Mobile device users don’t typically “surf” the Internet using mobile devices. Their motives tend to be more intentional and action-based. They usually know what it is they are looking for and are more likely to act once they find it.
Books
Why you should care about the mobile Web
Ready or not, the mobile revolution is upon us! Check out these numbers that showcase the rise of the mobile Web.
8 books for your 2011 Summer Reading List
Regular readers know that in between consulting projects at Socialmedia.biz and Socialbrite, I sneak in the occasional book review. My schedule has been more hectic than usual, but this is a good time to slip in some short writeups in advance of summer reading season.
Books still matter — whether in print or on an electronic reader.
‘Filter Bubble’: The consequences of being isolated in a Web of one
At the Personal Democracy Forum last year, Eli Pariser, former executive director of MoveOn.org and its current board president, gave one of the most memorable talks during the conference by raising a warning that almost no one else has done.
Eli’s book, “The Filter Bubble: What the Internet Is Hiding From You,” is being released today. Buy the book on Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble or Indiebound.Personalization is an interesting topic, one that I’ve written about for years (see below).
‘Curation Nation’ & ‘Mediactive’: A new era in media
What’s this? Even in an age of democratized media, where the barbarians have not only stormed the gates but made a nice bouillabaisse out of the media guardians formerly known as The Gatekeepers, there’s a need for curators? Well, yes. In fact, curators are needed now more than ever, Steve Rosenbaum argues in his fun, insightful, passionate and satisfying new book Curation Nation. Curators, you might say, are the distant cousins of gatekeepers.