is a tightly connected network of individuals among your friends, invite each of them on the same day. This way you increase the likelihood of your newly created Facebook Page becoming a recommended page.
Add Static FBML
Active Facebook Users By Country - O'Reilly Radar
http://radar.oreilly.com/2009/04/active-facebook-users-by-country-200904.html
Since I last posted numbers on Facebook's user base six week ago, the company has added close to 20 million active users. I've had a few requests for detailed numbers by country so I quickly assembled an update. Among countries with at least a million users, the fastest-growing are Indonesia and the Philippines.
Is Twitter The CNN Of The New Media Generation?
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/06/17/is-twitter-the-cnn-of-the-new-media-generation/
As more negative stigma is attached the the younger generations relying more heavily upon social networking sites to form relationships, could it be possible that some sites; such as twitter, feel that they are more capable of providing insight into the world than the mainstream news corporations? Maybe because they have less political bias and promote freedom of speech they could, in fact, be better equiped to present the truth.
Construct your own ‘Top 10 Must Follow’ List as it relates to your own Niche
http://www.twitip.com/construct-your-own-top-10-must-follow-list-as-it-relates-to-your-own-niche/
rocksinmydryer
People's "Top 10" Twitterati lists by niche
As some commented on the last post - the list does have a bit of a ’social media’ focus - so why don’t we come up with a series of lists of people to follow in different industries. For example: * If you’re interested in entrepreneurship - ‘Ten People all Entrepreneurs Should Follow on Twitter’. * If you’re a designer ‘Ten People all Designers Should Follow on Twitter’. * If you’re a dad - ‘Ten People all Dads Should Follow on Twitter’. * If you’re into politics - ‘Ten People all Political Buffs Should Follow on Twitter’. * If you’re a blogger - ‘Ten People all Bloggers Should Follow on Twitter’. * If you’re a rocket scientist - ‘Ten People all Rocket Scientists Should Follow on Twitter’.
4 Reasons Why Marketers Should Choose Facebook Pages Over Facebook Groups
http://www.insidefacebook.com/2009/06/08/4-reasons-why-marketers-should-choose-facebook-pages-over-facebook-groups/
# A new graph showing different types of fan interactions with the Page over time. Here, you see that the graph combines comments, wall posts, and likes to show relative volume of interactions. # A new count of active fans this week, with full age/sex/location breakdown. # A new count of total interactions this week, broken down by type. # A new post quality rating, from 1 to 5 stars. # Graphs for Interactions, Interactions per Post, Post Quality, Stream CTR, Posts, Page views, Media Consumption, Reviews
flocking.me - search tweets from just your friends
http://www.flocking.me/
Search for tweets from just your friends
Heel interessante dienst om makkelijk te zoeken in de tweets van degenen die jij volgt op Twitter
How to say stupid things about social media | Cory Doctorow | Technology | guardian.co.uk
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/jan/05/social-media-cory-doctorow
Cory Doctorow answers some standard objections against social media
Cory Doctorow erklärt uns im britischen Guardian, wieso Kritik an Social Media nicht immer den Kern der Sache trifft.
There are plenty of things to worry about when it comes to social media. They are Skinner boxes designed to condition us to undervalue our privacy and to disclose personal information. They have opaque governance structures. They are walled gardens that violate the innovative spirit of the internet. But to deride them for being social, experimental and personal is to sound like a total fool.
Go Cory! Go Cory! How to say stupid things about social media | Technology | guardian.co.uk
I don't call my parents in Canada and recount the latest additions to my daughter's vocabulary because they need to know that the kid can say "elephant" and "potty" now; I call them up to say, "all is well with your son and his family", and "you are in my heart", and "I love you". Criticizing the "banality" of Facebook conversation is as trite and ignorant as criticising people who talk about the weather. There's a reason we say "Did you sleep well?" at breakfast and "How was your weekend?" when we turn up to the office on Monday (and it's not that we care about the weekend or the rest).
8 Things to Avoid When Building a Community
http://mashable.com/2010/01/05/community-engagement-pitfalls/
my christmas community, for aging crowds and holp live
Cómo elaborar una página de Facebook eficaz | Kabytes
http://www.kabytes.com/negocios/como-elaborar-una-pagina-de-facebook-eficaz/
desestructuradas. Si, el muro puede ser muy valioso
MixedInk
http://wwww.mixedink.com/main.php
MixedInk takes a fresh approach to collaborative writing. It's a fun, democratic and elegant way for people to weave their best ideas together. (Plus, it's free!)
MixedInk takes a fresh approach to collaborative writing. It's a fun, democratic and elegant way for people to weave their best ideas together.
Free Collaborative Writing Tool
25 Mind Blowing Social Media Infographics
http://www.webdoctus.com/2010/01/25-mind-blowing-social-media-infographics/
8 Things Every Geek Needs to Do Before 2010
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/8_things_every_geek_needs_to_do_before_2010.php
Facebook's Zuckerberg Says The Age of Privacy is Over
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/facebooks_zuckerberg_says_the_age_of_privacy_is_ov.php
And yet another reason why I HATE Facebook
Facebook and Privacy
Prediction: 2010 will be the year Facebook is largely abandoned
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg told a live audience yesterday that if he were to create Facebook again today, user information would by default be public, not private as ...
This is a radical change from the way that Zuckerberg pounded on the importance of user privacy for years. That your information would only be visible to the people you accept as friends was fundamental to the DNA of the social network that hundreds of millions of people have joined over these past few years. Privacy control, he told me less than 2 years ago, is "the vector around which Facebook operates." I don't buy Zuckerberg's argument that Facebook is now only reflecting the changes that society is undergoing. I think Facebook itself is a major agent of social change and by acting otherwise Zuckerberg is being arrogant and condescending.
Shocking News: Scientists Say Workplace Social Networking Increases Productivity! - ReadWriteWeb
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/shocking_news_scientists_say_workplace_social_netw.php
Can you believe that using social networking sites at work can increase your workplace productivity? A new study just published by Australian scientists found that taking time to visit websites of personal interest, including news sites and YouTube, provided workers a mental break that ultimately increased their ability to concentrate and was correlated with a 9% increase in total productivity.
Reading: Scientists Say Workplace Social Networking Increases Productivity http://bit.ly/tUILN [from http://twitter.com/sandroalberti/statuses/1459864907]
Shocking News: Scientists Say Workplace Social Networking Increases Productivity! http://tinyurl.com/cp9lyt [from http://twitter.com/AdNerds/statuses/1461946011]
5 Reasons Why Educators Need To Embrace Internet Technologies
http://www.emergingedtech.com/2009/05/5-reasons-why-educators-need-to-embrace-internet-technologies/
Are we really still at a point in time where we need to be convinced of this? I hope not!
In April I wrote a post about 10 internet technologies that educators should be informed about. This quickly became my most read posting. I included some references in this article to why educators should be aware of and informed about these tools, but most of those comments were really about why each specific technology was included in the list, as opposed to why, in a more general sense, it is important for educators to make an effort to embrace these technologies. So that is the topic for this week - why you should care, as an educator, about these tools. What's in it for you as an instructor, and what's in it for your students?
In April I wrote a post about 10 internet technologies that educators should be informed about. This quickly became my most read posting. I included some references in this article to why educators should be aware of and informed about these tools, but most of those comments were really about why each specific technology was included in the list, as opposed to why, in a more general sense, it is important for educators to make an effort to embrace these technologies. So that is the topic for this week - why you should care, as an educator, about these tools. What’s in it for you as an instructor, and what’s in it for your students?
why you should care, as an educator, about these tools. What’s in it for you as an instructor, and what’s in it for your students?
Annotated link http://www.diigo.com/bookmark/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emergingedtech.com%2F2009%2F05%2F5-reasons-why-educators-need-to-embrace-internet-technologies
How to Promote Your Facebook Fan Page & Get Lots of Fans | Search Engine Journal
http://www.searchenginejournal.com/how-to-promote-your-facebook-fan-page/15902/
27 Cool Tools and Resources for the Twitter Addict : Speckyboy - Web Design, Web Development and Graphic Design Resources
http://speckyboy.com/2008/11/12/27-cool-tools-and-resources-for-the-twitter-addict/
As the name says...
27 Cool Tools and Resources for the Twitter Addict
You must be the judge of how cool the tools are . . .
Followbase - Customer service & support via Twitter
http://www.followbase.com/
Esto es para dar de alta tu negocio. Algo así como para que vayan tus clientes y te pregunten. Está badado en twitter, pero hay que mirarlo.
10 Tips for Becoming a Smarter, Social Business Person – GigaOM
http://gigaom.com/2010/01/10/10-tips-for-becoming-a-smarter-social-business-person/
The web is filled with social networks: We have Twitter for meeting new people, Facebook for old college buddies, and Bebo for those of us who don’t want to hang out with the mainstream. Those social networks are rarely viewed as corporate services — they’re relaxing at the end of a long workday, not playgrounds for more business activity. But I would argue that social networks provide value to a business person on several levels, whether it be for those furiously working each day in a cubicle or for others closing big deals on the golf course.
Seth's Blog: The pillars of social media site success
http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2009/03/the-pillars-of-social-media-success.html
Who likes me? Is everything okay? How can I become more popular? What's new? I'm bored, let's make some noise
If you want to understand why Twitter is so hot, look at those five attributes. They deliver all five, instantly.
Why people choose to visit online social sites: Who likes me?, Is everything okay?, How can I become more popular?, What's new?, I'm bored, let's make some noise
The pillars of social media site success /Seth's Blog/ - Why people choose to visit online social ... http://tinyurl.com/ddgjj6 [from http://twitter.com/jorgefsb/statuses/1380983695]
5 things that drive social interaction/why people choose to visit online social sites: * Who likes me? * Is everything okay? * How can I become more popular? * What's new? * I'm bored, let's make some noise
The 10 Stages of Social Media Business Integration
http://mashable.com/2010/01/11/social-media-integration/
Brian Solis mentions PR Newswires Social Media Metrics: Employ listening devices such as Google Alerts, Twitter Search, Radian6, and PR Newswire’s Social Media Metrics to track conversations and instances associated with key words.
A Closer Look at Facebook's New Privacy Options
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/a_closer_look_at_facebooks_new_privacy_options.php
ReadWriteWeb mener at det er en del positive endringer i Facebooks privacy-innstllinger (siden du nå lettere kan styre hvem som skal se hva) - men problemet er jo nettopp at det ikke ER så lett. Fortsatt alt for kronglete å forstå, og alt for mye arbeid å lage listene som skal til..
Chances are you wouldn't tell grandma about the wild party you went to last Saturday night. Likewise, you might have spent Sunday evening at home knittin' a mitten ...
This newest change in the privacy options for sharing content on Facebook represents a major change to the nature of communicating on the site. If it's implemented well it could make a dramatic difference in the way people use the site. Given the change underway and the company's move to lobby governments around the world in favor of its privacy philosophy, we think it would be a good idea to have a more thorough public conversation about what that philosophy is.
Walkthrough
Nonprofits 2.0 - Change.org: 10 Insights Gained from Spending 7,280 Hours on Social Media Websites
http://nonprofits.change.org/blog/view/10_insights_gained_from_spending_7280_hours_on_social_media_websites
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 ... Read more of this post, 10 Insights Gained from Spending 7,280 Hours on Social Media Websites, at Change.org.
RT @rajdey: Nonprofits: 10 Insights Gained from Spending 7,280 Hours on Social Media Websites: http://twurl.nl/seiez3 (via @marthalanefox) [from http://twitter.com/AsherJac/statuses/2894739702]
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10 top things to do and not do with nfp social media
very good observations on skillful use of social media
5 Ways Foursquare is Changing the World
http://mashable.com/2010/01/16/foursquare-world/
Foursquare and 5 ways it's (and others) are changing the offline/online world.
How to set up a Facebook fan page that works
http://www.directcreative.com/blog/facebook-fan-page?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20DirectCreativeBlog%20(Direct%20Creative%20Blog)&utm_content=Google%20Reader
I’ve been talking to several people recently about setting up a Facebook fan page, how to get more fans, and how to use Facebook effectively. Full disclosure: Yes, I have a Facebook page, but it’s private. I use Twitter and LinkedIn for business, but I haven’t set up a page for my copywriting business. However, I DO run a Facebook page for the same nonprofit that I mentioned in a recent post on email marketing. It’s performing well, averaging 50 new fans a day.
7 Lessons for Better Networking with Social Media
http://mashable.com/2010/01/18/better-social-networking/
Social media allows us to discover, connect, and engage with new people of interest.
Social Network improvement
Social media allows us to discover, connect, and engage with new people of interest. While most people are open to new connections and receiving messages from people they don’t know, there is a fine line between reaching out and “spamming.” The challenge is to make a connection clearly and effectively without wasting people’s time.
How to Know if You Should Fire Your Social Media Consultant - Mashable
http://mashable.com/2008/09/29/social-media-consultant/
If your company, no matter how big or small, has hired a social media consultant to augment (or God-forbid, replace) your PR team, there are some things you should probably be sniffing out and identifying as red flags
"If your company, no matter how big or small, has hired a social media consultant to augment (or God-forbid, replace) your PR team, there are some things you should probably be sniffing out and identifying as red flags:" ... good checks on the hype here.
5 Steps to Building Social Experiences - Boxes and Arrows: The design behind the design
http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/5-steps-to-building
Don't just 'add social' to your website. Design it with a purpose.
HOW TO: Add Captions To Your YouTube Videos
http://mashable.com/2010/01/16/youtube-captions-how-to/
The Altimeter by Charlene Li: Future Of Social Networks presentation from SXSW
http://blog.altimetergroup.com/2009/03/future-of-social-networks-presentation-from-sxsw.html
I had the honor of presenting at the SXSW conference last Saturday, on the topic "The Future Of Social Networks". I've embedded the slides below, and you can also access them on SlideShare. Below the slides I've included a quick...
Here's why every corporation should be thinking about how they will integrate Social Media. This is a great tool to demonstrate to your management team the importance of mapping Social Media features into your strategic roadmap.
A futre if/when your identity, contacts and social activities are ubiquitous
Future of soc nets - soc nets will be like the air
apophenia: Facebook's move ain't about changes in privacy norms
http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2010/01/16/facebooks_move.html
"If we're building a public stage, we need to give people the ability to protect themselves, the ability to face the consequences honestly. We cannot hide behind rhetoric of how everyone is public just because everyone we know in our privileged circles is walking confidently into the public sphere and assuming no risk. And we can't justify our decisions as being simply about changing norms when the economic incentives are all around. I'm with Marshall on this one: Facebook's decision is an economic one, not a social norms one. And that scares the bejesus out of me. People care deeply about privacy, especially those who are most at risk of the consequences of losing it. Let us not forget about them. It kills me when the bottom line justifies social oppression. Is that really what the social media industry is about?"
When the default is private, you have to think about making something public. When the default is public, you become very aware of privacy. And thus, I would suspect, people are more conscious of privacy now than ever. Because not everyone wants to share everything to everyone else all the time.
Danah Boyd : “Privacy isn’t a technological binary that you turn off and on. Privacy is about having control of a situation. It’s about controlling what information flows where and adjusting measures of trust when things flow in unexpected ways. It’s about creating certainty so that we can act appropriately. People still care about privacy because they care about control."
There isn't some radical shift in norms taking place. What's changing is the opportunity to be public and the potential gain from doing so. Reality TV anyone? People are willing to put themselves out there when they can gain from it. But this doesn't mean that everyone suddenly wants to be always in public. And it doesn't mean that folks who live their lives in public don't value privacy. The best way to maintain privacy as a public figure is to give folks the impression that everything about you is in public.
Digg Founder Launches WeFollow, A User-Generated Twitter Directory
http://mashable.com/2009/03/15/wefollow/
Digg Founder Kevin Rose has launched WeFollow, a User-Powered Twitter Directory that categorizes Twitter users by interests and industry.
A new user-generated Twitter directory by Kevin Rose
"twitter"
Which Social Media Channels Should You Be Using?
http://www.socialmediatoday.com/smc/118475
I've categorized and compared 7 social media channels that are currently being used by both B2B and B2C brands. I've suggested which type of brand works best in each channel.
wondering if makes sense to look at social sites in terms of G2C (government to citizen) or G2B (government to business) lens?
socialnetworks-oct08.png (PNG Image, 1425x625 pixels)
http://www.oxyweb.co.uk/blog/socialnetworks-oct08.png
map of social networks 2008
Map of Social Networks by popularity in various countries
Oxyweb. Stats from Alexa
What Social Followers Want - eMarketer
http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?R=1007476
Brand marketers want consumers to follow them to build buzz and engagement, but social media users often desire something in return. What they’ve come to expect is a good deal, but many consumers&mdas
17 Ways to Use Twitter for Business and Some Not | Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing
http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2009/02/26/17-ways-to-use-twitter-for-business-and-some-not/
More and more small business folks are giving in to what seems like an insurmountable mountain of hype and jumping on the twitter bandwagon. Lke all social media and marketing tactics, before you can determine if something makes sense you need to analyze your objectives. So, instead of asking why you would use it, ask how it might help you achieve some other already stated objectives.
How to Better Engage Facebook Fan Page ‘Fans’ | Social Media Examiner
http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/how-to-better-engage-facebook-fan-page-fans/
5 Lessons Celebrities Can Teach Us About Facebook Pages
http://mashable.com/2009/05/15/celebrity-facebook-pages/
Mashable explains that authenticity, content, control and promotion are the keys to success on Facebook.
15 Ways to Use Social Media for #FindingTheGood
http://mashable.com/2009/06/26/social-media-social-change-sites/
By allowing people from all around the world to come together and share info, stories, and knowledge, social media has become a wonderful catalyst for social change. Over the past few of weeks, we have all witnessed how important and powerful social media can be as a vehicle for spreading information and calling people to action by watching how it is being put to use in Iran.
By allowing people from all over the world to join together and share info, experiences, and knowledge, social media has become a wonderful catalyst for social change. Over the past few of weeks, we have all witnessed how important and powerful social media can be as a vehicle for spreading information and calling people to action by watching how it is being put to use in Iran.
By allowing people from all around the world to join together and share information, experiences, and knowledge, social media has become an amazing catalyst for social change. Over the past couple of weeks, we’ve all witnessed how important and powerful social media can be as a vehicle for spreading info and calling people to action by watching how it is being put to use in Iran.
By allowing people from all over the universe to come together and share information, experiences, and knowledge, social media has become an amazing catalyst for social change. Over the past couple of weeks, we have all witnessed how important and powerful social media can be as a vehicle for spreading information and calling people to action by watching how it is being put to use in Iran.
By allowing people from all over the world to come together and share information, experiences, and knowledge, social media has become a wonderful catalyst for social change. Over the past couple of weeks, we have all witnessed how important and powerful social media can be as a vehicle for spreading info and calling people to action by watching how it is being put to use in Iran.
By allowing people from all over the universe to join together and share info, stories, and knowledge, social media has become an amazing catalyst for social change. Over the past few of weeks, we have all witnessed how important and powerful social media can be as a vehicle for spreading information and calling people to action by watching how it is being put to use in Iran.
By allowing people from all over the universe to come together and share info, stories, and knowledge, social media has become a wonderful catalyst for social change. Over the past few of weeks, we have all witnessed how important and powerful social media can be as a vehicle for spreading info and calling people to action by watching how it is being put to use in Iran.
By allowing people from all around the world to join together and share information, experiences, and knowledge, social media has become an amazing catalyst for social change. Over the past couple of weeks, we have all witnessed how important and powerful social media can be as a vehicle for spreading info and calling people to action by watching how it is being put to use in Iran.
By allowing people from all over the universe to come together and share info, experiences, and knowledge, social media has become a wonderful catalyst for social change. Over the past few of weeks, we have all witnessed how important and powerful social media can be as a vehicle for spreading info and calling people to action by watching how it is being put to use in Iran.
By allowing people from all over the universe to join together and share information, experiences, and knowledge, social media has become an amazing catalyst for social change. Over the past couple of weeks, we’ve all witnessed how important and powerful social media can be as a vehicle for spreading information and calling people to action by watching how it is being put to use in Iran.
By allowing people from all around the world to come together and share information, experiences, and knowledge, social media has become a wonderful catalyst for social change. Over the past couple of weeks, we have all witnessed how important and powerful social media can be as a vehicle for spreading info and calling people to action by watching how it is being put to use in Iran.
How to Suck at Facebook - The Oatmeal
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/facebook_suck
Awesome stuff
10 ways library schools should be teaching social media • Blog Archive • socialibrarian
http://blog.danielhooker.com/2009/06/23/10-ways-library-schools-should-be-teaching-social-media/
A few days ago I came across a wonderful article on Mashable entitled "10 Ways Journalism Schools are teaching social media." The thought struck me about 30 seconds in: all these concepts should apply to library school, but why aren't they being pushed and taught in the same way? I thought since I wasn't being explicitly instructed on how social media can increase the quality and relevance of the library school curriculum, that I would break them down for us and attempt to explain the urgency with which librarians (and our schools' faculty) need to be catching up in this area.
Daniel Hooker appropriates the traits of a networked journalist to a social librarian. According to Hooker, the key to offseting the signal-to-noise ratio is leveraging social media for quality information retrieval. Just as in proprietary database research, an online community of valuable information sharers can improve findability. Opportunities for additional research include privacy issues.
Discusses the Web 2.0 tools that library schools need to teach to prepare 21st century librarians
ways education schools should be teaching social media
Conversation Agent: You're on Twitter, Now What?
http://www.conversationagent.com/2009/02/youre-on-twitter-now-what.html
Having a Twitter account may be all the rage, however there is something to be said for the power of focus.
Where To Find Social Media Power Users
http://searchengineland.com/where-to-find-social-media-power-users-17947
Where To Find Social Media Power Users - http://searchengineland.com/where-to-find-social-media-power-users-17947
technical tools
While having great content and an appropriate message are crucial for success on social media news sites, having a quality user help with promotion is essential to build momentum
Forget Gen Y: Gen X is Making Real Change - ReadWriteEnterprise
http://www.readwriteweb.com/enterprise/2009/09/forget-gen-y-gen-x-is-making-r.php
Forget Gen Y: Gen X is Making Real Change: http://bit.ly/k6M7k (via @RWW) [from http://twitter.com/desabol/statuses/3922302597]
Qui amène les technologies 2.0 en entreprise Gen X ou Gen Y? Annotated link http://www.diigo.com/bookmark/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.readwriteweb.com%2Fenterprise%2F2009%2F09%2Fforget-gen-y-gen-x-is-making-r.php
Read: Forget Gen Y: Gen X is Making Real Change http://bit.ly/3vhhEg [from http://twitter.com/krisnelson/statuses/3922286748]
Sometimes even the best researchers forget that the answer you get depends entirely on who you ask. A new Forrester survey of 2,000 information workers has revealed that ...
@Literatenmelu Seit bk09 komm ich mir vor, wie #Vader #Abraham. Aber irgendwer muß die Kaputzen ja führen .... http://bit.ly/3bnV9f [from http://twitter.com/schulezweinull/statuses/3931304689]
Facebook Week: Facebook Resources, Analysis and Insights
http://mashable.com/2009/04/05/facebook-week-resources/
For the past seven days, MashableMashable has provided resources and analysis of FacebookFacebook through a series we called Facebook Week. From building a
If you’re trending towards Facebook, here are nine articles from the talented crew at Mashable covering everything from creating successful fan pages, to optimizing your brands presence on the platform.
For the past seven days, MashableMashable reviews has provided resources and analysis of FacebookFacebook reviews through a series we called Facebook Week.
HOW TO: Take Advantage of Social Media in Your E-mail Marketing
http://mashable.com/2010/01/20/social-media-email-marketing/
use social media share buttons in e-zines & eDMs
Led by Facebook, Twitter, Global Time Spent on Social Media Sites up 82% Year over Year | Nielsen Wire
http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/global/led-by-facebook-twitter-global-time-spent-on-social-media-sites-up-82-year-over-year/
According to The Nielsen Company, global* consumers spent more than five and half hours on social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter in December 2009, an 82% increase from the same time last year when users were spending just over three hours on social networking sites. In addition, the overall traffic to social networking sites has grown over the last three years. Globally, social networks and blogs are the most popular online category when ranked by average time spent in December, followed by online games and instant messaging. With 206.9 million unique visitors, Facebook was the No. 1 global social networking destination in December 2009 and 67% of global social media users visited the site during the month. Time on site for Facebook has also been on the rise, with global users spending nearly six hours per month on the site.
According to The Nielsen Company, global* consumers spent more than five and half hours on social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter in December 2009, an 82% increase from the same time last year when users were spending just over three hours on social networking sites. In addition, the overall traffic to social networking sites has grown over the last three years.
According to The Nielsen Company, global* consumers spent more than five and half hours on social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter in December 2009, an 82% increase from the same time last year when users were spending just over three hours on social networking sites. In addition, the overall traffic to social networking sites has grown over the last three years. Globally, social networks and blogs are the most popular online category when ranked by average time spent in December, followed by online games and instant messaging. With 206.9 million unique visitors, Facebook was the No. 1 global social networking destination in December 2009 and 67% of global social media users visited the site during the month. Time on site for Facebook has also been on the rise, with global users spending nearly six hours per month on the site. [...] Australia led in average time per person spent, with the average Australian spending nearly 7 hours on social media sites in December."
Nielsen, Jan. 22, 2010.
Ongoing List of Social Media Marketing Efforts and Social Networks and Communities for Women
http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2009/03/06/ongoing-list-of-social-media-marketing-efforts-for-women/
I've done a lot of other lists, for a variety of industries, verticals, age groups, but need to spend some time on women. Agencies and brands get to showcase their work (I've got great SEO in front of a social media audience) and it's easy for women
How women are quickly becoming a dominating demographic in social media.
A special report on social networking: A world of connections | The Economist
http://www.economist.com/specialreports/displayStory.cfm?story_id=15351002
Revista The Economista dedica seu dossiê às redes sociais.
Economist weighs in on web2.0
Online social networks are changing the way people communicate, work and play, and mostly for the better, says Martin Giles (interviewed here)
FT.com / UK / Business - Social networks threaten advertising growth
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/45e61636-e25c-11dd-b1dd-0000779fd2ac.html?nclick_check=1
FT.com, January 15 2009. Two-thirds of advertising agencies are not prepared for the industry changes prompted by social networks and new forms of digital media, a report has found. The Institute of Practitioners in Advertising, which will publish the “Social Media Futures” report compiled by Future Foundation next week, has warned that advertising agencies face growth of just 1.2 per cent a year by 2016 if the industry fails to tackle the changes to the media created by sites such as Facebook, YouTube and Twitter. Social networks enable consumers to pass on information about products and services, and recommendations from friends are more influential than traditional forms of advertising.
cost for agencies if they do not adapt to social networking as an advertising medium
As long as advertising don't relationship building, dialogue, honesty and authencity they can forget about playing a part in new media.
300+ helpful tips on using social media | Blog | Econsultancy
http://econsultancy.com/blog/4106-300+-helpful-tips-on-using-social-media
300+ helpful tips on using social media : http://bit.ly/EmsQT [from http://twitter.com/modeling22/statuses/2733585907]
Enterprise Social Media Useage Policies and Guidelines | SocialComputingJournal.com
http://socialcomputingjournal.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=826
Nice blog on policies and guidelines for Enterprise Social Media
guidelines
Política de uso de Social Media empresariales y directrices
corporate social media guidelines
Get Ready As Corporate Sites and Social Networks Start To Connect « Web Strategy by Jeremiah Owyang | Social Media, Web Marketing
http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2009/07/12/get-ready-as-corporate-sites-and-social-networks-start-to-connect/
To Increase Engagement, Brands to Allow Users To Login With Facebook, MySpace, Twitter In a recent report titled the "Future of the Social Web" we found that we are entering the era of social colonization, every webpage and experience will be social
Jeremiah Owyang
A continued thought... the other part of Jeremiah's "Pollination" post. In that case, corps are putting their content out there... beyond their walls to make sure they are part of the unstructured/controlled conversation. In this case, corps are aggregating the other information onto their own site to bring the conversation closer to their home. Push/Pull at it's finest when taken together.
creatingaPLN » home
http://creatingapln.wikispaces.com/
Personal Learning Networks: The Power of the Human Network
Herramientas para la creación de un Entorno Personal de Aprendizaje. PLE.
Judith Epcke (@jepcke) and Scott Meech (@smeech)
Wiki site with information on how to create and build your own Personal Learning Network
10 SEO Techniques All Top Web Sites Should Use | Freelance Folder
http://freelancefolder.com/10-top-seo-techniques/#comments
For one — it’s an extra click to get into your content. Worse is when you don’t give a “skip intro” option or set of links into your main site content — because you’re essentially forcing your visitors to sit through the full animation. If you’re lucky, this will only annoy them… if not — they’ll just leave without giving your main web site a shot. And without an html link pointing into your site, the search engines have no way to continue either (unless you made use of a sitemap.xml file — but still…)
RT @imjustcreative 10 SEO Techniques All Top Web Sites Should Use | Freelance Folder (http://ping.fm/YL3iU) [from http://twitter.com/KohliConsulting/statuses/1180654495]
State of the Art - Twitter Is What You Make It - NYTimes.com
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/12/technology/personaltech/12pogue.html?_r=1
No e-mail message, phone call or Web site could have achieved the same effect.... Most people are supportive and happy to help you out. There is, however, such a thing as Twitter snobbery. Twitter, in other words, is precisely what you want it to be.
12 Great Tales of De-Friending
http://mashable.com/2008/11/25/social-network-defriending/
The Roles of Facebook and Twitter in Social Media Marketing | Brian Solis
http://www.briansolis.com/2010/02/the-role-of-facebook-and-twitter-in-social-media-marketing/
Social Media marketing is rapidly earning a role in the integrated marketing mix of small and enterprise businesses and as such, it’s transforming every
Social Media marketing is rapidly earning a role in the integrated marketing mix of small and enterprise businesses and as such, it’s transforming every division from the inside out. What starts with one champion in any given division, be it customer service, marketing, public relations, advertising, interactive, et al, eventually inspires an entire organization to socialize. What starts with one, a domino effect usually ensues toppling each department, gaining momentum, and triggering a sense of urgency through its path. And, it also marks the beginning of our journey through the ten stages of social media integration.
Social Media marketing is rapidly earning a role in the integrated marketing mix of small and enterprise businesses and as such, it’s transforming every division from the inside out. What starts with one champion in any given division, be it customer service, marketing, public relations, advertising, interactive, et al, eventually inspires an entire organization to socialize. What starts with one, a domino effect usually ensues toppling each department, gaining momentum, and triggering a sense of urgency through its path. And, it also marks the beginning of our journey through the ten stages of social media integration. ...
Google Buzz
http://www.google.com/buzz
"Go beyond status messages. Share updates, photos, videos, and more. Start conversations about the things you find interesting."
Start conversations about the things you find interesting. Share updates, photos, videos and more with your friends.
Working the Social: Twitter and FriendFeed - 6/15/2009 - Library Journal
http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6663770.html
Information overload is so five years ago, but the problem it describes is all too real. Fortunately, there's hope yet for the savvy librarian: Twitter and FriendFeed turn information dissemination on its head, using friends and subscribers as a filter for the best, most credible, and most engaging information out there. As Clay Shirky said at the Web 2.0 Expo keynote in January, the problem isn't “information overload. It's filter failure.” Like other social media sites, Twitter and FriendFeed are excellent personal and professional social outlets, connecting users to friends and colleagues regardless of boring problems like geography. But they also connect users to the content those friends and colleagues share, clueing them into their network's likes and dislikes and jacking them in to the editorial decisions those in their network make about the stories and content that matter to them most. The best part? Everything about these services is eminently customizable...
This was helpful pulling my web 2.0 stuff together, but I think I have a more complete solution soon! #test
see the 20 ways for librarians to use twitter (at the bottom)
5 Insightful TED Talks on Social Media
http://mashable.com/2010/02/08/ted-talks-social-meida
dodlisj: [추천동영상] “끌리고 쏠리고 들끓다”의 저자 클레이 서키, “트위터”의 공동 창업자 에반 윌리암스, “보라빛 소가 온다”의 저자 세스고딘 등의 강연 동영상입니다.
5 Insightful TED Talks on Social Media http://bit.ly/aBsZ54
WARNING: Google Buzz Has A Huge Privacy Flaw
http://www.businessinsider.com/warning-google-buzz-has-a-huge-privacy-flaw-2010-2
"It gets to a deeper problem with Google Buzz: It's built on email, which is a very different Internet application than a social network." - I couldn't agree more; this new Google feature should NOT be based on your Gmail contacts, which are typically more private than, say, your friends on Twitter or Facebook.
How to Do Everything in Google Buzz (Including Turn It Off) | Work Smart | Fast Company
http://www.fastcompany.com/1546226/how-to-do-everything-in-google-buzz-including-turn-it-off
Good utility post from Gina
Here's how to customize and use Buzz--or opt out of its inbox-cluttering updates completely.
SXSW09: The Future Of Social Networks
http://www.slideshare.net/charleneli/sxsw09-the-future-of-social-networks
Charlene Li presentation at SXSW09
SXSW presentation
Did Google just sneakily launch a Facebook killer? - By Farhad Manjoo - Slate Magazine
http://slate.com/id/2217232
You are so vain and you've just handed (possibly) another rich lode for Google to mine. And you didn't know it.
Farhad Manjoo takes a look at Google's new profile option, which lets you control your brand in Google (to some extent). It could be a Facebook killer - or at leats be a new place you need to keep an eye on your brand.
Google Profile—a page that Google is encouraging everyone to create.
wow!
Social Radar Top 50 Social Brands (March 2009) | Buzz Study
http://infegy.com/buzzstudy/social-radar-top-50-social-brands-march-2009/
Weber Clients include Microsoft, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft XBox, General Motors,
Keeping up with online conversations can be a daunting task. As a freelance consultant, I not only need to keep up with what people are saying about me and my company, but I also need to monitor the latest industry trends to learn new skills and stay relevant. While wearing my blogging hat, I also have to keep up with conversations that would be interesting to web workers for this blog, or relevant for people building online communities for my own blog.
The Social Radar Top 50 measures the most social brands by the number of unique topics of conversation.
Twitter tops the list
Top 10 Google Settings You Should Know About - Google settings - Lifehacker
http://lifehacker.com/5470671/top-10-google-settings-you-should-know-about/
Buzz off: Disabling Google Buzz | Webware - CNET
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10451703-2.html
y, Google's n
BBC NEWS | Magazine | What's the ideal number of friends?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7920434.stm
The average number is about 150, says leading anthropologist Robin Dunbar.
You can have friends because of what you do together or enjoy something together like football or shopping, but they're not as profound friends as those who you love for themselves because of something in their character.
Having more friends leads to earning more.
They usually consist of an inner circle of five "core" people and an additional layer of 10, he says. That makes 15 people - some will probably be family members - who are your central group and then outside that, there's another 35 in the next circle and another 100 on the outside. And that's one person's social world.
Attention Facebook users with 500+ friends: You are lying.
What's the ideal number of friends?
Facebook Groups Vs Pages: The Definitive Guide
http://www.allfacebook.com/2010/02/facebook-groups-pages/
we thought it would be useful to highlight the core differences between Facebook Pages and Facebook Groups.
A Thin Line : www.athinline.org
http://www.athinline.org/
Do you have digital drama? Take our quiz to find out whether you're asleep at the keyboard, on top of your game, or even creating drama for others.
Study: Ages of social network users | Royal Pingdom
http://royal.pingdom.com/2010/02/16/study-ages-of-social-network-users/
Hmm ... what should one think when your age is well above the averages?
Age of people using various social networks
Some interesting demographics on social network users
Study: Ages of social network users
The Buzz Starts Here: Finding the First Mouth for Word-of-Mouth Marketing - Knowledge@Wharton
http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article.cfm?articleid=2170
contagion
Call it viral, buzz or word-of-mouth advertising: Getting customers to spread the word about a new product through their social or professional networks is a hot strategy in the marketing world. Its proponents insist that the technique -- whether online or face-to-face -- is sure to boost a company's return on investment (ROI).
research papers or on conference speaker lists. "Physician 184 was self-effacing. He did not want to stand on a soap box," said Van den Bulte. "He was respected, but not in a flashy fashion. He was the opposite of a rock star."
The Buzz Starts Here: Finding the First Mouth for Word-of-Mouth Marketing
Knowledge@Wharton Marketing Research ArticleView Article on Knowledge@Wharton Mobile
HOW TO: Integrate Facebook, Twitter, and Buzz into Your Gmail
http://mashable.com/2010/02/12/facebook-twitter-buzz-gmail/
BBC NEWS | UK | Magazine | What's the ideal number of friends?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7920434.stm
The more friends you have, the more you earn, says a study. But modern life can allow little time to maintain meaningful relationships, so what's the optimum number of friends?
The 39 Social Media Tools I'll Use Today | Blogging and Content Creation | Social Media Consulting - Convince & Convert
http://www.convinceandconvert.com/social-media-tools/the-39-social-media-tools-ill-use-today/
I don’t feel the need to experiment with every new piece of software that emerges from its chrysalis, but I do feel a responsibility to you and my clients to have some idea of what’s out there and what’s worthwhile. Also, at my social media speaking engagements hither and yon I’m often asked what tools I use. So, I took a personal inventory and created this overview of the 39 social media tools I use daily
The 39 Social Media Tools I'll Use Today | Blogging and Content Creation | Social Media Consulting - Convince & Convert - http://www.convinceandconvert.com/social-media-tools/the-39-social-media-tools-ill-use-today/
social media tools
The Rush to Social Networks - eMarketer
http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?id=1006910
The Rush to Social Networks
The Rush to Social Networks FEBRUARY 9, 2009 Plenty of users, but marketers can’t yet take them to the bank. The social networking audience is growing rapidly. eMarketer estimates that in 2008 nearly 80 million people, 41% of the US Internet user population, visited social network sites at least once a month, an 11% increase from 2007. By 2013, an estimated 52% of Internet users will be regular social network visitors. “The steady stream of social network updates and news is now a weekly—or even daily—habit for many online users,” says Debra Aho Williamson, eMarketer senior analyst and author of the new report, Social Networks: Five Consumer Trends for 2009. “That stickiness is good news for social networks.” Good news because social networks have yet to develop viable revenue models. But there is still time. “Social network usage is not tapering off—it is growing,” Ms. Williamson says. “Not only are more consumers joining social networks, but their level of involvement is deepe
Plenty of users, but marketers can’t yet take them to the bank. The social networking audience is growing rapidly. eMarketer estimates that in 2008 nearly 80 million people, 41% of the US Internet user population, visited social network sites at least once a month, an 11% increase from 2007
in 2008 nearly 80 million people, 41% of the US Internet user population, visited social network sites at least once a month, an 11% increase from 2007.By 2013, an estimated 52% of Internet users will be regular social network visitors.
79.7 million people, 40% of US Internet users, will create content on social networks at least once a month in 2009, either by updating a profile or communicating publicly.
PR 2.0: The Ties that Bind Us - Visualizing Relationships on Twitter and Social Networks
http://www.briansolis.com/2009/02/ties-that-binds-us-visualizing.html
Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/sitetour/homepage_tour.php
New Facebook Friend Lists filters in the design update will be interesting; http://bit.ly/PmWBc [from http://twitter.com/jcookaz/statuses/1281351685]
nueva pagina de inicio de facebook http://tinyurl.com/aqgl2n [from http://twitter.com/dmunozdiaz/statuses/1281346214]
In the new Facebook design, there are highlights and filters, and people will be 'thinking' instead of 'doing' things: http://bit.ly/PmWBc [from http://twitter.com/sandroalberti/statuses/1280436954]
Here's an example of the new Facebook homepage. http://tinyurl.com/aqgl2n [from http://twitter.com/koka_sexton/statuses/1283553578]
In the World of Facebook - The New York Review of Books
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/23651
Great article on facebook past, present and future.
Great overview of Facebook and MySpace. Interesting how the US military bans MySpace (where enlisted men hang out) but is OK with Facebook (officer country online)
New Ebook: Twitter For Beginners | From The Crow's Nest
http://blog.crowinfodesign.com/2009/04/06/ebook-twitter-for-beginners/
For the last few months, I’ve been focused on how to help people understand and use Twitter for business. As part of my preparation to speak at the WritersUA conference about using Twitter, I developed a new ebook, Twitter for Beginners. I’m pleased to share this ebook with...
50 Social Sites That Every Business Needs a P | Marketing | Focus.com
http://www.focus.com/fyi/marketing/50-social-sites-every-business-needs-presence/
If your business limits its online presence to advertising banners and blogging, it's missing out. The Internet provides powerful networking opportunities that allow users to effectively target their audience by logging on to social sites like LinkedIn, Digg and more.
www.linqia.com
5 Tips for Creating, Promoting and Managing a LinkedIn Group
http://blog.hubspot.com/blog/tabid/6307/bid/4710/5-Tips-for-Creating-Promoting-and-Managing-a-LinkedIn-Group.aspx
5 Tips for Creating, Promoting and Managing a LinkedIn Group
Zentact - Network Better
http://zentact.com/
as browse send links to friends
related to BIL
Zentact will help you network better and build relationships.
Four Ways of Looking at Twitter - Research - Harvard Business Review
http://blogs.hbr.org/research/2010/02/visualizing-twitter.html
I'm very much a visual learner, so I'm a sucker for data visualization tools. Here's a cool take on the subject in relation to Twitter activity. Before you roll your eyes and groan, check it out first.
Nice visualizations
Twitter visualization tools and tips
15 Way Cool Social Networking Sites You Never Heard Of
http://www.saycampuslife.com/2010/02/23/15-way-cool-social-networking-sites-you-never-heard-of/
MySpace is so 2003 while Twitter remains a mystery for most college students. As for Facebook, have you tired of a site where people you barely know send you stuffed animals and flowers yet? There are hundreds of social networking sites where you
some of this are really cool sites to visit, like Geni, create a geneological tree for free, only family views it.
15 Way Cool Social Networking Sites You Never Heard Of: There are hundreds of social networking site... http://bit.ly/bbgJ8c [from http://twitter.com/charanjit/statuses/9530046964]
Announcing the June 2009 State of the Twittersphere Report
http://blog.hubspot.com/blog/tabid/6307/bid/4829/Announcing-the-June-2009-State-of-the-Twittersphere-Report.aspx
RT @acarvin: rt @danzarrella: Just released a new State of the Twittersphere report: http://bit.ly/SOTblog0609 [from http://twitter.com/pabaker55/statuses/2102959075]
RT: @pabaker55 @acarvin @danzarrella: Just released a new State of the Twittersphere report: http://bit.ly/SOTblog0609 [from http://twitter.com/CircleReader/statuses/2103146004]
Google facts and figures (massive infographic) | Royal Pingdom
http://royal.pingdom.com/2010/02/24/google-facts-and-figures-massive-infographic/
Google has perhaps more than any other company become The Internet Company. It's grown hand in hand with the internet and its entire business model has from the start been totally focused on the internet as a delivery platform. => A ton of facts and figures about Google.
5 Fantastic Facebook Fan Page Ideas to Learn From
http://mashable.com/2010/02/25/facebook-fan-page-ideas/
Here are five fantastic Facebook Fan Page ideas your small business can learn from.
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A Collection of Social Network Stats for 2010 « Web Strategy by Jeremiah Owyang | Social Media, Web Marketing
http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2010/01/19/a-collection-of-social-network-stats-for-2010/
For the third year running (see 2008, 2009) I'm going to aggregate stats in the social networking space on a single blog post, and update it through the year.  Data fiends should bookmark this post for future reference. Stats are important –but
Social network stats collection from Owyang - updated throughout the year
Qhub - a simple way to create a Q&A website
http://qhub.com/
Build your own Q&A community. Qhub is a system to allow anybody to build a Q&A website in minutes. Simply choose a Qhub name and address to build your very own Q&A site.
Government 2.0 Meets Catch 22 - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/17/government-20-meets-catch-22/
“We have a Facebook page,” said one official of the Department of Homeland Security. “But we don’t allow people to look at Facebook in the office. So we have to go home to use it. I find this bizarre.”
best stuff is in the comments
Hoe ga je om met web 2.0 en bestaande richtlijnen? Die kunnen elkaar gelukkig heerlijk in de weg zitten ... Annotated link http://www.diigo.com/bookmark/http%3A%2F%2Fbits.blogs.nytimes.com%2F2009%2F03%2F17%2Fgovernment-20-meets-catch-22
Marketers Embrace Twitter over Facebook - eMarketer
http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?R=1007229
"Marketers Embrace #Twitter over Facebook - eMarketer" http://j.mp/16izVT
Only 54% of Fortune 100 on Twitter
Some recent study info on social media: A recent study which looked at corporate blogs, Twitter accounts and Facebook profiles, about one-fifth of Fortune 100 firms only used one of the three channels. Those companies were overwhelmingly likely to choose Twitter (76%) over Facebook (14%) or blogging (10%).
post.ly
http://post.ly/
poste mais de 140 caracteres no twitter
How Twitter in the Classroom is Boosting Student Engagement
http://mashable.com/2010/03/01/twitter-classroom/
How Twitter in the Classroom is Boosting Student Engagement
'Causes' Social Networking May Be All Talk, No Cash for Nonprofits Seeking Funds - washingtonpost.com
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/21/AR2009042103786.html
It seems foolproof: nonprofits using the power of the Internet to raise money through a clever Facebook application. After all, the Web earned gobs of cash for Barack Obama's presidential campaign. And besides, going online means sending fewer fundraising letters, which makes it appealing to penny-pinchers and environmentalists alike. But it turns out that approach doesn't always work
Only a tiny fraction of the 179,000 nonprofits that have turned to Causes as an inexpensive and green way to seek donations have brought in even $1,000, according to data available on the Causes developers' site. The application allows Facebook users to list themselves as supporters of a cause on their profile pages. But fewer than 1 percent of those who have joined a cause have actually donated money through that application.
It seems foolproof: nonprofits using the power of the Internet to raise money through a clever Facebook application. After all, the Web earned gobs of cash for Barack Obama's presidential campaign. And besides, going online means sending fewer fundraising letters, which makes it appealing to penn...
"The Facebook application Causes, hugely popular among nonprofit organizations seeking to raise money online, has been largely ineffective in its first two years, trailing direct mail, fundraising events and other more traditional methods of soliciting contributions. "
Washington Post - articolo sulla efficacia dello strumento causes di facebook per il non profit
The Kidlink Project
http://www.kidlink.org/kidspace/index.php
Comunitat educativa virtual gratuïta i sense publicitat per a treballar col·laborativament amb altres professors i alumnes de tot el món. Entorn segur, projectes en diferents idiomes, ...
Project Site
kids drawing interaction
Beautiful Illustrator Artworks By Artists Around The World - Smashing Magazine
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/03/04/100-beautiful-illustrator-artworks-by-artists-around-the-world/
Smashing Magazine
35 Great Social Media Infographics | pamorama
http://www.pamorama.net/2010/03/03/35-great-social-media-infographics/
You may have seen some of these before, but there are some new ones here.
4 Elements of a Successful Business Web Presence
http://mashable.com/2010/02/10/business-web-presence/
To improve your business or personal profile, you must increase you web presence.
Social Networking Now More Popular Than Email, Report Finds - ReadWriteWeb
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/social_networking_now_more_popular_than_email.php
Nielsen Online, an analytics firm that tracks time spent online at various websites, has issued a report finding that throughout 2008 social networking sites and blogs saw more time spent by users than personal email. While not shocking, the finding does mark an important point in the history of the web.
Social Networking Now More Popular Than Email, Report Finds http://bit.ly/DV8tQ (corrected link) [from http://twitter.com/AdNerds/statuses/1306994610]
Nielsen Online has issued a report finding that throughout 2008 social networking sites and blogs saw more time spent by users than personal email.
Facebooks growth in audience numbers - stats
Getting the Most Out of Twitter, No Posting Necessary - NYTimes.com
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/04/technology/04basics.html
"The truth is, you don’t have to post a message to get the most out of Twitter. At its best, the social medium is a perpetual, personalized news service about topics of your choosing — whether health care reform, tech news or the latest episode of “Gossip Girl” — filtered and served to you by people who care a lot about what you care a lot about. Even the most prolific users say Twitter has become more useful as a way to tap in to the discussions of the day than to broadcast their own thoughts. And once you get pulled in, you might just find you have something to say after all. Biz Stone, Twitter’s co-founder, suggests that naysayers simply log on to Twitter’s home page and search for a topic they are interested in, whether it’s their favorite sports team, the name of their company or a topic in the news. Within a minute, they understand the appeal, he said." [continues with more suggestions]
Annotated link http://www.diigo.com/bookmark/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2010%2F03%2F04%2Ftechnology%2F04basics.html
50 Most Powerful and Influential Men in Social Media
http://immediateinfluenceblog.com/50-most-powerful-and-influential-men-in-social-media/
50 Most Powerful and Influential Men in Social Media - Ron Hudson
Top 50 guys in social media - companion list to the top 50 women in social media
These are the men I should be listening to
Study: Social Media Transforming Our Influences on What to Buy - Mashable
http://mashable.com/2008/10/13/social-media-influence-on-what-to-buy/
The most recent report interviewed 17,000 people in 29 countries and is called “When did we start trusting strangers.” It conclusively proves that as we thought, social media is now directly impacting the way we buy products and services. The publishing of billions of thoughts, opinions and experiences online in the form of blog posts, videos, ratings, reviews and photos is fundamentally changing the way everybody online sources opinions on products, brands and services when they buy something.
Tom Smith, Head of Consumer Futures at Universal McCann, discusses how social media is transforming our influences on what to buy.
Mashable article on Universal McCann study tracking social media use among 17,000 Internet users, September 2008.
10 Gorgeous Social Media Infographics | Penn Olson
http://www.penn-olson.com/2010/01/13/10-gorgeous-social-media-infographics/
A great series of social media representations
10 Gorgeous Social Media Infographics
"Infographics make information easy to consume. Mundane Charts vs Info graphics: Although they are essentially driven by the same set of information, our eyes are more attached to the ones that give aesthetic pleasure. Below are 10 that might suit your social media taste buds."
Infographics make information easy to consume. Mundane Charts vs Info graphics: Although they are essentially driven by the same set of information, our eyes are more attached to the ones that give aesthetic pleasure. Below are 10 that might suit your social media taste buds. -
Why Social Networks Are Good for the Kids
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/02/24/why-social-networks-are-good-for-the-kids/
I’m not a psychologist, nor am I a parent, so let me start by saying she might be right that these sites are harmful in some cognitive way. But I think she’s wrong to assume social networking is devoid of a “cohesive narrative and long-term significance.” I can see where she’s coming from, but like a lot of people who don’t actually use these sites, she’s missing a fundamental shift from Web 1.0 chat room days to Web 2.0 social networks: Real identity.
Interesting discussion of social networking
Why social networking is good for kids
Five Things You Can Do With This New Facebook RSS App - ReadWriteWeb
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/five_things_you_can_do_with_this_new_facebook_rss.php
Five Things You Can Do With This New Facebook RSS App http://bit.ly/aRDRk (app that turns newsfeeds into rss feeds, use cases) [from http://twitter.com/marshallk/statuses/1654329157]
Why Executives Don’t “Get” Social Media | Minnov8: Minnesota Innovation in Internet and Web Technology
http://minnov8.com/2009/01/05/why-executives-dont-get-social-media/
Your boss, executive client or any other leader with whom you’re dealing (or perhaps even you, yourself) may not intuitively understand social media. This is not because of a lack of understanding or the technical acumen to use some internet connected device and hosted software, but more likely because they don’t feel the need to put forth the effort or energy to embrace it (or why anyone else would goof with social media, for that matter). As social media continues to accelerate as a method of connecting people to one another as well as to news, information and other snippets of value, I keep thinking about people who aren’t all that social, are not inherently “connectors,” or are folks who are simply not all that interested in connecting with other people in some virtual way. Years ago I always thought not being social was, well, being antisocial. Being one of the weirdos who smell bad and can’t be trusted around small animals or children. The guys you see leaving Blockbuster on a
Good to use when talking to the c-level about SM
Your boss, executive client or any other leader with whom you're dealing (or perhaps even you, yourself) may not intuitively understand social media. This is
Your boss, executive client or any other leader with whom you’re dealing (or perhaps even you, yourself) may not intuitively understand social media. This is not because of a lack of understanding or the technical acumen to use some internet connected device and hosted software, but more likely because you don’t feel the need to put forth the effort or energy to embrace it (or why anyone else would for that matter).
The Internationalization of Social Media | Brian Solis
http://www.briansolis.com/2010/02/the-internationalization-of-social-media/
UK: Social Network Profiles: Access = 42.6% | Users = 15.9m Photos: Access = 38.2% | Users = 15.7m Videos: Access = 11.5% | Users = 2.4m Blogging: Access = 8.4% | Users = 5.5m Micro Blogging: Access = 5.3% | Users = 4.6m
The State of Social Media Around the World 2010
Five Networking Tips for Wallflowers | Dumb Little Man
http://www.dumblittleman.com/2008/01/five-networking-tips-for-wallflowers.html
The Rise Of The Social Nervous System - Forbes.com
http://www.forbes.com/2009/03/09/internet-innovations-hive-technology-breakthroughs-innovations.html?feed=rss_technology
...communication is the foundation of society, business and government. When you scale up communications, you change the world....As ever more people get connected, we see an acceleration in the way the Internet is used to coordinate action and render services from human input. We are witnessing the rise of a social nervous system.
"the Internet is, at bottom, a communications network, and communication is the foundation of society, business and government. When you scale up communications, you change the world."
Another outcome of the social nervous system is that we see the shift away from privacy as an inalienable right to an individual responsibility. In a social nervous system there will be increasing pressure to be connected 24/7 to the hive mind that is Facebook, Twitter and so on. Those who do not connect, share and collaborate will have a hard time in business and in social life. Older generations expect that digital natives will one day wish to erase all their indiscreet photos online. But I don't believe this nonstop exposure will go away as the digital natives mature. Our lives are increasingly being logged on the Internet. It is part of the trade. Given the complexity and precarious position of the modern world, getting people to genuinely reach out and touch their neighbors is a good thing but it will come at the price of reshaping our identities as part of a larger, interconnected whole.
Older generations expect that digital natives will one day wish to erase all their indiscreet photos online. But I don't believe this nonstop exposure will go away as the digital natives mature. Our lives are increasingly being logged on the Internet. It is part of the trade. Given the complexity and precarious position of the modern world, getting people to genuinely reach out and touch their neighbors is a good thing but it will come at the price of reshaping our identities as part of a larger, interconnected whole.
Tarpipe: Simplify Your Social Media Workflow - ReadWriteWeb
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/tarpipe_social_media_workflow.php
Keeping all your social media sites updated can feel like a lot of work sometimes. Services like Pixelpipe or Ping.fm allow you to quickly post messages or media files to various services from one central location, but sometimes you need a more flexible and granular approach. This is where Tarpipe, a Portuguese startup, comes in. Tarpipe allows you to develop complex workflows for publishing content to multiple social media sites through an intuitive, Yahoo Pipes-like interface.
Tarpipe allows you to develop complex workflows for publishing content to multiple social media sites through an intuitive, Yahoo Pipes-like interface.
Keeping all your social media sites updated can feel like a lot of work sometimes. Services like Pixelpipe or Ping.fm allow you to quickly post messages or media ...
9 Ways to Get Your Design Portfolio Seen
http://designm.ag/freelance/get-your-design-portfolio-seen/
9 Ways to Get Your Design Portfolio Seen
FriendFeed Is In Danger Of Becoming The Coolest App No One Uses
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/06/friendfeed-is-in-danger-of-becoming-the-coolest-app-no-one-uses/
Reading: Friendfeed is in danger of becoming the coolest app that no one uses http://tinyurl.com/de3ao9 [from http://twitter.com/ErikNYC/statuses/1471115840]
http://tinyurl.com/de3ao9 [from http://twitter.com/doktordab/statuses/1472301884]
RT @TechCrunch: FriendFeed Is In Danger Of Becoming The Coolest App No One Uses http://tr.im/imfp [from http://twitter.com/peterto/statuses/1467550396]
FriendFeed is in danger of becoming the coolest application that no one uses.
e fact is that FriendFeed may just be too complicated for the average user to quickly understand.
FriendFeed Is In Danger Of Becoming The Coolest App No One Uses http://ff.im/-1Y9U2 [from http://twitter.com/web2sil/statuses/1468873461]
Growth at Twitter, FriendFeed’s primary competitor, continues unchecked. According to Comscore the site is growing at approximately 33% a month and attracted just under 10 million unique worldwide visitors in February. It had just 1.2 million in February 2008. More importantly, every time I turn on the news, it seems the talking heads are pushing their Twitter account as their online identity. That kind of mainstream attention is driving users by the boatload. Meanwhile, competitor FriendFeed, despite a continuous stream of innovative new features, is languishing. It has just 637,000 monthly uniques according to Comscore, or about 6.4% of Twitter’s flow.
Facebook Growth Regions and Gender Split - O'Reilly Radar
http://radar.oreilly.com/2008/12/facebook-growth-regions-and-ge.html
Facebook demographics as of December 2008.
See also: http://radar.oreilly.com/2008/05/facebook-demographics-age-and.html , http://www.insidefacebook.com/2008/09/18/latest-data-on-us-facebook-age-and-gender-demographics/
stats on facebook
Since we began tracking Facebook demographics in late May, weekly growth has held steady, usually in the low single-digits on a percentage basis. More importantly, it's fair to say that the company has successfully expanded overseas. With close to 128M users, the share of U.S. users is down to around 30% from 35% in late May: - via Judy Decicco
Since we began tracking Facebook demographics in late May, weekly growth has held steady, usually in the low single-digits on a percentage basis. More importantly, it's fair to say that the company has successfully expanded overseas. With close to 128M users, the share of U.S. users is down to around 30% from 35% in late May:
How Facebook, MySpace and YouTube Killed eBay
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/23/how-facebook-myspace-and-youtube-killed-ebay/
I confess, I'd never even thought of declining entertainment factor as a reason for eBay's slow decline (and possible upcoming demise), but it makes a crapload of sense: while I went there occasionally for deals, most people I know eagerly shared hi-larious links for fun. Pays to know what business you're really in. (via @volckmann)
Artcile techcrunch
The author is writing about how eBay lost it's "pole position" due to the Markeplace developement on facebook.
This is a guest post by Keith Rabois, vice president of strategy and business development for Slide, the social entertainment company. Prior to Slide, Keith was a VP at LinkedIn and an EVP at PayPal in charge of among other things, competitive strategy vis-à-vis eBay. He also worked at eBay for three weeks following its acquisition of PayPal. Keith currently serves on the Board of Directors of Yelp, Vendio, Xoom and FanIQ.
Nice insights into eBay culture
Forget Facebook: 50 Social Sites for the Serious Student and Job Seeker - Career Overview
http://www.careeroverview.com/blog/2008/forget-facebook_50-social-sites-for-the-serious-student-and-job-seeker/
Forget Facebook: 50 Social Sites for the Serious Student and Job Seeker
The Five P's of Social Media--Where Do You Start? | The Ten Commandments Of Social Media | Fast Company
http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/lon-safko/ten-commandments-social-media/five-p-s-social-media-where-do-you-start?partner=homepage_newsletter
Everyone asks me, "Now that I'm getting a better idea of what social media is, How do I actually apply it? Where do I start?" Start with these, The Five P's of Social Media. The Five P's are
Everyone asks me, "Now that I'm getting a better idea of what social media is, How do I actually apply it? Where do I start?" Start with these, The Five P's of Social Media. The Five P's are; Profiles, Propagate, Produce, Participate, and Progress.
Twitter: Building Businesses Tweet by Tweet - BusinessWeek
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/09_64/s0904046702617.htm?chan=rss_topEmailedStories_ssi_5
Quittner, Jeremy. Twitter: Building Businesses Tweet by Tweet. BusinessWeek (April 3, 2009).
RT @c_blazquez: RT @tewfiq Twitter: Building Businesses Tweet by Tweet - BusinessWeek http://tinyurl.com/da7s4j [from http://twitter.com/hvaudaux/statuses/1456646432]
Entrepreneurs are finding the fast-rising microblogging site to be a useful tool for reaching out to customers.
fr. Business Week - Twitter: Building Businesses Tweet by Tweet - http://is.gd/qHUY [from http://twitter.com/randymatheson/statuses/1451834389]
While this exchange may seem a bit cryptic, Savage is one of a growing number of business owners to whom it makes an awful lot of sense. Savage frequently trolls Twitter looking for sales leads for his five-person, $1 million company, which makes software that facilitates video sharing through a private network.
Facebook, YouTube at work make better employees: study
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090402/lf_nm_life/us_work_internet;_ylt=Ajv93cQKOzgitgxsVSCbHBsDW7oF
MELBOURNE (Reuters Life!) – Caught Twittering or on Facebook at work? It'll make you a better employee, according to an Australian study that shows surfing the Internet for fun during office hours increases productivity. The University of Melbourne study showed that people who use the Internet for personal reasons at work are about 9 percent more productive that those who do not.
Makes sense to me: "Facebook, YouTube at work make better employees: study" ( http://tinyurl.com/cxm63m ) [from http://twitter.com/nikiblack/statuses/1445740510]
Social Media Leads the Future of Technology — HBS Working Knowledge
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/6079.html
Without a doubt we are in the middle of a game change....finding simplicity in the massive complex, finding personal utility in the aggregation of information.
A dashboard concept is very important as the key to innovation, said Decker. "Increasingly, companies will find ways to leverage whatever social networks you're in, find ways to service those in ways easy for you to access, and try to go for more simplicity," she said. "Simplicity is the single thing people really want. It's going to get faster in terms of technology. There's going to be more opportunities and interconnections. "But fundamentally, removing the complexity and adding simplicity so you can easily access in an open way everything you want, and leverage a lot of social connections rather than going to multiple ones, is how the user experience will evolve.
Internet-connected televisions, social media, and the power of simplicity were all cited as launch pads for future innovation in technology
Harvard
"Increasingly, companies will find ways to leverage whatever social networks you're in, find ways to service those in ways easy for you to access, and try to go for more simplicity," she said. "Simplicity is the single thing people really want. It's going to get faster in terms of technology. There's going to be more opportunities and interconnections. But fundamentally, removing the complexity and adding simplicity so you can easily access in an open way everything you want, and leverage a lot of social connections rather than going to multiple ones, is how the user experience will evolve."
Rapportive | Making Excellent Service Scale
http://rapportive.com/
Plugin per Gmail che introduce una sidebar con informazioni di chi scrive e un CRM
shows photo and social networking info in Gmail
Simple social CRM built into Gmail
Extensão que substitui anuncios do Gmail por informação do contato.
Firefox extension that replaces the ads in Gmail with profile information based on the email address of your respondent. "Where does Rapportive get its data from? We combine information from several sources; at the moment, these are Rapleaf, Gravatar and Twitter. In the future we will offer integration with many more data sources, both public (e.g. social networking sites) and private (CRM). We make a clear distinction between: * Public data, which is information that users have chosen to make public on the internet, and which anyone could find on one of the major search engines. We aggregate public data, take into account corrections and feedback, and show this information to everyone who uses Rapportive. * Private data, which is privileged information to which only you have access. In order to provide the Rapportive service, we may need to process this data behind the scenes; however, private data will never be shown or disclosed to any other Rapportive user or any third party"
5 Emerging Social Media Sites to Watch in 2010 | Social Media Examiner
http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/5-emerging-social-media-sites-to-watch-in-2010/
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5 Emerging Social Media Sites to Watch in 2010 | Social Media Examiner - http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/5-emerging-social-media-sites-to-watch-in-2010/
Just as entrepreneurs increasingly becoming a new handle upon Myspace, Twitter, along with Facebook, the latest group of social networking sites are set to generate the sprinkle really.
4 Ways To Monitor Your Facebook Page Traffic
http://www.allfacebook.com/2010/03/facebook-page-traffic/
Facebook Insights, Google Analytics, Webtrends, and CoreMetrics
The Truth About the Average Twitter User [STATS]
http://mashable.com/2010/03/10/twitter-follow-stats/
Barracuda Labs also analyzed Twitter’s growth over time, and the numbers are consistent with previous reports that show while Twitter grew like wildfire in early 2009, it has dramatically slowed down in recent months. Going back further to early 2008, the report estimates that the microblogging tool grew by just 0.31%. However, with the quick rise of media coverage and the influx of celebrities such as Oprah and Shaq, Twitter use grew by 20% in April 2009 before dropping off to 0.34% growth in December 2009.
RT @mashable The Truth About the Average Twitter User [STATS] http://bit.ly/ahm9gi
A full 79% of users had less than 10 tweets in June 2009, but that number dropped to 73% by December. Eighty percent of users had less than 10 followers in June 2009, but that percentage dropped to 74% by December.
The latest research coming from protection organization Barracuda Labradors provides a few exciting skills directly into your your Twitterverse.
GAME ON: Top 5 Social Networks for Gamers
http://mashable.com/2009/08/05/gamer-social-networks/
Carsten
rede-social social-network gammers
GAME ON: Top 5 Social Networks for Gamers
As per Mashable. Social networks that appeal to gamers.
Five great social networking destinations for gamers to hang out online.
What Social Media Users Want [STATS]
http://mashable.com/2010/03/18/social-media-sites-data/
Twitterers mostly consume news, MySpace users want games and entertainment, Facebookers are into both news and community and Digg's audience has a mixed bag of interests.
What Social Media Users Want [STATS] http://goo.gl/5b2L
Obama Raised Half a Billion Online | 44 | washingtonpost.com
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/11/20/obama_raised_half_a_billion_on.html
all the figures behind obama's social networks and their achievements
Article on Obama's strategy for raising money via online, tms, email, etc.
How to use Twitter for Social Learning - Social Media In Learning
http://janeknight.typepad.com/socialmedia/2010/03/how-to-use-twitter-for-social-learning.html
How to use Twitter for Social Learning http://bit.ly/cg8e1G
I had a number of requests to separate out my Guide to 140 Learning into how to use the different tools (Twitter, Facebook and Google Buzz), so my How to use Twitter for Social Learning is now available HERE at the C4LPT website. . However, I have reproduced the contents list below. About this Guide GETTING STARTED Getting started with Twitter Accessing and using Twitter THE BASICS Building Community Communicating with others Sharing links and resources Keeping up to date Problem solving Serendipitous learning Presentations, Events, Classes & Training Using the backchannel at an event Incorporating the backchannel in a...
5 Essential Apps for Your Business’s Facebook Fan Page : Technology :: American Express OPEN Forum
http://www.openforum.com/idea-hub/topics/technology/article/5-essential-apps-for-your-businesss-facebook-fan-page-matt-silverman
Social Fans More Likely to Buy - eMarketer
http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?R=1007568
Statistics in early 2010
Great article with stats on why Internet users become Fans/Followers & what that relationship results in in terms of sales.
Social media marketers looking for an indication that their efforts are helping the bottom line will be encouraged by findings from Chadwick Martin Bailey and iModerate that social friends and followe
Social media marketers looking for an indication that their efforts are helping the bottom line will be encouraged by findings from Chadwick Martin Bailey and iModerate that social friends and followers feel more inclined to purchase from the brands they are fans of.
How Twitter and Facebook Make Us More Productive | Magazine
http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/02/st_essay_distraction/
Brendan Koerner argues that research shows that social media breaks actually boost the creativity and productivity of innovation-focused workers. He writes: "Twitter and Facebook give knowledge workers the chance to turn downtime into a game where creativity and insight are rewarded, if only with digital pats on the back."
RT @tcar Here's a great article to give your boss when they catch you slacking off on Twitter: http://bit.ly/amZ8qu
Contrary to recent research about social networks and efficiency, taking a break from work to read that tweet about Lady Gaga's lingerie might actually stoke creativity and enhance problem-solving skills.
Article discussing the value of "down time" in creativity, and extending the idea to Twitter, Facebook, etc.
The 7 Deadly Sins of Social Media
http://www.capturetheconversation.com/read/the-7-deadly-sins-of-social-media
iPhone Zensify Keeps track of your aggregated social networks
http://www.zensify.com/
View all your social networks in one timeline Update Facebook and Twitter simultaneously Perform custom searches within your own social graph Keep track of developing topics across your social networks Discover trends in your own social graph
ZenNews is the first of a new breed of intelligent news analysis programs - with ZenNews, you can see visualized story trends from the world’s leading news sources!/ / Highlights stories that are actively being forwarded by Twitter / Discover what's hot across all news sources / Swipe across multiple tag clouds to change news source / Compare news coverage from different sources / Browse all news in one handy timeline
Social networking and blogs now more popular than email, says Nielsen | Technology | guardian.co.uk
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2009/mar/09/nielsen-social-networks
RT @JesseNewhart: Social networking and blogs now more popular than email, says Nielsen: http://bit.ly/aWDI5 [from http://twitter.com/MandyBee/statuses/1303396335]
Reid Hoffman Tells Charlie Rose: “Every Individual Is Now An Entrepreneur.”
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/05/read-hoffman-tells-charlie-rose-every-individual-is-now-an-entrepreneur/
interview with linked founding ceo
Full text transcript plus link to video.
RT @jonathanfields: LinkedIn founder says, "every individual is now an entrepreneur, whether they recognize it or not" http://bit.ly/i3MKd [from http://twitter.com/r1tz/statuses/1305251212]
Reid Hoffman is an entrepreneur’s entrepreneur. He worked at Paypal, founded LinkedIn, and invested in dozens more. Last night, he appeared on Charlie Rose (full interview embedded above, full transcript below), where he talks about the rise of social networking in general, and LinkedIn’s success in particular (it is adding one million professionals every 17 days and is emerging as a “low cost provider of really good hiring services”).
Ning Exposed - Tech Company Ning Scams its Clients | Charting Stocks
http://www.chartingstocks.net/2009/03/ning-exposed-tech-company-ning-scams-its-clients/
Clients of Ning are outraged [Link disabled by Ning] over a decision that Ning made public last week. The software maker sent out an email to all of its clients, those who have created a social network on Ning, stating that they would email all members of all websites who use the Ning software to promote the newly designed Ning.com.
My 50 Most Linked To Posts | chrisbrogan.com
http://www.chrisbrogan.com/my-50-most-linked-to-posts/
I was just looking at something on Yahoo! Site Explorer and realized that I could pluck from it the 50 most linked to posts on my site without a lot of heavy
Chris Brogan's best blog posts...really good and helpful articles
Your Facebook Profile Makes Marketers’ Dreams Come True | Epicenter
http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/04/your-facebook-profile-makes-marketers-dreams-come-true/
Your Facebook Profile Makes Marketers’ Dreams Come True
by Eliot Van Buskirk // Generally I stay away from Wired, which often has published technological fantasies and hype that have been downright silly -- and very misleading
Your Facebook Profile Makes Marketers’ Dreams Come True http://bit.ly/4rs9Z [from http://twitter.com/AdNerds/statuses/1659055245]
Report Says Twitter Would Take 36 Years to Catch Facebook - If Facebook Stopped Growing Today - ReadWriteWeb
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/facebook_kicking_twitters_ass.php
Marketing firm HubSpot will publish a report tomorrow on the state of Twitter at the end of 2008, based on user data the company harvested from its controversial ...
from HubSpot. / / 페이스북은 트위더보다 30배크고, 30배 빠르게 성장하고 있다. 하루 가입자만 최대 1만명. 굉장하다.
How to Build Engaging One-of-Kind Facebook Fan Pages
http://techcrunch.com/2010/03/28/how-to-build-engaging-one-of-kind-facebook-fan-pages/
How to build engaging Facebook fan pages
Techcrunch article on how to personalize your facebook fan pages
The Creation of Twitter Best Practices: Round 1
http://blog.ogilvypr.com/?p=426
eye on ompr
do's and don't's for Twitter
Do's and Don'ts of Using Twitter
Do’s and don’t’s of Twittering.
does and donts
40 of the Most Useful Social Media and PR Blog Posts of Q1, 2010 (Jan - Mar)
http://socialmediatoday.com/SMC/184721
Compiled by Adam Vincenzini  Late last year, I published my picks for the 99 most useful social media posts of 2009, a collection which was received really well. This year, I've been publishing 1
compilation of blog posts about social media.
How To Create Your Own Community Website For Free @ SmashingApps
http://www.smashingapps.com/2009/05/25/how-to-create-your-own-community-website-for-free.html
BoonEx Community Software Experts provides free, open-source and downloadable community-building software for websites. BoonEx delivers quality software, which enables you to build any kind of website: COMMUNITY, DATING, or SOCIAL NETWORKING. BoonEx has been working on software development for more than 5 years and endeavors to develop high quality software implementing the latest internet technologies.
insoshi
How To Create Your Own Community Website For Free (open-source software) http://bit.ly/bb1wO [from http://twitter.com/KeithDriscoll/statuses/1918721847]
How To Create Your Own Community Website For Free @ SmashingApps
50 New Free High-Quality Icon Sets (with Easter Icons!) - Smashing Magazine
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/04/01/50-new-free-high-quality-icon-sets/
DOT Pictograms
provide our readers with a
How to Use Friendfeed as a Collaborative Business Tool | chrisbrogan.com
http://www.chrisbrogan.com/how-to-use-friendfeed-as-a-collaborative-business-tool/
Çıktı alınacak
The social media aggregation software, Friendfeed has much more value than one might originally think. The tool lets you add several disparate parts of your social web use into one spot (it collects your blog, your Flickr account, your upcoming.org event list, your bookmarks, etc).
The social media aggregation software, Friendfeed has much more value than one might originally think. The tool lets you add several disparate parts of your social web use into one spot (it collects your blog, your Flickr account, your upcoming.org event list, your bookmarks, etc). Most people use this as a way to share a more enriched experience with friends and colleagues. But I think there’s a business opportunity in using the tool for collaborative business. Remember, Friendfeed can collect your status information, your presence, media from several sources, your bookmarks. There are many ways to use that. Here’s one set of use cases to consider for that purpose.
The social media aggregation software, Friendfeed has much more value than one might originally think. The tool lets you add several disparate parts of your
Small Businesses Get Social - eMarketer
http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?R=1007121
According to a study by Sage Software and AMI-Partners, more than 260,000 small businesses in the US and Canada employ social networking tactics.
Using Twitter and Facebook to Find a Job - TIME
http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1903083,00.html
This article in Time magizine explains how social networking has changed the way people approach job searching.
Online social networks from Facebook to Twitter to LinkedIn are the new power tools for today\'s job seekers
Interview With Andrew Keen At The Next Web 2009: “Web 2.0 Is F*Cked”
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/16/interview-with-andrew-keen-at-the-next-web-2009-web-20-is-fcked/
The funny irony here is that Keen keeps pushing to see technology as fragmentation and individualism against notions such as McLuhan's "global village." He does suggest that twitter represents an age of radical inegalitarianism, and this is interesting, but tends to ignore the social collaborative projects dynamic technologies make possible.
bat shit crazy but interesting pov
Interview With Andrew Keen At The Next Web 2009: “Web 2.0 Is F*Cked” 157 Comments by Robin Wauters on April 16, 2009 TechCrunch Europe’s Mike Butcher and I just finished conducting a short video interview with entrepreneur and author Andrew Keen about the end of Web 2.0 and the dawn of a new age of individualism, driven primarily by Twitter.
TechCrunch Europe's Mike Butcher and I just finished conducting a short video interview with entrepreneur and author Andrew Keen about the end of ...
Next Web in Amsterdam
food for thought
Twitter VC Laughs at the Idea that Twitter Has No Business Model - ReadWriteWeb
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/twitter_vc_laughs_at_the_idea.php
using technoloyg
RT @davewiner: Twitter VC :there will be "sudden" changes and then we'll know what Twitter's business model is. :-) http://bit.ly/15lTiK [from http://twitter.com/rohitharsh/statuses/1267090367]
RT - Twitter VC Laughs at Idea that Twitter Has No Bus Model - ReadWriteWeb http://ff.im/-1hDCY. +++Some said that about Google early on. [from http://twitter.com/paulwalker/statuses/1266876050]
Todd Dagres, founder of Spark Capital and one of the VCs that poured an additional $35 million into Twitter recently, finds it amusing when people talk about Twitter's lack of a business model.
$ frm twttr VC says: "All of a sudden...some changes...won't undermine...but...pretty obvious how we...monetize it." http://is.gd/llEp [from http://twitter.com/DrIanFenwick/statuses/1292447685]
is it obvious? will those first to react to it be in a position to leverage it?
Dagres, who claims that Sparks and Union Square Ventures are the two biggest shareholders in Twitter, said that there is a business model - it just hasn't been implemented yet. But he did provide one clue. "All of a sudden there will be some changes that won't undermine the experience or the vitality -- but it will be pretty obvious how we're going to monetize it."
How to: Track a conversation in Twitter | Journalism.co.uk Editors' Blog
http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/2009/01/23/how-to-track-a-conversation-in-twitter/
how to track a conversation in twitter
By the Numbers: Facebook vs The United States [INFOGRAPHIC]
http://mashable.com/2010/04/05/facebook-us-infographic/
Interesting break down of Facebook in the US vs US Population. Lots of nuggets for the water cooler. My favorite? More people claim DC in Facebook than live in DC IRL!
Top 10 Open-Source Platforms to Build Your Own Social Network | Dzine Blog
http://dzineblog.com/2010/03/top-10-open-source-platforms-that-allow-you-to-build-your-own-social-network.html
Gute Übersicht!
Hey Businesses! Social Media Users Want Your Attention - ReadWriteWeb
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/majority_of_social_media_users_want_businesses_attention.php
Out of the 85% of users who want companies to have a presence in social media, 34% want companies to actively interact with them and 51% want companies to interact with them as needed or by request. 8% think companies should only be passively involved on social media and 7% think companies should not be involved at all.
85% of Americans using social media think companies should have an active presence in the social media environment. What's even more interesting is that those users actually want the companies to interact with them while there.
The rise and rise of Twitter | Technology | guardian.co.uk
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2009/mar/27/twitter-popularity
The Guardian has a huge number of Twitter review articles - most of which are excellent.
Could Twitter really become 'the consciousness of the planet', or is it merely 'this year's Facebook'?
LitmanLive.co.uk » Blog Archive » How to use Twitter to find your next job.
http://www.litmanlive.co.uk/2009/01/how-to-use-twitter-to-find-your-next-job/
FYI - retweeting is the art of broadcasting a message on Twitter that has been written by someone else but you feel will be of interest and value to your followers.. think of it as a kind of mini chain mail but one that has a use and purpose and doesn’t tell you that you’re going to die if you don’t send this email to 20,000 people in the next 12 seconds.
Blog post on networking to find a job using Twitter
How Internet Content Distribution & Discovery Are Changing
http://gigaom.com/2009/05/17/how-internet-content-distribution-discovery-are-changing/
people
OPEN Forum by American Express OPEN | The Art of Generating Buzz, Part II
http://blogs.openforum.com/2009/03/02/the-art-of-generating-buzz-part-ii/
Facebook is more hierarchical: As a marketer, you can have a dialogue with people who identified themselves as fans of your brand or category. Then, you hope that they will spread the word to their friends. On Twitter, you have access not only to those who are most passionate about your brand, but to anyone who mentions it.
HOW TO: Get the Most Out of Digg
http://mashable.com/2009/01/20/how-to-get-the-most-out-of-digg/
Since its launch in 2004, Digg (Digg reviews) has attracted more than 30 million unique visitors and 327 million page views per month. Its social bookmarking features allow users to submit their favorite pictures, videos, and articles to be voted on by their peers. The most popular and relevant of which, based on Digg’s algorithm, are promoted to the front page for all visitors to see.
HOW TO: Get the Most Out of Digg
Keith Starky Explains Twitter
http://explainingtwitter.tumblr.com/
Sparsely kept up, but a funny blog by a good writer at a University in Indiana.
Keith Starky, »leading researcher in the field of Advanced Sparse-Tree Social Networking Systems from Washington Polytechnical Institute in Indianapolis, Indiana« (wer da noch nicht grinst, ist selber schuld) spießt im unnachahmlichen pseudo-wissenschaftlichen Duktus die Absurditäten aus der Tweet-Masse. Sehr, sehr (sagte ich schon: sehr?) lesenswert.
"This 'weblog' is part of his ongoing research in humor propagation and fluid reputation dynamics."
Social Networks and 40-Something Women - eMarketer
http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?id=1006795
East Bay Express | News | Yelp and the Business of Extortion 2.0
http://www.eastbayexpress.com/news/yelp_and_the_business_of_extortion_2_0/Content?oid=927491
Yelp - is it extortion?
I guess this was the first in the series of articles detailing Yelp's shiesty biddness practices...
part 1 of 2, this is the one that got picked up by the WSJ et al. The phone calls came almost daily. It started to get creepy. "Hi, this is Mike from Yelp," the voice would say. "You've had three hundred visitors to your site this month. You've had a really good response. But you have a few bad ones at the top. I could do something about those."
Local business owners say Yelp offers to hide negative customer reviews
HOW TO: Use Social Media for Sharing Music
http://mashable.com/2009/04/18/social-sharing-music/
Social media gives people the opportunity to find, discovery, share, and reinvent music in new and interesting ways. The following is a step-by-step guide on how to share the audio experience with friends using web-based tools.
April 2009
Twitter Bible: All You Need To Know About Twitter
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=&articleId=9132843&taxonomyId=&intsrc=kc_feat
Excellent resource on all about Twitter - for businesses and individuals
Seth's Blog: Brands, social, clutter and the sundae
http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2008/12/brands-social-c.html
From Seth Godin's blog. Discusses the phenomenon of "social clutter" and why traditional ad campaigns fail online.
"Traditional advertising is inherently selfish. It interrupts in order to generate money (part of which pays for more interruptions). That approach doesn't work at a cocktail party, or at a funeral or in a social network." Very interesting take.
Seth Godin blog post on brands needing to provide value with social media
Clay Shirky: How cellphones, Twitter, Facebook can make history | Video on TED.com
http://www.ted.com/talks/clay_shirky_how_cellphones_twitter_facebook_can_make_history.html?awesm=on.ted.com_y&utm_campaign=ted&utm_content=site-basic&utm_medium=on.ted.com-twitter&utm_source=direct-on.ted.com
While news from Iran streams to the world, Clay Shirky shows how Facebook, Twitter and TXTs help citizens in repressive regimes to report on real news, bypassing censors (however briefly). The end of top-down control of news is changing the nature of politics.
The Ted Conferences have always provided interesting and though provoking content. This is a great view on the impact of video with social networking... listen up... Barack Obama did... and won an election without a lot of substance, but with a lot of social networking connections and digital media.
Evolution of media: 1. The printing press and moveable type 2. Wireless and telephone 3. Recorded image and sound (photographs then audio) 4. Harnessing of electromagnetic spectrum to send sound and images through the air (Radio and television) Up until then we had an asymmetry of media - the media that's great at creating groups is no good at creating conversations and the media that's great at creating conversations is no good at creating groups. Then came… 5. The internet! Key qualities… • Media as site of coordination • Consumers to producers • Global, social, ubiquitous and cheap • Convene people, not control them
"convene, don't control" audience
10 Essential Social Media Tools for B2B Marketers
http://mashable.com/2010/04/08/b2b-marketing-tools/
Pak vás možná zaujmou tipy na vhodné nástroje pro sociální média
HOW TO: Clean Up Your Facebook Profile
http://mashable.com/2010/04/08/clean-up-facebook/
Comment faire un peu de ménage sur votre profil #Facebook - http://is.gd/bsazh
10 Things to Do Immediately After a Networking Event
http://clicktoclient.com/10-things-to-do-immediately-after-a-networking-event/
facebook twitter linkedin combine straitgy
The true color of networking is often revealed after the event itself.
Excellent post for people to whom social networking doesn't come naturally or comfortably - would be especially good for teachers or students who are new to social media.
Why the Four C's of Community Require the Commitment of Many - Advertising Age - DigitalNext
http://adage.com/digitalnext/article?article_id=132734
Have you ever given serious thought as to why marketers are so infatuated with the idea of "viral"? Think about it
Let Content, Context, Connectivity and Continuity Guide Your Efforts| David Armano
Pirate Moves- Promoting Without Being That Guy | chrisbrogan.com
http://www.chrisbrogan.com/pirate-moves-promoting-without-being-that-guy/
Find causes and nonprofit experiences to help out. Showing that you’re not just a capitalist pig goes a long way.
Yahoo Conn Fishburn on social media marketing: “Bring wine to the picnic”...
Really, really nice piece. Wish I'd written it.
Logic+Emotion: Social Engagement Spectrum
http://darmano.typepad.com/logic_emotion/2009/05/social-engagement-spectrum.html
Doing a bit of thinking of how to frame up some of the differences between traditional, digital and social initiatives—each has it's own set of properties, there is some overlap and there are also distinct characteristics. Thought it might help...
6 Lessons We Can Learn From Barack Obama’s Online Marketing Strategy : : Online Marketing Articles by Web Profits
http://www.webprofits.com.au/blog/2008/07/23/6-lessons-we-can-learn-from-barack-obamas-online-marketing-strategy/
online marketing sty. by B.Obama
Cultivated Play: Farmville | MediaCommons
http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/content/cultivated-play-farmville
"The secret to Farmville’s popularity is neither gameplay nor aesthetics. Farmville is popular because in entangles users in a web of social obligations. When users log into Facebook, they are reminded that their neighbors have sent them gifts, posted bonuses on their walls, and helped with each others’ farms. In turn, they are obligated to return the courtesies. As the French sociologist Marcel Mauss tells us, gifts are never free: they bind the giver and receiver in a loop of reciprocity. It is rude to refuse a gift, and ruder still to not return the kindness.[11] We play Farmville, then, because we are trying to be good to one another. We play Farmville because we are polite, cultivated people."
Interesting read on social gaming, e.g. FarmVille: http://bit.ly/bLPIEK – Jacob Bøtter (boetter) http://twitter.com/boetter/statuses/12443260031
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HOW TO: Combine Facebook and Twitter for Live Chat
http://mashable.com/2009/07/11/savorchat/
HOW TO: Combine Facebook and Twitter for Live Chat - http://mashable.com/2009/07/11/savorchat/
HOW TO: Combine Facebook and Twitter for Live Chat http://bit.ly/aH0VC5 #facebook #twitter #chat
RT @mashable: HOW TO: Combine Facebook and Twitter for Live Chat - http://bit.ly/JEeSY [from http://twitter.com/MacGeeky/statuses/2586861785]
Facebook Growth Explodes, Site Reaches 140 Million Active Users - ReadWriteWeb
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/facebook_growth_explodes.php
Traffic and engagement statistics from Facebook in December 2008.
If there's any doubt that Facebook is rapidly becoming the next big thing in social networks, you only need look at their recent statistics. According to new reports, ...
Avec quelques 140 millions d'utilisateurs actifs, Facebook est le succès de 2008. Retour en chiffre sur le succès de l'année !
Twautor / Login
http://www.twautor.com/
check
Twitter tool which lets you mass spam everybody
Bobbie Johnson: Why I'm finished with 'social media' | Technology | guardian.co.uk
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2009/feb/04/web20-socialnetworking
RT @TwURLedNewsSM Bobbie Johnson: Why I'm finished with 'social media' | Technology | guardian.co.uk - http://tinyurl.com/bc7wsa [from http://twitter.com/barbhd34/statuses/1238842834]
Mark Robinson Mark Robinson Postet: 24.02.2009 Fast the Guardian har tröttnat... eller i alla fall Bobbie Johnson "Nobody talks about people down the pub laughing about Bale's expletive-laden bullying as a 'social drinking sensation'. They don't call people giggling about it on the phone as a 'social telecommunications sensation'. They call it joking, or they call it gossip, because that's what people do. Whether they do it online or offline, down the pub or on Facebook doesn't matter. 'Social media' is mainstream - we don't need to claim any more victories for it. [...] Social media is people. People talk about stuff. The end."
Social media is people. People talk about stuff. Good point :)
"Social media" is mainstream - we don't need to claim any more victories for it. So, that's it. I'm sick of "social media experts". (If I know you and you are one, then obviously I'm not talking about you). I'm sick of "social media sensations". And I'm sick of social media. Social media is people. People talk about stuff. The end.
Social media is people. People talk about stuff. The end.
Nobody talks about people down the pub laughing about Bale's expletive-laden bullying as a "social drinking sensation". They don't call people giggling about it on the phone as a "social telecommunications sensation". They call it joking, or they call it gossip, because that's what people do. Whether they do it online or offline, down the pub or on Facebook doesn't matter. "Social media" is mainstream - we don't need to claim any more victories for it.
Via, perhaps (but probably not) ironically, http://ash10.com
Bobbie Johnson has a righteous rant concluding with "Social media is people. People talk about stuff. The end." I agree wholeheartedly. But I also think there's plenty of work to be done in this area. The issue, I think, is that most studies of "social media" miss the point and do so annoyingly loudly. This is also why I'm currently looking for a term to describe what I do that isn't "social media"...
It's time to realise that we don't need to measure every event in terms of what people are doing on Facebook, YouTube or Twitter
Theme Playground | Who’s Who in WordPress (50+ people you should be following)
http://themeplayground.com/2009/for-wordpress-users/whos-who-in-wordpress-50-people-you-should-be-following/
This list is intended to direct you toward the most influential members of the WordPress community. If you’re reading this page, it’s because you’re interested in getting involved. The list below will give you not only a quick bio, but links to their sites and Twitter profiles so you can follow them. On with the list!
Who’s Who in WordPress (50+ people you should be following)
Tout savoir sur Twitter et le Microblogging | WebEvangelists.net
http://www.webevangelists.net/2008/10/07/tout-savoir-sur-twitter-et-le-microblogging/
All about Twitter
Article riche sur le microblogging
Usages, services, applications... Une revue complété du phénomène de microblogging et de son outil phare Twitter
Tout savoir sur Twitter et le Microblogging
Tout savoir sur twitter [WRITTEN IN FRENCH]
10 Things Teachers Should Know to Get Started with Twitter - Arizona K-12 Center Blog
http://azk12.org/blog/archives/46-10-Things-Teachers-Should-Know-to-Get-Started-with-Twitter.html#extended
great how to
Tony Vincent
RT @aliyares: If you know a non-Twittering educator, send them here: http://bit.ly/eA0RF #NECC09 @johnstonsarah [from http://twitter.com/nandikerri/statuses/2408526682]
10 Things Teachers Should Know To Get Started With Twitter http://bit.ly/WysaH RT @phaoloo #teachers (via @TrendTracker) [from http://twitter.com/MarketingVeep/statuses/3439310295]
How Much Is A Suggested Slot On Twitter Worth? Jason Calacanis Offers $250,000.
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/12/how-much-is-a-suggested-slot-on-twitter-worth-jason-calacanis-offers-250000/
Mahalo CEO Jason Calacanis, who is no Twitter slouch himself with 61,266 hard-earned followers, thinks that being one of the top 20 on the suggested list will be worth as much as a Superbowl ad within five years. He is offering Twitter $250,000 to lock in a spot on the suggested list for two years, or $120,000 for one year. I emailed Calacanis (who is our partner in putting on the TechCrunch 50 conference) and he confirms the offer is dead serious. In fact, he contacted Twitter co-founders Jack Dorsey and Evan Williams last week about it, and is lobbying investor Fred Wilson.
The Evolution of the Social Media API
http://mashable.com/2009/05/21/social-media-api/
s part of Mashable’s Social Media series for developers, highlighting handy tips and resources for software developers. This series is supported by Forum Nokia’s Calling All Innovators competition.
Dit artikel beschrijft de begindagen van de APIs van sociale media, de groei van sociale netwerkplatforms en enkele van de innovatieve zaken die momenteel gebouwd worden m.b.v. deze sociale API's. Een bredere kijk dus op het concept 'API', de ontstaansgeschiedenis ervan, en een blik op wat verwacht wordt.
here did these social APIs originate, how have they evolved, and what are people going to be building in the future? This article explores some of the early days of the social media API, the growth of social networking platforms, and a few of the great innovations being
Light Blue Touchpaper » Blog Archive » New Facebook Photo Hacks
http://www.lightbluetouchpaper.org/2009/02/11/new-facebook-photo-hacks/
e session cookies for every photo request, but we’ll assume this is impractical giv
Last March, Facebook caught some flak when some hacks circulated showing how to access private photos of any user. These were enabled by egregiously lazy design: viewing somebody’s private photos simply required determining their user ID (which shows up in search results) and then manually fetching a URL of the form: www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=1&view=all&subj=[uid]&id=[uid] This hack was live for a few weeks in February, exposing some photos of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and (reportedly) Paris Hilton, before the media picked it up in March and Facebook upgraded the site. Instead of using properly formatted PHP queries as capabilities to view photos, Faceook now verifies the requesting user against the ACL for each photo request. What could possibly go wrong? Well, as I discovered this week, the photos themselves are served from a separate content-delivery domain, leading to some problems which
9000, which can be searched in about 45 minutes using one script. This is also easily parallelisable, given that we can query any of the mirrored photo servers in the
Dan Blank: Publishing, Innovation & the Web » Blog Archive » How to Create a High Quality Blog
http://danblank.com/blog/2009/01/16/how-to-create-a-high-quality-blog/
just
Blogs made to simply succeed
Great tips for media outlets to publish a blog that people will actually, you know, read.
Dan Blank provides another list of ways to make your blog work. And he didn't use a numbered list! But it's a pretty good list for those who are starting out (are there any of those newspapers left? I hope not).
Dan Blank gives some marketing-focused advice on how to create a great blog.
"Today, I want to look beyond just creating "a" blog, and share some strategies and tactics for creating a "great" blog." - One of the better lists for newspaper bloggers
My Best Advice About Social Networking | chrisbrogan.com
http://www.chrisbrogan.com/my-best-advice-about-social-networking/
TALKI - The easiest way to embed a forum
http://tal.ki/
Tal.ki http://tinyurl.com/26b3qqm #fhuedu642
the easiest way to embed a forum
Tal.ki provides a great way to add a discussion forum to your classroom blog or website. Use Tal.ki to provide your students with a place to ask you questions. Or use Tal.ki as a place for students to ask each other homework help questions, essentially turning your forum into a student-run homework help center.
Your forum will be integrated with Facebook, Twitter, Google, and other services so members can skip registration.
Facebook Developers
http://developers.facebook.com/plugins
Social plugins enable you to provide engaging social experiences to your users with just a line of HTML. Because they are hosted by Facebook, the plugins are personalized for all users who are logged into Facebook — even if the users haven't yet signed up for your site.
Facebook Social plugins : The easiest way to add #FB to your site | La façon la + simple d'ajouter FB à votre site
20 Essential Social Media Resources You May Have Missed
http://mashable.com/2010/04/17/social-media-resources-recap-5/
Now Trending on Mashable: "20 Essential Social Media Resources You May Have Missed" - http://bit.ly/97FUWy – Pete Cashmore (mashable) http://twitter.com/mashable/statuses/12401749919
social media tools
"Big changes in the social media landscape this week mean there’s a lot to discuss. These posts highlight all the latest and greatest tools, tips, trends, and strategies for navigating the ever-changing social waters."
Twollars: An Innovative Approach to Fundraising on Twitter
http://mashable.com/2009/05/26/twollars/
Twollars: An Innovative Approach to Fundraising on Twitter http://bit.ly/1ED6JM [from http://twitter.com/FredericMartin/statuses/1928736633]
. When you put all this together, what do you get? A very powerful virtual-currency-meets-micropayments economy that could be a great way for charities to raise funds, individuals to (directly or indirectly) support a good cause, and businesses to raise awareness of their brand by supporting a good cause. On the other hand, since Twollars are basically free, I see certain potential for misuse; for example, a group of people can create thousands of Twitter accounts for the pure purpose of influencing the Twollar economy.
Twollars: An Innovative Approach to Fundraising on Twitter http://bit.ly/1ED6JM [from http://twitter.com/digital_capital/statuses/1930717473]
Very interesting concept. Part fundraising, part awareness campaigning...
Socialthing for Websites
http://socialthing.com/forwebsites/
# Enable everyone coming to your site to broadcast their activity to their social graph # Socialthing for Websites doesn’t require clients or plugins to be installed by the user # Deeper engagement through synchronous communication (IM and Chat)
SocialThing é da TimeWarner
Socialthing for Websites is an advanced suite of social networking services that enable site owners to keep users engaged wherever they are.
なんか使えるかものメモメモ。
Time Spent on Facebook up 700%, but MySpace Still Tops for Video | Nielsen Wire
http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/online_mobile/time-spent-on-facebook-up-700-but-myspace-still-tops-for-video/
As theories circulate about the actual dollar value of sites like Facebook and Myspace-analysts recently placed Facebook’s worth at $10 billion-there is no question that people continue to gravitate in droves towards social networking and blog sites. In the U.S. alone, total minutes spent on social networking sites has increased 83 percent year-over-year. In fact, total minutes spent on Facebook increased nearly 700 percent year-over-year, growing from 1.7 billion minutes in April 2008 to 13.9 billion in April 2009, making it the No. 1 social networking site when ranked by total minutes for the month.
afternoon Facebook posted about how the site is growing beyond regional networks and how networks will no longer be part of the privacy settings. The rationale is that the company has grown beyond it's previous boundaries … Jun 4, 2009, 11:55 AM - In con
Top 10 Social Networking and Blog Sites Ranked by Total Minutes for April 2009 and Their Year-over-Year Percent Growth (U.S., Home and Work)
LiveJournal
Open Graph protocol - Facebook Developers
http://developers.facebook.com/docs/opengraph
The Open Graph protocol enables you to integrate your web pages into the social graph. It is currently designed for web pages representing profiles of real-world things — things like movies, sports teams, celebrities, and restaurants. Once your pages become objects in the graph, users can establish connections to your pages as they do with Facebook Pages. Based on the structured data you provide via the Open Graph protocol, your pages show up richly across Facebook: in user profiles, within search results and in News Feed.
Ning’s Bubble Bursts: No More Free Networks, Cuts 40% Of Staff
http://techcrunch.com/2010/04/15/nings-bubble-bursts-no-more-free-networks-cuts-40-of-staff/
NING NO LONGER FREE
Ning cuts it's free service.
Ning refocusing business plan, phasing out free networks. Will there be a NPO discount??
"As a result of today’s news I suspect we’ll see quite a few active networks jump to whatever the cheapest premium option is; I don’t expect Ning to make it especially easy to port their data to a different service. There will also certainly be a backlash from Ning’s vocal community of Network Creators, many of whom have invested quite of bit of time building out their niche networks."
10 Fresh Tips for Community Managers
http://mashable.com/2010/04/13/community-manager-tips/
10 Fresh Tips for Community Managers http://bit.ly/alWdXc – Christophe AMALRIC (TiKris) http://twitter.com/TiKris/statuses/12827200506
10 Fresh Tips for Community Managers http://bit.ly/alWdXc
How to Follow Everyone Back on Twitter Without Ruining Your Experience
http://www.twitip.com/how-to-follow-everyone-back-on-twitter-without-ruining-your-experience/
How often have you heard the argument that not following back everyone who follows you is ’snobby’ and ‘arrogant’? (It’s not, and you shouldn’t listen to anyone who tells you so. You have a right to choose who you follow and don’t follow.) Following everyone back...
How to Follow Everyone Back on Twitter Without Ruining Your Experience http://twurl.nl/a66055 [from http://twitter.com/JonayCom/statuses/1623202941]
short answer: tweetdeck
@DEE522 Yeah (http://is.gd/uvxo) and (http://is.gd/c17V) is interesting too, got me thinking. [from http://twitter.com/suPEARLative5/statuses/1621050784]
Enterprise Microsharing Matrix: Yammer and 14 Rivals Compared - Mashable
http://mashable.com/2008/09/25/enterprise-microsharing-matrix/
Laura Fitton presents a side-by-side comparison of 15 enterprise microsharing applications.
A comparison of 15 internal "enterprise 2.0" tools similar to Twitter
the first side-by-side comparison of 15 enterprise microsharing applications:
Twitter (Twitter)’s “water cooler” collaboration, support and problem-solving qualities have led to much discussion about a similar application for internal “Enterprise 2.0″ collaboration and communication. Yammer’s success touched off a spate of announcements about similar applications, and Jeremiah Owyang and I have been tracking the growing list.
http://zesty.ca/facebook/
http://zesty.ca/facebook/
Any information you see below is visible to anyone on the Internet through normal use of the Facebook Graph API.
a tool that will help you see what is public about a given facebook profile.
What does Facebook publish about you and your friends?
One click: See all the information Facebook shares about you to anyone: http://j.mp/dcZsdP – Tips, Tools, Status (Twitter_Tips) http://twitter.com/Twitter_Tips/statuses/12970476402
ublish about you and your friends?
facebook activity graph
Ning: Failures, Lessons and Six Alternatives
http://mashable.com/2010/04/18/ning-alternatives/
We’re not sure how pricing will change over the next few weeks, but what we do know is that the dotcom-era free-for-all of apps, services and content for end users is not-so-gradually coming to a halt. In the light of economic reality, nothing is free. Someone — be it an advertiser, an administrator, an investor or an entrepreneur — is footing the bill for every one and zero that’s electronically transmitted across this great Internet of ours. And at some point, most of those folks expect to see a return on their investment.
ideas to replace NING
Alternatives to Ning
Ning, the particular community regarding support systems which boasted twenty million website visitors per month, is actually producing massive personnel cutbacks and contains declared a complete end for you to free providers for its users. People that spend on quality expert services are going to be enquired to pay for more, along with those who are having their particular myspace free of charge is going to be asked for you to fork above as well as stage journey Ning podium.
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33 Blogs To Make You Social Media And Marketing Guru | Graphic and Web Design Blog
http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/development/worth-reading-social-media-marketing-blogs/
33 Blogs To Make You Social Media And Marketing Guru
对社会化媒体关注比较高的博客
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MediaShift . Building the Ideal Community Information Hub | PBS
http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2009/04/building-the-ideal-community-information-hub120.html
Mark Glaser provides eight tips on how to create a community hub for local information that aggregates it all in one online source. His tips include cracking open government data and access and bringing stake-holders together for face-to-face discussion.
Breaking News Site Info
Great outline of an approach to public information and community hubs; picks up from the Power of Information approach
Can User-Generated Content Change Your World? - eMarketer
http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?id=1006888
Dobrý úvod
eMarketer 2008年的报告,关于生产性用户、生产的内容等的调研与预测
This article hypothesis about the long term impacts of user generated web content on greater society, and the many professional facets within society (albeit within an American context). Stills discusses how user generated content can only increase in size and rapidity, as new media platforms continue to increase in size and rapidity. He also discusses how platforms such as the internet have allowed for a liberation of free speech and communication amongst individuals, whereas 10 years ago there were limited avenues to get your opinion heard. This article provides an interesting insight into the phenomenon of user generated content and how pervasive it has actually become.
Every day, user-generated content (UGC) is part of the online experience of millions of US Internet users. From entertainment to communications to e-commerce, consumers are taking charge of the creation, distribution and consumption of digital content. And it’s growing. Up from 83 million in 2008, eMarketer estimates the number of UGC creators will grow to 115 million in 2013.
Info on growth of UGC and creators, consumers of UGC
Statistics and predictions
Nostradamical.com: Predict World Events, Share Opinions, Meet Like Minded People
http://www.nostradamical.com/
A social web application based around the collective prediction of future events. It is based on the concept that ‘many heads are better than one’ (also known as collective intelligence, collective reasoning, group wisdom, etc)
Predict World Events, Share Opinions, Meet Like Minded People
If you have an opinion on news or world events or if you think you can predict the future, then Nostradamical will help you publish your predictions.
Nostradamical.com is a prediction market, blog and game that is run by you, the people. Anyone can sign up and publish predictions. Got an opinion on world affairs? Think you can predict the future? At Nostradamical people are sharing opinions and trying to guess what will happen next - from technology ideas, to celebrity gossip to politics and world events. It's easy, fun and a great way to publish your opinions!
Essentially Nostradamical is a fun approach to a serious topic: The ability of ‘the crowd’ to predict events with better overall success than ‘the individual’.
Web 2.0 Tactics for Successful Job-Hunting - Business Center - PC World
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/155446/web_20_tactics_for_successful_jobhunting.html
check
With unemployment at a 14-year high and 240,000 workers laid off in October alone, many Americans are scrambling to update their resumes and turning to job boards and networking sites. Some are panicking as they try to devise new ways to get in front of employers. But even in trying times like these, prospective employees shouldn't completely reinvent their job-seeking styles. Indeed, much of the tried-and-true career advice we've all heard is relevant in your next job search. To outshine your competitors and win the gig in today's economy , here's a secret to success: Don't abandon the steadfast career tips passed down from generations, but rather, refine them -- with a keen eye for the value in Web 2.0 tools like social networking. Whether you're one of many IT professionals out of work or among the few making career leaps despite rocky economic times, consider these five ways to express your candidacy with flair.
Peter Schwartz: Facebook's Face Plant: The Poverty of Social Networks and the Death of Web 2.0
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-schwartz/facebooks-face-plant-the_b_149497.html
Article arguing that generic social networking such as Facebook will not last. Don't have enough information to decide whether he is right or not but worth reading
Facebook's Face Plant: The Poverty of Social Networks and the Death of Web 2.0 - The Huffington Post
Peter Schwartz has worked for Microsoft, lectured in political philosophy and is the Founder and President of an online legal publishing and database. This article is an interesting discussion of the pros and cons of Facebook and the interconnectivity these online applications allow.
Peter Schwartz explores the 'death' of Web 2.0 and how social networking is replacing the basis for business models. Schwartz also examines the decline of banner ads and the increase of advertising on Facebook and the revenue it generates. Ultimately the main focus of the article is on Facebook rather than online advertising.
The Huffington Post's Peter Schwartz claims that Web 2.0 is dead. Looking at Facebook, he asks if its business model is in trouble, and considers the risk that users will grow tired of the site.
Annotated link http://www.diigo.com/bookmark/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffingtonpost.com%2Fpeter-schwartz%2Ffacebooks-face-plant-the_b_149497.html
Reflexiones sobre Web 2.0
MySpace shrinks as Facebook, Twitter and Bebo grab its users | Technology | The Observer
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/mar/29/myspace-facebook-bebo-twitter
the notoriously fickle internet, where today's cultural icon is tomorrow's passing fad.
Bebo is big in the UK undermining MySpace's dominance. FB and Twitter are contributing as well.
MySpace is struggling to keep up with its burgeoning rival, Facebook. It is now only half the size of Facebook and shrank by 2% in February while Facebook increased its user base by over 16%.
The "Place for Friends" is starting to feel lonely. MySpace, the Rupert Murdoch-owned website once synonymous with social networking, is losing popularity and key staff in its biggest troubles since launching five years ago. Latest figures show that Murdoch is being beaten in the fight for social networks. MySpace suffered a drop in visitor traffic last month and is now less than half the size of its younger rival, Facebook.
The "Place for Friends" is starting to feel lonely. MySpace, the Rupert Murdoch-owned website once synonymous with social networking, is losing popularity and key staff in its biggest troubles since launching five years ago.
Staff quit social networking's former darling, now half the size of Facebook. The "Place for Friends" is starting to feel lonely. MySpace, the Rupert Murdoch-owned website once synonymous with social networking, is losing popularity and key staff in its biggest troubles since launching five years ago. Latest figures show that Murdoch is being beaten in the fight for social networks. MySpace suffered a drop in visitor traffic last month and is now less than half the size of its younger rival, Facebook. Three executives recently quit the one-time darling of the internet and there is speculation its co-founders will follow. MySpace's loss of status as the cool place to be is an object lesson in the notoriously fickle internet, where today's cultural icon is tomorrow's passing fad. From humble origins in 2003, the site led the so-called "Web 2.0" revolution in which users could create their own profile pages and share content with friends. Murdoch's purchase of MySpace for $580m was seen
Facebook's Eroding Privacy Policy: A Timeline | Electronic Frontier Foundation
http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/04/facebook-timeline
Since its incorporation just over five years ago, Facebook has undergone a remarkable transformation. When it started, it was a private space for communication with a group of your choice. Soon, it transformed into a platform where much of your information is public by default.
Article showing comparison of Facebook's privacy policy over the years
History of Facebook privacy erosion.
Facebook's Eroding Privacy Policy: A Timeline
Since its incorporation just over five years ago, Facebook has undergone a remarkable transformation. When it started, it was a private space for communication with a group of your choice. Soon, it transformed into a platform where much of your information is public by default. Today, it has become a platform where you have no choice but to make certain information public, and this public information may be shared by Facebook with its partner websites and used to target ads.
rocket.ly - Blog - Top Ten Reasons You Should Quit Facebook
http://www.rocket.ly/home/2010/4/26/top-ten-reasons-you-should-quit-facebook.html
Go to Number 3 for how to delete your FB account
BBC NEWS | Business | Bosses 'should embrace Facebook'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7695716.stm
Companies should not dismiss staff who use social networking sites such as Facebook and Bebo at work as merely time-wasters, a Demos study suggests. Attempts to control employees' use of such software could damage firms in the long run by limiting the way staff communicate, the think tank said.
All in the Facebook family: older generations join social networks - CNN.com
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/04/13/social.network.older/index.html?iref=t2test_techmon
There are now about 1.5 million female users older than 55 on the site, the group says -- roughly a 550 percent increase over six months ago. By comparison, membership among people younger than 25 grew by less than 20 percent over the same period, Inside Facebook says.
While online social networks like Facebook, Twitter and MySpace are known hang-outs for younger adults and teenagers, older generations in recent months have been taking to the medium at a faster rate than any other age group, according to industry reports.
Facebook and elderly
See for sources of stats about Facebook, and for ifo about Facebook adoption/usage.
Women older than 55 make up the fastest-growing age group on Facebook. Expert says the site has hit a "tipping point," causing older people to join. Some older family members use the site to get in touch with younger generations. One mother says Facebook has become her family's "living room."
Online communities, etc.
http://forum.nin.com/bb/read.php?9,731489
Trent Reznor is still cool even though he's not single man http://bit.ly/JuYKP [from http://twitter.com/DangerGranger/statuses/2185029292]
good comment below
Trent Reznor versus anonymous douchebags. "The reason no record label knows how to market anything to new media is they don't live there. They don't get it because they don't use it. What you've seen happen with the marketing and presentation of NIN over the last years is a direct result of living next to you, listening to you, consuming with you and interacting with you. Directly. There's no handlers or PR people here, it's me and my guys - that's it. There's no real plan, even - it's just trying to do the right thing that respects you the fan, the music, and me the artist. That's the goal - a mutual and shared respect. "
Trent Reznor talks about his recent social networks use, what he found difficult like trolls, ...
Faced with leaving the infrastructure of traditional record labels and figuring out what the right thing to do is in this new world - I found myself realizing that for me to have any concept of how to interact with the community and know what they might want / what they find appropriate, I need to immerse myself in that world and live it for a while.
Die Band Nine Inch Nails hat letztes Jahr den Webby für ihre innovative Webnutzung bekommen. Jetzt ist Frontsänger Trent Reznor total genervt von den Social Communies.
Nine Inch Nail's Trent Reznor explains (in a bit of a rambling rant) why he's quitting Twitter and why 'idiots rule'. Interesting take on social networking from the perspective of a celebrity.
I will be tuning out of the social networking sites because at the end of the day it's now doing more harm than good in the bigger picture and the experiment seems to have yielded a result. Idiots rule. ... With all of that said, I have business in the real world to attend to including wrapping up the live version of NIN, DOING some cool new shit and spending as much time as possible with the most amazing woman in the world. Nine Inch NailsのTrent Reznorの「残念なUSのWeb」発言である。 日本ではこうこう、それに対してアメリカではなんて、議論は成り立たないことの好例だ。リテラシーが欠如している人間は本当にどうしようもないんだ。 そして、Reznorが言っているように、なによりリアルなビジネスや生活が一番なんだ。ソーシャルwebにウツツを抜かすことよりもっと大切なモノがあるだろということだ。
A nice rant from Trent Reznor :)
Have you read this? Trent speaks out about social media sites and how they're not worth the trouble.
WordPress Leaps Into Social Networking With BuddyPress 1.0
http://mashable.com/2009/04/30/buddypress-social-networking/
Disqus
à lire.
Automattic, the company behind WordPress (WordPress), is moving into social networking, with the 1.0 launch of BuddyPress, an installable, open source software platform that runs on your own website. The software is freely available, and can be downloaded from BuddyPress.org.
Top Ten Reasons You Should Quit Facebook - Facebook - Gizmodo
http://gizmodo.com/5530178/top-ten-reasons-you-should-quit-facebook
A Social Media Glossary » The Buzz Bin
http://www.livingstonbuzz.com/2009/02/24/social-media-glossary/
Social media glossary from the Buzz Bin.
The Internet is a melting pot for new tools and trends, i.e. Social Media. For every new tool, new words or phrases are created. As more and more organizations struggle to embrace social media, we ended up cobbling together a quick glossary of terms for them. This is just a starter’s list based on things we’ve been asked. Please feel free to add to the list! (img from digitalheretix.com) Additional resources for social media terms include Mike Sansone’s Glossary of Blogging and Social Media Terms and Social media’s A-Z of social media.
A Social Media Glossary » The Buzz Bin http://ff.im/-7jqHl [from http://twitter.com/maxilprof/statuses/3610933332]
Good reference tool
a good glossary of sm terms
iKnow Is A Social Learning Platform That Can Really Make You Smarter. Opens API.
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/15/iknow-is-a-social-learning-platform-that-can-really-make-you-smarter-opens-api/
eLearning Poetential
Although the world market for e-learning is estimated to top $52 billion in 2010 (in 2007, revenues exceeded the $17-billion mark in the ...
Article about iKnow! an intelligent social learning platform. The platform is built upon a learning engine that is supposed to free users from sorting study materials, devising study plans, measuring learning progress and self-managing knowledge on a long-term basis. Users can set personal learning goals and let the system do the heavy lifting.
Six Things You Need to Know About Facebook Connections | Electronic Frontier Foundation
http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/05/things-you-need-know-about-facebook
Facebook is moving people to their new 'Connections'. And it appears that your privacy settings have been dumped in the process.
This #Facebook lack of #privacy stuff is REALLY concerning me http://bit.ly/9nnk4j
Facebook's creepy new privacy settings
Become a Fan of Facebook Pages With a Text Message
http://mashable.com/2009/03/26/facebook-pages-text-messaging/
Use SMS to become a Fan on Facebook.
Också en bra funktion – att man kan sms-a för att bli ett fan av en FB-sida. Sånt som vi kan ha nytta av när vi försöker branda våra tidningar – i själva tidningen. Men också som en del av våra försök att ge annonsörer bättre erbjudanden – vi kanske ska skapa dessa FB-sidor som en del av ett stort annonspaket och sköta om deras sidor.
Facebook’s Gone Rogue; It’s Time for an Open Alternative | Epicenter | Wired.com
http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/05/facebook-rogue
Your privacy and Facebook RT @flashlight: Good read on Wired about the need for an open Facebook alternative. http://bit.ly/aHWMuI
Facebook is redefining what "privacy" means.
it's one thing to try to ignore big brother, but we're just giving him our keys and credit cards
RT @ryanwynia: RT @ScottMonty: RT @Dfrom82: Facebook’s Gone Rogue; It’s Time for an Open Alternative http://is.gd/c0p23
RT @fmeichel: #diaspora RT @rosselin "Zuckerberg rêve de dominer le monde, il est temps de trouver une alternative" @daveWiner http://bi ...
Wired Magazine: Facebook's gone rogue. http://bit.ly/9Wl9uc
facebook =/= privacy.
Thinking about quiting ole Facebook soon. http://is.gd/bZVab Just getting tired of it. But can I do it? Is the question. Started thinking – Jabiz Raisdana (intrepidteacher) http://twitter.com/intrepidteacher/statuses/13623538994
Twitter Essentials: 7 Most Valuable Twitter Resources / Tools
http://twitteressentials.blogspot.com/2009/06/7-most-valuable-twitter-resources-tools.html
twitter
Twitter Essentials: 7 Most Valuable Twitter Resources / Tools
There is no denying that Twitter mania has taken over the world. Currently the fastest social network in existence, Twitter serves a valuable communication tool for a lot of its users.
Facebook and CNN: The Power of the Social Web Revealed - ReadWriteWeb
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/facebook_and_cnn_the_power_of_the_social_web_revealed.php
commentary on case study cnn and facebook
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A look at the use of Facebook Connect for CNN and the Obama inauguration
social-media-map.pdf (application/pdf-Objekt)
http://www.ovrdrv.com/social-media-map/pdf/social-media-map.pdf
Government 2.0: A Theory of Social Government
http://mashable.com/2008/08/07/theory-of-social-government/
"Given that governments are inherently reactive, rather than proactive (I need give no examples), how can this be compatible with the rapidly evolving world of social software?"
Dr. Mark Drapeau about government 2.0.
"Ironically, however, many government agencies block such sites for use at work. For example, I cannot access MySpace or YouTube from the computer in my office at the Department of Defense, and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) blocks most social networking sites besides LinkedIn. At least one part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) blocks Google Chat. Not only do these policies make little sense (there are legitimate research uses for all of these sites, while email, iTunes, and non-blocked websites are ‘abused’ daily), the policies are inconsistent. Despite this, there are overt sprinklings of Web 2.0 influence all over the federal government. For example, in mid-2007, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) sponsored a public blog about pandemic influenza, which I contributed to due to my work on global health security. This was a great early example of a government agency engaging with an interested, and in many cases, expert audience. "
Mark Drapeau blog on social government
join diaspora
http://www.joindiaspora.com/
Projeto de rede social aberta. Futuro? A se pensar...
A possible alternative to Facebook
What Happens When Twitter Gets Mainstream Attention « Web Strategy by Jeremiah Owyang | Social Media, Web Marketing
http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2009/04/19/what-happens-when-twitter-gets-mainstream-attention/
Reading: What Happens When Twitter Gets Mainstream Attention http://bit.ly/SJjlD [from http://twitter.com/sandroalberti/statuses/1566648616]
Twitter is getting a tremendous amount of buzz from brands, celebrities, media, politicians, and athletes. Despite the hype, it’s still a very small social networking site (likely under 10mm), compared to the social giants like Google, Microsoft, Facebook and MySpace (150-300mm), see my stats page to learn more. I assert that mainstream attention is different than mainstream usage.
What Happens When Twitter Gets Mainstream Attention http://bit.ly/kh5hv - the Twitterscape will undergo some significant changes. [from http://twitter.com/jebworks/statuses/1561355883]
Twitter成为主流给互联网及媒体带来的变化
I like his approach here, and I agree with a lot of what he says--particularly about the "A-Listers" becoming "B-listers" once again and now needing to seek out new environments (possibly back to blogs, friend feeds, etc)
26 Essential Social Media Resources You May Have Missed
http://mashable.com/2010/05/01/essential-social-media-resources-2/
The week gone by was loaded with essential reading, especially in the tech department. We know you’re busy, and digging through that RSS reader for all the good stuff you missed is a chore. That’s why we’ve once again gathered the Crème de la Crème in our weekly super-post. Take a weekend stroll through this garden of resources that includes a few environmentally friendly gadget guides, some killer small business advice, and an inbox master cleanse, which may be a weekend project itself.
How Small Businesses Are Using Social Media for Real Results
http://mashable.com/2010/03/22/small-business-social-media-results/
Social networking could be a frightening prospect for smaller businesses; not like standard marketing methods, the idea places a part of the actual information in the hands of the buyers.
Advertising and marketing is usually a scary possibility regarding small business owners; not like classic marketing methods, this places section of the actual concept within reach of the actual consumers.
Advertising and marketing can be a scary probability for small businesses; not like traditional marketing techniques, it applies a part of your concept within reach of the customers.
Social media could be a alarming possibility pertaining to smaller businesses; in contrast to standard advertising models, the idea puts portion of the actual message within reach of your customers.
Social networking could be a scary prospect pertaining to smaller businesses; not like traditional marketing methods, this puts section of the particular principles within reach of the particular buyers.
Advertising and marketing can be quite a terrifying prospect regarding small businesses; unlike conventional marketing methods, the idea applies part of the actual principles within reach of the clients.
Social media is usually a terrifying prospective client for small business owners; in contrast to standard marketing techniques, the idea sets a part of the actual concept at the disposal of the particular customers.
HOW TO: Target Social Media Influencers to Boost Traffic and Sales
http://mashable.com/2010/04/15/social-media-influencers/
excellent stuff
new
As this data shows, successful social media marketing isn’t simply about amassing thousands of followers, but instead precisely identifying the most influential members of your audience and recognizing them for their value. By directly engaging one influencer with exclusive opportunities, special offers, and unique content, you are indirectly engaging thousands of other people who are part of this influencer’s social sphere. Sounds pretty enticing, right? But the challenge in crafting a successful marketing program that activates influencers is two-fold. First, you have to use the right data and traffic analysis tools to find out who your most influential followers are. Second, you have to connect with these people in an authentic, “non-salesy” way, and truly build a relationship with them –- because if you overly “sell” to your influencers, you’ll burn a bridge and potentially turn your biggest fans into your worst detractors.
GRAPHIC.LY
http://graphic.ly/
New comic book delivery system
5 Things That Don’t Work on Facebook Pages (and 5 That Do)
http://webworkerdaily.com/2010/03/31/5-things-that-dont-work-on-facebook-pages-and-5-that-do/
Before integrating Facebook Pages (sometimes called “Facebook Fan Pages”) into your social media marketing mix, you need to think strategically. Georgina provided a basic overview of the need for strategy in “Businesses and the Social Media Trap,” and I ranted about the problem of not understanding strategy in the first place in “It’s the Social Media Strategy Struggle.” This week, I want to discuss why people become fans of Facebook Pages in the first place. I’ll follow that with some thoughts on what doesn’t really work on Pages. After that, I’ll list some things that I believe do work, based on personal and professional experience, industry news and anecdotal information.
Facebook Privacy: A Bewildering Tangle of Options - Graphic - NYTimes.com
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/05/12/business/facebook-privacy.html
Genial RT @kicoes: Hay que hacer un máster. RT @martimanent: Representación visual de la privacidad en Facebook http://tinyurl.com/2umddlb
Web 3.0 on Vimeo
http://vimeo.com/11529540
Great web 3.0 documental movie.
Short movie about web 3.0 from techCrunch. The Semantic Web http://vimeo.com/11529540
The Big Game, Zuckerberg and Overplaying your Hand « The Jason Calacanis Weblog
http://calacanis.com/2010/05/12/the-big-game-zuckerberg-and-overplaying-your-hand/
"Zuckerberg was an amoral, Asperger’s-like entrepreneur... Zuckerberg represents the best and worst aspects of entrepreneurship. His drive, skill and fearlessness are only matched by his long record–recorded in lawsuit after lawsuit–of backstabbing, stealing and cheating."
Calcanis destroys Zuckerberg
Jason Calacanis' analysis of Zuckerberg as a throat-slitting sleazeball
Last year, when I realized that Zuckerberg was an amoral, Asperger’s-like entrepreneur, I told Zynga CEO Mark Pincus that Zuckerberg would try and slit his throat. I knew this because I watched Zuckerberg screw over his users again and again in terms of privacy, and I heard about the stories of him screwing over his former employers at ConnectU and his early partners at Facebook. The money quote from Business Insider’s scoop comes from Zuckerberg himself: “they made a mistake haha. They asked me to make it for them. So I’m like delaying it so it won’t be ready until after the facebook thing comes out.” He stalled and sandbagged ConnectU–then Zuckerpunched them! Of course, the person he said this to was his partner–Eduardo Saverin–who he reportedly screwed as well.
13 Essential Social Media Lessons for B2B Marketers from the Masters
http://mashable.com/2010/03/25/b2b-marketer-lessons/
A B2B target audience is usually narrower in scope than a B2C audience. So your use of social media needs to be narrower and more focused. People buy expertise. If I had to choose a core difference between how most B2B business operate versus B2C companies, this would be it. While you might buy a box of cookies or even a digital camera because of features or taste, most B2B sales are based on demonstrating some type of expertise either in a type of service or in the category of a product that you are providing. Once you realize this fact, the lesson for using social media effectively is clear: if you can demonstrate your expertise through social media, you can have a measurable impact on your sales efforts.
7-things-to-stop-doing-now-on-facebook: Personal Finance News from Yahoo! Finance
http://finance.yahoo.com/family-home/article/109538/7-things-to-stop-doing-now-on-facebook
To do with privacy .read
Why Your Brand Needs to Be on Facebook Now
http://mashable.com/2010/03/24/brand-facebook-now/
With 450 million users globally (and millions more being added each week) Facebook is dominating the web in unparalleled ways. Yet, even as the social network has steadily grown over its short but remarkable history, many brands have remained on the sidelines of the social media revolution. Facebook was the most visited site on the web for the week ending on March 13, 2010, surpassing even Google in week-long stats for the first time in history, according to Hitwise. The shift in user habits and audience targeting is palpable and it provides marketers, brand managers, issue advocates, and political campaigns today with an age old choice: Adapt and change or face irrelevance and extinction.
"Change happens. To survive it, you must anticipate it; and to be successful, you must embrace it." - http://krz.ch/vx1E – Lars Neumann (lupmac) http://twitter.com/lupmac/statuses/12171530699
How to Quit Facebook Without Actually Quitting Facebook - Facebook - Lifehacker
http://lifehacker.com/5538697/how-to-quit-facebook-without-actually-quitting-facebook
With all the privacy issues surrounding Facebook, many people are considering quitting the site altogether. If you're not ready to take it that far, here's how to avoid the privacy breaches without completely deleting your account and losing touch with your friends.
Dare Obasanjo aka Carnage4Life - Facebook’s Open Graph Protocol from a Web Developer’s Perspective
http://www.25hoursaday.com/weblog/2010/04/24/FacebooksOpenGraphProtocolFromAWebDevelopersPerspective.aspx
A great breakdown of Open Graph's potential impact on the Web and the possibilities available for developers
Really great take on why the Facebook Graph API is exciting and different than anything before it.
good overview
Four items as the key benefits to the web as a whole from the F8 announcements 1. No 24-hour caching limit 2. An API that is realtime and isn’t just about content 3. The Open Graph protocol 4. OAuth 2.0
Open Graph Protocol primer by @Carnage4Life. RDFa, social objects, semantic web & social graph all come together. http://bit.ly/amvjw9
Why Facebook's Open Graph protocol is good news for the open web...
apophenia » Blog Archive » Facebook and “radical transparency” (a rant)
http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2010/05/14/facebook-and-radical-transparency-a-rant.html
Zuckerberg and gang may think that they know what’s best for society, for individuals, but I violently disagree. I think that they know what’s best for the privileged class. And I’m terrified of the consequences that these moves are having for those who don’t live in a lap of luxury.
Interesting insight from female scholar
Must read: Facebook and “radical transparency” (a rant) by researcher Danah Boyd http://j.mp/9EjHul – Jean-Luc Raymond (jeanlucr) http://twitter.com/jeanlucr/statuses/14000875802
Well, These New Zuckerberg IMs Won't Help Facebook's Privacy Problems
http://www.businessinsider.com/well-these-new-zuckerberg-ims-wont-help-facebooks-privacy-problems-2010-5
Facebook
"I feel Mark doesn't believe in privacy that much, or at least believes in privacy as a stepping stone. Maybe he's right, maybe he's wrong." Again in Kirkpatrick's book, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg puts it this way: "Mark really does believe very much in transparency and the vision of an open society and open world, and so he wants to push people that way. I think he also understands that the way to get there is to give people granular control and comfort. He hopes you'll get more open, and he's kind of happy to help you get there. So for him, it's more of a means to an end. For me, I'm not as sure." Facebook declined to comment about Mark's attitude toward privacy. Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/well-these-new-zuckerberg-ims-wont-help-facebooks-privacy-problems-2010-5#ixzz0o6FVa5qF
"They trust me. Dumb fucks." ~Mark Zuckerberg http://bit.ly/9I9eZ1 /via @alleyinsider
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his company are suddenly facing a big new round of scrutiny and criticism about their cavalier attitude toward user privacy.
The Ultimate List: 300+ Social Media Statistics
http://blog.hubspot.com/blog/tabid/6307/bid/5965/The-Ultimate-List-300-Social-Media-Statistics.aspx
estatísticas das redes sociais
Logic+Emotion: The Micro-Sociology of Networks
http://darmano.typepad.com/logic_emotion/2009/03/the-microsociology-of-networks.html
introducing the WHUFFY :-)
Finding Utility in the Jumble of Tweeted Thoughts - NYTimes.com
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/14/technology/internet/14twitter.html?_r=1
Twitter sucks, so change your friends. — Steve Lawson: Bass 2.0 — the soundtrack to the day you wish you’d had
http://www.stevelawson.net/wordpress/2009/03/twitter-sucks-so-change-your-friends/
Thorough article that deals with the criticisms of Twitter.
Twitter sucks, so change your friends
Twitter sucks, so change your friends. ? Steve Lawson: Bass 2.0 ? the soundtrack to the day you wish you?d had
There are three broad themes coming out in the Twitter critique: * That it’s full of trivial rubbish * That’s it’s reality TV without pictures * That is for narcissists and fosters mental ill-health (WTF??) To which I, not surprisingly, say ‘Bollocks’.
5 Essential Facebook Privacy Tips
http://mashable.com/2010/05/18/facebook-privacy-tips/
HOW TO: Market Your Small Business With No Budget
http://mashable.com/2010/05/19/market-business-no-budget/
BBC NEWS | Technology | Online time 'is good for teens'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7740895.stm
News article Nov 2008. Surfing the internet, playing games and hanging out on social networks are important for teen development, a large study of online use has revealed.
Surfing the internet, playing games and hanging out on social networks are important for teen development, a large study of online use has revealed.
Surfing the internet, playing games and hanging out on social networks are important for teen development, a large study of online use has revealed. The report counters the stereotypical view held by many parents and teachers that such activity is a waste of time.
30-Minute Brand Building for Twitter | Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
http://personalbrandingblog.com/30-minute-brand-building-for-twitter/
Whee! New numbers on social network usage | The Social - CNET News
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10160850-36.html
social network usage
Top 15 things you should never do on Facebook | News | TechRadar UK
http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/web/top-15-things-you-should-never-do-on-facebook-470875
QuitFacebookDay.com
http://www.quitfacebookday.com/
When Does a Social Media Policy Go Too Far? Ask the Associated Press
http://mashable.com/2009/06/23/ap-social-media-policy/
As the social web has exploded in growth, so has the need for companies to respond and set guidelines. For large companies especially, these rules can be key
Social media policy overkill
Top 4 new skills all PR professionals must have
http://prsarahevans.com/2009/03/top-4-skills-all-new-pr-professionals-must-have/
The Twitter Platform: 3 Years Old and Ready to Change the World - ReadWriteWeb
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/the_twitter_platform_3_years_old_and_ready_to_change_the_world.php
Twitter marked its 3rd birthday this weekend and the site that Nielsen called the fastest growing social network last month shows no signs of slowing down. While active ...
This article really centres on the energy and creative flow that is coming from micro blogs, a platform to reach people faster and more reliably then ever but also seen as a business i.e. Brand monitoring. "Microblogging" in general has world-changing potential as long as the content is publicly and programmatically available. The flow of microblogging and user generators are helping marketers and academics within the media are aiding in finding resourceful people and follow creative trends and happenings.
"Twitter marked its 3rd birthday this weekend and the site that Nielsen called the fastest growing social network last month shows no signs of slowing down. While active participation by users is a great show of strength, the use of Twitter as a platform for developers and aggregate data analysis is the most exciting thing about the company."
Overview of the ways in which Twitter is fast developing into (and allowing others to develop it into) a means for journalists and others to discern leads- using data mining, and other tools...
Could your social networks spill your secrets? - Short Sharp Science - New Scientist
http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2009/01/what-your-social-network-can-r.html
The Google team's paper (Under)mining privacy in social networks (pdf) will be presented at the Web 2.0 Security and Privacy 2009 meeting in May. Tom Simonite, online technology editor
It’s Not How Many Followers You Have That Counts, It’s How Many Times You Get Retweeted
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/29/its-not-how-many-followers-you-have-that-counts-its-how-many-times-you-get-retweeted/
Proposes to give additional relevance weight to twitter accounts based on how many times their messages get re-tweeted (90%+ messages do not get RT)
It's not the # of followers you have on Twitter, it's how deep your influence and engagement goes
University offers social media degree about Facebook, Twitter and Bebo - Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/technology/5073683/University-offers-social-media-degree-about-Facebook-Twitter-and-Bebo.html
University offers social media degree about Facebook, Twitter and Bebo
Masters in Social Media
Reading: "University offers social media degree about Facebook, Twitter and Bebo - Telegraph" ( http://tinyurl.com/dbda3c ) [from http://twitter.com/markivey/statuses/1418394247]
ז'רום בורדון, שים לב. אוניברסיטת בירמינגהם פותחת מסלול ללימודי תואר שני ב... מדיה חברתית. פייסבוק, טוויטר, בלוגים ופורומים הם רק חלק מהסילבוס של המסלול הייחודי, הראשון מסוגו בעולם. הטלגרף הבריטי מדווח ששכר הלימוד יעמוד על כארבעת-אלפים וארבע-מאות פאונד. להרשמה: http://www.bcu.ac.uk/courses/media/socialmedia
Twittersexuality / Violet Blue: A Twitter Sex Guide
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2009/01/22/violetblue0122.DTL
I am so glad to exist in a time where someone thought that the world needed a Twitter Sex Guide. And then wrote it. ...
Some links NSFW
sacar ideas para articulos
100+ Incredible Twitter Backgrounds | cheth Studios
http://chethstudios.blogspot.com/2009/05/100-incredible-twitter-backgrounds.html
100+ Incredible Twitter Backgrounds |
Uma lista de mais de 100 fundos legais de Twitter.
have missed out some great ones, so do co
Facebook flashmob shuts down station - CNN.com
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/02/09/uk.station.flashmob/
Facebook flashmob / estación de Londres
Flashmobs
Thousands of dancers jammed a major London train station in a Facebook-driven "flashmob" mimicking an advertisement for a phone company.
Thousands of dancers jammed a major London train station in a Facebook-driven "flashmob" mimicking an advertisement for a phone company. And the event last Friday evening was so successful that another is planned for next Friday in Trafalgar Square in central London. Plus, a group has been set up to organize another one at Liverpool Street Station a week later.
Thousands of dancers jammed a major London train station in a Facebook-driven "flashmob" mimicking an advertisement for a phone company. And the event last Friday evening was so successful that another is planned for next Friday in Trafalgar Square in central London. Plus, a group has been set up to organize another one at Liverpool Street Station a week later. Videos posted on the social-networking site showed Liverpool Street Station completely filled with people, counting down the seconds until the clock showed 7 p.m., then dancing to music on their mp3 players as the hour struck.
Social Media Marketing FAQ | Traffikd
http://traffikd.com/smm/faq/
As more and more bloggers and website owners turn to social media as one of their major promotional methods, the need to understand Social Media Marketing becomes even more important. I put this post together in effort to help those who are new to social media, or those who simply want to get better results. If you have suggestions for questions that should be included, please leave a comment. What is Social Media Marketing (SMM)? SMM involves promoting content in various ways to social media users, in attempt to increase traffic and exposure. SMM can involve developing content that targets social media users, building a network of other users, requesting votes from others, and anything else that involves getting votes and traffic from social media websites.
Wrench10 Tools for the Social Media
preguntas y respuestas a social media
Scott Rafer: The Facebook Platform is Dead
http://www.allfacebook.com/2008/10/scott-rafer-the-facebook-platform-is-dead/
Is Facebook Connect the way forward?
well hopefully NOT but still interesting read and a really nice ppt viewing application there too
The real test of Facebook Connect will be the opportunity for viral growth. So far there have been few implementations of Facebook Connect and it is difficult to test the success of each of these applications.
Facebook News, Facebook Games and analysis of Facebook.
Interesting video discussing Facebook Platform and Facebook Connect.
Is Obama Ready To Be A Two-Way President?
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/11/15/is-obama-ready-to-be-a-two-way-president/
Tech-related aspects of Obama campaign.
Brian Solis asks if the same social media tools that Obama deployed to communicate “to” constituents could/would also be used to listen and interact with supporters as well as those who don’t currently endorse the President-elect?
This isn’t just about broadcasting content through new channels or merely soliciting feedback, participating in popular networks or actively listening. It’s the ability to identify and internalize themes to precipitate change and earn support through action—not just words. For the first time, the U.S. President can cultivate grassroots communities directly where people create, discover, and share information online. He is already thinking in this direction, as evidenced by his intention to record the weekly Presidential address on Youtube, in addition to broadcasting it over the radio. The videos will be hosted on Change.gov, with the first one already recorded. Other opportunities to engage with citizens online include:
OneRiot.com - Find the Pulse of the Web
http://twitter.oneriot.com/
Twitter search engine that rather than focusing on what people are saying, focuses on the web pages people are linking to.
OneRiot is a social search engine that finds the pulse of the web. Search with OneRiot to find the news, videos and products that people are talking about right now in relation to your search term.
Try our Twitter Search — find the news, stories and videos people are tweeting about right now.
search twitter but see linked webpages...
Dedicated Social-Media Silos? That's the Last Thing We Need - Advertising Age - Jonah Bloom
http://adage.com/columns/article?article_id=137106
social media's place in the marketing mix
Annotated link http://www.diigo.com/bookmark/http%3A%2F%2Fadage.com%2Fcolumns%2Farticle%3Farticle_id%3D137106
Social media isn't a box to be ticked or a department to be manned or even a campaign to be launched. It's about thinking differently about marketing, customer service, the entire company.
Facebook Overtakes MySpace - eMarketer
http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?R=1007145
In May 2009, Facebook became the most popular US social networking site. But it was close. According to comScore, Facebook totaled 70,278,000 unique visitors, up 97% from May 2008 to May 2009. MySpace hits shrank 5% over the same timeframe, fading to 70,255,000 unique visitors.
latest stats on US traffic to social networking sites
How To Filter Out Facebook "Friends" Without Them Knowing
http://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-filter-out-facebook-friends-without-them-knowing-2009-6
10 Ways to Keep Your Precious Followers on Twitter | CHROMATIC
http://www.chromaticsites.com/blog/10-ways-to-keep-your-precious-followers-on-twitter/
twitter personal accounts professional
Things that we need in life in order to survive: food, water, air, and Twitter followers. Here are some tips to help retain your Twitter followers.
Quite an honest list. All amateur tweeters should refer.
RT @problogger: 10 Ways to Keep Your Precious Followers on Twitter - http://bit.ly/ZVkpi [from http://twitter.com/10minuteexpert/statuses/1849724732]
Want Success on Digg? Think Choc Chip Cookies - ReadWriteWeb
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/want_success_on_digg_think_choc_chip_cookies.php
Weird analogy but some useful points.
pretty decent article on how to win the internets.
hip cookies. "Much like social media, choc chip cookies are made up of five key ingredients," he e
Some of us know what hitting the front page of Digg can do: send 20,000 - 200,000+ clicks through to a site. Some of us have even felt the blessing (or curse, depending on how you look at it) of the Digg Effect. But how much do you know about integrating social media, specifically Digg, into your site, and what the benefits of doing so can bring to publishers?
1. Sharing: If you love something, set it free 2. Integration: Don’t try to do everything yourself 3. People: People who know: ROFLCopter, LMAO, PWND, Noob 4. Platform: One to one is now one to many 5. Authenticity: Stay true to your core competency
Power.com: For Social Networking Power Users
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/11/30/powercom-for-social-networking-power-users/
Chances are you use at least two major social networks - 49 million people, for example, visited both MySpace and Facebook in October 2008 (Comscore, worldwide). Nearly 7 million people in the UK use both Bebo and Facebook. A lot of people maintain very different friend lists on LinkedIn than MySpace or Facebook. Etc. And when you add in niche social sites like YouTube, Flickr, etc., there’s even more overlap among users.
Chances are you use at least two major social networks - 49 million people, for example, visited both MySpace and Facebook in October ...
The Future Of Social Networks - SlideShare
http://www.slideshare.net/charleneli/the-future-of-social-networks-presentation
From Charlene Li, via Alex Iskold on Twitter
An important slide which should be followed.
Not particularly groundbreaking, but sets down in words the way things have been moving.
An interesting video that what seems to be a student did about social networking and how it is the future
Tweet Street: 7 Extraordinary Twitter Uses in the Home
http://mashable.com/2009/05/12/twitter-at-home/
I wish the plant thingies came ready made, I would definitely use those
das internet der dinge.. internet of things
Twitter Tips: How to Use Twitter to Job Hunt - CIO.com - Business Technology Leadership
http://www.cio.com/article/482324/Twitter_Tips_How_to_Use_Twitter_to_Job_Hunt
Though LinkedIn tops the list of professionally-oriented social networks for job seeking, you can also use Twitter to get the word out about your skills and talents to relevant people in your industry.
Good read: How to use Twitter to job hunt: http://tinyurl.com/ce7ou5 [from http://twitter.com/jobsgucc/statuses/1267582781]
Twitter Tips: How to Use Twitter to Job Hunt
TweetDeck v0.24.1 Pre-Release: Facebook Integration - TweetDeck's posterous
http://tweetdeck.posterous.com/tweetdeck-v024-pre-release-facebook-integrati
Using Tweetdeck - what a geek I'm becoming but it's good to see everything in one plce - http://bit.ly/UMLwi [from http://twitter.com/formbet/statuses/1349489332]
“Beta v0.24 includes the first elements of Facebook integration into TweetDeck.”
BBC NEWS | UK | Online networking 'harms health'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7898510.stm
Give me strength the BBC, just keep on getting worse - http://tinyurl.com/aey775 why report such nonsense? [from http://twitter.com/AndyBoydnl/statuses/1227816912]
Danger danger!! Facebook will damage your health. Too much screen time means much less physical connection with other people. i agree, we all need balance in our lives, but saying that Faceboo keeps people apart is a bit strange. "People's health could be harmed by social networking sites because they reduce levels of face-to-face contact, an expert claims. Dr Aric Sigman says websites such as Facebook set out to enrich social lives, but end up keeping people apart."
People's health could be harmed by social networking sites because they reduce levels of face-to-face contact, an expert claims. Dr Aric Sigman says websites such as Facebook set out to enrich social lives, but end up keeping people apart. Dr Sigman makes his warning in Biologist, the journal of the Institute of Biology. A lack of "real" social networking, involving personal interaction, may have biological effects, he suggests. He also says that evidence suggests that a lack of face-to-face networking could alter the way genes work, upset immune responses, hormone levels, the function of arteries, and influence mental performance. This, he claims, could increase the risk of health problems as serious as cancer, strokes, heart disease, and dementia. 'Evolutionary mechanism' Dr Sigman maintains that social networking sites have played a significant role in making people become more isolated. "Social networking is the internet's biggest growth area, particular among young childre
This article focuses on health concerns that may arise due to lack of actual or "real" social networking that involves personal interaction. Author Dr Aric Sigman says that evidence suggests that a lack of face-to-face networking could alter the way genes work, upset immune responses, hormone levels, the function of arteries, and influence mental performance. This, he claims, could increase the risk of health problems as serious as cancer, strokes, heart disease, and dementia. I wondered if this evidence was substantiated by any research. There are many mixed comments from readers suggesting the positive and negative effects of social networking sites for them. My opinion is that this article is valuable as it highlights health concerns, however, it must be recognised that most people to not solely rely upon online forms of communication and still participate in 'actual' socialing with people.
This one's an article from the BBC News, about the disadvantages of social-networking websites on health. It discusses how these sites could be altering the way our genes work, increasing problems like cancer, heart disease, dementia, and it also mentions the issue of decreasing 'face to face' contact. The article demontrates the other side of the story regarding social media and its convergences, and is of particular interest as it relates it all to the health of individuals involved. The article seems pretty legitimate as it is from a reputable news source, and also (conveniently) provides other readers comments and opinions to the topic beneath, whether they be for or against.
Top 12 Facebook Marketing Hacks
http://www.allfacebook.com/2008/12/facebook-marketing-hacks/
Over the past week there has been a bunch of buzz about what essentially are Facebook marketing hacks; quick “guerilla” tactics that help boost exposure to your profile or brand. Whether you are a small business or a big business, there are some quick “tricks” that can instantly gain you more exposure. These Facebook marketing hacks are not encouraged by Facebook and ultimately, I would assume that Facebook will develop filters for people gaming the system.
Who Will Monetize Social Media?
http://mashable.com/2009/03/28/monetize-social-media/
In 2000, a company in Mountain View, California launched a program for keyword-targeted advertising with 350 clients known as AdWords. That company, Google, is
In 2000, a company in Mountain View, California launched a program for keyword-targeted advertising with 350 clients known as AdWords. That company,
Webapps: Tarpipe Publishes Updates, Content to Social Sites via Email
http://lifehacker.com/5099268/tarpipe-publishes-updates-content-to-social-sites-via-email
Web site Tarpipe streamlines your updates to various social web sites creating simple or complex workflows to update several buckets
Web site Tarpipe streamlines your updates to various social web sites, creating simple or complex workflows to update several buckets in one fell swoop.
PopTech: What Facebook and Steroid Use Have in Common | Gadget Lab from Wired.com
http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/10/profile-from-po.html
Social networking is a phenomenon both online and offline. "Steroid use (in baseball) spread because of the wicked combination of a closed network, or cluster, and positive reinforcement..."
Krebs believes everything is quantifiable as a social network, from steroid use to linked websites to a strand of HIV working its way through the porn industry. He is at the cutting edge of the growing discipline of social network analysis, and creator of InFlow, one of the most advanced social networking software tools. The field has exploded recently as social networks, the complex sets of relationships between members of groups, have formed the backbone of popular Web systems like Facebook and Google's search crawler. Social network analysts use software, like Keyhubs and NetMiner, to uncover how the structure of peoples' connections affect their thoughts and actions.
In the eyes of Valdis Krebs, the bulging bodies of baseball's steroid era reveal a problem exacerbated by a powerful social network.
The field has exploded recently as social networks, the complex sets of relationships between members of groups, have formed the backbone of popular Web systems like Facebook and Google's search crawler. Social network analysts use software, like Keyhubs and NetMiner, to uncover how the structure of peoples' connections affect their thoughts and actions.
PR 2.0: Humanizing Social Networks: Revealing the People Powering Social Media
http://www.briansolis.com/2009/03/humanizing-social-networks-revealing.html
# cialmedia # statistics # socialnetworking # stats # socialnetworks
Social Networks are among the most powerful examples of socialized media. They create a dynamic ecosystem that incubates and nurtures relationships between people and the content they create and share. Gives some growth stats
stats
Demographics behind social media
Facebook Growth By Age Group: Share of College-Age Users is Declining - O'Reilly Radar
http://radar.oreilly.com/2008/09/facebook-growth-by-age-group-s.html
With the U.S. now accounting for only about a third of all Facebook users, we are starting to see a gradual shift away from its original demographic of college-age users (18-25): 46% of all users are 18-25 years old, down from 51% in late May. The number of users in the 18-25 segment is growing, but at a slower pace...
22 Educational Social Media Diagrams
http://blog.hubspot.com/blog/tabid/6307/bid/6005/22-Educational-Social-Media-Diagrams.aspx
22 diagrams
Everyone learns differently. Social media marketing has a lot of moving parts and processes which make it hard to get up to speed. This challenge is only compounded by the ever-changing nature of the market, in which new applications and opportunities arise daily.
RT @trupheme: 22 Educational Social Media Diagrams http://tinyurl.com/34at78b
The Psychology of Web Design | Webdesigner Depot
http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2010/05/the-psychology-of-web-design/
Great rationale points and starting tidbits.
Designers often don’t take the time they should to learn about how basic psychological principles can effect the experience their visitors have on the sites they build. Psychological principles are either looked upon as unnecessary, or too complicated. But the truth is that they’re neither.
"Psychological principles are either looked upon as unnecessary, or too complicated. But the truth is that they’re neither"
Allow the negative space on your site to direct your visitors to the areas you want them to focus on. By combining empty space and properly styled and proportioned elements, you can encourage your visitors to look at a certain thing and take a desired action.
13 Truths About Social Media Measurement | Brand Elevation Through Social Media and Social Business | Altitude Branding
http://altitudebranding.com/2010/05/13-truths-about-social-media-measurement/
Annotated link http://www.diigo.com/bookmark/http%3A%2F%2Faltitudebranding.com%2F2010%2F05%2F13-truths-about-social-media-measurement
Rating can be a control, as well as it has to be business-wide. If you are planning to ask around the particular Return on your investment, price, or perhaps impact associated with social media marketing and ways in which to be able to evaluate the idea, I am going to consult how maybe you are proceeding about figuring out those things with regard to additional regions of your company, and ask one to convert or even modify some of those routines up to sociable projects.
5 Surprising Social Media Business Success Stories
http://mashable.com/2010/05/21/surprising-social-media-business-success/
Businesses that successfully used social media - not your typical retail businesses
5 Surprising Social Media Business Success Stories http://icio.us/hpbslt [from http://twitter.com/jorgefsb/statuses/15632128101]
How To Permanently Delete Your Account on Popular Websites - Smashing Magazine
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/06/11/how-to-permanently-delete-your-account-on-popular-websites/
How difficult is it to deleted your social networking account? in some cases very and in others imposible
[...] we’ll take a look at the account deletion processes of popular websites and services, and how easy or difficult they make it. Then we’ll discuss why sites make things so complicated, and some things to consider when designing your own deletion policies.
Poderá ser util, um dia, quem sabe?
5 Easy Steps to a Winning Social Media Plan | Social Media Examiner
http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/5-easy-steps-to-a-winning-social-media-plan/
Check this out for your new grant
Nicholas Christakis: The hidden influence of social networks | Video on TED.com
http://www.ted.com/talks/nicholas_christakis_the_hidden_influence_of_social_networks.html
Christakis: "Creo que formamos redes sociales porque los beneficios de una vida conectada son superiores a los costos. Si siempre soy violento contigo o te doy información errónea o te pongo triste o te infecto con gérmenes mortales tú cortarías los lazos conmigo y la red se desintegraría."
Mark Zuckerberg - From Facebook, answering privacy concerns with new settings
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/23/AR2010052303828.html
Six years ago, we built Facebook around a few simple ideas. People want to share and stay connected with their friends and the people around them. If we give people control over what they share, they will want to share more.
Mark Zuckerberg/The Washington Post, May 24, 2010.
"There needs to be a simpler way to control your information. In the coming weeks, we will add privacy controls that are much simpler to use. We will also give you an easy way to turn off all third-party services."
http://www.profilewatch.org/
http://www.profilewatch.org/
on Facebook
Herramienta para conocer el nivel de privacidad de tu cuenta en Facebook
Servizio per valutare la privacy delle proprie informazioni su Facebook
Check your Facebook privacy
Facebook Further Reduces Your Control Over Personal Information | Electronic Frontier Foundation
http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/04/facebook-further-reduces-control-over-personal-information
The issue with Facebook's latest change is not that they force you to link your interests without permission, but rather that they remove an option to express yourself on the profile without links. As we noted, Facebook users now face a Hobson's choice between the new Connections and no listed interests at all. As Facebook explains, "If you didn't connect to any of the suggestions, the sections of your profile to which those suggestions corresponded will now be empty." (The transition tool also allows you to delay the choice by saying 'Ask Me Later'). Previously, you could list interests in your profile without linking; after the transition, you cannot. You do have options to adjust visibility on the profile page, for which we commend Facebook, but nevertheless, this is not a true opt-out because the all the "Facebook Pages you connect to are public."
An ordinary human is not going to look through the list of Facebook's millions of cooking fans. It's far too large. Only data miners and targeted advertisers have the time and inclination to delve that deeply.
"Once upon a time, Facebook could be used simply to share your interests and information with a select small community of your own choosing. As Facebook's privacy policy once promised, "No personal information that you submit to Facebook will be available to any user of the Web Site who does not belong to at least one of the groups specified by you in your privacy settings.""
21 Essential Social Media Resources You May Have Missed
http://mashable.com/2010/04/24/essential-social-media-resources/
21 Essential Social Media Resources You May Have Missed http://ow.ly/1Ij7t – Social Media News (SocialNetDaily) http://twitter.com/SocialNetDaily/statuses/13565476160
Technology Review: Blogs: Guest Blog: Why Twitter Is the Future of News
http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/guest/25128/?a=f
From MIT. Information on Emerging Technologies & impact on business & society
On Kwak et al 2010
"...No matter how many followers a user has, the tweet is likely to reach [an audience of a certain size] once the user's tweet starts spreading via retweets," says Kwak et al. "That is, the mechanism of retweet has given every user the power to spread information broadly [...] Individual users have the power to dictate which information is important and should spread by the form of retweet [...] In a way we are witnessing the emergence of collective intelligence." [...] "Half of retweeting occurs within an hour, and 75% under a day." And it's those initial re-tweets that make all the difference: "What is interesting is from the second hop and on is that the retweets two hops or more away from the source are much more responsive and basically occur back to back up to 5 hops away." 67.6% of users are not followed by any of their followings in Twitter," they report. "We conjecture that for these users Twitter is rather a source of information than a social networking site."
Christopher Mims/Technology Review, April 30, 2010.
Social media demographics
http://www.iamblog.nl/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/social-media-demographics9.png
INFOGRAPHIC - #SocialMedia Demographics: Who's Using Which Sites? http://ow.ly/1DZfG
Reputation Management and Social Media | Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project
http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2010/Reputation-Management.aspx
"More than half (57%) of adult internet users say they have used a search engine to look up their name and see what information was available about them online, up from 47% who did so in 2006. Young adults, far from being indifferent about their digital footprints, are the most active online reputation managers in several dimensions. For example, more than two-thirds (71%) of social networking users ages 18-29 have changed the privacy settings on their profile to limit what they share with others online. Reputation management has now become a defining feature of online life for many internet users, especially the young. … When compared with older users, young adults are more likely to restrict what they share and whom they share it with. “Contrary to the popular perception that younger users embrace a laissez-faire attitude about their online reputations, young adults are often more vigilant than older adults when it comes to managing their online identities,” said Madden."
"Young adults, far from being indifferent about their digital footprints, are the most active online reputation managers in several dimensions. For example, more than two-thirds (71%) of social networking users ages 18-29 have changed the privacy settings on their profile to limit what they share with others online."
More than half (57%) of adult internet users say they have used a search engine to look up their name and see what information was available about them online, up from 47% who did so in 2006. Young adults, far from being indifferent about their digital footprints, are the most active online reputation managers in several dimensions. For example, more than two-thirds (71%) of social networking users ages 18-29 have changed the privacy settings on their profile to limit what they share with others online.
2010 Social Media Marketing Industry Report | Social Media Examiner
http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/social-media-marketing-industry-report-2010/
Good Noows
http://goodnoows.com/
the best alternative to Google Reader. The sleek online RSS reader offers a lot of the features you can find in Google Reader, and adds a few extra interesting gems that we haven’t seen elsewhere. Good Noows is a Google Reader alternative that gives you more control over the layout, with enough choices that everyone is bound to find something that appeals to them. It enables the sharing of links and stories easily on major social media sites, and it’s all presented in a sleek and streamlined manner. With the overwhelming amount of information that is thrown at us online everyday, from every possible source, Good Noows give its users a pleasant way to keep up with the latest stories from their favourite websites.
Change the way you read the news.
Good Noows Is a Newspaper-Styled and Socially-Oriented Feed ReaderIf you'd like your feed reader to have a little more style and flash to it than you've found elsewhere, Good Noows is a polished feed reader with an emphasis on presentation and social networking.
Education Week's Digital Directions: Social Networking Goes to School
http://www.edweek.org/dd/articles/2010/06/16/03networking.h03.html
Education Week's Digital Directions: Educators are integrating Facebook, Ning, and other sites into K-12 life despite concerns about privacy and behavior
This article shows how a school in New Jersey is using Twitter, Ning, Facebook, etc. for educational purposes. It also features a school here in Jacksonville that is using Skype to interact with students around the world in their "Around the World with 80 Schools" project.
Great article with lots of ideas from schools using social networking in their classes.
RT @NMHS_Principal: Social Networking Goes to School http://bit.ly/bZLI5l
June 14, 2010
extensive article
"Social Networking Goes to School" http://bit.ly/cjz4cX (EdWeek via @yooEducation) – LJ Create (LJCreate) http://twitter.com/LJCreate/statuses/16448777736
How the World Is Spending Its Time Online [STATS]
http://mashable.com/2010/06/15/time-spent-online-nielse/
Cómo se gasta el tiempo online.....
RT @mashable: Now trending on Mashable: "How the World Is Spending Its Time Online [STATS]" - http://bit.ly/aS9PH4
EduDemic » Every Teacher’s Must-Have Guide To Facebook
http://edudemic.com/2010/06/every-teachers-must-have-guide-to-facebook/
RT @thnorfar: RT @kylepace: Every Teacher's Must Have Guide To Facebook: http://bit.ly/a6JSDG #edchat
You can’t swing a stick in social media without hitting something on Facebook. Same goes for education. You can’t talk about how technology is revolutionizing education without mentioning Facebook. It’s a simple service to figure out but what about once you become a regular user? If you’re a teacher, you would be well served by spending 3 minutes to read through this must-have guide. (We timed it out and it’s a bit under 3 minutes. It’s almost summertime, you can spare it for us!)
RT @pgsimoes: Every Teacher’s Must-Have Guide To Facebook http://dlvr.it/1p3xz (@edudemic)
Collection of resources about Facebook from an educators perspective and some cautions about using it.
Become Social Networking Guru With 45 Handy Twitter Tools
http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/development/social-networking-twitter-tools/
RT @courosa: 45 Twitter tools http://bit.ly/ctIWO6 (although stupid article title - if u think this will make you a 'guru', you're missi ...
Master Twitter - find more targeted followers, track visitors - who is following, not following, deadbeat users, clean your account and even more, check it now!
Twitter has progressed so much in past few years and now it has been used almost by everybody – let it be freelancer designer, programmer, social media company, printing company, everybody evaluates Twitter power and actually try to make their brand more powerful with it.
List of useful Twitter tools
Ideal para sacarle provecho a las redes sociales
Online Fundraising Pages | Personal Internet Fundraisers | Fund Raise Online for Charity | Crowdrise
http://www.crowdrise.com/
philanthropy showcase. started by hollywood ppl
via Frank - this is Edward Norton's group fundraising site
5 Teen Social Media Trends that Can Be Applied to Small Business
http://mashable.com/2010/06/16/teen-social-media-trends-small-business/
According to Rick Burnes, who leads the content production team at HubSpot, a marketing software firm that produces the Inbound Marketing Blog and Inbound ...See all stories on this topic (via Google Alerts and AlertRank)
Adults must read -> 5 Teen Social Media Trends that Can Be Applied to Small Business http://ow.ly/1ZP92 – Flowtown (Flowtown) http://twitter.com/Flowtown/statuses/16721168937
The State of HTML5 Apps
http://sixrevisions.com/html/the-state-of-html5-apps/
RT @draenews: Del The State of HTML5 Apps: http://bit.ly/95vE7h
Intérêt du HTML 5 pour les Webapps.
The state of #HTML5 apps http://dld.bz/hEAe
55 Examples of Beautifully Integrated Social Media Links in Web Design | Inspiration
http://webdesignledger.com/inspiration/55-examples-of-beautifully-integrated-social-media-links-in-web-design
Des exemples d'intégration des icônes des médias sociaux
About New York - Creating a Network Like Facebook, Only Private - NYTimes.com
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/12/nyregion/12about.html
A few months back, four geeky college students, living on pizza in a computer lab downtown on Mercer Street, decided to build a social *opensource* network that wouldn’t force people to surrender their privacy to a big business.
Zonkk | Create your own Social Network
http://www.zonkk.com/
Anyone replacing their Ning with Zonkk http://bit.ly/cbkFvq?
Create your own social network for your family, business, club, sports team or anything you like. It is quick, simple and, best of all, free to get started and you can be up and running in minutes.
Help me help my friend in DC. | Ask MetaFilter
http://ask.metafilter.com/154334/Help-me-help-my-friend-in-DC
A Russian friend of mine may be in a dangerous situation in Washington, DC. My friend and former student K arrived in DC yesterday, along with a friend. She came over on some kind of travel exchange program put together by a Russian travel agency called 'XXXXX'. They paid about 3K for this program. The program promised a job offer in advance, but didn't deliver. They said they would send one via email, but failed there, too. Her contact in the USA barely speaks English, doesn't answer her calls but does answer mine. He has asked her and her friend to meet in NYC tonight around midnight, with promises of hostess work in a lounge. Yes, I know how horrific that sounds- that's why I am working all possible angles here. She is not going to NYC but I need some help handling and understanding how to handle this- I have a friend helping them with a cheap hotel for the night, but that's all at the moment. I am presently driving to LA and could fly her and her friend to meet me there on Satu
This is so amazing - shows that the Internet is really wonderful sometimes.
The most amazing Ask Metafilter thread ever?
Una fiaba dei tempi di internet. Vera. Molto meglio della storia del cellulare perso raccontata da Shirky in "Here Comes Everybody" (ma del resto è accaduta dopo l'uscita del libro).
The most awesome thing I've ever seen.
this is why i'm in love with the internet.. http://is.gd/cnYy9 [from http://twitter.com/yonderboy/statuses/14664855628]
Use of Metafilter to prevent likely human trafficking. Like Kottke said, this is what the internet is for.
Facebook's Culture Problem May Be Fatal - The Conversation - Harvard Business Review
http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2010/05/facebooks_culture_problem_may.html
"They just assumed Facebook would evolve as their lives shifted from adolescent to adult and their needs changed. Facebook's failure to recognize this culture change deeply threatens its future profits."
"Facebook's imbroglio over privacy reveals what may be a fatal business model..."
Privacy. Seemingly altruistic companies screwing over their users for monetization and business models
What lessons can we draw from the Facebook flameup? Lifecycle changes can trump generational change and cultural values perceived as crucial at the age of 13 can be very different at 20. A business founded on the values of a generation, such as Facebook, has to keep up with, and respect, evolving lives and needs.
HOW TO: Make the Most of Your Twitter Profile Page
http://mashable.com/2010/05/10/organize-twitter-profile/
How To Put Facebook On A Privacy Lockdown
http://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-lock-down-your-facebook-profile-2010-5
If you're going to use Facebook, you should definitely know how to keep your information private.
Myspace is a social media site that is operated and drunk driving charge possessed. The positioning ended up being started by simply Mark Zuckerberg any time he or she had been the basic university student at Harvard as well as grew swiftly to incorporate hundreds of millions involving people
But if you're going to use Facebook, you should definitely know how to keep your information private.
Worried about Facebook privacy but still want to keep your account? A visual guide to how to lock it down. http://bit.ly/aHcihN
You'll never quit. So protect yourself.
How To Set Your Privacy settings in Facebook - FB really, really made it hard to impossible.... ¦ http://bit.ly/bARi1x
BlastFollow!
http://www.blastfollow.com/
Giant Follow within Hastags search
type in a hashtag and it'll aggregate all from twitter
BlastFollow enables you to follow Twitter users who share your interests en masse
Why We Check In: The Reasons People Use Location-Based Social Networks
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/why_use_location_checkin_apps.php
[RRW] Case studies, usage examples on location-based social networking
As good as a description I've read RT @marshallk: Why We Check In: Reasons People Use Location-Based Social Networks http://bit.ly/d6yJjv
How to Use Facebook for Business and Marketing » Techipedia | Tamar Weinberg
http://www.techipedia.com/2010/how-to-use-facebook-for-business-and-marketing/
Articles on marketing with social media.
Explained without the classes.
The Tell-All Generation Learns When Not To, at Least Online - NYTimes.com
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/09/fashion/09privacy.html
RT @eni_kao: [Sochol] La génération sans pudeur apprend à se préserver en ligne et à s'auto-censurer. http://nyti.ms/cPWLZ8 (via @palpitt)
Min Liu, a 21-year-old liberal arts student at the New School in New York City, got a Facebook account at 17 and chronicled her college life in detail, from rooftop drinks with friends to dancing at a downtown club. Recently, though, she has had second thoughts.
10 Fun Facts You Didn't Know About Google
http://mashable.com/2010/06/19/10-google-facts/
#10. Google Has a Company Dinosaur.
Zehn nette Fakten über Google. Manche werden sich vielleicht noch erinnern, wie das war, damals... ;-)
N paar Google Fakten wie der erste Google Rechner... aus LEGO! :D
Google is not your average company and it's fitting that they have a history chock full of quirk. Here are 10 facts you may not have known about Google.
5 Small Business Social Media Success Stories
http://mashable.com/2010/06/02/small-business-social-media-success-stories/
@CeeFor Try giving your boss case studies http://ow.ly/2650O http://ow.ly/2651z & will measure ROI http://ow.ly/2653n
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Emerson Salon
Best practices from assorted small businesses.
apophenia » Blog Archive » Facebook is a utility; utilities get regulated
http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2010/05/15/facebook-is-a-utility-utilities-get-regulated.html
From day one, Mark Zuckerberg wanted Facebook to become a social utility. He succeeded. Facebook is now a utility for many. The problem with utilities is that they get regulated
Brilliant insight. RT @jangles: More on Facebook: reading @zephoria 's thought-provoking "Facebook is a utility" http://is.gd/cb5ij [from http://twitter.com/PaulSweeney/statuses/14083869118]
"Facebook speaks of itself as a utility while also telling people they have a choice. But there’s a conflict here. We know this conflict deeply in the United States. When it comes to utilities like water, power, sewage, Internet, etc., I am constantly told that I have a choice. But like hell I’d choose Comcast if I had a choice. Still, I subscribe to Comcast. Begrudgingly. Because the “choice” I have is Internet or no Internet. I hate all of the utilities in my life. Venomous hatred. And because they’re monopolies, they feel no need to make me appreciate them. Cuz they know that I’m not going to give up water, power, sewage, or the Internet out of spite. Nor will most people give up Facebook, regardless of how much they grow to hate them."
"I hate all of the utilities in my life. Venomous hatred. And because they’re monopolies, they feel no need to make me appreciate them. Cuz they know that I’m not going to give up water, power, sewage, or the Internet out of spite. Nor will most people give up Facebook, regardless of how much they grow to hate them."
Facebook & Radical Transparency http://bit.ly/9eVJMe, a rant by @zephoria, with a follow-up http://bit.ly/b69GjU [from http://twitter.com/CircleReader/statuses/14075940793]
HOW TO: Evaluate Your Social Media Plan
http://mashable.com/2010/06/25/evaluate-social-media-plan/
it takes time, effort, and resources before this new media will have an impact on you brand
100 Incredibly Useful & Free iPad Apps | iPhone.AppStorm
http://iphone.appstorm.net/roundups/100-incredibly-useful-free-ipad-apps/
100 Incredibly Useful & Free iPad Apps | iPhone.AppStorm - http://goo.gl/Iux8
100 Applis utiles et gratuites pour iPad http://bit.ly/aQzPkm
RT @drmmtatom: 100 Incredibly Useful & Free iPad Apps | iPhone.AppStorm #fhuedu642 http://tinyurl.com/2uwqj8v
7 FBML examples to rock your Facebook fan page.
http://blog.webdistortion.com/2010/03/22/7-fbml-examples-to-rock-your-facebook-fan-page/comment-page-1/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=twitter&utm_term&utm_campaign=manual+repeats&utm_content
Facebook markup language or FBML for short is used in a variety of places within the social network. Anyone who has written any Facebook applications will already be pretty familiar with its tags, and will probably have used it to write data to walls, or share postings with others programmatically. If however you haven’t yet dipped your toe in the water of the Facebook API, or indeed haven’t actually needed to – there are some snippets of FBML which prove to be mighty useful when creating custom Facebook Fan Pages, and can easily and quickly out of the box be used with the FBML widget, which adds an extra much needed layer of customisation to an existing Facebook fan page. The static FBML widget can be added multiple times, and in multiple places (sidebar and tabs) to facilitate this. Once you’ve added it to your page, simply go to “edit page”, then under Applications click “edit” under Static FBML. This will give you the options you need to paste in your code.
Study: Twitter Is Not a Very Social Network
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/study_twitter_isnt_very_social.php
RT @rww Study: Twitter Is Not a Very Social Network http://bit.ly/bfjiSq
After analyzing over 41 million user profiles and 1.47 billion follower/following relationships, the researchers concluded that only 22% of all connections on Twitter are reciprocal. On Flickr, this number is closer to 68% and on Yahoo 360 it's 84%. The large majority (78%) of connections between users on Twitter are one-way relationships.
More a broadcast network than a social network: 68% of Twitter users aren't followed by anyone they are following http://bit.ly/bfjiSq – Michael Zimbalist (zimbalist) http://twitter.com/zimbalist/statuses/14333138366
52 Cool Facts About Social Media - Danny Brown
http://dannybrown.me/2010/07/03/cool-facts-about-social-media
Great social media stats - July 2010
22 Essential Social Media Resources You May Have Missed
http://mashable.com/2010/07/05/social-media-resources-recap-6/
major
4 Proven Steps to Facebook Page Success | Social Media Examiner
http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/4-proven-steps-to-facebook-page-success/
POST - 4 Proven Steps to #Facebook Page Success - http://ow.ly/26wSe
12 Best Open-Source Social Networking Software
http://technologytosoftware.com/best-open-source-social-networking-software-boost-social-network.html
Facebook Search
http://willmoffat.github.com/FacebookSearch/
Want to easily see public status updates on Facebook? See OpenBook: http://bit.ly/dsvSnT (I recommend "drunk prom") Le sigh. – danah boyd (zephoria) http://twitter.com/zephoria/statuses/14126705736
RT @zephoria: Want to easily see public status updates on Facebook? See OpenBook: http://bit.ly/dsvSnT (I recommend "drunk prom") Le sigh.
open graph + "s="
There's a new Facebook search site out there with a concept similar to PleaseRobMe, a site that demonstrates just how easy it is for bad guys to use social networking crap to tell when you're away from your home. This new Facebook Search allows anyone to search for potentially embarrassing updates that can now be viewed by the public.
Facebook Status Search
The Real Life Social Network v2
http://www.slideshare.net/padday/the-real-life-social-network-v2
210p.
@jcstearns The Real Life Social Network v2 - http://goo.gl/2fDa <-in slideshare . A must read.
This is fascinating! — The Real Life Social Network v2 http://spncr.me/br
http://www.slideshare.net/padday/the-real-life-social-network-v2
awesome!
Social Media Parenting: Raising the Digital Generation
http://mashable.com/2010/05/13/parenting-social-media/
dang it! apparently no app for good parenting *grmbl* http://mashable.com/2010/05/13/parenting-social-media/
from Mashable
子供にどうソーシャルメディアを使わせるべきか、という記事。企業のソーシャルメディアポリシーの考え方に通じるところがあるのが興味深い。結局、どちらも教育と信頼関係が大事ということですかね。 http://bit.ly/aclXEb – 徳力 基彦 (tokuriki) http://twitter.com/tokuriki/statuses/13948349264
open 18 Conference
Is it time to reconsider Google Buzz vs Facebook or Twitter? — Scobleizer
http://scobleizer.com/2010/06/13/is-it-time-to-reconsider-google-buzz-vs-facebook-or-twitter/
Buzz 101 - Good vs Bad
RT @maxgrinev: Is it time to reconsider Google Buzz vs Facebook or Twitter? http://j.mp/dpBba2
Social networking sites: 10 mistakes organizations make
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/25/AR2010062504382.html
Millions of people log onto social media Web sites daily, prompting such varied organizations as Gaithersburg-based MedImmune, the American Red Cross and the Department of Housing and Urban Development to follow. But simply creating an account on Facebook or Twitter rarely equates to being plugged in. Area consultants said many organizations spend ample time and resources on social media without seeing much return. Here are 10 common mistakes that they see businesses, nonprofits and government agencies make.
Good set of points for those of you interested in using Social Media to promote your organization. http://ow.ly/26eed
Foursquare Launches Location Layers - This is Big
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/foursquare_launches_location_layers_-_this_is_big.php
Para Diego y Luis
IFC polled its member base for short descriptions of their favorite places in the towns they lived in or visited, then picked the place-descriptions that best suited the IFC's brand ("Always on, slightly off") to upload into a Foursquare database. Foursquare users can now opt-into getting those tips pushed to them whenever they check in near one of the annotated locations. It's a chance to effectively say, "I want to see this town as IFC fans see it." For marketers, this has got to be incredibly appealing, and for urban explorers it could be one of the best examples yet of effective Augmented Reality."
"IFC polled its member base for short descriptions of their favorite places in the towns they lived in or visited, then picked the place-descriptions that best suited the IFC's brand ("Always on, slightly off") to upload into a Foursquare database. Foursquare users can now opt-into getting those tips pushed to them whenever they check in near one of the annotated locations. It's a chance to effectively say, "I want to see this town as IFC fans see it." For marketers, this has got to be incredibly appealing, and for urban explorers it could be one of the best examples yet of effective Augmented Reality."
Independent Film Channel announced a new campaign this morning with leading location-based social network Foursquare that will allow you to do just that. The Huffington Post launched a Foursquare layer today as well. IFC polled its member base for short descriptions of their favorite places in the towns they lived in or visited, then picked the place-descriptions that best suited the IFC's brand ("Always on, slightly off") to upload into a Foursquare database.
In January, Canadian newspaper chain Metro did a deal with Foursquare that tied content like restaurant reviews to specific locations as "tips." When we saw that, we said that the era of location as platform had arrived. Then, in April the Wall St. Journal began experimenting with location-based news, adding interesting news tidbits to locations around New York City on Foursquare. That was getting interesting - not just lightweight content like restaurant reviews but things like a note that a terrorism suspect was once arrested in a particular location!
A nice example of businesses, including the Huff Post, using foursquare to push content to users based on location. Nice stuff.
Uvumi
http://www.uvumi.com/
5 Ways to Clean Up Your Social Media Identity
http://mashable.com/2010/07/06/clean-social-media-identity/
Social Media Identity Management
HOW TO: Organize Your Contacts for Networking Success
http://mashable.com/2010/06/03/how-to-organize-contacts/
5 Ways to Clean Up Your Social Media Identity
http://mashable.com/2010/07/06/clean-social-media-identity/
Social Media Identity Management
HOW TO: Organize Your Contacts for Networking Success
http://mashable.com/2010/06/03/how-to-organize-contacts/
5 Ways to Clean Up Your Social Media Identity
http://mashable.com/2010/07/06/clean-social-media-identity/
Social Media Identity Management
HOW TO: Organize Your Contacts for Networking Success
http://mashable.com/2010/06/03/how-to-organize-contacts/
5 Ways to Clean Up Your Social Media Identity
http://mashable.com/2010/07/06/clean-social-media-identity/
Social Media Identity Management
HOW TO: Organize Your Contacts for Networking Success
http://mashable.com/2010/06/03/how-to-organize-contacts/
5 Ways to Clean Up Your Social Media Identity
http://mashable.com/2010/07/06/clean-social-media-identity/
Social Media Identity Management
HOW TO: Organize Your Contacts for Networking Success
http://mashable.com/2010/06/03/how-to-organize-contacts/
10 Cool Facebook Status Tips and Tricks
http://mashable.com/2010/07/10/facebook-status-tips-tricks/
5 Rules for Professional Social Networking Success
http://mashable.com/2010/07/02/professional-social-networking/
Dan Klamm
5 Rules for Professional Social Networking Success http://ow.ly/1813jw
5 Rules for Professional Social Networking Success
http://mashable.com/2010/07/02/professional-social-networking/
Dan Klamm
5 Rules for Professional Social Networking Success http://ow.ly/1813jw
What Makes Up a Social Marketing Strategy? - eMarketer
http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?R=1007766
What Makes Up a Social Marketing Strategy?
It’s quickly becoming common wisdom among marketers that a strategy is needed to use social media effectively. Of course, that doesn’t mean a majority of those involved in the space have gotten on boa
52% of social marketers are operating “without a game plan”
The Price of Facebook Privacy? Start Clicking - NYTimes.com
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/13/technology/personaltech/13basics.html
how nytimes surfaces complex graphics in articles
Which is longer: Facebook privacy policy or the US Constitution?
If you guessed the latter, you’re right. Facebook’s Privacy Policy is 5,830 words long; the United States Constitution, without any of its amendments, is a concise 4,543 words.
The Price of Facebook Privacy? Start Clicking - NYTimes.com
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/13/technology/personaltech/13basics.html
how nytimes surfaces complex graphics in articles
Which is longer: Facebook privacy policy or the US Constitution?
If you guessed the latter, you’re right. Facebook’s Privacy Policy is 5,830 words long; the United States Constitution, without any of its amendments, is a concise 4,543 words.
Google's Long History of Social Media Attempts [INFOGRAPHIC]
http://mashable.com/2010/07/09/google-social-media-attempts/
Mashable hat eine wunderbare Infografik ausgegraben, die die Anfänge von Social Media im Februar 2003 bis heute nachzeichnen:
The future of social relations | Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project
http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2010/The-future-of-social-relations.aspx
The future of social relations | Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project http://bit.ly/aFbc5a #gwws
Pew research
Overview The social benefits of internet use will far outweigh the negatives over the next decade, according to experts who responded to a survey about the future of the internet. They say this is because email, social networks, and other online tools offer ‘low-friction’ opportunities to create, enhance, and rediscover social ties that make a difference in people’s lives. The internet lowers traditional communications constraints of cost, geography, and time; and it supports the type of open information sharing that brings people together.
"Report: Future of the Internet, Social Networking, Communities The future of social relations " -- Pew
2010 research report on the ways in which social media are expected to enhance relationships. Positives outweigh negatives.
Mobile Access 2010 | Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project
http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2010/Mobile-Access-2010.aspx
Current (July 2010) stats on mobile use and how we are communicating, sharing pictures, email, vids and more... good stats for presentations and/or instruction.
Stats on mobile access and use in 2010
Sysomos | Judging a Twitter User by Their Followers
http://sysomos.com/insidetwitter/followers/
How I became a Foursquare cyberstalker | Technology | The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/jul/23/foursquare
How I became a Foursquare cyberstalker
How I became a Foursquare cyberstalker | Technology | The Guardian
How I became a Foursquare cyberstalker | Technology | The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/jul/23/foursquare
Privacy advocates fear that Foursquare, along with other geolocation apps such as Gowalla and Google Latitude, are vulnerable to "data scraping", namely, the sophisticated trawling and monitoring of user activity in an effort to build a rich database of personal information. The big worry, say critics, is who might get to make use of this information.
How I became a Foursquare cyberstalker