Just came across an interesting attempt to build a Facebook for the public sector - ttp://www.govloop.com/. In some ways this project has similar aims as this site, but it is clearly going for quantity rather than quality! Actually, looks quite a useful thing and could be a good place to test how people react to things or seek advice. Hopefully, however, the best place for conversation will still be here!!
I have just read a fascinating article in CIMI's Netwatcher (a subscription-only newsletter which unfortunately I cannot share here) on video, presence and social networks. The starting point is the contention that video is not really taking off and Netwatcher sees this as reflecting deeply engrained attitudes to voice vs video. From the age of two, we start using at-a-distance audio devices (phones) and at-a-distance visual devices (TVs); but phone conversations are two-way and broadly simil...
Australian business and technology analyst and writer Ross Dawson (Trends in the Living Networks - http://rossdawsonblog.com/) has some interesting reflections on the growing significance of social networking as the dominant platform for commuication and value. Here's his brief comments - http://rossdawsonblog.com/weblog/archives/2007/09/microsoft_faceb.html. A couple of quick excerpts: "Value is increasingly seen as shifting to social networks. When News Corp bought MySpace 2 ½ years ago ...