Category Archives: social media
It’s time we take responsibility when it comes to a fundamental human right like privacy
[disclosure: a bit of shameless self promotion below] Last month the BBC contacted me about a feature they were preparing for their Fast Track show. They invited me over to give my opinion on a trend where people are using … Continue reading
The human factor in social media (revisited)
Last year I wrote 3 (rather long) thought experiments I pretentiously called ‘The human factor in Social media’. You can find part 1, part 2, and part 3 here. I was reading them back recently and thought about what came … Continue reading
Posted in Human factor, interaction, social media, social networks, web 2.0
Tagged human behavior, interaction, social media, social networks, user value, web 2.0
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Google Wave is a plumbing project for the web
So, Google Wave makes people unproductive? Says Robert Scoble in a good post where he writes down his first impressions with the new service. Robert says: It is noisy, but the noise often happens way down in a wave deep … Continue reading
Posted in freedom, Google Wave, interaction, noise, real-time web, social media
Tagged freedom, Google, Google Wave, interaction, noise, real-time web, social media
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Growth and traffic are no guarantee for a profitable online business
37Signals has a great post up, entitled “The bar for success in our industry is too low”. The author, Jason, takes several examples where respectable media (NY Times, GigaOM) take a story of a web company showing growth, traffic, and … Continue reading
Posted in business model, social media, web 2.0
Tagged business model, growth, social media, traffic, user value
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How friend recommendations can make or break trust
Friend recommendations are becoming increasingly important in commercial transactions. They come in different forms using different technologies. The thought behind them is simple. When someone you know endorses (‘likes” is the buzz word nowadays) some advertisement/product/service/brand you will be more … Continue reading
Posted in advertisement, social media, SocialAds
Tagged advertisement, friend recommendations, social media, SocialAds
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The magic is gone
I’ve been on a 2 week summer vacation and hardly spend any time on “Social Media” services. On return I found myself not getting back into old habits as easily. I haven’t spend a lot of time on Twitter or … Continue reading
Posted in human behavior, social interaction, social media
Tagged human behavior, social interaction, social media
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Social Media is bound by our human limitations
The definition of Social Media according to Wikipedia is: Social media is content created by people using highly accessible and scalable publishing technologies. At its most basic sense, social media is a shift in how people discover, read and share … Continue reading
Posted in Facebook, Friendfeed, Google, human behavior, social media, social networks, web 2.0
Tagged Facebook, Friendfeed, Google, human behavior, Louis Gray, Robert Scoble, social media, social networks, web 2.0
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Questions
Networks and destinations 1. If everything becomes open and connected, what will happen to the big destinations? 2. Why is the web rapidly evolving into uncountable databases with connections, instead of one database where everything connects? 3. If all services … Continue reading
Status update: the future of the web is here!
/rant on I read a number of posts in the last week that seem unrelated but ended up making me think about this social media circus we are in. Unless you are deaf, blind, and have been sitting on a … Continue reading
Demystifying Social Media for companies
What does it take to be a great Social Media Expert (GSME)? Let’s look at a few basic characteristics. The GSME is someone that knows his grand mothers pearls of wisdom and re-uses them to his advantage on daily basis. … Continue reading
On Apple, Facebook, Google, Whuffie and why customer lock-in sucks
What is the difference between customer lock-in and customer value It’s huge! Customer lock-in is a marketeers wet dream. It is a bonus received at the end of the year. It is an internally focused measurement. It is EGO. If … Continue reading
Posted in Apple, business model, customer lock-in, Customer Value, Facebook, freedom, Google, social media, Uncategorized
Tagged business model, customer lock-in, Facebook, freedom, Google, marketeer, social media
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It is naive to think our online lives are not connected to real-life
There seems to be a strange disconnect between our online and offline lives. Different rules, norms and values seem to apply. It is as if our online personality is not connected to our real life. We act differently and feel … Continue reading
Warning: Life is colored by the information we absorb
A few weeks ago my 6 yr old son was sitting next to me while I was watching the news. I was a bit distracted and didn’t realize he was sitting there, but after a while he said something to … Continue reading
Posted in social media, social networks, web 2.0
Tagged social media, social networks, web 2.0
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Interaction will drive the evolution of the web
I’ve often said it, and I’ll say it again. The real value of social media lies in the ability for anyone to interact over anything. It is the interaction that creates the value. Smart people like Tim O’Reilly will tell … Continue reading
Posted in Kevin Kelly, social media, social networks, Tim O'Reilly
Tagged Clay Shirky, interaction, Kevin Kelly, social media, social networks, Tim O'Reilly
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The incredible power of Social Technology
My good friend Steven Hodson has written an excellent post called The impossible dream – Social Technology. Steven is, rightly, concerned about the fact that many people in society are not part of the freedom and conversation social media technology … Continue reading
Posted in resolving real-world problems, social media
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Facebook Connect a privacy tool? Yeah Right!
A good article by Brad Stone at the NY Times entitled “Facebook aimes to extend its reach across the web”. Brad talks about Facebook Connect: Facebook Connect, as the company’s new feature is called, allows its members to log onto … Continue reading
Posted in business model, Facebook, privacy nightmare, social media, social networks
Tagged dangers of Social Media, Facebook Connect, privacy
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5 dangers of social media
Few people seem to realize or care about the dangers social media brings to our lives. Our online habits are changing rapidly from a closed, private behavior towards an open and sharing culture. While this brings us lots of good, … Continue reading
Posted in business model, Facebook, privacy, social media, social networks
Tagged 5 dangers of Social Media, identity theft, privacy, Security
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The idiocy of Social Media conversations
I read a post by Robert Scoble just now that made me laugh out loud. He observes that the discussions over at Friendfeed regarding the financial crisis lack depth and knowledge. In the past 18 hours I’ve read literally thousands … Continue reading
Posted in Friendfeed, Robert Scoble, social media
Tagged Friendfeed, Robert Scoble, Social Media conversations, Steven Hodson
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Early adopters fail to answer the First Use question for Social Media
I read a few posts that weren’t related but did talk about a pattern I’ve seen before. First of all there is this excellent post by Zephoria on Facebook. She talks about the way Facebook “expects” people to use their … Continue reading
Posted in early adopters, first post, social media, user centric web, web 2.0
Tagged early adopters, First Use, social media, user value, web 2.0
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Our Social Media behavior smothers discussion
I was wondering about an amazing (well to me it is) “discussion” I saw on a blog post over at Mashable. Mark Rizzn Hopkins wrote a post about Early adopters and it didn’t take long before many people jumped on … Continue reading
Posted in human behavior, interaction, social media
Tagged human behavior, interaction, social media
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