Recent talk at the EU in Brussels →
microsoft.eu
Nice write up of the talk we did in Brussels recently about social media and http://so.cl
February 2012
11 posts
Flying with children: Child-minders at 36,000 feet →
economist.com
A.B., economist.com
IF YOU have ever flown with young children, you may well have wished for an extra set of hands to help with feeding, entertaining and generally managing the little tykes. This is the gap in the market that Nanny in the Clouds is trying…
The way to make this service scale is to make it about other classes who need help. Elderly care or injured people traveling need the same service. Disabled folks often need assistance with baggage and such.
Microsoft Fuse Labs Blog: Introducing So.cl Riffs →
blog.fuselabs.org
Riff n. A short rhythmic phrase, especially one that is repeated in improvisation.
Often we see a post in So.cl that grabs our attention and we want to add to it. More than just comment we want to give the concept our own spin or take the conversation to a new place. We want to add to the…
I feel pretty good about this feature and not just because I did some of the work on it… it’s fun. The same behavior happens at times on Facebook or Twitter or Tumblr where someone posts and others create a fun meme out of it. On So.cl though we’re making this behavior explicit. The results are already interesting, the community is having fun.
Of course the first hurdle was explaining to non-English speakers what the word “riff” means. New lessons in this experiment all the time.
“Whether it’s us, Pinterest, or Flipboard, you’re seeing a change in the way content, commerce, and social are blending. Media is not just about commerce OR content OR social. The new reality is that it’s all of the above, and we’re creating that every day.”
—Jason Goldberg, CEO Fab.com | Fab Blasts Through The Commerce-Media Divide With Five New Verticals (via courtenaybird)
Of course he failed to mention So.cl:-)
But the point is right, we’re all blending things in avery interesting way and “social” is threading through it all.
When I give talks I stress the analogy to how the Internet was in the early 1990’s; we are only starting this experiment and in five years we’ll look back and marvel at how. Aiv we were, how wrong we were.
stpatsdash →
stpatsdash.com
17 Nov
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Run for a good cause. Enjoy some fine music. Maybe have a beer afterwards, weather permitting. But most of all know you’ll have a fun day running for a very worthy cause.
The Future of Sharing on Facebook, Twitter and Google+ →
mashable.com
Zoe Fox, mashable.com
Users of social networks are getting tired of sharing — but that doesn’t mean sharing is on the decline. A new study analyzes sharing behaviors on Facebook, Twitter and Google+ and makes predictions for the future of sharing.
Digit…
Seems like a few obvious observations from a small sample. Frictionless sharing will go up? Well yes, more apps are adding to opengraph and few understand that ramification.
Sidetracked
Good workout Monday, then wham, flu hit the family. I assume I am losing weight but this isn’t the way I wanted to tackle this week.
