SmartCompany recently featured an excellent article on The next 10 social media trends , which received considerable attention and was syndicated through a number of other outlets. was quoted in the article talking about social shopping and mini-blogging. Here are a few further thoughts on mini-blogs. as easily as possible. MORE >>

Tweet Innovation. I’ve really appreciated the many posts where Tim Kastelle and I have connected by sharing ideas. Tim Tim says that innovation is the process of idea management , which makes sense to me. Andrew Hargadon expands on this: In short, innovation is about connecting, not inventing. This requires a network mindset. Network Learning. MORE >>

( image ) Consider: Your mission is to " organize the world's information and make it universally accessible." You thumbed your nose at Wall Street , and you proved them wrong. You've stood up to the entire media industry by purchasing YouTube and defending fair use in the face of extraordinary pressure. Just thinking out loud. What do you think? MORE >>

For all our blog readers thanks for your patience. We realise we've been less active on our blog than usual. The thing is, there's been a little project on our plate called Zahmoo that's been keeping us busy. Today we've released the first public viewing of Zahmoo. It'll soon be released into the wild--how exciting! MORE >>

I’ve been up to my alligators in all things networks as part of the Network Weaving Community of practice project, a nine month community of practice for 70 non profit folks who use or want to use the power of networks in their work. keep tagging and annotating websites like crazy ( find them here !) Skip to the key points of the report. MORE >>