Link: Social Media Use at Work

Fantastic article today by Robert Godden over at www.ere.net about the use of social media at work. It really resonates with my former employer’s nazi take on using social media sites. A very good read for any company that’s trying to figure out how to deal with their employees computer use:
With recruiters plundering social networks and [...]

Why Be Involved in Social Media?

I recently returned from a trip to Puerto Rico to attend the wedding of one my very good friends. On the flight back I noticed the airline stewardess doing some cross-stitching. In my half-asleep state I marveled to myself, “why?”
Why would anyone cross-stitch?
Don’t get me wrong, I used to love cross-stitching. Kept my hands busy [...]

Social Media Blog Carnival

Welcome to the May 27, 2008 edition of social media blog carnival.

Amanda Moore presents 6 Things That Will Make Me Leave Your Blog posted at VagabondetteVA, saying, “If your blog isn’t reader friendly, people won’t stick around – and they won’t come back.”
general Web 2.0

Sam Carrara presents 24 Hour Special- Top Search [...]

Gary Vaynerchuk says there is no noise…. and I agree.

I’m a geek girl, and a proud one. I’ve been wired to the internet since I was 12. I’m an early adopter, fast mover, quick thinker and laptop toting gal.
So, while I understand where people are coming from, I never really ‘get’ this idea of noise. Recently I was talking to a friend about his [...]

Social Media Blog Carnival

General Web 2.0

Melissa Fach presents Easy Way to Add Business Videos to You Tube and Your Web Site posted at seoaware.com, saying, “Easy and affordable way to add videos to sites, blogs, and You Tube.”

Kevin presents 101 Internet Traffic Generation Strategies – Part 1 posted at Trafficteria.com Blog Optimization.

Jason Voiovich presents People [...]

Changing the Way We Talk

There’s a great xkcd comic where the character says, “I feel like I’m wasting my life on the internet,” to another character. So they go out into the world, seeing an impressive mountain view they pause to take it all in.
Then the character goes, “and yet all I can think is, ‘This will make for [...]

Podcasting in Plain English

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A Bug’s Life on Twitter – Interview with Twitter Novelist Nick Belardes

I recently had the opportunity to interview Nick Belardes about his Twitter novel, “Small Places“, which is about breaking life into small pieces. I’ve been following the story for a couple weeks now and thought I’d ask Nick some questions about this new way of story-telling.
Tabz: Tell us about the premise of Small Places…
Nick: It’s [...]

What is the Tribe?: The Power of Social Media ‘Friends’

Recently my co-blogger (and friend) Jessica wrote an article on the ‘The “Corporification” of Humanity”, outlining her concerns that social media is turning individuals into corporate brands by having huge social media “friends” lists that turned out to be nothing more than ‘fans’ and ’social media stalkers’.
While I can see her (and Technosailor’s) point. I [...]