Archive for August, 2008

07 Aug

The new ‘Face’ of Facebook

Last night, I embarked on the new look of Facebook, and I have to say I am fairly impressed.
First of all, I have to give Mark, and the whole Facebook team props, because of the new cosmetic change that they have developed, and how they have handled it. I remember back in college when I [...]

05 Aug

Social Media Etiquette

You’ll see all types of articles, advice and opinions trying to de-construct the true nature of social media. At its simplest, social media is a conversation between like-minded people using various different software platforms to communicate with each other.
What you need to understand first about social networking is that it’s just like social networking [...]

04 Aug

FriendFeed As A Reputation Management Tool

I am a FriendFeed fan boy.
That is saying a lot, because I am usually pretty critical of everything.
The platform is easy to use, and makes the first real concentrated effort towards making a single platform for all social media.

04 Aug

Social Media And The Olympics

The next Olympics is big news, not only for its presence in China and all the rigmarole that’s created, but for the way Olympic news will be broadcast and the steps some Olympic sponsors are taking. With Twitter, Plurck and all the other microblogging apps, we’re going to know what’s happening quicker than you [...]

04 Aug

Social Networking By The Numbers

Facebook, Filkr, Fllxter, Friendster and that’s just the F’s. Have you ever tried to figure out which of the growing number of social networks deserve your time or which services attract the exact demographic you’re looking for? Consultancy Rapleaf has some answers.
In a follow up to a study of social network users vs. age, Rapleaf [...]

04 Aug

Social Media Defined In Two Words

Jason Falls asked his followers on Twitter to define social media in two words or less. Here are some of the results:

Overrated
Relationship Building
Communal Interaction
Community Building
Shared Narcissism
Citizen Journalism
Confusing
Authentic Minutia
Scaled Intimacy
Serendipitous Networking
Movable Relationships
Establishing Trust
Business Networking
Participate. Reciprocate.

My two words? Communal platforms. What do you think?
Comments

04 Aug

Social Media Monitoring

Social media monitoring and social media measurement are two very different things, but I think many of the searchers and social media taggers using those phrases don’t always make the distinction. For some quick insight from a qualified audience, I turned to Twitter and within an hour had about 40 replies.
It started off with this [...]