Monthly Archives: June 2009

Twitter Search in Plain English

Maybe nothing new here for the seasoned Twitter user, but as always, Lee Lefever does a great job in putting across fairly complex concepts in a simple ‘matter of fact’ way. This new video from CommonCraft covers Twitter Search, and … Continue reading

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Web 3.0 and the Semantic Web (Video)

I found this to be an excellent overview of the current evolution of the web, and a good layman’s guide to the Semantic Web or Web3.0. The original video can be found at the STI International website.

Posted in Semantic Web, Video, Web3.0 | Tagged Semantic Web, Video, Web3.0 | 1 Comment

Records Management in a Web 2.0 World

My colleague James Lappin (Thinking Records Ltd) recently hosted and facilitated a podcast with me, Steve Baily – senior adviser on records management issues for JISC infoNet and author of the hugely successful and thought-provoking book ‘Managing the Crowd, rethinking … Continue reading

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Bookmarks for June 9th through June 15th

These are my links for June 9th through June 15th: CIO > How Facebook and Twitter are changing data privacy rules – CIOs think about privacy the way some people think about exercise: with a sigh and a sense of … Continue reading

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Social by Social Game

David Wilcox (Social Reporter) has produced an excellent post describing the ‘Social by Social’ game that a few of us at the Net Tuesday meeting took part in. This was the first time I had attended a Net Tuesday meeting, … Continue reading

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Bookmarks for May 26th through June 9th

These are my links for May 26th through June 9th: Kinky Sex, Chocolate Truffles, Adorable Puppies – RT Blog Winner:Kinky Sex, Chocolate Truffles, Adorable Puppies http://bit.ly/JfMXT 10 awesome Twitter tricks – Every Twitter users is looking for the … Continue reading

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Social Media Game for NGLIS

I was asked by the Network of government library and information specialists (NGLIS) to run a workshop session on Social Media Tools for their 2009 Conference, held in London 3rd June 2009. I thought this might be an ideal opportunity … Continue reading

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The Twitterverse v0.9 (Preview)

Preview: The Twitterverse v0.9 by & , originally uploaded by b_d_solis. The Twitterverse was created in the spirit of The Conversation Prism. This is a preview of the soon-to-be announced Twitterverse by and Please let Brian Solis … Continue reading

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Taxonomies and Folksonomies

Thanks to Steve Wheeler (aka ) for picking up the conversation I started on Twitter  where I defined a Taxonomist as: One who organizes information in ways that make sense to content providers, rather that content users. Steve’s riposte was … Continue reading

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Communities of Practice Case Studies

Just picked up from Nick Milton’s blog, the Kuwait Petroleum Company have published a series of case studies from the communities of practice his company  helped them to launch and build over the last year.  Some of thee case studies … Continue reading

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