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Social Networks Enter Popular Culture

Social Networks have hit mainstream. (The student body on Facebook isn’t enough to really be mainstream, or is it?) How can you tell? Social Networks are increasingly becoming part of popular culture:

glumbert - Poking Granny’s Boyfriend On Facebook
And the Daily Show also tells us how, and why:

 
Quarterlife (the video about a bunch of emotionally, shall […]

Little Brother: Protect Your Privacy To Protect Your Freedom

Privacy isn’t usually the most sexy topic. At least it isn’t usually treated that way, which is a shame. All the better: Cory Doctorow’s latest novel Little Brother (download for free, buy on Amazon) more than makes up: Little Brother is a passionate & compelling rant against government surveillance, and a rally cry to protect […]

Your Brand Is: Their Gut Feeling

First, a brand is not a logo. Second, a brand is not an identity. Finally, a brand is not a product. A brand is a person’s gut feeling about a product, service, or organization. (…) It’s not what you say it is. It’s what they say it is.
Good stuff. And straight to the point. Without […]

Re:publica 08 #2

Today is day 3 of re:publica 08, the last day of this year’s installment of this conference. Re:publica is the biggest and most important blogger & social media conference in Germany, organized largely by the Newthinking Team (i.e. the net activists whose most prominent member is probably Markus Beckedahl, author of Netzpolitik.org. Thanks Markus, and […]

Forrester: Online Community Best Practices

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Forrester’s Jeremiah Owyang shares this great presentation about Online Community Best Practices. It’s 51 slides packed with useful advices for those of you who are planning to launch an online community of any kind. Note that this presentation won’t save you proper consulting and/or experimenting. But it contains excellent […]