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Archive for June, 2004

Free Ryze profile critiques

Wednesday, June 30th, 2004

Ever wonder what people really think when they see your Ryze profile? Or how you can best attract the kind of connections you want? Now you can find out, in a safe, supportive, and constructive environment. Every four days, we review a network member’s Ryze home page. You will typically get ten or so idea-filled Read More...

Synchronicity and the Web

Monday, June 28th, 2004

Flemming Funch discusses how the Internet may in the future enhance synchronicity. The technology for what he proposes exists today — it just hasn’t been applied to this space. One could potentially see tremendous benefits if this were implemented within social networks, but the potential abuse by unscrupulous marketers and overly invasive governments is high, Read More...

Social Software and the Next Big Phase of the Internet

Sunday, June 27th, 2004

This interview with Clay Shirky on Social Software and the Next Big Phase of the Internet dates from December 2002, but it is still very timely.
I really enjoy reading Prof. Shirky’s provocatie ideas.

For Liars and Loafers, Cellphones Offer an Alibi

Saturday, June 26th, 2004

According to the NY Times, I guess there is honor among thieves. “For Liars and Loafers, the Cellphones Offer an Alibi”. I think it’s interesting that these total strangers are trusting one another to lie on one another’s behalf.

Review of new book on social networks

Friday, June 25th, 2004

From this FT.com review of THE HIDDEN POWER OF SOCIAL NETWORKS: Understanding how work really gets done in organisations, By Rob Cross and Andrew Parker, Harvard Business School Press :
The authors describe a comical scene where they had been invited to a breakfast meeting with the partners of a consulting firm prior to an all-staff Read More...

Social Issues Surround Social Software

Friday, June 25th, 2004

Social Issues Surround Social Software , from eWeek

Blogs: A whole new medium for payola

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2004

In the latest WebProNews, Sharon Drew Morgen wonders if blogs are a new communication tool or a marketing avenue:
Most people are using their new-found recognition to offer up their best: their interesting opinions, their hidden theories, their creative thoughts. Certainly the passionate and opinionated now have a venue to vent.

But others are using the blogging Read More...

Racial Diversity pays off in your network

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2004

Diversity has been a buzzword in organizations for at least fifteen years. How much is really known about its effects on performance? Harvard Business School professors Robin Ely and David Thomas investigate.
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item.jhtml?id=4207&t=strategy&nl=y

Using AdSense to make money with your blog

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2004

Darren Rowse of Living Room is actually making money with his blog “about Emerging Church, Blogging, Faith and other General Silliness from South of the Equator.” How? A combination of Amazon affiliate links and Google AdSense. In accordance with Google’s terms of service, he won’t say exactly how much, but he says Read More...

Practical Networking: Make Your Own Luck

Monday, June 21st, 2004

VentureBlog: Practical Networking: Make Your Own Luck: some useful thoughts on meeting people the old fashioned way, in person.