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Wednesday, February 17, 2010
About a week ago I put up a simple quiz on TwitPic using David Krackhardt's kite network as focal point. The kite network above shows a small group of people with strong symmetric[two-way] communication links. I asked, "Where would you plant your msg in this net?
 
Monday, January 4, 2010
What do you see when you look out the window above -- the structures or the sky? The Gartner Group is a well-known, worldwide advisor on information technology issues. They have been a fan of social network analysis for several years now. Recently, they sent out this press release about how social and organizational network analysis fits
 
Monday, December 21, 2009
After seeing this cartoon by Ed Hall , I started to think about personal networks. What will your personal network activity be like this holiday season? What will your presence be, after the presents are opened? Here or There? Let's look in on a typical family gathered for their holiday celebration.
 

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There are many interesting discussions happening on Twitter in the last few weeks. I have been paying attention to the conversations about how to measure social media influence/rank/authority. Many people trying many metrics. All of the current measures seem to have their issues...
When choosing a map, which do you prefer — pretty or useful ? In an ideal world I would take pretty useful , but forced to choose between the two I'll take useful . Here are two social graphs taken from my Twitter following data. The first map, by TweetWheel , is pretty, has nice colors, a simple and elegant interface, and a nice circular layout.
I used to think Twitter was stupid. After one week of actual activity, I find it useful. Twitter is a "micro-blogging" platform that allows you to quickly post short messages[tweets] of I see "What are you doing?" as the wrong question — it focuses too much on daily minutiae, and not on what others may find interesting about you.
About a week ago I put up a simple quiz on TwitPic using David Krackhardt's kite network as focal point. The kite network above shows a small group of people with strong symmetric[two-way] communication links. I asked, "Where would you plant your msg in this net?
This week's PBS Frontline show was fascinating. They discussed the financial meltdown and how it was exacerbated by the massive inter-connectivity of the banking system. Frontline focused on the trade-offs between "moral hazard" -- punishing the bad guys for bad behavior, and "systemic risk" -- allowing the bad guys to fail and effect the rest of the interconnected system. The main contagion under discussion were the investments created by Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers -- packaging up sub-prime and other mortgages into "toxic assets" which

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Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Yup, what happened in 2006 is happening again, albeit with another 4 added to the number. Ditto for 2007 , but add 3. ...Tags: Tags: Michael's Happening
 
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Many thanks to the 407 people who took the User Adoption Strategies report. There is some fantastic material in there, and while I've been talking about it all over Europe, I haven't published the findings here yet. Now that I'm back, that's about to change. There will be three editions of the report:
 
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
I’m in Austin for SxSWi (South by Southwest interactive) with several colleagues from Forum One and several thousand colleagues from around the world working in the digital and interactive fields. The “festival” is a nonstop series of keynotes and panel discussions during the day, and social events and meetups during the off hours (and in between sessions). What is the
 

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Managing staff who participate in social networks. This list also includes policies called; Staff blogging policies, enterprise social network guidelines, Employee Blogging Policies, Staff engagement in online communities, and so on. I’ve done a few press (radio, print) interviews this week re: Telstra so I thought I should have another look at how Enterprise, Government, Corporates, Not for Profits  are handling the fact that their staff are members of social networks too. 
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