May 17, 2009 mountain in Japan, still snow-covered snow-covered in May; photo by Kevin Stay Away BLOG Links for the Week: May Away From Anyone You Can Write Into the Script Called "Here We Go Again": Again": Melissa Pierson writes

Rather than list off a "top ten" list of predictions for 2009, I thought I would briefly layout some topics and areas that business and IT decision-makers should pay attention to when formulating Enterprise 2.0 Critical Decisions For 2009 "SharePoint Small vendors need to survive so it's no surprise that they will expand their offerings but that creates additional plans: Enterprise 2.0:

Basheera Khan writes that bookshops should die . Retreating slightly from her panegyric for digital readers, she falls back on the library as the alternative. I doubt that my local library stocks or is able to get hold of even a tiny fraction of the books I have next to my bed.

It closed shop on June 12th, having set up on May 26th, so I guess it’s too late to order your own tweet on paper now, but you know, I’m sure it was good while it lasted. Before another age goes by, here’s a round-up of the stuff we’ve been momentarily distracted by recently: 1.

Inspired by my favorite Talking Heads song: " Once in a Lifetime ". We often wonder "how did I get here?" when we look around and reflect on our personal networks. Where did all these connections come from? Did I do all this?

Recent studies at MIT reveal that this sort of oscillation may be characteristicof creative teams. tools may indeed improve productivity. Return to the HBR List 2009 table of contents .  Subscribe to Harvard Business Review Save up to 47% off the cover price! Name For Managers For Educators For Corporate Buyers Harvard Business Review Visit Harvard Business School Harvard Business Review Harvard Business Publishing Archive/Back Issues Customer Service HBR Email Newsletters Cart Store All Products All Articles Sign In or Subscribe Now How Social Networks Network Best by Alex Pentland The humble bee has much to teach

Continuing further with some of the highlights from IBM ’s Lotusphere 2009 event that I attended in Orlando, FL, in January 2009, I thought I would cover what, to me, was one of the most inspiring and thought-provoking moments throughout the entire event. Some of these various benefits, we both fully realised, may not be easy to quantify, nor qualify, like David mentioned, but then again we may not need to altogether, as long as organisations have " an open, collaborative and trusting culture. Specially since it ties in, quite nicely, with a couple of blog posts I have shared over here recently around the topic of Social Software and figuring out its Return on Investment or ROI.

In advance of SXSW last year, I put together some survival tips for the SXSW event and I wanted to dust them off and polish them up for 2009. This may well include bringing an umbrella. And hell, your superior knowledge may impress those around you who are struggling for direction…. If it’s your first time at SXSW Interactive (or if you were too blitz to remember much last year), you might be be wondering how you can make the most of the event. 1.

In case you missed them, find below our top five posts in May. Image by boklm via Flickr At FreshNetworks we aim to bring you the best posts in social media, online communities and customer engagement online. 1. Gordon Brown’s YouTube trauma

This may be in a very traditional sense, and some of the best online support communities that I know of are powered using a similar techniques to those you find in games. They may be overwhelmed by the variety of things to do and it can be easier to release content and features more slowly to new members. But they may want to vote for a video they like or answer a poll. A number of speakers at the Marketing 2.0 conference (including myself) made analogies (explicitly or implicitly) to games or gaming when talking about their social media strategies.