We needed someone to chronicle the creative ferment and astonishing changes whipping around us in the Web 2.0-enabled commons. And now David Bollier has done so in his meticulous and very readable new book, Viral Spiral (New Press, $27 hardcover), whose publication date is either tomorrow or next week. (Disclosure: I’ve known the author since […]
‘We’re living in a media democracy’
Bill Ives at FASTForward Blog: Dean Takahashi at Venture Beat shared with us a summary of a recent Deloitte survey on the state of media. The report concludes that, “We’re living in a media democracy, where no single form of media dominates the attention of Americans. It’s also an age where everyone contributes to the […]
’20 ways to being a bigger Friendfeed monster’
Robert Scoble: 20 ways to being a bigger Friendfeed monster. He writes: Just watch this video where I show you the 20 key features of friendfeed and how to use them to be an aggregating social media monster! Robert’s become a terrific advocate for Friendfeed in the past year. Like Guy Kawasaki, I’m a dabbler, […]
The Best of 2008 in Social Media
From Paul Gillin: The Best of 2008 in Social Media (though the images won’t load for me).
Guide to content tagging in social bookmarking
Jason Falls at Social Media Explorer: The Practical Guide To Content Tagging In Social Bookmarking. Principal points: Keep It Simple I would recommend using no more than 2-3 tags per piece of content and keep the words very generic. If it’s about social media measurement then maybe tag it “socialmedia” and “measurement”. If you’re ever […]