While I like the granularity of endorsing for specific skills, I also have concerns about the validity of the data given the lack of control over how the data are generated, analyzed, and used.
All in Social Media
Why I'm Avoiding Google+ Today
But I think I’m going to avoid Google+ today. Apple is announcing new products.
Using a Social Network to Gang Up on Apple
Tech Journalist Mike Elgan recently published an article on the Google+ social network titled Is Google+ becoming a hostile place for Apple customers? Should it be?
The EPA's Mobile Web Site is Great (except for one thing)
I’m impressed with the U.S. Environment Protection Agency’s mobile web site.
When the Cold War Was Winding Down, Could the Soviet Military Have Maintained Secrecy Had Social Media Existed?
“Would the Soviet Union have been able to maintain the secrecy of its nuclear and biological warfare development efforts had modern social media like Facebook and Twitter been available?”
This post was sparked by reading a discussion series in GovLoop’s Knowledge Management in Government group. What caught my eye were several references to the relationship between “knowledge management” and “social media.”
Back in August I posted “Let’s Stop Talking about ‘Social Business’” where I made the following statement:
On the Importance of Authentic Social Media Engagement
I recently had a discussion with Robyn Tippins on Google+. I know Robyn from our podcasting days and from Linkedin Bloggers. Robyn, who recently moved to Read Write Web to serve as Community Manager, had mentioned she was hoping it would be possible to schedule posts in advance on Google+:
No Thanks, I Prefer Sharing WITH Friction
In Whoops, I didn’t mean for you to read this Brian Solis explains Facebook’s new “frictionless sharing” model which gives people the ability, when they install a new Facebook app that makes such sharing possible, to decide whether or not they want their app-related behaviors to be automatically added to their Facebook timeline. This then makes it possible for Facebook followers to receive automatic notifications of these behaviors and provides advertisers with invaluable data on personal behavior and preferences.
I agree with a lot of what Brian Solis says in The End of Social Media 1.0 especially this statement:
Let's Stop Talking about "Social Business"
Let’s stop talking about “social business” as if it were some sort of change in how organizations behave.
I’m not a website designer. But I do have some opinions about what I like to see when I go to a web page.
On the Need to Tolerate Communication Diversity
IBM’s Luis Suarez’ blog post Social Media at Work presents basic arguments for why organizations, not just individuals, need to adopt social media as a normal part of their communication infrastructure. He suggests that organizations need to adopt social media because their employees and their customers are using social media.
Why I Just Removed Robert Scoble and Leo Laporte from My Google+ Circles
I just removed Robert Scoble and Leo Laporte from My Google+ Circles. Here’s why.
Recently I received a comment on an old blog post from 2006 titled “Slide Presentation: ‘Expertise Management Systems’.”
Studying the Dawn of the Social Age
Listening to Melvyn Bragg’s recent BBC podcast Dawn of the Iron Age got me thinking about what future historians and digital archeologists might conclude about us from examining what’s left of our fledgling online social experiences.
Back in February 2009 in Challenges Facing Recovery.gov and the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board I wrote the following about making Federal stimulus spending data more accessible and “transparent” to the public:
Federal Computer Week recently published my op-ed piece Why best practices won’t fix Federal IT. I’d be very interested in hearing from GovLoop members what they think of it.
In the November 25, 2010 online edition of SupplyManagement.com I was quoted by journalist Nick Martindale in his article titled Work and Play: Social networking tools are helping buyers to research suppliers and markets, raise their profiles and keep in touch with vendors.
I’m wondering if the huge Federal deficit in the U.S. will help or hinder the adoption of collaboration and social networking technologies by Federal agencies.