Webworker Daily has a great post on the 10 Golden Rules of Social Media Read the full post to get defitions of each Respect the Spirit of the ‘Net Listen Add Value Respond Do Good Things Share the Wealth Give Kudos Don’t Spam Be Real Collaborate Social media tools are only that — tools. The real energy, spirit and power of social media is people. We are social media. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Share on FriendFeed Buzz it up Share on netvibes share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Buzz it up Subscribe to the comments on this post Print for later Tell a friend
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Eternal September: Be Ready to Repeat Yourself. Again.
Last week I read this post on Seth Godin’s blog and loved it. I tweeted it hoping other people would pick it up. After reading Stephen Abrams post – What is Cloud Computing where he states I’ve given a few talks lately and I was surprised to get a few questions about “what is cloud computing?” I guess I really do live in the bubble. Then again I have had my share of what is YouTube? eBay? iTunes? questions lately too. I decided to devote a blog post to Eternal September, its the idea that every fall new freshmen show up and you need to teach them the ropes, rules, guidelines, etiquette all over again. New people show up on the internet everyday. People who don’t understand how blogs work or what Twitter is or why they would use an aggregator & RSS. It can be easy when talking amongst your cohorts to get caught in a bubble, when most of the people you interact with know what the cloud is and use Twitter everyday (or almost every day) you can forget that the majority of people don’t. If you’re like me, you like (or even love) the web and
Social Media Periodic Table
Check this out – I would seriously love to see someone with more talent than me make a just for libraryland version! See the lists of blogs & people that are included. Here are what some of the appreviations stand for you, you can see the rest at on Eye Cube Social Media Practices: (Do these to maximize your Social Media experience) Fl = Follow Ht = Hashtag Po = Post St = Status Update Sp = Spread Se = Search Hp = Hat tip Fd = Feed Rt = Retweet Ud = Update Cm = Comment Jn = Join Up = Upload Tg = Tag Tc = Tag clouds Dm = Direct Message Rx = Remix Ln = Link Mu = Mashup Sb = Subscribe Rf = Refer Sr = Stream Re = Reply Rc = Recommend Sn = Syndicate Pk = Poke Pm = Promote Ib = Imbed Blog People: (Consistently intellingent, thought-provoking & educational) Sy = Shoe Money Ar = Ad Rants Mp = Micro Persuasion Aw = Ads of the World Sj = Search Engine Journal Cf = Common Craft Cp = CopyBlogger Ba = Brand Autopsy Sd = Search Engine Land Dd = Dosh Dosh Gv = Gaping Void Ma = Mashable Bookmark on Delicious Digg this
I’m not narcisitic, you’re eavesdropping
In many of the articles I read about the Social Web, especially Twitter, the author laments that they don’t care that I had a peanut butter and banana sandwich for lunch, or what I thought of the latest American Idol. I’ve long felt that these writers are missing the point and this week I came across two sources that articulate this better than I could have. The first is Clay Shirky’s book Here Comes Everybody, he makes the point that with new advances in technology people mistake broadcasting media (1 to many) for communications media (1to 1). New tools allow people to use broadcasting media for communication. He gives this example – if you read a blog of someone you don’t know and see that they got wasted last night and today when shopping for clothes you think what’s the point? Who cares? Yet if you went to a food court in a mall and eavesdropped on the same conversation it would be clear that you are the weird one. We’re so used to the old web that we think if we can read it, it’s targeted towards us and with the new Social Web this just don’t hold true
Social Media in Plain English
From, you guessed it the guys at Common Crafts Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Share on FriendFeed Buzz it up Share on netvibes share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Buzz it up Subscribe to the comments on this post Print for later Tell a friend
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