Tag Archives: social networks

Weplay’s Upcoming Direction – Weplay Neighborhoods

Posted on April 20, 2010 by

Hi all, Rather than write generally about online communities I figured I’d blog from the inside about one community building effort in particular, Weplay.  A couple of posts ago I talked about my experience and belief that real world structures … Continue reading →

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Building online communities: offline connectedness essential

Posted on April 17, 2010 by

Online social networks as a dominant medium for ideas, relationships and communication is not a fad. Online communities not based on something substantial in the offline world are a fad or rather were the easiest types of networks to get … Continue reading →

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Christakis, Rube Goldberg and Mythinformation

Posted on January 27, 2009 by

They’re at it again. Yes they are… As part of the Rube Goldberg contingent from Mythinformation Central. From the people that brought you “you’re fat because of your friends” you are now presented with: “your genes influence who will become … Continue reading →

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Internet Traffic Funnel – Where do you want to be?

Posted on January 22, 2009 by

Failure to understand how users and money flow through the Internet costs media and etailers a lot of money every day.  There are huge misconceptions about where the “value” actually lives for user data, advertising performance and profit margins on … Continue reading →

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Their bailout, your unemployment and changes in schedules

Posted on November 20, 2008 by

UPDATE 1-US weekly jobless claims surge to 16-year high Reuters - 11/20/08 – 1 hour ago US weekly jobless claims shoot up to 542000 MarketWatch Boeing layoff of 800 rattles Wichita aircraft economy HP to possibly layoff 25,000 world wide coincident … Continue reading →

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Social Networks and metaphors du jure…

Posted on April 9, 2008 by

Edge.com Douglas Rushkoff “Social Networks Are Like the Eye” A Talk with Nicholas Christakis I read with great interest – as usual – the Edge article by DOUGLAS RUSHKOFF: “Social Networks are like the Eye” – A Talk with Nicholas … Continue reading →

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Social Networking and Behavioral Targeting Response

Posted on March 23, 2008 by

I received the following from a director of ad operations, Jeremy Jones, in response to yesterday’s post on collective behavior and the other day’s post on vertical media.  His remarks focus on the confusion over social networking advertising (both selling … Continue reading →

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