I think I’m in social media overload. Right now I have one book on social media to review – Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff’s Groundswell and another, Darren and Chris Garrett’s Problogger: Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income, due here any day. I have an article I’ve promised to write for an online journal and a…
Q. What’s the difference between Boston, Massachusetts and Brisbane, Queensland? A. A lot. At opposite ends of the earth, for one thing. Different climates and time zones. I could go on. But the point of this post is really that Boston has an obviously thriving Social Media Club and Brisbane doesn’t have one at all….
What do the the television remote and the social media site Yovia have in common? For me, it’s the ability to shut out the unwelcome noise of advertisements. Photo by plasti20 The tv remote with its mute button has to be one of the best inventions of all time, giving us the ability to watch…
Picture courtesy Ruth Ellison Yesterday I had the pleasure of interviewing Stephen Collins, Founder and CEO of acidlabs, a company focused on supporting enterprises with the organization and management of knowledge. After speaking with Stephen, I’m even more convinced than previously that private and public sector enterprises need to address seriously the implications of the…
It’s the day before I head off to fly to Las Vegas for BlogWorld Expo, where Rich Brooks and I are coordinating a session on the theme “Going Global with Social Media”. So the announcement last week by Google of the new OpenSocial initiative was very timely. It was also, frankly, a challenge: how would…
LinkedIn, the online social networking service, now with over 5.5 million members, encourages users to help one another by providing “endorsements” – something like references. In a post today on my Thinking Home Business blog, On Moderation In Using and Seeking LinkedIn Endorsements, I point out some of the challenges with this system and an…