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The Unfriendliness of Kid-Friendly Social Networks

Socialized

Any serious adult user of Twitter, Facebook, or MySpace knows these sites are both social and anti-social. Note: It was pointed out to me after I published this that the Wall Street Journal piece was written not by Walt Mossberg, but by Katherine Boehret, and edited by Mossberg. Togetherville is also the Web 2.0

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If You Want a Culture of Collaboration, You Need to Accept the LOLCats Too

Social Media Strategery

"Even with the sacred printing press, we got erotic novels 150 years before we got scientific journals." So embrace the LOLCats, the fantasy football threads, the lunch discussions, and the custom avatars – at least your employees will be creating and sharing something with someone else.

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Micro Persuasion: Three Little Tips for Capturing Info Bits Quickly

Buzz Marketing for Technology

« Measure Traffic with the Google Web Site Trends Bookmarklet | Main. Steve, please check out our new site: [link]. Avatar Marketing. Citizen Journalism. Journalism. Measure Traffic with the Google Web Site Trends Bookmarklet. Friendfeed will Change Journalism, PR and Marketing. Advergaming.

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Are You a Productive Reader? - Stepcase Lifehack

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Keep a reading journal. Thursday Bram has some tips on journaling in one of her Lifehack posts. He is also the creator of The Writers Technology Companion , a site devoted to the tools of the writing trade. His personal site can be found at dwax.org. Get your own Avatars at Gravatars. Talk about it. Lorie Marrero.

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Election 2010: GetUp Tony Abbott Mashup

Laurel Papworth

This comment was originally posted on Twitter Reply More from author wyane says: August 10, 2010 at 9:52 pm send this to your mum: RT @SilkCharm Election 2010: GetUp Tony Abbott Mashup [link] #ausvotes This comment was originally posted on Twitter Reply More from author Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply.

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Micro Persuasion: Turn Gmail Into Your Personal Nerve Center

Buzz Marketing for Technology

When you tap into this power and combine Gmail with some other tools, it is perhaps the most essential site ever developed. For the social element of the site, people can leave comments on any public clipmark as well as Pop them, allowing other users to easily view whats been popped and how much (btw, you cant pop your own clipmarks).

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First Steps Toward Becoming a 21st Century Educator | always learning

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Create a free edublog to get your own comment avatar (and more!). She saw the need to join social networks (a combination of network and tools such as Ning sites or twitter), the need to use Web 2.0 Without that it’s just a journal. Information. Date : 2 April 2008. Susan Sedro (20:57:56) : Kim, This post is timely for me.

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