How We Gave Up Control Over The Social Web
A short but pithy piece over the weekend by Dave Winer titled “Why the Web 2.0 model is obsolete” got me thinking about where we’ve ended up with social media after nearly ten years. Blogs, wikis, and other tools of easily shared self-expression from the early days have given away in recent years to a […]
Social Business Moves to Workflow, Manufacturing, and Money
I receive e-mail frequently from PR people promoting the latest IT tools and new Web applications. These days a common thread I see is the addition of social features to software to make it easier for users to share information and collaborate with others. Personally, I believe it’s largely beneficial to 1) find ways to […]
My ‘Social Graph’
I’ve been noodling around a bit lately in regard to which of the many Social networks I belong to that I use – and which I’ve stopped using. Thinking it through it came down to two fundamental reasons that I might choose to participate (or not): Fun Value (business or otherwise) Being a reformed(?) analyst […]
Social Objects: The New Halo Around Web And Enterprise Data
For most of the history of the Web, it’s been about pages and links. This simple yet profoundly powerful structure has led to many of the most important capabilities of the Internet including search, analytics, network effects, and many other…
