Are You Saying Providing A Social Software Tool Won’t Change My Corporate...
I just came across an article in Social Computing Magazine “Enterprise 2.0: Identify Problem, Find Solution, Then Tools.” They are a little late to the party. To combat the wide spread worst practice...
View ArticleHow Do I Keep My Employees From Wasting Time On Facebook?
Monday’s Dilbert was awesome. It is on my hard copy Dilbert calendar. It goes something like this: Pointy Haired Boss to Alice. “Alice, this year you did the work of four people and made over $10...
View ArticleKey Points Around Spigit’s Idea Marketplace Offering
I just had a good vendor briefing with Paul Pluschkell the CEO of Spigit. Here are some interesting points spurred by the briefing. 1. Spigit is a great example of the evolution of the social software...
View ArticleSocial Software and the Tragedy in Mumbai
My prayers to those who suffered in the Mumbai attack. Social technologies were used by some present to give a minute by minute account of what was happening. Yesterday the blogosphere and media...
View ArticleWikipedia: Web 2.0 Phenomenon or Encyclopedia as Usual?
This very interesting post by Aaron Swartz examines who actually adds the value to Wikipedia. It is very worth the read, as are the comments. He takes issue with the assertion by Jimmy Wales (Wikipedia...
View ArticleMeeting with Social Platform vendor KickApps
Yesterday I met with the CEO Alex Blum and CMO Michael Chin of KickApps. KickApps is a cloud based environment for building rich community-based web properties. They focus on the consumer market as a...
View ArticleIn Search of a Twitter Enterprise Use Case?
Twitter, Twitter, Twitter. I think Twitter buzz is about to become the most buzzed term in history (out pacing even Web 2.0 and SOA – can you believe it). Is it really that fun? Is there really a...
View ArticleAppirio is Trying to Turn facebook into Your Corporate Lead Generation Machine
I often get the following question from clients, “How can I leverage facebook for enterprise value?” I usually hit them with my facebook mantra, “Just because they are there, doesn’t mean they care.”...
View ArticlePaying Bloggers: Much Ado About Nothing
Let’s face it, some people just like to create controversy even where it doesn’t exist. Forrester put out a piece on adding sponsored blogging to a corporate media strategy (see Jeremiah Owyang’s post...
View ArticleNing Now Has an Unimpressive 1 Million Social Networks
A cnet article “Ning hits 1 million social networks” caught my attention. One million social networks is a lot of social networks even considering that anyone can go in there and start one up for free....
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