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I have begun to catch glimpses of the insane popularity of Facebook. First, our babysitter gushed over Facebook on the ride home the other night. Now, this link about a Goldman trader who spent 500 hours on it in six months.
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Constantin alerts us to some interesting research on the impact of blog use on/by PR practitioners.
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Very interesting experiment from The Economist. Not sure what to think. Either it is (1) an innovative experiment, or (2) a sign of the web 2.0 bubble that will be as profitable as standing in a field and tearing up $20 bills.
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Stowe Boyd linked to one of my recent posts, and I was flattered. Even better than that, though, was that it led me this neat post. I have been nibbling at the edges of these ideas without success. His concept of “the era of flow” is worth a click.
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Jon Husband | 12-Mar-07 at 12:44 pm | Permalink
I know this ain’t cool, but couldn’t help myself
.. some of us have been talking about learning how to navigate effectively in the ongoing flow of information for quite a while now (i takes some “unlearning”, IMO). There’s even been a category for some time now titled “Funtcioning in the flow” on one of the blogs to which I publish.
And I may even have said somethng about that at the Third Monday thing in Ottawa last October. It is never far from top of mind … as I go about in my flow.
Jon Husband | 12-Mar-07 at 12:46 pm | Permalink
“It Takes Too Much Time”
http://blog.wirearchy.com/blog/_archives/2005/11/16
Ian Ketcheson | 12-Mar-07 at 12:57 pm | Permalink
Ahead of your time, my friend. Good points.
My thinking is leading me to thoughts around the move from “packaged media” to “flowing media” (cuz ’streaming media’ is taken).
I’m also thinking about how we are all creating “personal streams”, be they individual, shared or both. Think: twitter, del.icio.us streams, facebook notifications, Google Reader, the importance of each of our OPMLs (whether we recognize it or not), the fact that fewer and fewer of us are watching packaged radio/TV (Podcasts/tivo/PVR/Youtube/legit downloads/illegit downloads, etc.)
And I do like this notion that, in a world of flowing media, “front page” or “lead” doesn’t matter. What matters is the ways in which key information shows up in our personal streams. Think about a drop of paint in a river. We don’t see the one drop, but we will definitely notice if someone empties a paint can. In the same way, we might miss a single mention of something, but we will notice if we see references to it in a dozen of our streams/feeds.
I think I need to promote this to a post.
Jon Husband | 12-Mar-07 at 1:09 pm | Permalink
Small Pieces, Loosely Joined … recombinant neuronal availability (RNA) ?