community
[https://i2.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2010/10/5062628824_e00c3f9d2d_b.jpg] Thereās a small change to the decor around my Quadrant House desk. Yes, [an updated version of the xkcd online communities map](http://xkcd.com/802/) is here.Itās a fascinating visualisation of
Blogging
Six Apart's attempt to create a blog platform that behaved like a social network is done.
apple
Iām coming to the conclusion that thereās an awful lot of nonsense being talked about Ping, the new social tool in iTunes. Please note: āsocial tool in iTunesā not āsocial networkā. Thatās the root of the confusion and dismay, I think. People are looking at Ping and
Blogs
Initially, I got rather excited by this infographicĀ thatās doing theĀ rounds: [](https://i2.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2010/08/nielsen-pie-chart.jpg) Another great
books
Iām really looking forward to this [http://www.thesocialnetwork-movie.com/]: Yes, itās a dramatisation of the founding of Facebook, based on the hugely entertaining book [The Accidental Billionaires: Sex, Money, Betrayal and the Founding of Facebook](http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0434019550?ie=UTF8&tag=
relationships
A fascinating look into the behaviour of social networks (the offline kind) and how they can influence many aspects of your life. Thought-provoking, isnāt it? If weāre only just starting to understand the impact of traditional human relationships, itāll be a long time before we understand the
alan patrick
[](http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Facebook.svg)Image via [Wikipedia](http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Facebook.svg)I have spent a lot of time thinking about [Facebook](http://facebook.
blog platforms
One of the ājoysā of living in the social media world is those days that you wake up, and discover your e-mail in-box crammed with something ā comments on one of your posts, Twitter follows or, as happened this morning, a metric ton of new followers on Typepad [http://www.typepad.
Blogs
Because I canāt justify calling it morning or afternoon coffee reading at this time of dayā¦ Two from [The Telegraph](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/ "The Daily Telegraph") worth your time:1. [Did AOL squander its investment in Bebo](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/social-media/7564413/
business
Conference time again. This time itās Somesso [http://somesso.com/london10/] ā The Social Business Summit 2010. Itās a small affair, and one with far more people in suits that, say, Like Minds from a couple of weeks ago.[![IMG_3142 - Version 2.jpg](http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/
Clay Shirky
Thereās a really nice series of posts from Liz Gannes [http://gigaom.com/author/lizg/] on social networking and privacy from South by Southwest [http://sxsw.com/], which echo my thoughts [http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/2010/02/the_forgotten_world_of_the_web_introvert.html] from a week