Aneesh Chopra, the U.S. Chief Technology Officer. Social networks becoming more relevant to offline lives I have been to every Web 2.0 Summit since its launch except for one (when I had a speaking commitment in Toronto), so it was good to be back at the venerable technology conference in San Francisco this week. This […]
Takeaways from Blogworld Expo
Anthony Edwards of “ER” fame did his first tweet — to raise funds for the first children’s pediatric training hospital in Africa. Bloggers, journalism, celebrities and what the future holds There was a little bit of a SXSW vibe at the just-ended Blogworld Expo in Las Vegas — a communal feeling where the goings-on in […]
Newspaper social media policies: Out of touch
Photo by Zarko Drincic on Flickr This year we’ve seen the steady succession of social media policies issued by major news organizations. The common theme that runs through these edicts is that they were written by top managers, with the input of lawyers, who seem to have little understanding of how social media can benefit […]
Online communities are most authentic
Amanda in Second Life, by Cosmic Kitty “As long as the roots of relationship are not severed, all is well. And all will be well in the community’s garden. There will be growth in the spring!” — Chauncey Gardiner, from Being There Online communities are not virtual. They don’t exist only in the bits and […]
Coolest power tools of some top geeks
During the Traveling Geeks’ trip to the United Kingdom last month, I spent some time polling the Geeks about the productivity and must-have tools that they use during the course of a typical workday. I did the same thing during the first Geeks trip to Israel last year and came away with a wealth of […]