Social networks and more

GOOGLE WAVE

2009-10-16T21:16:00.002+02:00

Video by Epipheo about Google Wave. Part of Wave anyway.

Mohamed Amine Chatti's ongoing research on Technology Enhanced Learning: NetLearn: Social Network Analysis and Visualizations for Learning

2009-10-16T13:50:00.002+02:00

Mohamed Amine Chatti's ongoing research on Technology Enhanced Learning: NetLearn: Social Network Analysis and Visualizations for Learning

"The most valuable and innovative knowledge is hard to find, and it lies within distributed communities and networks. Locating the right community or person who can provide us with exactly the knowledge that we need and who can help us solve exactly the problems that we come upon, can be an efficient way to learn forward. In this paper, we present the details of NetLearn; a service that acts as a knowledge filter for learning. The primary aim of NetLearn is to leverage social network analysis and visualization techniques to help learners mine communities and locate experts that can populate their personal learning environments."

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In Q3, Social Media Business Models and Real-Time Search Took Center Stage

2009-10-12T20:23:00.002+02:00

In Q3, Social Media Business Models and Real-Time Search Took Center Stage

From GigaOm

"Social networking and the real-time web are changing how information on the Internet is consumed, as the ability to disperse and share information through social platforms and do it using real-time tools is shifting the focus of content from “historical” news to real-time events. Such a shift is giving rise to what we’re calling the NewNet, and it will impact everyone with a business presence online. As part of our GigaOM Pro subscription research service, we’ve compiled a look at the major trends and emerging issues for this next-generation version of the Internet in a third-quarter wrap-up."

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YouTube - Kanaal van PomplamooseMusic

2009-10-09T11:16:00.002+02:00

YouTube - Kanaal van PomplamooseMusic

Wow love this. Thanks to Twitter, esp. Curt Smith.

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Lobbying Patterns in Healthcare Reform Around Key Senators -- Gang of Six

2009-10-02T09:28:00.002+02:00

By Valdis Krebs

The process of the US health care reform around a group of six senators.

An interactive view.

Very nicely done.

T N T — The Network Thinker: Visualizing Indictments

2009-09-25T20:29:00.002+02:00

T N T — The Network Thinker: Visualizing Indictments

By Valdis Krebs

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MySpace to open source data analysis technology - Techworld.com

2009-09-16T21:30:00.002+02:00

MySpace to open source data analysis technology - Techworld.com

MySpace on Tuesday will release as open source a technology called Qizmt that it developed in-house to mine and crunch massive amounts of data and generate friend recommendations in its social-networking site.

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Social network - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

2009-09-16T15:56:00.001+02:00

Social network - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Introducing The NewNet

2009-09-14T23:07:00.002+02:00

Introducing The NewNet

Quote:

"1. The web is transitioning from mere interactivity to a more dynamic, real-time web where read-write functions are heading towards balanced synchronicity. The real-time web, as I have argued in the past, is the next logical step in the Internet’s evolution. (read)
2. The complete disaggregation of the web in parallel with the slow decline of the destination web. (read)
3. More and more people are publishing more and more “social objects” and sharing them online. That data deluge is creating a new kind of search opportunity. (read)"

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Supper Table 2.0: Measuring Influence

2009-09-11T14:23:00.002+02:00

Supper Table 2.0: Measuring Influence

Interesting article about influence and twitter analysis tools.

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Twitter Is Thinking About a Business Model

2009-09-11T14:20:00.002+02:00

Twitter Is Thinking About a Business Model

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Bozeman, Montana: Where Misunderstanding Social Media Is a Way of Life

2009-09-04T10:58:00.001+02:00

Bozeman, Montana: Where Misunderstanding Social Media Is a Way of Life

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Email patterns can predict impending doom - tech - 22 June 2009 - New Scientist

2009-06-25T14:51:00.001+02:00

Email patterns can predict impending doom - tech - 22 June 2009 - New Scientist

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Leadership Networks

2009-05-25T20:40:00.003+02:00

Need to look into this.

Bases on a paper by Bruce Hoppe and Claire Reinelt "SNA and the Evaluation of Leadership Networks," which will be published by Leadership Quarterly (Elsevier) in 2010.

Abstract:

"Leadership development practitioners have become increasingly interested in networks as a way to strengthen relationships among leaders in fields, communities, and organizations. This paper offers a framework for conceptualizing different types of leadership networks and uses case examples to identify outcomes typically associated with each type of network. One challenge for the field of leadership development has been how to evaluate leadership networks. Social Network Analysis

(SNA) is a promising evaluation approach that uses mathematics and visualization to represent the structure of relationships between people, organizations, goals, interests, and other entities within a larger system. Core social network concepts are introduced and explained to illuminate the value of SNA as an evaluation and capacity-building tool."

Wikipedia list of Social Network Software

2009-05-25T20:19:00.002+02:00

A comprehensive list of Social network software on Wikipedia. Compare with the list on INSNA.

Obama appoints a CIO, CTO and CPO

2009-04-19T11:25:00.001+02:00

I think this a very importend.

From President Obama's weekly address today (april 18, 2009):

"I have named Jeffrey Zients, a leading CEO, management consultant and entrepreneur, to serve as Deputy Director for Management of the Office of Management and Budget and as the first ever Chief Performance Officer. Jeffrey will work to streamline processes, cut costs, and find best practices throughout our government.
Aneesh Chopra, who is currently the Secretary of Technology for Governor Kaine of Virginia, has agreed to serve as America's Chief Technology Officer. In this role, Aneesh will promote technological innovation to help achieve our most urgent priorities - from creating jobs and reducing health care costs to keeping our nation secure.
Aneesh and Jeffrey will work closely with our Chief Information Officer, Vivek Kundra, who is responsible for setting technology policy across the government, and using technology to improve security, ensure transparency, and lower costs. The goal is to give all Americans a voice in their government and ensure that they know exactly how we're spending their money - and can hold us accountable for the results."

Largest ever organizational network analysis shows how social networks drive performance

2009-04-12T11:54:00.000+02:00

The summery by Ross Dawson:

In summary, there were four key results:

1. Structural diversity and centrality of social networks are positively correlated with performance for both individual consultant and project teams.

2. Strong ties to powerful individuals, such as access to executives, is positively correlated with work performance, however having many weak ties to management is negatively correlated with work performance.

3. A team with strong ties to the management can be beneficial for work performance, having many managers working on the same project exhibits an inverted U-shape relationship with performance.

4. Participating in projects with the appropriate social capital can boost consultants‘ work performance in addition to their own social capital.

Tech5 by John Dvorak

2009-03-20T20:47:00.002+01:00

Great show. Short news, funny and a bit cranky.

Starting to get really serious

2009-03-02T22:20:00.002+01:00

See this article on FT.com.

Ways to build your own social networking site

2008-11-20T14:54:00.000+01:00

An older but very useful article on .

Windows Live as Social Network

2008-11-20T14:50:00.000+01:00

See this Article from Computerworld about Windows Live as a Social network.

Has KM Been Done?

2008-08-12T20:28:00.000+02:00

A three part article by

Joe Firestone

Very interesting.

Full Circle Associates » Help! Testing a network mapping exercise

2008-03-28T20:50:00.000+01:00

Full Circle Associates » Help! Testing a network mapping exercise

another interesting article. Thanks Patti Anklam for pointing this out on ona-prac at Yahoo groups.

Akteurszentrierte Darstellung sozialer Netzwerke

2008-03-28T20:47:00.000+01:00

Akteurszentrierte Darstellung sozialer Netzwerke

Very interesting article. I need to study this more!

Mashable: Social Networking: Risks vs. Rewards

2008-02-18T09:26:00.000+01:00

This is an interesting article about the dangers of social networking. Especially among the youth. Their seem to be some reports about some correlation between this technology and suicides of adolescents. But the conclusion is that the benefits outway the dangers.

I'm wondering if there is some real scientific research on the downsides of social networking. And how about the influences on organizations? What are the benefits and the threads on organizations?
Here's a quote from the blog:

"Some advise to concerned parents: If the use of social networks online by your children worries you, don’t do the instinctual. Don’t restrict them from those sites. Instead, teach them (as well as yourselves) as much as possible about any and all networks. Knowledge is a fantastic repellant of ignorance and disastrous behavior."

So what do we teach the workers in the working place? And how should we teach them? As long there's no insight in the real benefits of social networking in the working place this is going to be a difficult task.