Posts about social media platforms, how to use them and techniques for getting the best results.
ambient intimacy
What I liked and enjoyed in my morningās RSS reading:- Paul at the Online Journalism Blog proves that [it never pays to ignore or censor comments](http://onlinejournalismblog.com/
browsers
[https://i2.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2008/09/IMG_0536.jpg] As my delicious.com account still steadfastly refuses to allow daily blog posts, hereās a manual equivalent: * Paul links to some research on podcasting [http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2008/09/02/podcasts-research-suggests-theres-still-growth-in-it/] that suggests that itā
Blogs
However, it feels like thereās still a significant amount of work for the team to do to make implementing this stuff easier. Iāve had an initial poke at adding the community stuff to this blog, using the instructions here [http://www.movabletype.org/documentation/designer/taking-advantage-of-community-features.html] , and
online publishing
Explaining the new era of publishing, using ice cream as a metaphor. Cool, creamy and delicious (or should that be del.icio.us?): [Social Media in Plain English](http://www.vimeo.com/1083838?pg=embed&sec=1083838) from [leelefever](http://www.vimeo.com/user230075?pg=embed&sec=1083838)
Blogs
1. The Closed Space Closed spaces are where your conversations are as private as you want them to be. Dominated the by the social networks (Facebook, Bebo, MySpace) as well as theĀ network-focused blog platforms (Vox, Livejournal), they are as much communication services as publishing platforms. You choose exactly who
content
Old Media thatās got a little bit of New Media lip gloss on has a somewhat totemic attachment to the idea of ālanding pagesā ā magic pages that will attract search traffic through their SEO gravity. These pages can actually be incredibly useful, as long as they fulfil a genuine
action streams
This is interesting [http://www.loiclemeur.com/english/2008/04/if-the-news-is.html]: Itās a nice visual summary both of what this social graph business is all about, where itās going and the desire for people to have a āhubā for it. Iām hoping that the [Action Streams
action streams
So, like the good wee social media sheep that I am, I just [signed up for FriendFeed](http://friendfeed.com/adders). And I started entering all my social media sites. And then I realised that this all seemed very familiar. I was duplicating something Iād already done. Iād
coach & horses
[https://i0.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2008/02/2267169522_41d23b58a8.jpg] IĀ spent the morning at the Social Media CafĆ©, held in the upstairs room of the [Coach & Horses](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Coach_and_Horses,_Greek_Street,_Soho,_London) in Soho (yes, [that]
Hereās a weird thing. An old acquaintance just e-mailed me: > Iām removing you as a friend on facebook but just writing to let you know its nothing personal! You have so many status updates or blog posts every day that like half of my news feed is
Blogging
Kristine [http://kristinelowe.blogs.com/kristine_lowe/2007/12/swedish-link-lo.html]: > ā¦ I work at the intersection of social media and mainstream media (MSM) ā actually, I believe this is where all journalists work these days, whether theyāre conscious, or approve of it or not ā¦ Sing it, sister!
jonathan medved
There were a couple of interesting, but ill-attended talks yesterday before lunch, which I wanted to draw together. June Cohen [http://www.ted.com/index.php/profiles/view/id/13] of the TED Conference [http://www.ted.com/talks?gclid=CKeB5LjIopACFRRSZwodakfhqw] made some interesting points about media, and in particular,