I heart Facebook. This morning I awoke to Yet Another Facebook Innovation (YAFI). Facebook amazes me because they are driven to make things easier for me — or at least give it a go. Facebook is willing to suffer constant backlash in order to improve usability and efficiency. Case in point below: In this particular […]
Social networks
NBC News’ Ann Curry on Twitter
NBC News' Ann Curry on Twitter from JD Lasica on Vimeo. Ann Curry, news anchor of NBC’s “Today” show, spoke animatedly at the 140 Character Conference in New York last Monday about the importance of news and journalism as a public service rather than a business and the growing impact of social media services like […]
Twitter, Facebook Just ‘Virtual Ballrooms’
Tools don’t matter, and the best ones get out of the way, allowing people to connect more easily and effectively. That was my big takeaway from last Friday’s second-annual Blog Potomac. Obsessing about “what’s next” in online services and technology saps too much valuable attention away from what’s really important: connecting with people. We need […]
Corporate social media workshop in LA June 24
Corporate social media workshop helps managers of enterprise social network and media projects. The workshop will introduce case studies, and highlights a blueprint for planning, implementing and measuring social networking pilots.
How will Twitter be governed?
A recent post by Marshall Kirkpatrick, How Twitter’s Staff Uses Twitter (And Why It Could Cause Problems), makes some interesting observations and raises questions about the direction of Twitter based on the way Twitter staff use it: We’ve examined the posting and following habits of people on the company’s staff and found that Twitter team […]