For the past several months, while juggling the demands of client work, the conference circuit and writing projects, I’ve also been hard at work planning and building out an important new site. So I’m happy to announce the launch of Socialbrite.org. While Socialmedia.biz remains focused on exploring the fast-changing mediasphere and helping businesses successfully add […]
Some ‘Twitter definitions’ are sponsored
There has been so much conjecture as to how Twitter will start monetizing. Well, it looks like there have been a few baby steps in the form of “sponsored definitions” that cycle through right above the Home link on the navigation bar. It is very subtle and I didn’t notice it myself until today (Seth […]
People with passion fuel social media
When I wrote Twitter Is What Second Life Wasn’t: Light, Cheap and Open I was addressing something simple, “the hype surrounding Twitter may well be hype but isn’t the same sort of hype that Second Life enjoyed 2-3 years ago, and here’s why.” Well, I forgot how passionate Second Lifers are and so it goes. […]
YouTube’s new Reporters’ Center
Regular readers know that Socialmedia.biz covers not just social media but also citizen media — and it’s all melding together anyway into one giant conversational media ecosystem, right? So I was gladdened to hear that Google and YouTube have taken another tentative step forward into the realm of citizen journalism with Monday’s launch of the […]
Intel Insiders program marks one year
The Intel Insiders program just marked its first anniversary, so it’s worth mentioning a few highlights over the past year. We advise Intel on social media matters. (I wrote about the program at its launch a year ago and posted this disclosure statement.) I’m glad to see Intel taking out an even greater public presence […]



