June 2009 event when I ran a workshop on enterprise social networking, but the trend is true in general (from destination site, to networked services) as platforms create ecosystems (re: recent news on Salesforce, LinkedIn, etc). LinkedIn expands platform in attempt to one-up Facebook Connect | VentureBeat. LinkedIn Nov. MORE >>

But hopefully 2009 will be the year when that begins to change. As an aside, what finally pushed me to create this series was a great post by Sue Waters' about creating your own personal learning network (PLN). If you care about being relevant and valuable in 2015, you had better be making moves in 2009. So, here goes. MORE >>

The picture accompanying the post is a screen shot of my Facebook friend connections created by the app Nexus ; you can see a dynamic, zoomable, terrific representation of my network here. Tags: Technology and Creativity social networking Eye candy indeed – or of a galaxy really, really close to me. Why not make your own? MORE >>

Collaboration, analytics, social networking, content management, portal, workflow, etc etc. Business Connectivity Services (next generation of business data catalog). Can see aggregation of other connections re: activities, etc. Social Networking & Collaboration Social Software spc09 Notes from Steve Ballmer keynote. MORE >>

As organizations explore the use of social networking, the enterprise is no longer the only participant in managing identity. An employee’s social network site profile, social graph, and use of other social tools and applications enable them to construct additional identity facets to suit their own needs. Facebook Connect, OpenSocial). MORE >>