This first item is a critique of Google, while in the follow-up, Frank will tackle a ‘public’ alternative. Frank Pasquale: “Like Robert Darnton , I look to the upcoming Google Book Search Settlement hearing with a mixture of wonder and trepidation. But only the most naive optimist could ignore the perils of having one company, driven first and foremost by a profit motive, effectively in charge of the most comprehensive collection We are republishing an interesting contribution by Frank Pasquale. The prospect of constructing a digital library of

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These are my personal perspectives only. Monday, December 3, 2007 5 Facebook Lessons to Improve Employee Engagement in Your Company So perhaps your company isnt sold on this whole Myspace/Facebook thing. Lessons that will help your company be successful. Companies often say, "you matter" but then only communicate skip to main | skip to sidebar Rexs Thought Spot Personal Reflections on Innovation & Collaboration in a 2.0 World All comments posted on this blog do not reflect the opinions of any organization

I’m Not Actually a Geek May 11, 2008 Do Companies Need Social Media Managers? Filed under: mba — Tags: enterprise 2.0 , social media , web 2.0 — Hutch Carpenter @ 9:38 pm There are few institutions in the modern world that are not being transformed today by social media. But all of these companies had a chance to incubate and grow an enthusiastic set of early adopters, which leads to broader usage. Shel Israel, Global Neighborhoods, 5 New Social Media Turn-ons for me. Encouraging use and engagement with [social] tools is an area that all organizations find they have a need for at some point and time.

infoarch About my experiencesas an information architect Monday, September 21, 2009 Companies as Communities Professor Henry Mintzberg has an interesting article in the HBR of July-August 2009 titled: Rebuilding Companies as Communities . (Isnt That book was a big eye-opener to me, introducing me to social worlds theory, companies staring as communities, communities that just exist (and cant be formed) in communities, etc. To Mintzberg Community means: ... Isnt it too bad these articles are readable by all, even non-subscribers?) Reading this article brought back memories of Etienne Wengers book, Communities of Practice .

It’s a mashup of Foursquare location data and the Google Maps API. Their tool is very easy to use – especially good if you are likley to have multiple people from your company accessing your social media monitoring dashboard. Tags: Buzz tracking Charlie Osmond Social Media Word of Mouth Buzz monitoring co-creation Foursquare Google google maps market research mashups online market research Radian6 Research 2.0 I’ve just been playing with FourWhere . It has been built using the Sysomos social media monitoring tool

Over the weekend, the New York Times looked at this very subject following revelations from ex-Google visual designer, Douglas Bowman. In an unusual move, Bowman explained on his blog the reason he had left Google. As the New York Times discussed, his description of the design process at Google raises a number of questions: Image by Darren Hester via Flickr The promise of co-creation is that getting customers involved in the innovation process, and letting them inform the design of new products, will mean that you develop a product that is better suited to their needs