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Social Media Periodic Table

March 19, 2009
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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

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Akoha Starter packs – I have 19 decks to give away!

September 25, 2008
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Akoha Starter packs – I have 19 decks to give away!

Less than two weeks ago I blogged about an exciting new idea – Akoha.  I was enthusiastic about the idea, in fact I love it. I love the idea of doing good and passing it forward, call me optimistic, call me naive, but I think this idea has merit.  So I blogged about it, I was a little surprised when I was contacted, asking for my address so I’d have a pack of cards to hand out at my upcoming conference.  But I was astonished yesterday morning when I arrived at work to discover not a just a set for me, but 20 sets, 19 to hand out! Initially I stated – “If you’re wondering what this has to do with Libraries or the Social Web, my usual topics, the answer is nothing.” I was wrong. Oddly enough yesterday morning before I even got to work and discovered my cards, came across the Akoha Challenge and sent out a twitter message about it. So I’m changing my statement – If you’re wondering what this has to do with libraries or the Social Web the answer is everything!  Akoha is all about doing good, libraries are all about doing good.  Hey most

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Akoha – Play it Forward

September 15, 2008
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Akoha – Play it Forward

While browsing my FeedReader this morning I came across this post about Akoha.  Akoha is a game, not on your computer, or your Xbox, but a game with cards.  Cards that people hand to you and you hand to others that allow you to play good deeds forward.  When you get a card, you log on to the site and tell the story of how the card got to you, then you play it forward, passing the card to someone else.   If you’re wondering what this has to do with Libraries or the Social Web, my usual topics, the answer is nothing.  This is an idea and a philopshy I am incredibly excited about.  The potential it represents is thrilling!  I’ve signed up for the Beta and I’m crossing my fingers that I’ll get my cards before MLA, Internet Librairan and ICoLIS! Learn more Akoha: A New Way to Do Good Deeds Gaming: welcome to the read world TC50: Akoha Makes the World a Better Place Akoha on Facebook Akoha on Twitter 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

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Is Library 2.0 and/or Web 2.0 really serving our patrons?

August 19, 2008
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I saw and participated in a discussion on this on one of my email lists last week. I thought I’d take more time to write out my thoughts and responses on my blog.  Sarah posted this over in MaintainIT but it looks like she didn’t open it up for comments so I’m going to. Here is part of the email I sent the list One of the problems I’ve seen with 2.0 is the library runs out and gets a blog or facebook page or whatever and declares themselves 2.0. They don’t consider who they are trying to reach, what they are trying to accomplish, how they will accomplish it or measure success. We need to take the same approach to 2.0 that we’ve taken to library services for years. Not every tool will work for every library and community. Some libraries have wildly successful film programs or extensive tools for small businesses, but not every library does. We look at what our community needs and what works best for them. The same approach should be taken with your web tools. My answer is yes.  I think there are many aspects of Library 2.0 (and web 2.0) that are providing

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LibraryThing adds Find Friends feature

June 17, 2008
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LibraryThing adds Find Friends feature

It’s 7 am and I haven’t even finished my first cup of coffee but I’m already excited!  LibraryThing has added a Find Friends feature! Sweet!   One of my favorite tools, as a librarian, a book lover, goes even more social! It has the usual option to find people using your email contacts, but also a way to search for friends using your “also on” connections.  Which is awesome because there are some people I’ve never emailed who are in my Twitter account (Facebook isn’t supported yet).  I have to say as someone who has, more than once, accidentally spammed all of my contacts with an invitation to some new site, I’m thrilled to see the precautions they’ve taken against that sort of thing.  LibraryThing, I gotta say it, you guys rock! Be my friend Read the post on the LibraryThing blog 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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