Month: June 2008
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Social Networking to destroy email?
IBM’s Social Computing Evangelist Luis Suarez (LinkedIn Profile) writes a piece in the New York Times (LinkedIn Company Profile) on the impending death of email and it’s replacement by social networking. Anyways, here’s the gist: Email doesn’t work – Hide from email – Inbox stops growing – everyone happy (or something to that effect) –…
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Check your Xobni now? It’s now LinkedIn!
Ha, that was a play on the fact that Xobni is actually Inbox spelled backwards. Still confused? Well, Xobni is a company whose ambition it is to make navigating your complex email inbox simpler. What they offer is a “new way to organize and search your Outlook email.” In a nutshell, Xobni, reflects your email…
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Do you have a social networking strategy?
Better devise a strategy soon, else you’ll fritter away a lot of your time on social networks. Yesterday, I blogged about social networking tactics, in particular the habit of updating your status on social networks. Today, I happened to stumble upon a couple of posts on social networking strategy that is worth sharing. [Image Source:…
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How often do you update your Status?
What started as a trickle, has now become a full-fledged industry standard. Yes, I’m talking about those tiny status updates you see on every social network. Let’s not forget that as much as the once derided IM has become a productivity tool, and IMO so will Status messages. But, with great awareness comes great adoption…
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“Mavens” hold the key to Social Networking’s Future
Yes, I’m talking about “Mavens” as defined by Malcolm Gladwell’s “Tipping Point“. I think we can safely draw a comparison between those three groups (see below image) and the concept of “content creators” within the social networking ecosystem, one that’s been much discussed recently (via posts from Fred Wilson and Don Dodge – more after…
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