Micro-messaging processing company Semiocast has just released research showing that Asia has overtaken North America as the biggest user of Twitter, with 37% of total tweets. Source : Semiocast. The rise of "international" (as Americans describe the planet excluding USA) and corresponding decline of the US share is shown in the chart below. MORE >>

Michael Idinopulos of Socialtext has a thoughtful reflection on the Enterprise 2.0 conference, The End of the Culture 2.0 Crusade ? There are also some good comments following the post that challenge what Michael is saying. Last week, the Enterprise 2.0 world turned a corner. Nobody pounded the table for cultural change. In my mind it is about both. MORE >>

There is some material for those who missed the closing seminar in the Children's and young people's digital literacies in virtual online spaces series (funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, and organised by researchers at Sheffield University, Sheffield Hallam University and Lancaster University). Her websites are [link] and [link]. MORE >>

Intel has a publicly-available set of guidelines for its employees using social media. It's sensible, coherent, and clear. If you're looking for ways to convey some grown-up rules, check out Intel's Social Media Guidelines. Intel's Rules of Engagement include: Be transparent. Be judicious. Write what you know. Are you adding value? Be a leader. MORE >>

One of the topics that interests me the most is the variety with how different countries and cultures engage with social media, so I was very please to see in the current issue of Harvard Business Review a great spread on Mapping the Social Internet. Source : Harvard Business Review. Global economy Social media Social trends Web 2.0 MORE >>