Facebook: The Fickleness of Social Network Success
This snowy Monday morning has several folks thinking about the incredible backlash that Facebook is experiencing due to its “Beacon” service, which is an attempt to monetize the site: Scott Karp:...
View ArticleGoogle: The Biggest Social Network of Them All
How much traffic does Google get? I would imagine its more than MySpace, the current biggest social network out there. Google announced some new features this week that, increasingly, turns the web...
View ArticleThe Difference Between Microblogging, Blogging, and Social Networks
Alex Iskold explains what microblogging is, and how it differs from blogging and social networks: “Despite the fact that content creation in social networks is very easy, it has a very different...
View ArticleThe Cure for Loneliness Via Online Mapping
As more location features become available for our mobile devices, there is excitement and a shift in how we connect with others. Google’s My Location tracks where you are, and gives you the following...
View ArticleHow to Manage 5,000 Friends on Facebook
Mark Cuban explains how he uses a social network like Facebook to create “layers” of connections: The first layer has my real friends. Those people who who I have actually met in real life and who I...
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Teenagers: Constant Information Consumption and Creation
As blogging, twittering, instant messaging, email and social media become more integrated in our lives, we are quickly becoming a culture of constant information consumption and constant information...
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Shared Experience in Publishing & Media
I can still remember the covers of Rolling Stone magazine that I read as a kid. Each seemed to encapsulate a moment in time, and reading them felt like a shared experience with the writers, musicians...
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Lessons From Facebook
Several weeks back, I wrote about how Facebook changed my life, and how it can change your industry. A recent discovery has me taking another look at how Facebook can connect people. I want to share...
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Shared-Experience, Community, and Meaning: How Social Networks Affect Our Lives.
“What sad times we live in.” These are the words written to me from an old friend this week. On January 25, she became an aunt. On February 3, the baby passed away. I know this, because of Facebook. I...
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How to Use LinkedIn to Drive Editorial Strategy
Image by Christoph Today I want to share the story of what one business media brand is doing to get closer to their audience, and how they are leveraging social media to drive editorial strategy....
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