Drilling in to the issue of moderation and liability I had a very useful discussion with Struan Roberts last week. He’s a technology lawyer with Pinsent Masons and Editor of OUT-LAW.
Looking at moving from a system of light moderation on IT Counts, where we allow registered users to post comments at their own risk, to one where we will pre-approve comments for guest users (pre-moderation is the jargon term) there remains… Continue reading
Hmm, looks interesting..thanks David.
A basic two-by-two matrix can be the key to quantifying the risks and opportunities that are bundled together under the banner of web 2.0, says David Bowen.
At a conference for corporate web managers a few months back delegate after delegate muttered that they were thoroughly fed up with web 2.0. It may (does) contain many fascinating concepts, but if it makes people… Continue reading
A Demos report (funded by Orange) published today 29 October argues that social networking sites could help companies beat the recession (report pdf).
I liked this extract from the report: “Consultancy firm McKinsey has studied the importance of social or employee networks for businesses. They found in their research that ‘the formal structures of companies… don’t explain how most of their real day-to-day work gets done’.
“They go on to argue that to capture… Continue reading
I pride myself on working *with* people, rather than doing things *for* them; it is the essence of user-led web 2.0 strategy & practice, no? (My twitter today)
For example see Gartner report on social networks and public policy which underlines the importance of this for buidling communities online: “Di Maio warned that if the public sector tries to retain excessive control of these networks they want to exploit… Continue reading
Social Media vs. Knowledge Management: A Generational War
And my comment on the blog post:
Thanks, great blog post and insightful comments. I can see what is meant by a war between KM & SM better from this discussion, as often the reality is disguised.
I’ve learned the hard way, for example in campaigning media, that the key… Continue reading
New wiki on this subject looks worth a look:
Welcome to the “user contribution system on user contribution systems.” My hope is that this site becomes the authoritative aggregation of knowledge and how-tos on how organizations create, foster, and benefit from user contribution systems (UCS)…because of the knowledge and experience contributed by contributors like you.…
Hmm, the US military gets the value of social networking to discover expertise. Extract from Guardian article below:
In simple terms, iLink is a machine learning-based system that models users and content in a social network and then points the user to relevant content.
The team developed the basic social networking technology, which combines workflow and analytics. The research and development effort was part of a five-year… Continue reading
Hanging out for a few mins at the Regent Street Apple Store, it’s nice and empty in the morning. Using a MacBook Pro right now, with the following spec: 2.53GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 17″ display + SuperDrive. (320GB 5400-rpm hard drive + 4GB DDR3 SDRAM). And the little sign says it’s ‘Available with glossy LED-backlit display’. Yeah, did I ever mention I grew up playing with LED’s;-)…
Here are the top five tactics for making e-mail an efficient and effective collaboration tool, from Socialtext…
Everyone’s got a pet theory as to the cause of the credit crunch, Mine’s ‘groupthink’. What do you think about that?! I even name drop Warren Buffett in my theory. Plus a reference to ‘black swan theory’ for good measure;-)…