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Ramblings on Social Media

January 16, 2009 By 15 Comments

I’ve been lurking around the social web for quite some time experimenting with different systems and learning a tremendous amount from all of the ‘experts’ out there. I’ve been on LinkedIn, Facebook, MySpace, Technorati and many many other systems.  I liked some and didn’t like some. I recently started using Twitter (@ericdbrown) and Friendfeed (find [...]

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Authentic Conversation – Real, Simple, Honest

January 6, 2009 By 8 Comments

The opening paragraphs of the chapter titled ’95 Theses’ from The Cluetrain Manifesto: The End of Business as Usual says (taken from this page): A powerful global conversation has begun. Through the Internet, people are discovering and inventing new ways to share relevant knowledge with blinding speed. As a direct result, markets are getting smarter-and [...]

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Links for Dec 21 2008

December 21, 2008 By 3 Comments

Positive Communication and Leadership by Stephen Smith on Slacker Manager A Lean, Scalable Requirements Information Model for the Agile Enterprise by Dean Leffingwell on Scaling Software Agility Social Hierarchies: I had an Experience Like Sheryl’s by Ted Wallingford on Signal to Noise Spark Your Creativity by Thinking INSIDE the Box By Mark McGuinness on Lateral [...]

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Links for Dec 14. 2008

December 14, 2008 By 1 Comment

Madoff Madness: When Smart People do Stupid Things by Charles Green on Trusted Advisor Associates Five Reasons to kill IT Projects on TechRepublic (hat tip to JourneyX) Shopping 2.0: Current E-Commerce Trends by Richard MacManus on ReadWriteWeb How to Bootstrap your life by Maria Gajewski on Never the Same River Twice (hat tip to Bas [...]

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Web 2.0 in the Enterprise

December 2, 2008 By 12 Comments

Web 2.0.  A term that is overused and often misunderstood.  And one that has been touted for years by consultants as the ‘next big thing’ coming to Enterprise IT.  I’ve read many articles and heard tons of people talking about bringing Web 2.0 to the enterprise. But….I’ve seen very little success and it appears that [...]

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Crowdsourcing

November 26, 2008 By 2 Comments

Finished this book up earlier this week and I have to say, I’m a bit disappointed.  I feel as though a book by the man who defined the word ‘crowdsourcing’ should give me more than just anecdotes about how companies have used crowdsourcing. I’m not disappointed in the content of the book…it was good. As [...]

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Groundswell

June 16, 2008 By 6 Comments
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This book,  with the full title of “Groundswell: Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies” is a must read for anyone trying to figure out how to benefit from the social networking phenomenon. This book is perfect for anyone who doesn’t understand ‘social media‘…and for those that think they do! It  provides case-based examples [...]

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