Tweet Curtis Ogden at The Interaction Institute provides a very good summary of the differences between network-centric and hierarchy-centric thinking, called Network Thinking : Adaptability instead of control. Network thinking can fundamentally change our view of hierarchical relationships. Emergence instead of predictability. MORE >>

have lots of tags in my Google Reader filled with blogs of people I understand and trust. we have read each other for ages, interested in the same things, interacted with links and comments, and the person (style/personality) comes through in the blog post, which doesn’t often happen in codified documents. Other blog aggregators. MORE >>

Social search is resurfacing as a hot topic of late , due to how effective Twitter has become in helping you find information, and how it is close to how we source information in the offline world (via our network). by connecting you to a social network of people you trust who will be willing to help out in a reciprocal relationship. MORE >>

Back in 2006 I called it SMS blogging, but now that’s all changed as the major use is the web and desktop applications (incl. And you know the network effect, those thousand people will each tell lots more, and so on. As Stowe Boyd says, networks alleviate the shift context issue. Different to blogging. mobile web). MORE >>

This week we’re having some fun in the b5media Business Channel doing a “blog scramble&# , with everyone doing guest posts on another blog in the channel. My guest blogger is the inimitable Liz Strauss of Successful Blog , explaining how a well-done blog can enhance your network. It’s my blog. MORE >>