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Would You Apply a ‘Dislike’ to Your Co-Workers’ Content? (8)
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On Digg, you can apply the “bury” rating to stories. On Amazon.com, you can apply a single star to rate something negatively. Would you ever do that to the work of your colleagues? I’m not talking the annual HR exercise of 360 reviews. I’m talking Enterprise 2.0 apps, which incorporate the features we see out in Web 2.0. The ability of people to rate the content they see. A few social media sites have taken ...Shared by Alex (119) CannonGod (220) dobata (307) Eric (55) Krazy (430) Kyle (46) louisgray (169) Mike F (647)Contribute comment -
Entrepreneurship as Signal: Quitting Facebook to Tackle Enterprise 2.0 (4)
onIn a recent post, Fred Wilson had this to say about Enterprise 2.0: This is one of the reasons we’ve struggled so hard to invest in “enterprise 2.0″ at Union Square Ventures. We have tried pretty hard to find companies that we can invest in that bring the new web technologies to the enterprise, but often we’ve found what happens is that consumers (ie employees) bring the web technologies they use every day to work ...
- Daniel Pritchett said: 'Rosenstein and Moskovitz are deeply ingrained at Facebook. They’ve been there for a while, and have seen it blossom as the go-to social network. They’ve were there for the heady valuation of $15 billion. The pre-IPO company still has work in front of it, but surely it’s pretty interesting.So what do they do? They quit to go start a BORING enterprise software company.What could this possibly tell us?'
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Facebook Is Starting to Get My Attention Again (14)
onFacebook recently made its new design permanent, despite the protests of many vocal users. Where the old focus was on a slow newsfeed, ornamenting your profile and interacting through thrird party apps, the new design puts content and conversations at the center of the user experience. I think Michael Arrington still has one of the best perspectives on it when he wrote The Friendfeedization Of Facebook back in July. As he said there: But it’s ...Shared by charlie anzman (116) dani (23) Daryl (23) dobata (307) DOCBook Howto (173) Elizabeth (32) Eric (55) J. Phil (65) louisgray (169) Mike F (647) Mikey (68) mr94 (22) Ralph Poole (23) Renton (9)Contribute comment
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Tim O’Reilly Course Corrects the Definition of Web 2.0 (15)
oneBay was Web 2.0 before Web 2.0 was cool. Tim O’Reilly wrote a nice piece the other day Why Dell.com (was) More Enterprise 2.0 Than Dell IdeaStorm. In the post, he re-asserted the proper definition of Web 2.0. Here’s a quote: I define Web 2.0 as the design of systems that harness network effects to get better the more people use them, or more colloquially, as “harnessing collective intelligence.” This includes explicit network-enabled collaboration, to ...Shared by Alex (46) Alex (119) Bruno Campagnolo de Paula (42) Claude (33) DOCBook Howto (173) Gordo (14) Greg (18) Heinz Wittenbrink (32) Justin Korn (31) Le prof. (31) louisgray (169) Mike F (647) mr94 (22) Nice Fish Films (51) Paul McKeon (30)
- Heinz Wittenbrink said: Bemerkenswert ua.: Tim O'Reillys Kurzdefinition von Web 2.0
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Don’t Be Boring, Don’t Sweat Page Views: Ten Company Blogs Analyzed « I’m Not Actually a Geek (2)
onCourtesy of user twob on Flickr I read an amusing and insightful post by B.L. Ochman, 10 Reasons Your Company Shouldn’t Blog. Several reasons don’t argue against blogging (e.g. “A blog is not a quick fix”), but a few are worth considering. Here are a couple that I liked: 1. The blogs most companies want to create are guaranteed to join the 900,999 out of every million blogs with no readers. Why? They’re boring. 2. ...Shared by bhc3 (39) Daryl (23)Contribute comment
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Microsoft Is Getting Much More from Its Investment in Facebook (5)
onWhen Microsoft invested $240 million in Facebook at a $15 billion valuation, the general reaction was one of disbelief. The valuation is too high to justify. But some people at the time felt like the dollar amount was well within the comfort zone of a giant like Microsoft. Here’s how commenter Prashant put it on TechCrunch: I don’t think that MSFT expects to make money on the $250MM at a $15B valuation. Internally for them ...Contribute comment
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WordPress Acquires IntenseDebate. Disqus Just Got Big Competition. (2)
onVentureBeat reports that Automattic, provider of WordPress blogs, has acquired social commenting application Intense Debate. [Update - IntenseDebate has a post about this]. As a blogger on WordPress.com, I welcome this. I’ve seen the power of Disqus for other blogs, and I’ve wanted it here. But there wasn’t a way to add Disqus to WordPress. In an earlier post, Could WordPress.com Create a Disqus Killer?, I wrote about what would happen if WordPress enabled a ...Shared by peteresch (12) Zee M (129)Contribute comment
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“What’s the Difference Between IM and Yammer?” (5)
onIt’s been a couple weeks since Yammer launched at TechCrunch50, and I assume Yammer is getting a road test out there in the workplace. One thing I saw after the launch was people wondering if Yammer was really just a copy of instant messaging. Here’s a representative tweet: What’s cool about it? What’s the difference between IM and yammer? Let’s hold off from noting the irony of posting that question on Twitter… It is a ...Contribute comment
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Using Social Media In Hollywood - An Interview with MADtv’s Chris Kula (2)
onChris Kula is a comedy writer living in Los Angeles. He currently writes for MADtv, seen Saturday nights on the Fox Network. I learned about Chris through an unusual connection - a link on my blog. A few months back I wrote How to Write a Farewell Email to Your Co-Workers. The post ranks pretty high in the search engines, and is a consistent traffic source. It includes a link to a parody farewell email ...Shared by J. Phil (65) Mike F (647)Contribute comment
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Business Week Launches Info Sharing Social Network - Will It Float? (8)
onBusiness Week Magazine has entered the social networking world with Business Exchange. Business Exchange is built around the sharing of information and discussing it with others. Here’s how Editor-in-Chief Stephen J. Adler described it: “Business Exchange, a free online information hub, is a new initiative of BusinessWeek.com. It enhances the ongoing reporting and analysis of Business Week writers and editors in print and online by aggregating other sources of news and analysis (including other media ...Shared by bhc3 (39) darraghcurran (12) dobata (307) jeroendemiranda (30) Justin Korn (31) Melfi (33) Mike F (647) Tony (22)Contribute comment
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Yammer Gets Bronx Cheers from the Blogosphere. Why? (9)
onYammer, as much of the free world seems to now know, won “best of show” at TechCrunch50. Yammer is an enterprise 2.0 company. The blogosphere had a fairly negative opinion about this. I read a number of these posts, and the table below outlines the reasons Yammer was viewed negatively: Links to source posts: Dennis Howlett, Rafe Needleman, Rob Diana, Mathew Ingram, Svetlana Gladkova, Chris Cardinal, Chris Brogan, Jennifer Leggio, Bernard Lunn, Joe Duck, Stephen ...Shared by Alex (119) bhc3 (39) Caleb Elston (0) DOCBook Howto (173) Duncan (42) Elizabeth (32) Gedoehns (15) louisgray (169) Mike F (647)Contribute comment
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I’m Doubling Down My Subscriptions Because of FriendFeed Lists (12)
onAs discussed here before, FriendFeed’s beta version includes the ability to tag users, putting them in different Lists you create. You can create your own programming channels. I’m loving this feature. One effect for me has to been to add subscriptions left and right. Why? Two reasons: Now that I’ve got themed Lists, I want there to be some good content in them! Right now, I’m subscribing to a lot of FriendFeeders who are into ...Shared by (jeff)isageek (17) dobata (307) J. Phil (65) Joe (115) kenmat (5) Krazy (430) Le prof. (31) louisgray (169) Mark Dykeman (45) Michael (28) Russellreno (35) Shey (32)Contribute comment
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Yelp Is Putting Zagat into the “Innovator’s Dilemma” Headlock (6)
onIn The Innovator’s Dilemma, author Clayton Christensen describes how new technologies emerge to take over markets. Initially, companies roll out products that serve the low-end of the market. They offer something cheaper and less functional than the product that currently dominates a market. After establishing a toehold in a niche, a company expands the capabilities of its product until its features start to “bump up” against those of the incumbent vendors. The incumbents, the original ...Contribute comment
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Riding Coach: A Day in the TechCrunch50 DemoPit (2)
onI spent a day in the DemoPit of the TechCrunch50 launch conference on behalf of my company Connectbeam. We didn’t debut at TC50 (two year-old company already has customers), but it was an opportunity to raise awareness among different communities. I’ll say this: DemoPit is like flying coach, while the folks on-stage are flying first class. You don’t get the amenities or attention, but you still get to travel. Here’s a quick summary of the ...Shared by bhc3 (39) dobata (307)Contribute comment
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Use FriendFeed Lists and Rooms As Your Platform for Information Flow (8)
onFred Wilson tweeted this recently: i want to follow less people and more keywords in my twitter timeline. can’t wait for summize to get integrated into twitter I agree with this sentiment - selected topics from a broad population, and broad topics from a selected population. When it comes to learning about particular subjects, it’s right on. FriendFeed’s beta version now gives you the ability to do exactly what Fred Wilson suggests for any topic. ...Shared by adrian (19) bhc3 (39) dobata (307) Franklin P (48) homo superior (19) Jack Wilson, K4SAC (0) Mike F (647) Rutger Blom (21)Contribute comment
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FriendFeed’s Progress Out of the A-Listers’ Garage « I’m Not Actually a Geek (14)
onPhoto courtesy of jo-h on Flickr One of the earlier complaints about FriendFeed is that it is primarily the playground of the early adopter set, particularly the A-Listers. Remember the recent discussion around Allen Stern’s post about FriendFeed’s recommended members? That they are so heavily weighted toward the top A-Listers? Robert Scoble, Dave Winer, Steve Rubel, etc… Well, over the past month or so, I’ve noticed a trend where sub-groups are forming and are very ...Shared by bhc3 (39) charlie anzman (116) Elizabeth (32) Hao (23) J. Phil (65) Jack Wilson, K4SAC (0) Justin (7) Justin Korn (31) louisgray (169) Mike F (647) Rob (158) Shey (32) StevieB (51) Zee M (129)Contribute comment
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Toluu Rolls Out Tagging {cool} {powerful} {discovery} {easy} (8)
onToluu, everyone’s favorite blog recommendation application, has released a powerful new feature: tagging. Tagging is a ubiquitous element of Web 2.0. As content creators and consumers add tags, everyone benefits. Things are easy to find, and there’s fun in clicking those tags - you never know what you’ll discover. I’m also a fan of the idea that tagging illuminates someone’s interests. Know someone’s tags, know their interests. A look to the right side of this ...Shared by Caleb Elston (0) charlie anzman (116) dobata (307) Jeff (21) Justin Korn (31) louisgray (169) Rob (158) Shey (32)Contribute comment
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How Enterprise 2.0 Fosters Innovation: Stop Groupthink (15)
onI’ve had a chance to read some interesting research about innovation. In this case, whether more quality ideas emerge… When people are in group sessions; or Thinking independently The background of this research ties into a well-known corporate activity: group meetings. I imagine most of us go through the ritual team meetings. Team meetings are good for a lot of things, but innovation may not be their highest and best use. Turns out, research says ...Shared by atul (153) bhc3 (39) dobata (307) Donnie Berkholz (19) grow (29) Heather (20) J. Phil (65) kamicollo (0) Mike F (647) Nice Fish Films (51) rickbai117 (1) Rob (158) sarahintampa (53) Shey (32) Stewart Rogers (22)Contribute comment
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FriendFeed Lets You Tag Users: Now Expertise Finds You (22)
onFriendFeed’s new beta version is out. There are a number of new features there, which are well described by Bret Taylor on the FriendFeed blog. I want to focus on a particularly powerful new feature: The ability to tag the people to whom you subscribe. In an earlier post, On FriendFeed, We’re All TV Channels, I described people as programming. Via our lifestreams, Likes and comments, we send a stream of content downriver to our ...Shared by atul (153) bhc3 (39) Buzzworkers (21) charlie anzman (116) danliebke (50) dobata (307) GeniusBoyWonder (27) J. Phil (65) jeroendemiranda (30) Joe (115) Jonathan (19) kukoo (20) louisgray (169) Marianne (14) Mike F (647) plasmaegg (21) Rob (158) Roger Kondrat (27) Shey (32) StevieB (51) thattalldude (25) Tibor (20)Contribute comment
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How Would Social Media Help You in Your Job? « I’m Not Actually a Geek (14)
onI’m having a ball with social media out in the consumer web. Blogging, FriendFeed, Twitter, Facebook. I’m learning so much about technology, new companies and people’s attitudes regarding Web 2.0. Along the way, some collaboration and a new job actually happened out of all this fun. Now why can’t we see some of these same effects in the place where most of us spend a third of our day? We’re seeing live implementations of social ...Shared by AndrewBadera (96) bhc3 (39) charlie anzman (116) Corvida (15) Elizabeth (32) Jody (30) Kris (21) Kyle (46) Melfi (33) Nice Fish Films (51) P Kitano (14) Rob (158) Rob Clark (7) Shey (32)Contribute comment
