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Social Media: the friendship killer app

August 30, 2009

Image by Intersection Consulting via Flickr @econwriter5 has shared a great article today on Twitter: WSJ‘s ‘How Facebook Can Ruin Your Friendships’. This article has been on my mind all day. Media Panics have been a natural part of Media and Culture evolution: Waltz will curropt the youth, Radio will degregade our values, TV will [...]

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4 things to learn from Jeremiah Owyang

August 27, 2009

Image by thekenyeung via Flickr Jeremiah Owyang, a leading Forrester analyst who has build himself a solid name in the Social Media world, is leaving Forrester to focus on a business of his own. In ‘the year of Social Media’ where social media value is widely recognized and everyone is a Social Media enthusiast, building [...]

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Community – from start up, to borg; from an idea to embedded behavior

July 20, 2009

It’s so sad when your local neighborhood café becomes a massive international chain. The Barista that used to be the owner as well as waiter, the face of the café, who knew your name and exactly how you like your espresso, is now gone, sitting behind a desk somewhere or vacating on some sandy beach. [...]

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WordCamp Blogfest: Chris Pirillo on Community

May 30, 2009

Image byRandy Stewart via CrunchBase * I am live blogging from wordcamp, so please excuse typos and drafty nature of posts.* Next session is about Community, presented by Chris Pirillo : despite being on the web for many years “it’s the connections that I make with people, amazes me to this d’ay. “Here are bit’s [...]

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Wordcamp Blogfest: Matt Mullenweg state of the Word

May 30, 2009

Image by TechShowNetwork via Flickr *Blogging Live from WordCamp – Please excuse any typos * Matt, wearing jeans,  a light brown jacket and sneakers, giving his ‘annual speech’ taking the audience through WordPress‘ 6 years history, present and future. After taking us through the post evolution, and with help from Andy Peatling and Alex King, [...]

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Social Networks, Undergrads, Grades and Growth

May 3, 2009

Image via Wikipedia Danah Boyd posted about Facebook and how it impacts undergrads. http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2009/05/01/facebook_and_ac.html The post discusses the media’s treatment to some findings around Facebook use and the correlation to high/low grades. Boyd, Microsoft Research’s new star and a social-media guru with great crowd of followers, focuses on teen use of social networks. It is [...]

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