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The Value of Social Networks

MG — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:08:01 +0000

I thought this was a nice clean presentation and perspective on the value of social networks in work. It’s (mostly) about people, and social networking enables new possibilities for connecting people- and this really does matter.

Colleges and Social Media #fail

MG — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:29:04 +0000

Though the article does go into more depth than just the simple headline… Colleges better wake up and stop thinking about social media as something they have to deal with, live with, put up with, survive, etc… that kind of attitude will have them on the losing side of this paradigm shift. As a college, which by it’s very nature tracks in information, if your approach to social media is akin to trying to live with a messy roommate… “I’ll stick it out, survive, and hope things get better,” you are in deep trouble.

Colleges need to start thinking about social media as a paradigm/cultural shift that is redefining what they do and how they do it. This is an opportunity folks!

Colleges learn to live with social media — (via baltimoresun.com)

Social Networking in Plain English

MG — Wed, 13 May 2009 01:23:57 +0000

Michael Wesch’s Web 2.0 … The Machine is Us/ing Us

MG — Mon, 11 May 2009 17:56:06 +0000

Just re-watched this cool 4 minute video on the intersection of Web 2.0 and Us by Michael Wesch from Kansas State.

YouTube – Web 2.0 … The Machine is Us/ing Us.