Integration of ad units into newsfeeds is one approach that bears watching (it reminds me of Twitter’s approach, for example), but I’m not sure that’s enough to feed a $4billion beast. The headlines about Facebook’s IPO – along with questions about its business model – are now officially cringeworthy.

Last night on a whim I asked folks on Twitter if they had a home phone – you know, a “hard line” – the k ind of communications device that used to be ubiquitous, but seem increasingly an anachronism these days. ” All of our friends and family know if they want to get in touch, they need to call our cels.

This past week, Cindy Jennings asked about educational ergonomics  on Twitter. When I was writing my Master’s thesis on Learning in the New Brunswick Information Technology Workplace (completed in 1998) I based a part of it on a framework developed  in 1991. Rodney Fulton, the author, even commented on my post. Image by @gapingvoid.

They wrote a short but credibility-building summary, added all his jobs, included links to his websites, indicated a few interests and attached his twitter account. Are you Lazy or is it Fake? Why should I complete my LinkedIn profile? It doesn’t do anything for me anyway! don’t have the time! Everyone knows me! Start with that.

They wrote a short but credibility-building summary, added all his jobs, included links to his websites,  a few interests and attached his twitter account. Are you Lazy or is it Fake? Why should I complete my LinkedIn profile? It doesn’t do anything for me anyway! don’t have the time! Everyone knows me! It was recently.

There's a Twitter focus in the latest issue (vol 40 no 2) of Reference Services Review : - Libraries atwitter: trends in academic library tweeting: by Darcy Del Bosque, Sam A. Leif, Susie Skarl (pp. 199 - 213) - To tweet, or not to tweet? by Susan Jennings (pp. by Steven Bell (pp. 217 - 220) - Just the right tweet at just the right time.

Here are some of the observations and insights that were shared  via Twitter  this past week. ” @gapingvoid – “I think Twitter alone is now a bigger cultural force than Hollywood; a fact the old cultural elite isn’t quite ready for.” tomspiglanin – On using Twitter & URL shorteners.

Shel quotes Gautum, “BraveNewTalent hosts communities where people and organizations share knowledge and experiences, organized by professional topics and serves clients as a social media hub – bringing in content from other sources like Twitter, blogs or YouTube.”. Every since then we have stayed in touch. I could not agree more.

Pardon the site-specific interruption, but as part of my ongoing quest to keep my content here on my own site, I’ve begun posting pictures of stuff here that I’d otherwise put on Instagram, Twitter or other services. Well, here they are! Many thanks to the team at Blend for helping me make this happen. Enjoy! Site Related RSS

He has carried out two focus groups with his peers about how and why they share information on Facebook and Twitter (no further detail yet, as he hasn't finished writing it up, but I will add some more in the future). I had an interesting talk yesterday with one of our third year BSc students, whose dissertation I'm supervising.

Twitter is full of links to other websites. For a long time you needed to use URL shorteners to ensure you stayed within Twitter’s 140 character limit. Now Twitter has its own URL shortener – t.co – that converts every link that is shared. Many people like to share things online. Communities Technology

Here are some of the observations and insights that were shared  via Twitter  this past week. birgittaj – “ Fascism should rightly be called Corporatism, as it is the merger of corporate and government power. Managers probably don’t really believe that, but ordering training is easier than tackling the real issues.) label.

From there we move forward with a day centered around the industry’s major technology platforms with presentations from Microsoft, Twitter, Nokia, Tapjoy (a youthful yet successful startup that’s creating a marketplace for mobile games), Salesforce.com , and StumbleUpon. Day one’s sponsor spotlight is Luminate.

75 percent of Facebook users have “Liked” a brand, and 53 percent of Twitter users have recommended companies or products. Awareness has released an interesting free report, 3 Keys to Influence: Understanding and Leveraging Social Capital. It began with some useful statistics: 90 percent of all purchases are subject to social influence.

As readers are realizing, I’m posting photos here first, then using this as the basis for exports to other services like Twitter or Pinterest. It will be a few days before I have a “non photos” RSS feed for you to follow, forgive the interruption with non-work related stuff. But, it was a big weekend. major milestone.

Twitter makes money off its native “promoted” suite of marketing tools.  Twitter is valued at close to $10 billion. Yep – the very same companies with huge valuations – Google, Facebook, Twitter, and now Pinterest. It’s all over the news these days: Display advertising is dead. Easy, right? Cough.

Search the Twitter hashtag #cngsandiego to review all the tweets from the Summit. And please follow us on Twitter for more current updates on the future of work and our future plans: [link] and [link]. Brief announcements and notes about where we’ve been, and will be, holding forth in public conversations and other activities.

I started Friday’s Finds three years ago , in an attempt to make my finds on Twitter more explicit. had been using Twitter actively for over a year at this time and realized that I was not making much sense of it. So without further ado, here are some of the observations and insights that were shared  via Twitter  this past week.

started the conversation by mentioning the direct connection between PKM and the chapter on Literacy Re-discovered : Things to remember: Having somewhere to write like a blog or Twitter makes you more aware of what is happening around you. During our PKM Workshop this week, we discussed the books we would recommend to others.

“Co-op is essentially a private Twitter for business. Remote working is often about practicing what you preach. Sell an online meeting product? Of course your workers should put it to the test by working while traveling. Have a brand that’s all about breaking the mold and getting outdoors ? For the answer, just ask Harvest. Tools.

Now, I can’t exactly replicate what Twitter and Facebook have created here on this blog, so I’ll continue to use those platforms as I have in the past. figure I’ll only post shots that I’d be happy to send to Twitter anyway, where I have a very large and very vocal audience in any case. Allow me to explain.

As Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey says, “Simplification is key.”. The market for Enterprise 2.0 apps has taken off in the time since I first alerted consumer software entrepreneurs to this huge new opportunity ( “ Enterprise 2.0: Calling Consumer Internet Entrepreneurs!” ” ). Multiple venture-backed Enterprise 2.0

Here are some of the observations and insights that were shared  via Twitter  this past week. wwjimd: Resilience = Not having all of your eggs in one basket. Abundance = having enough eggs.” – via @SebPaquet. ” Young people tire of old economic models – via @steveszed. population ages.

The report looked at sites like Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, Tumblr, Blogger, YouTube, and Yelp. For example, I often use Twitter to drive traffic to my blog or to a company Web site. Adobe has released second Adobe® D i g i t a l I n dex report, which provides marketing, e-commerce and retail executives with digital marketing data.

While you can manually add updates like Twitter, the bulk of the activity is from auto-generated updates that allow for an ambient awareness of the related content activity within you organization. You can push content directly to: Flickr, SlideShare, YouTube, Facebook, LinkedIn and even twitter. would certainly agree. like what I see.

Microblogs are status updates…which kind of blur the line between chatting and broadcasting (eg Facebook and Twitter). If we want our online messages to be more twitter like broadcasts, and simple conversations and questions, then that’s fine…this replaces a good portion of email. Why do I like Google+. Related.

Blogging and connecting led to Google Analytics, Delicious, Flickr, Slideshare, Twitter, and now Google Plus. As I was preparing to start our online PKM workshop last night, I came across one of the best articles that I have read in a long while that reflects the value of what the PKM framework supports. To learn, we must do. Tweet.

Here are some of the observations and insights that were shared  via Twitter  this past week. Quote via @karlpro. “@charlesjennings: Keynote at  # AITD2012 classic quote of the day: “ The toothpaste is out of the tube ” re: social media in the workplace.” ” by @AnneBB. It’s these 4 shared characteristics.

Here are some of the highlights of what Mark had to say, via the Twitter stream that accompanied yesterday’s conversation: Getting new hires to narrate their work, through blogs and other social media, is a good practice. Two actions that can begin even before a formal offer is made: Providing access to an online knowledge base. Tweet.

” Notes Follow Patrick on Twitter ”@ptquattlebaum”:https://twitter.com/ptquattlebaum Find “his presentation”:[link] from the IA Summit on Slideshare. Show Time: 29 minutes 29 seconds. Download mp3 (audio only) Download m4a (with visuals, requires iTunes, Quicktime, or similar). iTunes.

How many times has it been mentioned and discussed on Twitter / Google+ / Facebook / etc. Specifically, I think of blog posts as being longer and more reflective than Twitter, and as such I give them more prominence and time, even if I am just scanning. We are using Twitter for short notes and quick reading. Navigation. Basics.

Also I rather liked the twitter feed widget I used during LILAC , and I have added a feed of tweets that have the hashtag #infolit to the sidebar (see right). I have added a couple of pages (see the tabs above) with a list of my publications, and links to some of my other web-based content (Slideshare, Youtube etc.). Weblogs

Here are some of the observations and insights that were shared  via Twitter  this past week. “Her life is like a Twitter stream – awash with the fleeting and the trivial. ~ @gapingvoid” “The Internet mirrors society. If you don’t like what you see in the mirror, don’t break the mirror. Tweet.

It makes sense but I spend more time on Twitter and it is usually in short moments of “found” time. GroupWise also provides icon badges for emails from such tools as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Vibe. The first question I had was the relationship between GroupWise, Pulse and Teaming. to really work. This is a very useful feature.

search/%23lilac12 and I have put up a widget on this blog for the Twitter feed for the duration of the conference (I am not attending it this year). LILAC also has its own Twitter account at https://twitter.com/#!/LILAC_2012. The UK's major information literacy conference, LILAC, is on for the next 3 days. LILAC_2012. lilac12 events

On Twitter using the hashtag #crowdsyd. We are kicking off our global series of crowdsourcing workshops on Monday 16 April in Sydney , with a morning workshop on Getting Results From Crowds and an afternoon workshop on Crowd Business Models. You can answer in two ways: 1. Winners announced this Thursday evening. The best will win!

further singled out Instagram as a company that would likely be bought, and figured there’d be a battle between Twitter, Apple, Facebook, and Google for the prize. Waaaay back in January, I rolled out my annual predictions. Thanks to our pals at Facebook, a few of them are now pretty much in the bag. wonder if that will hold.

further singled out Instagram as a company that would likely be bought, and figured there’d be a battle between Twitter, Apple, Facebook, and Google for the prize. Waaaay back in January, I rolled out my annual predictions. Thanks to our pals at Facebook, a few of them are now pretty much in the bag. wonder if that will hold.

And apparently, Twitter has gotten the memo on coworking 2.0 , because when the company moved in to Detroit to boost their efforts to sell ads to car companies , where did they set up shop? But being down with coworking isn’t the only way Twitter is bang on trend with the move. detroit satellite office Twitter

And please follow us on Twitter for more current updates on the future of work and our future plans: [link]. Recent Activity. Talking About Tomorrow. We have long wanted to engage more directly with smart practitioners and independent experts, as we all drive in parallel towards the future of work. Now we have found a way. Coming Up.

Here are some of the observations and insights that were shared  via Twitter  this past week. Why Thinking About Averages Can Be Disastrous  - by @timkastelle. If you are operating in a Paretian world but you assume that it’s Guassian, you’re heading for trouble. That’s why thinking about averages can be disastrous. I’d love to!”

Since Twitter archiving is an oxymoron, I am now going to post my favorite links for the month so they can be easily accessed later. Pew: Twitter, Facebook Aren’t Moving As Much News As You Think bit.ly/FPwjty. Here is another in a series of posts that provide access to my favorite tweets that contain links to useful information. 

Past speakers have included Dick Costolo, CEO Twitter, Sheryl Sandberg, COO Facebook, John Hayes, CMO American Express, Laura Desmond CEO Starcom Mediavest Group, will.i.am, and many, many more. Each year at Internet Week in New York , I curate a conference on media and marketing called the CM Summit  (video from last year above).

Past speakers have included Dick Costolo, CEO Twitter, Sheryl Sandberg, COO Facebook, John Hayes, CMO American Express, Laura Desmond CEO Starcom Mediavest Group, will.i.am, and many, many more. Each year at Internet Week in New York , I curate a conference on media and marketing called the CM Summit  (video from last year above).

Follow us on Twitter. Twitter about. FMYI | For My Innovation. Pricing. Why FMYI? Company. Username. Password. Or Sign up. Forgot your username or your password? love thy. inbox. Never bother filing emails again. Never worry about where the latest file is again. Never let that pesky inbox give you the shakes again. Take the tour ».

host of business-specific collaboration offerings from Yammer to Rypple are aiming to capture the interest of firms, while nearly every business is trying to figure out how to best utilize the likes of Facebook and Twitter. But are all companies equally engaged in figuring out how to do social? percent. 1,000-5,000 employees: 13.6 percent.

Tweet Here are some of the observations and insights that were shared via Twitter this past week. Brain Rule #2 : “ There is no greater anti-brain environment than the classroom and cubicle. John Medina” via @chriscognito. “ When a subject becomes totally obsolete we make it a required course.  ~ Peter F. Friday's Finds

My friend Darren ( @darrenp3 ) heard about how a prominent twitterer ( @maverickwoman - also a friend) was in New York and looking for a hotel for the night. She tweeted her question and Bryant Park Hotel replied saying that if she went to this website and entered her twitter id she'd get a discount, which she did and was offered a 50% off.

This is why I think the notification stream or the interactions stream that we are familiar with when using Facebook and Twitter; when in the enterprise context actually needs to be the default home stream. “Many of the things we hated about email will be MULTIPLIED, not solved by stream-overload. The funniest part is “2.0

When it comes building a distributed company, some bosses do it to demonstrate the usefulness or their product , many to get the best talent and some simply because they want to live somewhere they can surf. But that wasn’t why the company got its start as a distributed team. At first, they simply lacked an office. Talent. ” Tools.

also have two twitter accounts I will be using to report on the Global Summit news: @thefutureofwork (my long-standing Future of Work.unlimited account). I just registered for the Corenet Global Summit in San Diego on April 29-May 1. Please check out our new (and still evolving) website at this link. Share It!

Tweet Here are some of the insights and observations that were shared via Twitter this past week. Image: Mimi and Eunice. ValaAfshar – “ Stop chasing best practices, instead chase the best people. Why Britannica failed on paper by @dweinberger. Paper doesn’t scale. Paper-based knowledge can’t scale. The Net scales. Friday's Find

How do I get everything from my office address to my Twitter handle into your Outlook address book, gmail contacts or BlackBerry? Business cards, the L.A. Times, recently reported, are rapidly going out of fashion. ’ email. ContactMonkey aims to offer a better way. ContactMonkey makes it easy for them to actually grab those details.

Other sense-making routines, like a weekly review of Twitter favourites and creating  Friday’s Finds , encourages reflection and reinforces learning. Tweet Cristina Milos recently tweeted  that; “ Curating is different from aggregating information. That is why I am not a fan of Paperli or Scoopit.”

For now I thought I’d share a brief extract of the content I covered in my keynote on how to approach Twitter. Around 15-20% of the audience had Twitter accounts, so my suggestions were intended as a high-level introduction on how to get started on Twitter, though the advice is relevant to anyone. Stimulating questions.

Number of “socially engaged” visitors (Facebook, Twitter, Linked In). Google Analytics is a popular free tool from Google that provides a wealth of information about the visitors to your website. It can take a bit of time to uncover its full use. want to alert you to a useful online workshop offered by my friends at Pioneer Training.  

Twitter is @ldnlibtm and the hashtag #ldnlibtm Photo by Sheila Webber: Euphorbia, March 2012. London (UK) LibTeachMeet 2012 is on 14th May 2012 6.00 - 9.00pm. This year's theme is Supporting Diverse Learners. People share ideas through 2 or 5 minute presentations. Go to [link] to register. ldnlibtm events

For example, we were early to blogging and Twitter. Tweet A study of international alliances found that two-thirds  of the alliances between equally matched partners were successful but where there was a significant  imbalance of power almost 60% of alliances failed. Managing Collaboration. We learn from our mistakes by talking about them. We’ve

Tweet Here are some of the insights and observations that were shared via Twitter this past week. JenniferSertl – “ Your competitive advantage is not where you work or what you do. It is the accuracy & articulation of your observations & life experiences. The contributors may be volunteers or paid employees. or tinyurl.

At Signal SF, we have an extraordinary lineup of speakers from both the platform world (LinkedIn, Yahoo, Google, Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft) as well as from independent publishers and service providers (Federated Media, Girl’s Gone Child, Automattic, Lijit). PS, I have ten, and only ten, half price tickets available. So here goes.

At Signal SF, we have an extraordinary lineup of speakers from both the platform world (LinkedIn, Yahoo, Google, Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft) as well as from independent publishers and service providers (Federated Media, Girl’s Gone Child, Automattic, Lijit). PS, I have ten, and only ten, half price tickets available. ” ).

On Twitter , I asked: “Did you have an unexpected career change recently? Tweet One of the reasons (not the only one)  behind our Net Work Literacy programme is to prepare people for a digital economy, much of which is blocked by organizational firewalls. We would miss out on so many learning opportunities. Preparing for No Normal.

  One study showed that positive messages spread faster on Twitter than negative one. This was consistent with Biz Stone’s talk on one of the goals of Twitter. Here is another in my series on SXSW events. am pleased to be attending SXSW for the first time. am grateful for Adobe Acrobat for enabling me to attend.    

  Can people do a good job of listening on Twitter? Joe does not like Twitter for this reason but it can be a means to connect people. actually like aspects of Twitter and do use it to connect with people. have even shown my paintings and sold some through Twitter. Here is another in my series on SXSW events.

The only reward offered was to be invited to a screening in an Australian capital city They eventually hit $6,551 in funding, helped by actively seeking out groups and individuals on Facebook and Twitter interested in permaculture. The Twitter handle ChikukwaProject did not indicate the link to permaculture.

And I’ve begun to notice the LinkedIn share button popping up all over the web – it isn’t quite the attention engine that Twitter has become, but its power is rising. Quick, what’s LinkedIn? If you’re like me, the first thing that comes to mind is “a professional social network.”

Biz Stone was a co-founder of Twitter. One is the origin of Twitter and how it was helped by SXSW in 2007.   The first story is Twitter’s origins. People said Twitter was about nothing. People were using Twitter to say that there was a better panel across the hall and so they were going there. Great session. 

Without some persistent point of presence (blog, Twitter, LinkedIn), one is invisible online unless he or she is already famous. Tweet Imagine if we limited our conversations to only those in the same office. We would miss out on so many learning opportunities. Well it seems some people are still missing out. This is life in perpetual Beta.

She is @caseorganic on Twitter.”. Twitter can be the same. see Is Twitter Like Going Out for a Smoke? Here is another in my series on SXSW events. am pleased to be attending SXSW for the first time. am grateful for Adobe Acrobat for enabling me to attend. will be attending some Adobe sponsored sessions. have written about this.

The tale of how Twitter data tracked cholera in Haiti. roambi Structure TwitterA yottabyte isn’t what happens when the Jedi master starts gnawing on your leg. Enjoy: Can gigabytes predict the next Lady Gaga? How big data can curb the world’s energy consumption. Big data is now your company’s virtual assistant. Sign up for a free trial.

And please follow us on Twitter for more current updates on the future of work and our future plans: [link]. This post is a monthly feature in Future of Work Agenda, our free monthly newsletter. Talking About Tomorrow. Now we believe we have found a way. Our second call on March 8 was equally engaging. Occupiers Journal Limited. Share It!

Future of humanity Social trends TwitterI’m a big fan of Tim Stock ‘s work, which weaves together a deep network perspective with a rich view of how culture is changing informed by semiotic analysis. earlier shared one of his presentations in a post on how the culture of luxury is changing. Culture Networks (SXSW 2012).

People use their Facebook and Twitter friends that think as they do. use both Twitter and my blog for this same purpose.    Twitter bookmarks things and then some of them become the source for blog posts. Here is another in my series on SXSW events. am pleased to be attending SXSW for the first time.

Some words have resonated with others and have been picked up on blogs and shared via Twitter or other social media. Tweet Over the years I’ve written a fair number of words on this blog, starting in 2004. The thoughts in this presentation reflect my perspectives on the work I have been doing for over a decade. NetworkedLearning

Tweet Here are some of the insights and observations that were shared via Twitter this past week. The right performers will have seamless, frictionless, and ubiquitous access…. to the right learning assets. at their moment of learning need. in a work context-friendly amount. in a readily-consumable format. to/from the right devices.

All it takes to sign up is an email address or a Twitter or Facebook account. If you’ve ever found yourself frustrated over the need to constantly switch between apps to manage your calendar, collaborate on projects, assign tasks, chat, share files — you name it — Tracky wants to be your savior. Sign up for a free trial.

Just as blogs allowed talented writers to build audiences without being affiliated with large media organizations, and as Twitter and Tumblr allowed news- and tastemakers to succeed outside of established news or media properties, new web services will allow individuals to engage with customers without needing to work for a firm.

A new free book: Cheal, C., Coughlin, J., & Moore, S. Eds) (2012) Transformation in Teaching: Social Media: Strategies in Higher Education. Informing Science Press. This is not specifically about information literacy, but some of the chapters are particularly relevant. It includes chapters about a variety of Web 2.0 web 2.0 Pedagogy

Today I’m focusing on Adam Bain and his role as President, Global Revenue at Twitter. He joined Twitter a year and a half ago, and since then, has overseen the development of its “promoted” suite of products. That’s no easy feat. My question to you all – what do you think those items might be?

” writes Mark Oehlert , on Twitter. Tweet “I think the singular SME is an antiquated a notion as the solitary game player & our development pipelines need to change.” But the world has changed and most notably during the past decade. We have become connected. With all of these connections, complexity ensues.

recently asked on Twitter whether the words ‘Manifesto’ or ‘Manifest’ were better. It strikes me that in these these confused and confusing times we should lay down clear thoughts about what we believe in. am mustering my thoughts across a number domains to express what I think is important. What do you think?

Tweet Here are some of the insights and observations that were shared via Twitter this past week. Telegraph : Twitter sells tweet archive to marketers – via @sebfiedler [Note: you can access my weekly Friday's Finds for free, going back to May 2009]. Churchill ” – via @cyetain. “  JOHO The Blog. Friday's Finds

In spite of the title, this book is not about Twitter, but it is a manager’s guide to the social web , and would be a valuable to asset to every organization I have ever dealt with. Tweet Managers’ authority is being replaced by the need to influence, so how will they manage in the future? Books

Since Twitter archiving is an oxymoron, I am now going to post my favorite links for the month so they can be easily accessed later. Oscar night and Twitter WSJ - [link] #oscars. Here is another in a series of posts that provide access to my favorite tweets that contain links to useful information.  link] via @creativitypost.

Sure, like any other tech site, we’d love to “discover” the next Facebook, Twitter, Dropbox or Instagram. We’re looking for an energetic and enterprising reporter to cover startups in Silicon Valley for GigaOM and paidContent. We want a reporter who is a great networker and who has a knack for picking up nuggets of news along the way.

Podio designers @Pollas and @chopeh [link] Follow us on Twitter. Twitter. twitter. Podio. Product. Pricing. Customers. About App Store Log in. What could they be working on? See how the world’s fastest growing social network uses Podio. 24.02.12. Posted in App Stories , Featured. by Ryan Nichols. The impact? Podio. Email.

Xobni allows users to integrate Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Skype and other services with their Outlook inboxes. Contact management startup Xobni has raised a $10 million round of funding, according to an SEC filing. That brings total funding to $42 million , according to Crunchbase. ” Ok! Sign up for a free trial.

As Umair Haque  posted  on Twitter back in November; “ Name a “working” institution. Tweet As you soon as you try to address a problem, it gets more complicated, because that’s what conventional management does; I wrote last week in Managing collaboration , and Paul Chepolis commented: I couldn’t agree more. We kill ourselves! Just one.

Tweet Here are some of the observations and insights that were shared via Twitter this past week. milouness – “ As technology & knowledge allow people to handle more complexity, old categories of simplification become less useful. ” – via @sandymaxey. “ In the first place, God made idiots. Friday's Finds

That includes social connections such as LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter, as well as their address books. AllThingsD reports that the price came in at the low teens of millions of dollars, with LinkedIn beating out other potential buyers, including Twitter. Related research and analysis from GigaOM Pro: Subscriber content.

Follow HBR: Twitter. When we use Facebook, Twitter, Linked In, and most other personal social software applications, we share these experiences: Were usually invited to participate by people we know and trust. Twitter. HBR on Twitter. Harvard Business Publishing. |. For Educators. |. For Corporate Buyers. |. iPad. |.

It hardly takes a raft of studies or in-depth research to prove that consumer social media like Facebook and Twitter can be hugely addictive. social media social tools Tammy Erickson twitter-incAnd that’s a paradox. Why do we love social tools in our personal lives but often shun them in a professional context?

tibbr on Twitter followers R 0 seconds ago / 0 seconds ago. tibbr® WHATS tibbr? CUSTOMERS. PARTNERS. Categories. Adoption (6). Architecture (3). Business Value (7). Events (7). Generation Y (1). HR (2). Integration (5). Intranet (5). Product Updates (4). TUCON (2). Uncategorized (5). Unified Communications (5). Archives. February 2012.

Tweet Here are some of the insights and observations that were shared via Twitter this past week. “ If we value the pursuit of knowledge, we must be free to follow wherever that search may lead us. The The free mind is not a barking dog, to be tethered on a ten-foot chain. Adlai E. Stevenson Jr.” ” – via  Nick Milton.

Since Twitter archiving is an oxymoron, I am now going to post my favorite links for the month so they can be easily accessed later. movie studios now embrace social media like Facebook and Twitter [link]. Brazil sues Twitter over roadblock warning posts [link]. spot tested the reduced shortened urls and they all should work.

Those include Jeff Weiner, CEO of LinkedIn, Adam Bain, President of Revenue at Twitter, Neal Mohan, who leads Google’s ad products, and Ross Levinsohn, who runs Yahoo! Over at the FM blog , I just posted the draft agenda for the first of five conferences I’ll be chairing as part of my day job at Federated Media.

We looked externally at who has a lot of followers on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, etc, so we could start to see who our collaboration experts are, our super connectors,” says Miles. Not every switch over to new-fangled social or collaboration tools goes smoothly , but according to Miles Virgin’s pilot was relatively bump free.

How do you deal with the fire hose of content coming at you from the Web, especially from the all the user-generated content sites like Twitter or blogs? The New York Times recently had an extensive article on The Age of Big Data by Steve Lohr. Data is now growing at 50 percent a year, or more than doubling every two years according to IDC.

His prescient books include Living Networks, which anticipated social networks and microblogging years before Facebook or Twitter were created. Our online magazine FutureofSex.net explores this fascinating aspect of the intersection of technology and society. The new technologies of remote sex can bring them together over any distance.”.

Use Twitter for some time and get a sense of being connected to many people and understanding them on a different level. Tweet You are engaging with social media for marketing and customer support. Now the hard work begins. You’re ready to be a social business; everyone is connected but few know what to do. Patterns emerge over time.