Andrew Keen’s fear has come to life - the monkeys have the keys to the kingdom:
A few days ago we reported that Encyclopedia Britannica was planning to allow user edits to its online (and eventually print) reference products. The policy change was put in place as part of an effort to compete with Wikipedia, but [...]
Media Guerrilla: Social Media Marketing Ain’t Always ‘Cheap’:
I think there’s a tendency in ROI conversations to over indulge in hard numbers sans consideration for all the underlying soft costs of social media projects. And by “soft costs” what I’m really getting at are the *absurdly high* time and attention investments that typically come with these [...]
A lot of folks are having a field day with a video from this year’s PDF where it comes out that “John McCain is aware of the Internet” despite not owning a computer. To hear the former John Edwards advisor say it, McCain’s lack of hands on use of the Internets puts this country in [...]
One night everyone and their grandmother heard about this thing called Twitter and started joining it. Twitter was pretty nifty, a nice little tool where you could shoot a short message from your computer or phone and let folks know what you were up to.
But Twitter’s open API invites third party applications that have [...]
Earlier this week Microsoft announced an aggressive buyout bid of Yahoo! valued at $44 billion. CNet News has put the two companies Web 2.0 properties side by side to see which products might win out in a merger.
Embark’s new Facebook application College Planner lets you research colleges and apply to them without ever having to leave Facebook. From CNet News:
Online applications, I suppose, have been thoroughly destigmatized (back in my day, there was still the concern that an electronic application wouldn’t be taken as seriously as a paper one), but it’s still a bit [...]
Patrick Ruffini has a new project: ECorps:
ECorps is a collaborative, blog-based effort to network conservative web geeks across America. From graphic designers to hardcore developers, ECorps will serve as a community for people just like you, providing a venue for discussion and connecting you to exciting projects.
You don’t have to be especially political to join. We’re [...]
Shelley Powers on The Ugly Face Of Facebook:
In our rush to a new social network we have idolized youth; made them the pampered pets of social networking. More importantly, we have both taught and celebrated the right of free expression without promoting an awareness that the best expression is accompanied by both empathy and respect. [...]
Many of you out there may not be fully aware of the existance of TechRepublican, a group blog created by David All and others professing to bring the tech revolution to the convervative cause:
Collectively, the contributors of techRepublican will focus, like a laser, to report best practices on the application of technology to the political [...]