... every month or so in a restaurant on Brighton seafront. The discussion centred on social networking: "The explosion of social networking sites in recent years has prompted some serious reflection on the state of modern friendship. While many ... users. Of the 16 hours that regular internet users spend online a week, 11 hours are spent social networking (hardly ... all convinced that social networking is in any way a cause of this state of affairs, not least because the phenomenon was in evidence long before social networking came on the scene. It seems likely to me that more credible reasons for ...

... for the large social networking sites, he's: tried them all (facebook, myspace, bebo, orkut, linkedin, twitter, etc ... the content or site, I'm personally not going to bother with the social networking aspects. But, if your content or ... - Scaling the Social Web . The article tells us that various players are adding social networking features to their sites: A ... (bookmarks), etc. all have a social networking aspect to them? The point is that its probably natural for lots of sites to have social networking type features and functions for visitors. This is something we are commonly doing on sites ...

How do social networks relate to personal learning? How do social networks relate to formal learning? I think we ... for Expertise - LinkedIn Answers . Certainly, the conversations and the finding of expertise via social networks such ... Networks. Here are some thoughts on this topic, especially thoughts around social networks for learning. Starting with Social Networking was a blessing and a curse. Social networks have a tendency to be a bit messy. Virginia Yonkers told us - I would like to know how to manage the information flows in social networks. I have been part of Ning groups ...

... magazine last week, in an article entitled Face to face with social networking. Apparently, in the UK: 20% of firms use social networking sites to research applications. 68% use search engines to check candidates. 70% of London firms block the use of Facebook at work. 51% of recruiters think social networking poses a challenge to traditional recruitment. 60% of firms would check a candidate's blog. 65% of university students are Facebook users. Facebook's UK ... Facebook profile would have been if I'd been looking for a 'proper job'. Clearly, anyone contributing to the Web 2.0 space ...

I just read David Warlicks' post - I Just Don't Get it Yet â€" Social Networks where he discusses his recent experience with several Ning generated social networks including: I've joined Library 2.0 , School 2.0 , and Classroom 2.0 . He then tells us: I must confess that I am a little under-impressed. I have a personal page, just like my daughter's ... dull to know it. So please explain. I've tried out several social network tools and have had a similar reaction. I ... social networks that will take off, but any network that is a closed system needs something as a hook to achieve ...

Too Many Social Networks? : eLearning Technology I just read David Warlicks post - I Just Donâ??t Get it Yet â?? Social Networks where he discusses his recent experience with several Ning generated social networks including: Iâ??ve joined Library 2.0 , School 2.0 , and Classroom ... head, but Iâ??m to dull to know it. So please explain. Ive tried out several social network tools and have had a ... something around social networks that will take off, but any network that is a closed system needs something as a hook ...

I’ve been using Twitter for a number of weeks now, and that, combined with several recent social networking ... .  Sometimes it’s just personal things, which gives them richer dimension.  However, much like the Facebook opportunity ... tools to understand them.  I find blogging personally beneficial to cause me to take time to reflect, and that’s ... also a way to track what’s hot and new. I’m still exploring other uses of Facebook.  My tweets now appear ... all of them. I really appreciated Tony Karrer’s pointer on how to use LinkedIn , by the way. I’ve seen ...

2007 Communities / Social Networking and LMS Merger : eLearning Technology ... of the eLearning simulation tool - Firefly) and Shared Insights - a community / business social networking software ... + community / social networking. Im not sure I quite get what that means yet. I wonder if mzinga does? The description ... / Social Networking and LMS Merger Permalink: Communities / Social Networking and LMS Merger ... most prolific contributors are, or whose contributions are rated most highly, or whose social network is the most ...

... pure blogging vs LinkedIn Answers and other social networking platform-based discussion venues? I consider LinkedIn Answers to be quite a different animal. The way I use LinkedIn Answers is to ask specific questions (never open ended or ... can't seem to find by searching LinkedIn normally. This question goes only to my network and then also out to the rest of ... both your own and your indirect network. Social Network based discussions (for example a Ning network) act like ... , the question above would probably be okay in LinkedIn Answers, but you might want to change it a bit to be more ...

Business, Golden Gate University, San Francisco, CA. Developed a course on social networking for business Will ... databases to research social networking Past predictions about online communities assumed text because that was what was ... ;instructors may not remember every student they taught (Provided a bunch of stats on social networking usage–I’m not taking notes on all that) Many businesses consider time on social networking sites wasted, but not all Wachovia is testing social networking for sharing information and developing community within the community Businesses ...

... recognize the "social graph"-the network of relationships a person has, independent of any given networking system or ... networking will be based around people rather than around content. My personal experience is that content and social networks are ... that we face right now that I described in Social Networking Entrepreneurial Opportunities on my SoCal CTO Blog ... with was the statement that: The essential ingredient of next generation social networking, social operating systems, is ... consider the social operating system to be "next generation social networking" - rather it's a layer that allows ...

I'm debating the value of forum / group / threaded discussion software vs. social network software for a particular ... center around threaded discussions . Generally are easy to get into. Options are simple. Social Network Examples ... give a better sense of the person and make interactions more social. The distinctions here are horribly gray and most of ... - classic threaded discussion view - or a personal home page with all that is happening in the network. Some thoughts I have about why we might adopt threaded discussions / forum software vs. adopting a social network solution.

If you think that social networking is just a fad or is only good for social things like what album you like or what ... analysis, exchange and monitoring agencies are using social networking software to make their information gathering ... National Security Agency bosses are encouraging their staffs to use a new social-networking site designed for the super-secret world of spying to exchange information. The social networking application is called A-Space. As the article ... information is currently lost in your organization because they are lost in an email? Social networking is a ...

... managing social networks (for business use) with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 While the Microsoft / Facebook ... Social Networking & Collaboration Social Software ... Was Away... Project Status: Social Networking Within The Enterprise Oracle Buys Intellectual Property Assets of Tacit Software Project Status: Social Networking Within ... Social Network Sites: Webinar Today Cisco WebEx Connect ...

Evolution of Communication Instant communication across the globe Facebook & LinkedIn make it easy to keep in touch ... conference, no one else will back up, but if you avatar invades another avatar’s personal space, they will back up like they would in person. Possibilities for bridging time, culture, and difference as communication evolves Twitter is another paradigm changer because it’s a different kind of immediacy than virtual worlds “Social ... basically a live photostream–almost no text. Very cool images. The network increasingly organizes itself ...

White Label Social Networking Solutions, Part II A Comparison Chart by TechCrunch The information in the ... and custom social networking solutions. For do-it-yourself, hosted solutions, please see our previous chart and our post "9 Ways to Build Your Own Social Network" . You can also return to the post accompanying this chart. Hover ... America Omnifuse Pringo Networks Prospero Technologies SelectMinds Small World Labs Social Platform Sparta Social Networks Telligent Systems ThePort Network, Inc. VMIX Media Web ...

... my role at the association I work for is basically managing our online social networking efforts: Linkedin, Facebook ... Ive recently given people new to social networking this comparison of Facebook and LinkedIn ... know that  professional relationships are moving from the Rolodex to the social networks.  LinkedIn is designed ... has several posts about networking on  LinkedIn (and Twitter and Facebook) and friending policies: I used ... mindset: the way I find it easiest to manage social networking for professional purposes and social networking for personal ...

... for sensemaking; our need to socialize and negotiate around knowledge; our patterning mind; our desire to exceed our humanity through technology; Connectivism = knowledge is networked and distributed; the experience of learning is one of forming new neural, conceptual and external networks; occurs in complex, chaotic, shifting ... ... it is my experience that the most difficult things to learn are peace, social equality and other such very human though ... knowledge . For even if I use my personal organizing technologies ( previous posts on this ), they - in themselves - ...

... reading. The article, " Social Networking and Corporate Learning " is a quick read and could serve as a jumping-off ... (space-imposed limitations, I'm sure), it does give named examples of companies where social networking has been ... least of which is to upgrade with new solutions that implement social networking tools. Why? Social neworking (platforms ... them about preferred project management processes. For learning organizations looking to bring social networking tools ... content authoring, sourcing and rating. Don't allow anonymity. The social networking system must integrate ...

In my second blast to the past, I revisit one of my favorite social networking posts which is indicative of the explosive growth of social networks. I have personally worked on some neat social networking projects ( Web 2.0 posts ), but last Fall I was amazed to learn via the MIT Technology Review that dogs had joined the revolution. Here is an excerpt from that post : Dog Tags for Virtual Sniffing : Believe it or not, dogs wearing a tag from Snif Labs , exchange ID codes when they meet.  When their owners get home, they can then download the data and learn ...

... discussions groups and other social networking tools, the more information there is about you in the world for anyone to ... was an eye opener. The basic guidelines I have is not to put anything in my blog, on a social network, even when I ... . I'm curious if anyone does believe that blogging, social networking, etc. poses much of a risk? ... yourself. In my mind, the risk is pretty high already with simply the personal search tools that exist on the web. Going to intelius hints at information that's readily available. If I look at what I put in my blog and on social ...

Something like the social network operating system , maybe. These are nicely captured by this article as Tony Karrer ... . I also feel like Facebook is a bit creaky and as Thomas Vanderwal's recent post Facebook for Business or LinkedIn ... similarly try to figure this stuff out. Luis Suarez - How to Boost Your Social Capital with Facebook mentions MyBlogLog . Great example, Luis. Shouldn't MyBlogLog link directly to each person's Facebook account so I can have that profile ... Networks? and Multiple Social Networks. However, in this case, I almost see it more form the opportunity side of ...

... about it is that its not some consultant saying "here are all the great things you must do if you implement social networking in your enterprise." This is a real person simply saying, "HEY!, My life would be SO much easier and I would be SO ... social networks in your org. And don't worry about any particular tool. Its what you DO, not the tool, that's ...

... overlay to turn Facebook into an Enterprise Social Network application. This is something Ive been expecting for a while based on some conversations with large organizations who planned to use Facebook as their social network ... / relationships, this likely will have value. Im personally still not sure about Facebook. Its great socially and Ive made ... Conference Session Breakout Blogs as a Basis for Social Networks ... -Learning Trends eLearning 2.0 LMS Web 2.0 Enterprise 2.0 Personal Learning Informal ...

... helpful to have a CEO say things like: "Social networking tools like Facebook can bring us back together, help us get ... A mistitled article - found via Bill Ives on the FastForward blog - Serena Software Adopts Facebook as Corporate Intranet. The real focus of the article is how Serena Software has adopted a practice called Facebook Fridays: Each Friday, employees are granted one hour of personal time to spend on their Facebook profiles and connect with co-workers ... that do not embrace social networking are making a huge mistake." ...

LinkedIn Is Not a Social Network. In this post, he says: I've been on LinkedIn for several years. I never initiate a ... social network issues, a speaker asked the audience, "How many of you are on LinkedIn?" Virtually all of the 100 or so attendees raised their hands. Then he asked, "How many of you have gotten anything valuable from LinkedIn?" Only one person ... through his network for something like "social networking" to find some expertise on the topic as he's thinking about the ... with a person for 30-60 minutes. Or maybe Tom should ask a question on LinkedIn such as "How do people get value ...

I use Firefox with everything but linkedIn and facebook.   At ... Learning Rules for Copying Presentation Style? Forums vs. Social Networks ... -Learning Trends eLearning 2.0 LMS Web 2.0 Enterprise 2.0 Personal Learning Informal Learning ... , 2008 LinkedIn for Finding Expertise : eLearning Technology ... quickly how I use LinkedIn to find expertise. This is my first time using Jing. Let me know what you think. FYI - the ...

... individual's social network (online or offline) is divided into three groups: PANs = Potentially Active Network CANs = Currently Active Network FANs = Formerly Active Network I used to think of LinkedIn as containing exactly my ... (LinkedIn Open Networker). I'm not sure I'm quite going as far as most LIONs who seem to link with everyone. But, I've ... If you read my blog much, you know that I use LinkedIn quite a bit to help me find experts and expertise. You can see how I do this in my posts/screencasts LinkedIn Searching for Experts and Expertise and LinkedIn Answers to Get ...

I think I found a use for Facebook - for me.... The start of a personal toolkit.... I'm finding that there are interesting applications within Facebook that allow me to post items for feedback, play with new ideas, and share cool info ... to have a social component. Come by and visit - and for those of you who are more Facebook savvy - let me know what ... importantly, for me, Facebook allows me to access stuff from 1 place while creating on the appropriate tools (links hosted on del.i.cious, accessed through Facebook; blog through Blogger, access through Facebook; videos on google Video, ...

... blog posts on the topic: Stephen Downes - Personal Learning I can talk about webs and networks and personal ... -Learning Trends eLearning 2.0 LMS Web 2.0 Enterprise 2.0 Personal Learning Informal Learning ... Personal Learning Environments and personal learning environments : eLearning Technology Theres been quite a bit of discussion going on around Personal Learning Environments (PLEs) and personal learning environments. We talked about this briefly during a session with Tony ...