I”ve seen this concept done before around blog tagging, but I found this particular application of it pretty intriguing:
Most Popular 50 Words on Ecademy
Ecademy uses a concept called “50 Words” in people’’s profiles. The idea is that with 50 words - generally nouns, adjectives and maybe a couple of short phrases (i.e., not prose) - [...]

Disclosure: Our new book is about networks, and the process of marketing a book has certainly emphasized for us how important networks are. Honestly, we have to admit that most of the reviewers of The Virtual Handshake book were people with whom either my coauthor Scott Allen or I had some sort of relationship. There’’s [...]

In this blog, we typically write about the practical use of social software. This month, I”d like to step back and look at the broader cultural implications of social software. Also, the points below are a draft of the speech I”ll be delivering Friday at the Virtual Handshake conference. (We hope to see [...]

I have to confess to giving MySpace a bit of a short shrift at first, at least for business networking purposes. There’’s no question that it has been phenomenally successful, but it has also been the subject of much controversy, thanks to its R-rated language and safety concerns (14 is the minimum age for membership). [...]

After a decade (and for some of us, longer) online, we know all about Netiquette, right? Don”t use all caps in your subject line (or, God forbid, the body of an email message). Don”t send attachments to people who don”t know you well. Don”t we know pretty much everything there is to know about etiquette [...]

Spam is more than just a nuisance — it is a major barrier to the effective use of e-mail as a simple and reliable communication medium. Despite legislation intended to reduce spam, the technological and logistical challenges make enforcement only minimally effective. Most spammers can still get away with it, because the chances of [...]

This is the draft operating Manual for “Junto 2.0″, a MasterMind group based in the New York tri-state area. To learn what a Mastermind group is and how it works, continue reading…

Junto 2.0
DRAFT MasterMind Group Operating Manual
by David Teten and Kaushal B. Majmudar

Outline of Manual

I. Introduction
II. Objectives
III. Benefits
IV. How Does It Work?
V. Requirements for Entry
VI. Process for Joining
VII. Meeting Rules
VIII. Suggested Meeting [...]

Back in November 2004, I wrote what turned out to be one of the highest-traffic posts on this blog, “Can the blogosphere find a kidney donor?“. I had met a woman, Debbie Diamond, who was looking for a kidney on behalf of her brother, Neil.
Here’’s the update directly from Debbie:
“This story has [...]

Leading up to their upcoming Innovation Forum, Fortune has launched a new blog, Business Innovation 2005, which features interviews with a diverse collection of business thinkers on what’’s driving innovation today. Kudos to them for talking to people besides “the usual suspects” and for using the blog platform as the vehicle. It’’s a great read [...]

I”m glad to report that Glenn Gutmacher of Microsoft will present a case study on how to recruit top talent with online business networks at the upcoming “Beyond Blogs and Social Networks” conference.
You can get a feel for Glenn’’s approach by reviewing his recent webinar at HR.com on new tools in online [...]