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Assembling your “party”: Five kinds of friends you should make on social networks (10)
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Making friends on social networking sites like Digg, Facebook, Twitter, or FriendFeed is a lot like assembling an old-school RPG party: it takes certain kinds of people, carefully balanced, to make the social networking experience a pleasant one. Just like you wouldn’t walk into an ominous dungeon without healers and support characters at your side, you shouldn’t brave the world of social networks without the aid of these five kinds of friends: The Content Creator ...Shared by Beryl Powell (0) Dane morgan (3) Erica (23) iAlja (25) J. J. (12) marchino (24) matto (0) Sharon (4) Steve Ellwood (2) Tommaso (3)- Tommaso said: Originale e ben fatta questa visione del gruppo di amici online come un party di un RPG.
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How to Find a Mentor (Formal) (2)
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One of the best ways to learn how to be a great manager is to work with a great mentor and learn from his/her mistakes before you make them yourself. A mentor is a guide, a trusted advisor, and a wise sage, who can offer insights into what you do. Looking a little deeper into the history of the mentor, I discovered the original Mentor was a character in Homer’s epic poem The Odyssey. When ...Shared by jezarnold (11) matto (0)Contribute comment -
Why adding variables to CSS is a good thing (1)
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Via Simon Willison I find that Bert Bos, one of the creators of CSS, has written an article on why variables shouldn’t be included in CSS3. I thought I’d try to explain why I think they should. Professional perspective Bert posts statistics of stylesheet usage from the W3C site, and means that most stylesheets are very small, and on those, variables are not really needed. I agree. You can get away with simple search-replace in ...Shared by matto (0)Contribute comment - North American TP-51C Mustang - The Collings Foundation (1)
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The End of Usenet? (5)
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Sascha Segan posted one of those link baiting posts, with a title like that for this post, in which he heralded the end of something – in this case, Usenet: R.I.P. Usenet 1980-2008. How wrong he was! As Mary shows, the data actually points to July 2014! Check out Mary’s post for the details (and caveats).Contribute comment -
20 Free eBooks About Social Media (159)
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It’s interesting what you can find when you look around a bit on Google. I thought I’d look for a few new ebooks to read. I found 20 different ones that might be interesting to you. It never hurts to get a few different perspectives. In all cases, the first link is to a PDF file, the second link is to the site where it’s hosted. 20 Free eBooks About Social Media The New Rules ...Shared by - (0) Alex Ryan (6) Amom (2) Antonio Granado (6) aNTwNHs (74) arsenio (2) Atul Karmarkar (3) Avi Kaplan (0) Avinash (189) Bart LePoole (4) Bartolome Salas-Manzanedo (0) Bibi (29) Billy Bicket (14) blanksky (0) Blueblood (0) Brent (9) Bryan Person (24) Carlos (1) Ch (82) Charleno Pires (55) Charles Heflin (4) Che, Dong (3) Christian (1) Cindy Opong (4) Claudia Chez Abreu (1) Cody (7) Courtney (6) Daan (9) Dan Karran (5) Daniel (7) Danielle Warby (4) dario (0) Dave Fleet (6) David (4) David B (8) David Finch (6) Dimitris (50) Doctorlingua (1) eleanor lisney (0) Eric (18) ericholter (17) Eugenio (2) Federico Fasce (0) Foo Yong Hwee (1) Frankel (0) Fussypants (20) gavoweb (8) Gene (0) George Siemens (6) Gez (1) Gloria (0) gregoryheller (2) halinjo (3) Hans Henrik Petersen (3) Hashim (18) hbenny (9) Heids (5) Heinz Grünwald (15) Helene (1) Hugo Neves da Silva (3) id ff (0) Ines (0) Jack Wilson, K4SAC (4) Jake McKee (3) Jane (0) Java Cola (3) Javed (62) Jeff (0) Jen (12) jeroendemiranda (9) jmeallen (5) john gonnella (2) Jonas Dahl Ingvardsen (6) JonRay (1) Jorge Alvarez (3) Juan (12) Karim Amara (3) Kaşif Ha (17) Keith Shirley (3) Kenneth (1) Keven Elliff (4) Kim A (1) LauraLee (212) Laurent Courtines (0) Leandro Scalize (21) Lester Hein (10) Leyla Bonilla (74) Liberate Media (11) lilomerlin (0) Louis Liem (43) ltbeyer (7) Luca Conti (13) luis Martinez (0) Lutz Berger (24) Manasseh Lee (7) Manos Matsakis (5) Marc A. Pitman (14) Mark (0) Mark Eckenrode (15) Mark Stevens (10) matto (0) Michael (1) Michael Bekiaris (3) miguel lucas (3) Mike (1) Mike F (381) Mio (7) Mykl Roventine (12) Nathan Driver (3) neodevelop (4) Niki1601 (10) Nocky100 (6) Ojo Piojo (6) Phil Wilson (0) Phillip (1) Phreak 2.0 (48) Pramod (21) Ranjani Ravi (10) rib (6) Rizzn (71) Rob Clark (6) Robin Dindayal (0) roland legrand (4) Romain Péchard (0) Russ Thornton (0) Sammie (1) Sandra (8) Semaho (13) Sergio Vieira (0) Shana Albert (29) Shane (16) Shannon (0) Sharon (4) Shlomit Kotek (0) Simon Gianoutsos (2) Sparky (0) SPE825 (5) SpreadChurch (0) Stephan M (38) stéphane GERARD (0) Steve Heye (6) Steven Correy (13) Stii (0) Stoneford (1) Stuart (29) Sue (11) SuzyiMac (8) Tammy Green (5) tarrask (24) Tim C. (2) Todor Christov (14) Tom (7) TomColvin (1) undependent.com (7) Vincent Maher (0) xpsal (19) z00pedup (5) тaмás (12) 安步当车 (0)- Kenneth said: thanks for doing half the research. now for the fun part. . . reading them ;)
- Laurent Courtines said: Ok Chris! I'll BITE. It's like bait, but it takes time to find good bait.
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5 Reasons Why Great Employees Leave (7)
onThe 35th edition of the World at Work’s annual budget survey found that the 2008 actual average increase in salary budgets was 3.9%, and the survey projects a 3.9% increase again in 2009. After sharing these numbers, Kris Dunn, the HR Capitalist asked “Is a 5% raise enough to protect your superstars?” I emphatically agree with Kris when she said “NO!” though not because I think 5% is a bad annual raise. To me, whether ...
- Leona said: Interesting stuff about retention.
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Chronotopic Anamorphosis (2)
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This video shows the test of a software developed as a programming exercise. The image is digitally manipulated by fragmenting it into horizontal lines and then combining lines from different frames in the display. The result is a distorsion of the figures caused by their motion in time, or, as Brazilian researcher Arlindo Machado calls it: chronotopic anamorphosis. The effect was completely based on Zbigniew Rybczynski’s “The Fourth Dimension”, but transposed to Processing programming environment ...Shared by Johnnight (46) matto (0)Contribute comment -
Beyond the API: Why Companies Should Have a Presence on All Major Platforms - ReadWriteWeb (77)
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Much has been written lately about the rise of the API. Offering a programming interface to an online service is now standard practice amongst this generation of web companies. Through APIs, we get to enjoy a range of innovative Twitter clients, wide availability of maps and location information, custom search engines, and more. However, delivering superior user experience on major platforms should be as much of a priority as opening up via an API. Just ...Shared by Adrian (27) Alex France (139) Anthony Bowyer-Lowe (5) Apostolos (4) Augusto (0) b2ix (0) Ben (18) Ben Shoemate (4) blackbelt (0) Brian (0) Cem (2) chris (305) Chris J Guerra (11) Dani (3) Daniel (13) Daniel (1) darraghcurran (0) dobata (324) Dominik (27) drewenut (0) dryan (6) ehu4ever (70) Eoin (8) Eric (4) Frederic (4) Gabriela (6) Gauravonomics (39) gisc (3) hankfdh (3) iAlja (25) Idan (17) Jaap Willem (0) Jannik (1) jccamus (15) Jeff Poetker (2) Jimmy (3) jtuchscherer (2) KC (0) Kerry (8) Kevin (1) Laurent (6) Mahesh CR (2) Manny (0) Marque (0) Martijn (7) Matthew (0) matto (0) MichaelMJ (7) Midh (0) Mike F (381) Morton Fox (43) Nick Cobb (372) Niva (3) Oneiros (18) onlythoughtworks (35) p0ps (19) Pramod (21) psvensson (9) Raanan Avidor (8) Rob (116) Ryan (2) sarahintampa (79) Seth (9) SMC (204) Sonny Cloward (5) Steve (5) Sue (11) sulleh (2) terababy (4) Themba (5) Tibor (2) tjd1 (0) ultraviolet (34) Usability (0) westher (101) Xiaocong Cao (4) Yuce (5)- Brian said: good read about APIs and how the company who makes them should also use them, not just let a 3rd party dev do it, for many good reasons...Also it talks about the 4 major platforms a service should hae a presence on/in...
- Seth said: I must disagree with the platform selection. Sure these are big, but it depends on your audience.
- KC said: some good advice from Iskold
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Corporate Social Networks Are A Waste of Money, Study Finds - ReadWriteWeb (108)
onHow would you feel if you spent more than $1 million throwing a party and less than 100 or even 1,000 people showed up? That sinking feeling is spreading over corporate boardrooms around the nation, according to study performed by Ed Moran, a director at consulting mega-firm Deloitte. It may be all the rage, but are company-built social networks for customers to socialize in really smart? According to Wall St. Journal coverage of Moran's study, ...Shared by ~C4Chaos (71) Aden Davies (8) AJ (168) AlexT (4) Angelos (4) Ansgar (1) arturo.servin (8) b2ix (0) Barbara K. Baker (5) Benjamin (824) bhc3 (35) Brad Garland (6) Carbonlord (46) carterfsmith (1) Ch (82) Chandoo (9) charleshudson (3) Chris Fizik (1) Christopher W. Bown (6) darraghcurran (0) Devlin D (2) Doug McIsaac (2) ehu4ever (70) Eric (4) ericholter (17) Farzin (12) Gareth Murran (1) Gil (158) Glenn (23) GP (36) Greg (14) Howard (0) iAlja (25) idhorat (0) inkode (23) Ishai (4) Ivan Pope (0) Jake (0) Jason (1) Javed (62) Jawad Shuaib (10) JDevL (14) JMac of Earth (0) Josie Fraser (6) k1v1n (3) kcearns (0) Ken (1) Kenn Moffitt (7) Kerry (8) kidakaka (0) Kim (6) Kin (3) linuxchic (0) lmjabreu (25) louisgray (115) M-Lo (0) marccanter (2) marcel weiß (10) marcell (12) Marshall Kirkpatrick (4) Mathieu Plourde (8) Matthew Bookspan (2) matto (0) Mickey (0) Mikael (13) Mike F (381) Muhammad Saleem (233) Nate (28) Nicholas Chhan (2) onlythoughtworks (35) Patrick (0) pepitogrilho (12) Phreak 2.0 (48) possible248 (1) Rex (101) Richard (13) Rick Turoczy (62) Ritu (421) Rob (116) Robert Birming (33) sarahintampa (79) ScorpFromHell (8) Shailesh Ghimire (4) Sham (102) Shane (16) SharonG (45) Shaun (5) ShuTian (29) silpol (26) smdahlen (11) Stephen (32) Steve Toub (0) Sun Tzu (313) Tad Chef (109) thePOSTMAN (1) Thomas Amberg (34) Tomonori (0) Tracy Ruggles (1) tweez (31) vlvl (15) Walter (13) webtime (355) Will Sullivan (21) Wismark (0) Yung-Hui Lim (77)Explore read eight notes
- marcell said: "According to Wall St. Journal coverage of Moran's study, "Thirty-five percent of the [corporate] online communities studied have less than 100 members; less than 25% have more than 1,000 members - despite the fact that close to 60% of these businesses have spent over $1 million on their community projects." That means some of those $1 million parties probably had less than 100 attendees. Somebody got fired for that, right?"
- linuxchic said: "Social networks where a brand name product is what everyone rallies around are a dumb idea. They are stupid. No one should submit themselves to the indignity of creating a user profile and friend connections based on cola or cat litter." Indeed.
- k1v1n said: A community around cat litter. Makes total sense to me. Loved this post.
- Shaun said: I love the social network built around kitty litter, genius.
- Nate said: This might be a cutting argument against Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff's Groundswell. Then again, it made the fundamental assumption that you had a social technographics profile for your users BEFORE launching into a community strategy. Such research underscored the idea that a community solution is not for everyone and that there exists different solutions for each user.
- Jake said: Another reason E 2.0 is full of fail, how much did Connect cost?
- Devlin D said: The biggest lesson brands have to learn about social media and social marketing is that they have to give the user/customer the tools and motivation to make what THEY want out of the experience, not what the brand wants. The customer doesn't want to be branded to death and have marketing thrown in their face every step of the way, they want real interaction...something that is of value to them. The article makes a good point as well about the hassle of signing up for yet another account on a social network that really isn't about being social. Instead of expecting people to come to the brand the brand has to go to the people and that is more or less the meaning of social marketing in general. It's not about the brand or the product, it's about the customer.
- ScorpFromHell said: Excellent caveat on implementing social networks in enterprises for the customers.
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The Story of the Fail Whale (153)
onHow An Unknown Artist's Work Became a Social Media Brand Thanks To the Power of Community Twitter users are very familiar with the iconic image of the Fail Whale. This social object has been latched onto by Twitter fans not just as a representation of Twitter's downtime, but also as a representation of the community's love for the service and their hope for its triumph over their many struggles. Despite Twitter's troubles, most of its ...Shared by !&# (18) (jeff)isageek (48) Abdul Jaleel (28) Adam (13) Adrian L (9) Allison Kipta (30) Andrew (35) Andrew Long (14) Annie (20) arjo (25) atul (71) Azeem (35) Ben Parr (14) Brandice (5) brennan moore (15) Brent Blooodworth (0) Brian (1) brianwyrick (2) Bruce (0) Carri (2) Cass (0) ChaCha (62) Chris Gurney (4) Chrissie (0) Christian (2) Chronicole (1) corvin (18) Damien (3) Daniel Johnson, Jr. (3) Darren Barefoot (8) Dave (3) Dave Lovely (8) David (7) davidex (7) Del (12) Dibau Naum h (9) Didi (0) dmkinteractive (13) dobata (324) DOCBook Howto (100) Drew Olanoff (125) eschnou (9) Fish (8) Geoff K (9) George (0) Gerard (20) Gerard (29) GP (36) Gwenny (18) HariKari (0) HejGustav (8) Hil (0) iAlja (25) iBspoof (12) J. Glenn (1) Jake (0) Jan (10) Jason Gilman (72) jccamus (15) Jenn Lowther (1) Jens Christian Freund (8) Jeroen Mirck (0) jh2fct (11) John (17) Jonathan Sullivan (0) JonMoss-theappleofmyi (30) Josh (5) Julius (0) Justin Simonsen (36) Kin (3) Kyle James (28) Lachlan (4) Laughing Squid (13) Laurent (6) liamvictor (101) lmjabreu (25) LouCypher (34) louisgray (115) Lynette Radio (4) Marcel (21) Marcelo (5) Marcus (0) Marshall Kirkpatrick (4) Matthew Bischoff (29) matthooper (12) matto (0) metaeuphoria (0) micah saul (0) Michelle Darnell (0) Mike F (381) MiramarMike (19) mr94 (10) Nate (28) Nick (4) Nico (4) Nihar (19) Niklas (20) Nkululeko Masondo (0) Núria (0) oblonski (0) OnkelSchark (3) parkylondon (27) phusick (2) pixites (3) polymath22 (2) PractiProj (5) Program Witch (18) psvensson (9) rafiq (1) Ralph (6) rezar (19) Richard (13) Rick Klau (83) Rob (116) Ruben (22) Ryan (2) rzklkng (80) Sarah (0) sarahintampa (79) Scott (5) sczizzo (5) Seb (7) SFSlim (8) Shannon Prickett (23) Sharon (4) Socrates (10) Soulhuntre (70) sour.patch (1) Steve (28) Steve M. (16) stevenvanwel (1) sumidiot (5) Tamara Gruber (0) Thomas Smith (23) tig (27) Todd (14) Tom (3) Tony Bacigalupo (0) tonyleachsf (2) ultraviolet (34) Vahid (102) Vishal (0) Walt Ribeiro (1) Warner (6) warza (7) Will Sullivan (21) wille (81) Winnie (4) yoshy (312) YuSuPh (1) zapnap (20) 猫影 (12) 費里曼先生 (3)Explore read 10 notes
- Christian said: La fail Whale, que je traduirais de manière erronée mais volontaire par "Baleine Flottante" est une véritable icone du Cloud Computing
- MiramarMike said: Nice article - less techie than normal and more "about us humans"
- tonyleachsf said: wow, what a cool story. only twitter...
- brennan moore said: wow! i kinda want a fail whale t-shirt now. nice little story
- Brian said: A cool story
- Steve M. said: i really want one of these fail whale shirts. and the coffee mug! oh me and my insatiable urge to buy anything computer geeky and retarded!
- Scott said: Fail whale is now a legend.
- Marcus said: Twitters Fail Whale... I didn't know it had fans.
- warza said: The whale we all hate to love.
- Didi said: Great little story
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The Future of Computer Applications: Help Me or Entertain Me - ReadWriteWeb (43)
onIn the introduction to his book, Linus Torvalds, creator of the Linux operating system, wrote that life is about entertainment. He might seem the last person you'd imagine as focused on entertainment, until you realize that Linux started as a hobby. Entertainment is increasingly the center of our lives, and we also want work that challenges and entertains. With the rise of the Social Web and new forms of communication like Twitter, iPhone, YouTube and ...Shared by Abdul Jaleel (28) Adrien O'Leary (2) ani625 (67) atul (71) b2ix (0) Ben (18) Carri (2) darraghcurran (0) Devlin D (2) ehu4ever (70) Frederic (4) Gauravonomics (39) gisc (3) Glenn (23) iAlja (25) Javier (7) Justin Baum (8) Kerry (8) Lee (4) LouCypher (34) Loyolny (3) Marc (0) Markos (1) Mathieu Plourde (8) Matt (2) matto (0) metaeuphoria (0) MichaelMJ (7) Mike F (381) Nate (28) Nigel Eccles (147) perspikace (15) rachna (1) Rex (101) rzklkng (80) sarahintampa (79) schmiddi (11) Seth (6) Sue (11) tig (27) Vinay (2) Xiaocong Cao (4) Yung-Hui Lim (77)
- Devlin D said: Great overview of the emerging trends in application themes. Definitely helpful when looking to identify a market or angle for a product/service.
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How users are changing the rules of innovation (2)
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NESTA, the UK innovation organisation, has published a research report and policy briefing on how users are changing the rules of innovation. User-led innovation – where users play an active part in the development of new or improved products and services – is exploding: proliferating digital technologies mean that we’re all potential innovators now. New firms based on user-led innovation are being sold for hundreds of millions of dollars only a few years after being ...Shared by Jonas Chau (0) matto (0)Contribute comment -
You Might Be a Digital Anthropologist... (23)
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Upon recently talking about micro-interactions to the folks at Citi, I had a “micro-epiphany.” It occurred to me that companies really need to be looking at the social revolution for possibly one reason over everything else. Insights into human behavior that can lead to future innovations or even product/service improvements. Point in case, as I was talking about some of the interactions I’ve had with brands on Twitter like Southwest or Zappos, I said something ...
