Archive for the 'Social Media' Category

Digital Darwinism

Published by Amitai Givertz on October 30, 2008 in Business Matters, Social Media and Things 2.0. 0 Comments

A great slide stack…

Digital Darwinism

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…and so much more…

All Social Media is Local in the Global Village

Published by Amitai Givertz on October 9, 2008 in Social Media and Things 2.0. 0 Comments

An interesting panel of pundits from across the globe chinwag on digital media. This takes an hour to watch regardless of what time zone you’re in.

All Social Media Is Local 2008

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20 Free eBooks About Social Media

Published by Amitai Givertz on August 27, 2008 in Research and Social Media. 0 Comments

Courtesy of Chris Brogan:

  1. The New Rules of Viral Marketing - David Meerman Scott
  2. Marketing Apple - MarketingApple.com
  3. Masters of Marketing - Startup Internet Marketing
  4. Podcast Marketing eBook - Christopher S. Penn
  5. Google Adwords Secrets - SEOBook

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The Global Village Gets Social

Published by Amitai Givertz on July 28, 2008 in Blogging, Business Matters, Social Media and Social Networks. 1 Comment

Interesting stuff from Universal McCann and their recently released report: Social Media Research Wave 3 [PDF]:

WorkFast TV: The Future of Work is as Boring as Hell

Published by Amitai Givertz on July 12, 2008 in Post Pickings, Social Media and Things 2.0. 0 Comments

Just posted on Social Disorders: Do Not Adjust Your Set on my Recruitomatic blog:

Particularly disappointing was Scoble’s self-confessed, web-enabled obsessive-compulsiveness and apparent delight at finding new ways to feed it. Rather than seek help for what most would consider a disorder it appears he finds all the solace he needs in a similarly unhealthy physical attachment to his computer. I could be wrong but it just struck me that way, very odd.

If you want to cut to the chase, here’s the video…

[Wassup, can't see it? Try WorkFast TV instead.]

Digital Ethnography

Published by Amitai Givertz on October 18, 2007 in Post Pickings, Social Media and Things 2.0. 0 Comments

This morning I posted Just Another Brick in the Wall on my Recruitomatic blog. It features a video produced by the Digital Ethnography Working Group out of Kansas State University. The group is led by Dr. Michael Wesch…

Wow, these guys produce such good stuff!

Here is another great visual, Information R/evolution:

Information R/evolution follows on from the excellent primer Web 2.0…The Machine is Us/ing Us. I posted that a while back on RecruitingBlogs.com.

Social Media Brain Busters!

Published by Amitai Givertz on July 8, 2007 in Research, Social Media and That's Life. 0 Comments

You wouldn’t know it from my posting frequency but I have been quite busy in my research. In an effort to develop an understanding for the recursive nature of blogging and its value, and reconcile Pierre Proudhon’s notion that “property is theft” with the persistent nuisance of walled gardens — or is it the perennial nuisance of persistent identity? — I am in danger of missing out on the increasingly popular YouTube gimme-juice phenomenon. Phew!

I came across this example from Cisco which illustrates the point — take your pick from any one of those above:

Ah, the human condition and the human network are becoming indistinguishable. What a bummer.