My Small Steps Towards A Better Personal Network
As the Social Network Megacorps’ motives and morals following the US elections change for the worse, I’m looking at the choices I have to take back control of my content where I can.
Tag: social network
…and here’s a social network we made earlier with some sticky backed plastic and washing up liquid bottle
It’s a question that is heard time and time again, what is a social network? Congratulations to Jon Jacob who’s now answered that for every single UK TV executive. Essentially they need to replicate Blue Peter. Put simply, the BBC’s ‘socialness’ should be rooted in one simple aim: recreating the very same experience Biddy Baxter offered us when we were kids. Give yourself a Blue Peter badge!
Could this be a new US Sitcom on Social Networks?
Like vs. Plus. I approve!
Danny Sullivan on controlling your own content
With respect to Kevin Rose, you should no more move your blog to Google+ than you should have to Geocities. Tap into social networks, use them to build your engagement, sure. But your own domain is for life… It’s common sense, and it shouldn’t be forgotten the moment a new flavour of social media Kool-Aid comes along.
Another social network for music
This time focussed on the smartphone. More at All About Symbian: We have social networks for location, social networks for short messages, and social networks for sharing everything with the mega-corporations such as Facebook. Now it’s time for a new social network that promises to put you in touch with "your favourite acts’ moves and grooves." Beyond the PR fluff, is it any good? Technically, yes. Socially… the ball is still up in air.
Why BlogWorld worked, even if it was new to New York
So, last week I was in New York for the first East Coast version of the BlogWorld and New Media Expo. In many respects this was another conference in the same mould as those that have gone before, but in other respects this felt like starting over again. With the move away from the West Coast (and really, Las Vegas is nothing more than a weekend break for Silicon Valley) there was a different vibe in the air, a lot of new faces, and some old friends as well. From the new discoveries such as Web Doc to the continuing
