This is also something that journalists do, but it can be pretty useful to differentiate that from curation. More likely, that person has been studying textiles — and their history, production and use — for many years. They might be useful in curating online repositories of knowledge. subscribe to the print product, using it as a supplement to my other news sources. The site become a success using algorithms that gathered and ranked tech news. Some useful point here that have really got me thinking about this. 2, 2008 ). Where is it from? MORE >>

Sometimes, it is nice to see that your work has been used by many people around the web, even if they are not crediting you. In some cases, using work without permission is allowed. For criticizing, commenting, and news reporting, short quotations are considered fair use. You can also use material that’s available in the public domain. Finally, you are allowed to use a brand name on your site under nominative fair use laws. Use materials licensed under Creative Commons. Not every picture on Flickr is free to use, though. MORE >>

If you don’t, quit bastardizing the term ROI and using cryptic, fluffy interpretations of it in order to avoid admitting that you don’t understand it, or to dodge the whole measurement and accountability issue altogether. If you’re using vague ROI arguments to stand in for what’s really a lack of a business case, you have work to do on explaining why you care about social media in the first place. Content is worth precisely ZERO until it’s being found, consumed, and then used to do something. What if I didn’t use Twitter? =-. With whom? MORE >>

I’m all for referencing content and paying for fair use but their rules for bloggers are just a little extreme. That’s why I feel in love with Woot all over again when they called out Associated Press for using Woot content and calculated money owing using AP’s own rules. When used properly conflict can mobilize audiences for you, get major press coverage and boost your sales. Keep it fun (notice how every example I provided was not downright nasty yet still a call out?). Marketing with Conflict. This is not a new concept. MORE >>

In the case of Facebook, once you sign up for an account and click agree, you have granted them non-exclusive, transferable, sub-licensable, royalty-free, worldwide rights to use any IP (intellectual property) content that you post on or in connection with Facebook (“IP License&# ). Basically they can take that gorgeous photo that you paid a photographer to shoot for your product, hotel or client and use it however they want. You don’t lose ownership rights, but you do lose control over how your content can be used. All that stuff? Read the fine print. Yikes. MORE >>