Social Media

P2P Media Summit at CES

Social Media — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 06:15:48 GMT

Here's the thing about Macworld Expo (in San Francisco) and the Consumer Electronics Show (in Las Vegas) being held on the same week: It drives tech fanatics like me crazy because you only have time to record media and take in a handful of product...(read more)

Macworld Expo 2009

Social Media — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:21:10 GMT

Here's a small Flickr photo set from the tradeshow floor on Tuesday's opening day of Macworld Expo. I edited this photos late last night with Aperture and didn't do a very good job — just beginning to learn the program. (In fact, I spent Monday...(read more)

Documentary short: A drive through the West Bank

Social Media — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:02:08 GMT

A drive through the occupied territories from JD Lasica on Vimeo. I love Israel, and have loved it even before my visit there last April as a member of the Traveling Geeks. (Here were my dispatches, including a video of our visit to a Bedouin Arab family's...(read more)

'We're living in a media democracy'

Social Media — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 05:24:31 GMT

Bill Ives at FASTForward Blog: Dean Takahashi at Venture Beat shared with us a summary of a recent Deloitte survey on the state of media. The report concludes that, “We’re living in a media democracy, where no single form of media dominates the attention...(read more)

Book review of 'Viral Spiral'

Social Media — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 02:49:14 GMT

We needed someone to chronicle the creative ferment and astonishing changes whipping around us in the Web 2.0-enabled commons. And now David Bollier has done so in his meticulous and very readable new book, Viral Spiral (New Press, $27 hardcover), whose...(read more)

The Best of 2008 in Social Media

Social Media — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 10:34:19 GMT

From Paul Gillin: The Best of 2008 in Social Media (though the images won't load for me). Read More......(read more)

'20 ways to being a bigger Friendfeed monster'

Social Media — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 07:05:58 GMT

Robert Scoble: 20 ways to being a bigger Friendfeed monster. He writes: Just watch this video where I show you the 20 key features of friendfeed and how to use them to be an aggregating social media monster! Robert's become a terrific advocate for...(read more)

Guide to content tagging in social bookmarking

Social Media — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 05:50:37 GMT

Jason Falls at Social Media Explorer: The Practical Guide To Content Tagging In Social Bookmarking. Principal points: Keep It Simple I would recommend using no more than 2-3 tags per piece of content and keep the words very generic. If it’s about social...(read more)

A new service for cause organizations

Social Media — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 10:10:41 GMT

My longtime friend Tom Watson, author of CauseWired, launched a new venture on Thursday: CauseWired Communications LLC. Tom writes on Facebook: Susan Carey Dempsey, my longtime partner in publishing onPhilanthropy.com, is joining me in launching the new...(read more)

Who isn't a social media strategist?

Social Media — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 05:33:38 GMT

TwistImage: Who isn't a new media/social media strategist? If you look at many of the profiles found on Blogs and people's ultra-short/sharp bios on Twitter, you will notice something very interesting: almost everybody says that they are either...(read more)

Welcome to the empowerment age

Social Media — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 04:21:46 GMT

John Eckman at Open Parenthesis: Welcome to the empowerment age. Read More......(read more)

Embracing our social, microlocal world

Social Media — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 10:51:40 GMT

Society for News Design: Embracing our social, microlocal world. Read More......(read more)

Beth: harnessing the power of the crowd

Social Media — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 10:01:15 GMT

Beth Kanter talks about harnessing the power of the crowd (her friends and social network) on behalf of a wothy social cause — in this case, to help children in Cambodia — with her upcoming birthday as the trigger on Facebook Causes. I adore Beth so readily...(read more)

My top 5 social media tools of 2008

Social Media — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 05:52:31 GMT

David Finch at Social Media Explorer: My Top 5 Social Media Tools of 2008 — three of them are Twitter apps. Read More......(read more)

The year in search and social media: Predictions 2009

Social Media — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 05:37:28 GMT

SearchViews: The Year in Search and Social Media: Predictions 2009. Read More......(read more)