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Why Mark Zuckerberg is right to dismiss Facebook users

March 23rd, 2009 · Comments

As a specialist in online communities and social media, it may seem a little strange that I would suggest Mark Zuckerberg is right to ignore the complaints of Facebook users over the recent changes to the social network, but stick with me on this one.
The story so far:
Facebook releases a redesign which shows more of [...]

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Tags: Uncategorized · business · social networks

About the community, by the community

February 6th, 2009 · Comments

Here’s a good example of changing the way we do things, by the always interesting Neil Perkin at Only Dead Fish, from an idea by the also always interesting Herdmeister. And like most good ideas, it’s blindingly obvious when you see someone else do it!
Basically Neil was due to present at a conference on the [...]

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Tags: Presentations · community · social media marketing

Why I wish I was my son…

December 30th, 2008 · Comments

Originally I was going to write a flippant post about how doing social media is a lot like having an 8-month old (long hours and sleepless nights worrying about how he/it is developing, and which are the best toys to be providing to enrich his/people’s lives).
That prompted me to consider how lucky he is to [...]

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Tags: Digital Culture

Musical matters to cheer the soul…

October 28th, 2008 · Comments

I admit to feeling a bit down when I got home from a reasonably pleasant day in the office last night. Not only had my car self-destructed at the end of my road, causing me to have to push it for 5 minutes to my house at the end of a long day, but then [...]

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