Identity 2.0
Presentation: print is dead, at least to the young
The print vs online discussion is as old as the internet, and I can’t even recall how often I’ve heard that print is dead. However, it’s not quite as common to also deliver the necessary data to back up this statement. One person who really has the science pat down and can back up his […]
What’ll happen to our data after Facebook jumps the shark?
Facebook has, very recently, made it possible to delete accounts instead of just deactivating them. Deleting the account is the only option to really make Facebook let go of your personal information, and until recently this was notoriously hard to accomplish.
Facebook has pretty decent privacy features, or at least privacy control features, as online social […]
Study: Real vs Fantasized Identity on Social Networking Sites
FaberNovel Consulting has just published a study on best practices from social networking sites.
The whole study contains a great overview over what’s important if you analyze social networking sites. Two aspects stood out for me, though:
First, the authors pointed out four dimensions to help distinguish social networks:
Second, the study also covers the way, identity is […]
How Do I Tell My Parents?
We interviewed a bunch of bloggers at Barcamp Berlin and asked them to explain any Web 2.0 term in the same way they’d tell their moms and dads. The result is hilarious, I think, and I sure learned something there. (Sorry, the video is mostly German.)
Disclosure: This video is actually sort of a cross post […]
What’s Your Job as a Web Strategy Consultant? You’re a Floating Device
What do I do for a living? Well, what you see above - at least according to my friend and partner in crime, illustrator Matthias Pflügner. This sketch is what he came up with after I tried to explain to him what my job as a web strategy consultant is.
In case it’s not obvious: […]
Social Media Resume: Better Than The Traditional Stuff
Twitter just had me stumble over Doug Haslam’s pointer to Bryan Person’s thoughts on the Social Media Resume. (Hm, this is going to be link-intense.)
I’d like to quote the headline of Bryan’s post to summarize up front. His blog entry is titled “Die, resume! Die! Die! Die!” Bryan works for Monster.com.
Exaggerating? Let’s see.
I took […]
Newbies Guide to Twitter
When Twitter is mentioned outside the net community, more often than not you get kind of irritated looks: What’s the point of Twitter, exactly? This sounds so useless!
(Changes after playing around with Twitter, mostly. But that’s a different story.)
Chris Brogan wrote a great brief piece on his blog, explaining the basics of what Twitter is, […]
Inattentive Trust: How Facebook, Twitter change social relationships
There’s great post on John Stahl’s Journal about the way Facebook, Twitter and similar tools can influence our social relationships:
Direct online interaction robs the very important inattentive trust building components to relationships. Twitter, facebook, etc. provide a unique window into watching someone without paying direct attention to them. How many of you log on to […]
How to deal with unofficial Facebook groups? (And how do they evolve?)
So you’re the one to advise an institution (a company, a school, an NGO etc.) on social media. Part of the process is, of course, to establish one or a number of blogs, maybe an old-school forum, a Facebook group. After a little while you notice that there is another group about the exact same […]
The geek / non-geek split in your social network (and why old media feel so stale)*
Recently I’ve noticed again a certain, shall we say: split in my everyday life, which I’m sure some of you are familiar with. It’s a number of related splits, really.
And no, I’m not talking about the kind of work/free time aka day/night split most people feel in their offices at times. Rather, I’m talking about […]
Eve Online makes users become real citizens
Who rules a virtual world? We’ve talked about this quite a few times lately (like here).
Well, in one case that question has been answered: Eve Online will be governed by the users, says a New York Times article:
The kingdom is in crisis. After pledging to treat its citizens equally, the government stands accused of […]
Our UOC Second Life textbook: released under CC license
A few weeks ago, Max Senges, Thomas Praus and I got the chance to draft and write a summer university course about Second Life for the UOC (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, or Open University of Catalonia), a Barcelona-based university. Along with the course, of course, a textbook was needed.
Writing the book (”Virtual Worlds […]
Culture Clash: Busy Economy vs Burst Economy
Anne Zelenka recently wrote a great busy vs bursty manifesto on Web Worker Daily, comparing the “busyness economy” (aka traditional) with the “burst economy” (aka the web):
There’s a culture clash inside office buildings where workers from the busyness economy sit in cubicles next to workers from the burst economy — web workers. Yes, that’s right: […]
Pew Internet Report: “Teens, Privacy and Online Social Networks: How teens manage their online identities and personal information in the age of MySpace”
Pew Internet just published a great report about how teens magage their online identities:
The majority of teens actively manage their online profiles to keep the information they believe is most sensitive away from the unwanted gaze of strangers, parents and other adults. While many teens post their first name and photos on their profiles, they […]
Second Life goes open source (this time, for real?)
According to mashable.com, LindenLab will open up the source code for Second Life servers, too. (Awhile ago, the client software was open-sourced.)
As if there weren’t enough freedom on Second Life (letting avatars fly), now the virtual land will operate much like the actual Internet itself. Linden Labs, private owner of Second Life, is making […]
My name is Peter Bihr. I live in Berlin, Germany. As a freelancer, I consult on web strategies, communities, blogging and social media. In this weblog, I jot down random thoughts, ideas and news. Hopefully, you'll find some are interesting for you, too. 