December 2009
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A Place for Enemies?
posted by in
Tue 29th
Welcome to social media 2010, where your lifestream testifies to who and what you are, and your audience is not always a friendly one. With Twitter largely public by design and Facebook on a forced march towards openness, people will increasingly have to stop to consider whether their contributions might be seen, tracked, or flagged by audiences that could use their words, opinions, and pictures against them.
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On Facebook’s waning value to local business owners
posted by in
Tue 22nd
If I were a local business owner, I’d be excited about Google’s shiny new toys, and I’d wonder if Facebook has the chops to keep up from an innovation standpoint, at least on this front. Cutesy business pages with pictures and wall comments were fine for 2008, showed their age in 2009, but they’ll cease to relevant if there’s no innovation coming in 2010.
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3 reasons why I’m ambivalent about social media in 2010
posted by in
Fri 18th
2009 started off with marketing consultants speaking about social media in almost messianic language. But as the year advanced, evidence emerged of a darker side to social media, and I’ve outlined 3 reasons why I am ambivalent about its future as we move in 2010.
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Facebook: Abandoning our Father’s Secrets
posted by in
Tue 15th
In time, most of us will be always on: being disconnected will be the anomaly. What impact does this hyper-connectivity and its attendant transparency on society? I think much is still unknown – but if I had to guess the upside is that it will drive the human race forward at exponential rate.
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I Do Not Trust Facebook with My Personal Information
posted by in
Mon 14th
In response to Jason Calacanis’ article titled: “Is Facebook unethical, clueless or unlucky?”, although I’ve never met Mark Zuckerberg, I believe Facebook’s move to open up user information to everyone probably has more to do with its VCs/investors than its founder. The investors are the ones that need returns in a relatively short time period and, with the price that’s been paid by most of them and the existing revenue multiples for media/online advertising companies, I wouldn’t be surprised if they’re constantly trying to push the envelope
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What’s the frequency Kenneth?
posted by in
Sat 12th
Technology has catalyzed a certain type of social mutation. A new class (not generation, because it cuts across age buckets) of individuals has sprung up, with hyper-connectivity to real-time digital information their collective sine qua non. This class is distinct from the proverbial masses, who have integrated the web into their information consumption routines without abandoning legacy media.
November 2009
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Corporate trolling on employees’ Facebook pages
posted by in
Tue 24th
I challenge companies to think more creatively about the way in which they surveil their employees’ Facebook pages. Not all of the stuff that goes up there is scandalous; there are those who use their profiles to broadcast more wholesome things—fundraisers, food drives, art gallery openings, humanitarian causes. If companies are going to censure shameful self-expression on Facebook, then they should equally affirm and promote the more altruistic forms of self-expression that also exist in the social media realm. Linking to, promoting, or retweeting causes espoused by their employees—any of these actions would be a healthy exercise in balance, and would also help erase the fear that your boss is lurking on your Facebook page, waiting for you to slip up.
A Place for Enemies?
posted by in
Welcome to social media 2010, where your lifestream testifies to who and what you are, and your audience is not always a friendly one. With Twitter largely public by design and Facebook on a forced march towards openness, people will increasingly have to stop to consider whether their contributions might be seen, tracked, or flagged by audiences that could use their words, opinions, and pictures against them.
On Facebook’s waning value to local business owners
posted by in
If I were a local business owner, I’d be excited about Google’s shiny new toys, and I’d wonder if Facebook has the chops to keep up from an innovation standpoint, at least on this front. Cutesy business pages with pictures and wall comments were fine for 2008, showed their age in 2009, but they’ll cease to relevant if there’s no innovation coming in 2010.
3 reasons why I’m ambivalent about social media in 2010
posted by in
2009 started off with marketing consultants speaking about social media in almost messianic language. But as the year advanced, evidence emerged of a darker side to social media, and I’ve outlined 3 reasons why I am ambivalent about its future as we move in 2010.
Facebook: Abandoning our Father’s Secrets
posted by in
In time, most of us will be always on: being disconnected will be the anomaly. What impact does this hyper-connectivity and its attendant transparency on society? I think much is still unknown – but if I had to guess the upside is that it will drive the human race forward at exponential rate.
I Do Not Trust Facebook with My Personal Information
posted by in
In response to Jason Calacanis’ article titled: “Is Facebook unethical, clueless or unlucky?”, although I’ve never met Mark Zuckerberg, I believe Facebook’s move to open up user information to everyone probably has more to do with its VCs/investors than its founder. The investors are the ones that need returns in a relatively short time period and, with the price that’s been paid by most of them and the existing revenue multiples for media/online advertising companies, I wouldn’t be surprised if they’re constantly trying to push the envelope
What’s the frequency Kenneth?
posted by in
Technology has catalyzed a certain type of social mutation. A new class (not generation, because it cuts across age buckets) of individuals has sprung up, with hyper-connectivity to real-time digital information their collective sine qua non. This class is distinct from the proverbial masses, who have integrated the web into their information consumption routines without abandoning legacy media.
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Corporate trolling on employees’ Facebook pages
posted by in
Tue 24thI challenge companies to think more creatively about the way in which they surveil their employees’ Facebook pages. Not all of the stuff that goes up there is scandalous; there are those who use their profiles to broadcast more wholesome things—fundraisers, food drives, art gallery openings, humanitarian causes. If companies are going to censure shameful self-expression on Facebook, then they should equally affirm and promote the more altruistic forms of self-expression that also exist in the social media realm. Linking to, promoting, or retweeting causes espoused by their employees—any of these actions would be a healthy exercise in balance, and would also help erase the fear that your boss is lurking on your Facebook page, waiting for you to slip up.
