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Choice of Form: Two Legal Seminars As Social Media

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

A seminar is different from a regular course in that it necessarily involves interaction with the students — a seminar is to a regular lecture course as web 2.0 is to web 1.0. The professors’ styles feel like a comparison of LinkedIn and Facebook. Myrna December 5, 2008 at 3:10 pm You draw a great comparison.

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Every Social Network is Different: Here's What You Need to Know

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

It’s just mixed with other stories, but in comparison to Twitter, it’s not as noisy. Digg is social news; Diigo is social bookmarking (which is lumped in with delicious). Touted as more of a “content discovery&# engine than a news engine, StumbleUpon lets you discover news, but not necessarily in a timely manner.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

You’re engaged in an advertising and marketing campaign that uses the Web as its distribution platform. Especially in comparison to many other communication programs like traditional PR, TV advertising, outdoor advertising and others, social media actually offers pretty solid metrics. That is the value to me of Web 2.0

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The Great Social Media Traffic Debate: Niche or General Networks?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Keep more comparisons like this coming… Reply Tamar Weinberg August 28, 2008 at 1:45 am Thanks Dana As far as the “science&# designation is concerned, for whatever reason, StumbleUpon clumps “technology&# into “science.&# This is the type of analysis great posts are made of! Sphinn story sphunn.

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6 Things Parenthood Taught Me About Social Media Marketing

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Love the comparison… it is SO true Reply Tamar Weinberg June 4, 2010 at 8:47 am Woohoo! Reply Tamar Weinberg June 4, 2010 at 8:46 am Nothing to be afraid of! Thanks for commenting, Heather! Reply Michelle Hillaert June 4, 2010 at 8:22 am I have four kids. Thanks Michelle Reply Marcus June 4, 2010 at 10:42 am This is so sweet.

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Twitter versus Plurk: Not Even in the Same League

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

After using both closely, the comparison to Twitter shouldn’t even be the case. When it comes to a basis of comparison, nested conversations are probably the only aspect of Plurk that has brought it much success (save for the lack of downtime, though it does suffer some quirks here and there). and social media sphere.

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The Unfortunate Investment of Social Media (and its Consequences)

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

In comparison, here’s another anomaly (for its time). Unfortunately for Digg, the savviest users of the bunch have also been the most vocal about Digg thus far (save for the few blogs that cover everything web 2.0 If nobody talks, nobody remembers, and nobody sticks around.

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