Last week Tony Karrer and I launched the Communities and Network Connection , a place to bring together and surface good stuff about communities, networks and all the juicy stuff around them. In other words, we are using what is happening: with the content out in the network. Facebook | Should Brands Join or Build Their Own Social Network. Networks. Social Networking. Tags: community harvesting networks MORE >>

Nancy White has been toiling away with Tony Karrer to develop a dynamic website that aggregates community and network blogs. Tomorrow is the big launch. Tony is the technical wiz behind the site and there are plenty of ways to discover new and interesting information about one of the topics I love: communities of practice. Nancy is the ultimate connector and this effort is a natural extension to all the great work she does with online facilitation and communities. So here is the URL. MORE >>

Here is a blog post where I comment on today's launch of the Communities & Networks Connection site put together by Tony Karrer and Nancy White and which will bring a new and refreshing perspective on aggregating content around communities, community building and (social) networks. MORE >>

Enjoy: Systems Internet Trends in depth - Mary Meeker's annual update at the 2009 Web 2.0 The Doers Club - how DIY can help transform Africa Is the Internet Age creating a utopian or dystopian UK - from Microsoft's UK CTO How local businesses can benefit from mobile social networks - help your community Search vs Recommendations - Authoritative and related sources in a graph How high will real-time search fly? MORE >>

Metadata vs data - why treating them as separate entities creates technological challenges Technology Why social networks need to be decentralised - RSS never blocks you or goes down A computing future from Microsoft - large and cheap displays TechCrunch interview with Steve Ballmer - products, competition and the road ahead. Here is September's selection of links shared via Google Reader , Delicious and Twitter. MORE >>