All in Social Networking
Embracing Your Dead Linkedin Connections
Today I received a LinkedIn connection recommendation for a beloved neighbor who died more than five years ago.
Stop Calling It "Social Media"!
Using “social” networks to build a publishing or broadcasting infrastructure has the inevitable impact that those not part of that infrastructure can become excluded from participating. That has both positive and negative impacts.
Forgive Me, Father, I Don’t Use Facebook
This is not intended as criticism of those who find Facebook useful for publishing and marketing. After all, “Some of my best friends use Facebook.”
LinkedIn and Online Anonymity: What’s the Point?
I used to be amused at those who browse LinkedIn anonymously. After all, I thought, what good is online anonymity to a service that is promoting professional networking? The two seemed at odds with each other.
White Paper: Assessing Readiness for Enterprise Social Software
This White Paper was developed under contract to Jive Software. This is from the introduction:
Engaging with the Millennials on Your Project's Team
We’ve always known that you need to engage with target market segments where they live and communicate. It’s also useful to consider, if you’re a project manager, your project’s engagement strategy including how your project’s staff members and stakeholders communicate.
White Papers, Market Engagement, and Email Discrimination
I’ve had a Yahoo! email address for about ten years.
Quitting Facebook Is Not Just About Privacy
While on Google+ I ran across a link to what I thought was another one of those “Why I Left Facebook” posts, this time one by author Douglas Rushkoff called Why I’m Quitting Facebook on CNN’s website. His reasons go beyond privacy exploits and appear to me at least to be much more serious and profound.