Research Status: The Future of the Social Web, Social Media In A Recession

I’ve been laboring over the last few weeks on my latest report, the future of the social web. It’s been very difficult to boil down interviews with the world’s top minds on the social web. I’ve interviewed folks from: Google, MySpace, OpendID Foundation, Facebook, Twitter, … Continue readingResearch Status: The Future of the Social Web, Social Media In A Recession

Dream: How The Guardian’s API Could Let a Thousand Stories Bloom

Newspapers are reacting in different ways to the shrinking revenue pie, some have launched blogs, many have twitter accounts, and some newspapers like the NYT keeps content behind a registration page. Today, the Guardian has launched Open Platform, a feature that will allow content be … Continue readingDream: How The Guardian’s API Could Let a Thousand Stories Bloom

Ongoing List of Social Media Marketing Efforts and Social Networks and Communities for Women

I’ve done a lot of other lists, for a variety of industries, verticals, age groups, but need to spend some time on women. Agencies and brands get to showcase their work (I’ve got great SEO in front of a social media audience) and it’s easy … Continue readingOngoing List of Social Media Marketing Efforts and Social Networks and Communities for Women

People on the Move in the Social Media Industry: March 6, 2009

I haven’t published an “on the move in the social media space” in a while, in fact nearly 2 months. Why? Things really slowed down, and I received far less submissions, the recession is taking it’s toll. Despite there being many layoffs in the startup … Continue readingPeople on the Move in the Social Media Industry: March 6, 2009

Oracle Could Enter The Already Crowded Community Platform Space

A reporter recently sent me two documents that were previously on the Oracle site, and are now deleted. I’ve reviewed them carefully, and they showed an architecture stack that provides community platform features for the internal enterprise, and sits on top of Oracle’s database, and … Continue readingOracle Could Enter The Already Crowded Community Platform Space