My friend Bob Davis at MILVETS was kind enough to forward a link to the article 2020 vision: 10 things you’ll see on the Web in the next 10 years by Shawn McCarthy in the January 26 Government Computer News. While McCarthy’s list holds few surprises, I would have made number 10 number one:

Feb 21
Feb 21 Engaging in Social Media Conversations: Some Practical Realities

Dennis D. McDonald

Basics, Demographics, Email, Engagement, Fatigue, Forrester, , , Surveys

One recommendations often made to professionals about blogging is that blogging, and reading others’ blog posts and commenting on them, are ways to engage in “conversations.” These conversations, so pundits like me say, can evolve over time into valuable social, professional, and intellectual relationships.

Jan 12
Jan 12 My Personal Twitter Rules So Far

Dennis D. McDonald

Basics, Lists, Twitter

So far I’ve found Twitter useful for keeping in touch, for getting quick questions answered, and for announcing new blog posts. I check in a couple of times a day if I’m at my computer. Here are my personal Twitter rules so far:

Dec 16
Dec 16 Are You Building Professional Relationships or a Publishing Platform?

Dennis D. McDonald

Basics, Consolidation, Fatigue, Linkedin, Microblogging, , Twitter

Years ago when I first joined Linkedin I started receiving connection requests from people I’d never met before. Some were recruiters, some were fellow IT management consultants, and some were people I would probably never meet in a million years.

Dec 9
Dec 9 Introduction: Blogging and Social Networking Basics for Professionals

Dennis D. McDonald

Basics, Blogging, Facebook, Linkedin, , , Twitter

I’ve been getting an increasing number of requests lately from friends and colleagues to explain or help with inividual blogging and professional networking practices. To help I’ve tagged a few of the entries on this web site with the category tag “basics.”

Dec 1
Dec 1 Social Media and Political Action Committees

Dennis D. McDonald

Basics, Change, Politics, Presentations, , , eGovernment

The presentation supported by this slide deck discussed some of the realities that individuals and organizations face when adopting social media and social networking tools and techniques.