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I continue to think it’s interesting to draw parallels from natural sciences and what’s happening to the social industry, and also how communities behave and grow. From the five eras of the social web (my inspiration was the stratification of this beach cliff), and watching … Continue readingCambrian Era: Culling and Evolution of Social Media Startups
Above Video: John McCrea and long term friend Joseph Smarr (He knew me way back when I was Hitachi’s community manager) and I…ahem yes, Mr Spock too, chat on Social Web TV at Plaxo, one of the companies I interviewed for the report. The Viddler … Continue readingVideo: The Five Eras on Social Web TV
Dutch Technographics View more presentations from jeremiah_owyang. Above: Social Technographics of Netherlands, see other global data for free at Forrester’s Technographics Profile Tool, for our clients we can cut this data in a variety of ways by role, region, and sometimes affinity. Social Technographics Reveal … Continue readingDutch Fond Of Social Technologies, But Why?
Left: Dr. Urs Gasser of Harvard’s Berkman Center, who focuses on Digital Natives. I’m live blogging from Corporate Social Networking Conference in Amsterdam, and listening to Dr. Urs Gasser of Harvard’s Berkman Center, his website and twitter account (works with friend Doc Searls) who coined … Continue readingWhat Companies Should Know About Digital Natives
This by no means represents all brands, but just some brands, perhaps those that are a bit more sophisticated. Last Friday I had a conversation with a manufacturing firm that had some relativily sophisticated questions about how they will prepare their plan around Twitter. This … Continue reading7 Questions Some Brands Are Asking About Twitter
Gotta have some fun, hope you had a good laugh at this ever relevant Twitter video. It’s rather on point, as I recently listed out what happens to Twitter as it gets mainstream attention (although it doesn’t have mainstream adoption). Here’s the first twitter video … Continue readingVideo: Twitter Gets Mainstream Attention
Video: see Get Glue’s demo reel, embedded above. Summary: Young startup Get Glue is the early steps of how every product and website will be social impacting recommendations and marketing. It ushers us into the early steps of the Era of Social Colonization, the third … Continue readingGet Glue Enters Into The Era of Social Colonization
I’m respecting your limited time by publishing this weekly digest on the Social Networking space, which I cover as an industry analyst. By creating this digest (I started this over a year ago) it really helps me to stay on top of the … Continue readingWeekly Digest of the Social Networking Space: May 11, 2009
Most people consume media in a disposable method, despite the fact they want to own it. Interesting conversation on Twitter this weekend with my new friend HarryAllen, as I’m discussing how I consume my media, in this particular case I’m watching the final season of … Continue readingWhy Physical Media Is Archaic
Humans have a way of always experimenting with new systems to see how they can be monetized or streamlined –it’s a natural part of the web. A few months ago, I experimented with Magpie Twitter ads as an analyst, and quickly found the community revolted … Continue readingIt’s About Intent: Affiliate Links in Twitter
