Are you familiar with the Field of Dreams syndrome – ‘build it and they will come’? In their early stages, many technology initiatives have this as their mantra. Professional and serious IT managers question this approach and usually do their best to get things on the right track through such things as cost benefit analysis. […]
Read more "Ignore It and It Will Go Away(?)"Baby boomers are turning to their own social networking sites thanks to start-ups like multiply.com. According to this article from the NY Times, the same venture capitalists who poured funding into myspace, facebook and other teen oriented social networking sites are now supporting the startups catering to baby boomers and ‘grey’ internet users. Although teens and […]
Read more "Social Networking for Boomers"According to Charlie, “Enterprise 2.0 is social media behind the firewall.” A good definition. View Scott Gavin’s slide show to see how Charlie uses social media as a serious business and productivity tool. Thanks to Scott Gavin for creating Charlie and Jeremiah Owyang for sharing it. Dean Owen
Read more "What is Enterprise 2.0?"In chatting with an IT recruiter this morning, I asked him about video resumes and what he thought about their use and value. This was prompted by an article from Workopolis.com – A Picture Says a Thousand Words, Video Says a lot More . The recruiter I spoke with thought it was a good idea […]
Read more "Video Resumes"In looking through my google reader this morning, I came across the following blog posting: How youths are using social media from J.D. Lasica. It includes a link to a report for “National School Boards Association: Creating and Connecting//Research and Guidelines on Online Social — and Educational — Networking.” BTW: I found my way here from Steve […]
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