Ah, Facebook–that social network I love to hate , even though my career kind of depends on using it. Changes to Facebook Metadata Customization. Association social media managers–what do you think about this change? MORE

Like many other social situations, sharing knowledge requires someone to be brave and take the first step. While setting up some favourites in your web browser is a great start to creating a network of resources, knowing the people who know the information better than you goes a long way. MORE

Twitter, that always-on social network that is constantly abuzz, and Google+, a social network claimed to offer incredible SEO benefits, offer two incredible ways that complement each other to solidify your digital presence. Metadata on Twitter. MORE

This article has been compiled after tracking recent conversations in the blogosphere and following social bookmarks. PLEs are meant to simplify managing these artefacts, creating meaning through aggregation, linking and metadata tagging (eg comments, keywords). MORE

One of the things we love about social media is how quickly it evolves. It’s hard to stay on top of the latest news for everything that’s coming to social media. Alt text is metadata that helps computers recognize what an image is all about. MORE

Attending the European Conference of Information Systems in Tel Aviv last week, I was happy to find that areas such as data visualization, predictive analytics, social CRM and ROI etc found their way into the conference. Predictive Modeling of Social Activity. MORE

I run a Social Media Professionals Community on Google+, and I recently asked a few members of the community to provide 5 things they look for in a good blog post. Social friendly; you want to make sure you can be shared – be tweetable! MORE

Usually those that did the transforming came along as social and cultural changes set the stage for this transformation. We can argue the relative contributions of the technology and the social context. Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. Japanese Business Culture & Social Computing. fix Social Security? Conference Notes: Three Approaches to Social Computing Platforms. MORE

It’s probably worth investigating the number of bloggers killed in the “Line of Duty”… Today, George Brandis Attorney General for Australia stated that “ bloggers are not journalists ” in regard to the #metadata debate (Government accessing Big Data vs Privacy debate). Social Media is THE voice of the Australian people, the Australian voters. It’s actually Social Media. Canberra times, social media government ). MORE

This wasn’t too surprising to a lot of social media marketers and experts who had been anticipating the downfall of the platform for a while. How will it affect social media marketers and businesses? This will include data from your Circles, Streams and Communities as well as all your +1 data.The process is quite simple. Step three: Update your social strategy. This will ensure that prospects and customers can still seamlessly communicate with you using social media. MORE

With so many other social networks to choose from, why Pinterest? Pinterest is different from other social media platforms in that it acts more like a search engine. As with any other social network, your profile is prime real estate. MORE

Community. networks. Virtual Communities. t generalize it Slide 18: Patterns in the Mesh the knowledge is in the network Old: universals â?? similarities the knowledge is the network [link] Tenenbaum Slide 19: stands for? They are patterns in a network (like the mind, like society) There is no specific place the concept is located â?? What does the network look like when youâ??re re in the network? Like Social Networks â?? MORE

Social media isn’t always the right tool for the job. Over the last three days, I’ve spoken to four HUGE brands in America that are considering social media for one project or another, and there are many more out there working on how these tools might integrate into their business needs. MORE