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Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:25:39 +0100

Strange Attractor » Blog Archive » The curse of social media jargon

"In some ways, this is a sad but reliable indicator that the social media market is maturing. Demand..."

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:24:54 +0100

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In some ways, this is a sad but reliable indicator that the social media market is maturing. Demand is high, supplier of competent and experienced consultants is low, and companies lack the knowledge to accurately assess the actual level of expertise of the individuals or agencies they are considering engaging. Thus they choose to work with those individuals or agencies who sound most impressive. (I’m sure they also look at track record, but for many that is either absent or not a reliable indicator.) Thanks to a widespread corporate culture that values unintelligible jargon, it’s the talkers who get hired, rather than the walkers.

It seems to me from casual observation that those people who understand social media, are pragmatic about it’s capabilities and who talk about it in plain English are now falling into a new out-group in opposition to the in-group of jargon-spouting charlatans. This is something that’s been coming on for a while. Frankly, I’m surprised it’s taken this long.

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"The job of the social media consultant is to act as a bridge between the social media in-group..."

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:23:26 +0100

“The job of the social media consultant is to act as a bridge between the social media in-group (developers, designers, community managers, other social media experts, etc) and its out-group (clients). At my best, I take the ideas, concepts and examples of social media and I express them in a way that I hope out-group members can understand.”

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Strange Attractor » Blog Archive » Requirements for success

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:21:32 +0100

Strange Attractor » Blog Archive » Requirements for success:

About the adoption of social tools in the enterprise.

"Real love amounts to withholding the truth, even when you’re offered the perfect opportunity to hurt..."

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:47:46 +0100

““Real love amounts to withholding the truth, even when you’re offered the perfect opportunity to hurt someone’s feelings””

- David Sedaris (Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim) (via kari-shma)

"Tell everyone what you want to do and someone will want to help you do it."

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:32:44 +0100

““Tell everyone what you want to do and someone will want to help you do it.””

- W. Clement Stone (via kari-shma)

ferrydust: silentsigh: skysignal | naughtybookworm | ache “Pain...

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:17:45 +0100

ferrydust:

silentsigh: skysignal | naughtybookworm | ache

“Pain is inevitable; suffering is optional.” —Greta Randolph

"Communication. It’s the first thing we really learn in life. Funny thing is, once we grow up, learn..."

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:02:45 +0100

“Communication. It’s the first thing we really learn in life. Funny thing is, once we grow up, learn our words and really start talking the harder it becomes to know what to say. Or how to ask for what we really need.”

- Greys Anatomy (via kari-shma)

ambivalence: ihatemyinterests: stereotypecaster: pwnator: lic...

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:46:45 +0100

ambivalence:

ihatemyinterests:

stereotypecaster:

pwnator:

lickystickypickyme:

Wise men.
Orwell and Huxley.

ambivalence: ihatemyinterests: (via gypsydreams)

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:31:45 +0100

ambivalence:

ihatemyinterests:

(via gypsydreams)

ferrydust: atomische: Atomische : Needles

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:16:45 +0100

ferrydust:

atomische: Atomische : Needles

"Logic will get you from A to Z; imagination will get you everywhere."

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:01:45 +0100

““Logic will get you from A to Z; imagination will get you everywhere.””

- Albert Einstein (via kari-shma) (via purplepeace) (via ferrydust)

kari-shma: (via i <3 Light)

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:46:45 +0100

kari-shma:

(via i <3 Light)

"We have a good life when we manage to live with both satisfied and unsatisfied needs, when we are..."

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:31:45 +0100

“We have a good life when we manage to live with both satisfied and unsatisfied needs, when we are not obsessed by what is beyond our reach.”

- Kjell Magne Bondevik (via kari-shma)

benoitmeunier: Les commentaires à gauche, les fonctions de...

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:16:44 +0100

benoitmeunier:

Les commentaires à gauche, les fonctions de partage à droite avec les billets semblables: ça marche! > http://www.uxbooth.com/blog/the-future-of-interface-design/

"On the ROI of Social Computing Do you know of any organisation that has tried to and succeeded in..."

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:01:45 +0100

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On the ROI of Social Computing

Do you know of any organisation that has tried to and succeeded in measuring how it performs at building market intelligence? Or that has succeeded in measuring how efficient and effective the communication within a project team is? For example, do they measure how much communication it takes and how long time it takes to delegate a task to a team member? Do they measure the effectiveness of this communication - if the right decision was made or the right task was carried out in the right time?

I’m all ears.

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- Oscar Berg (via johntropea)

jingc: The industrial skyline really works in this photo.

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:46:44 +0100

jingc:

The industrial skyline really works in this photo.

"For a kiss to be really good, you want it to mean something. You want it to be with someone you..."

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:31:12 +0100

“For a kiss to be really good, you want it to mean something. You want it to be with someone you can’t get out of your head, so that when your lips finally touch you feel it everywhere. A kiss so hot and so deep you never want to come up for air. You can’t cheat your first kiss. Trust me, you don’t want to. Cause when you find that right person for a first kiss, it’s everything.”

- Alex Karev

truth.

(via kari-shma)

"So basically, I said, your cocktail party is open to the public, and you don’t even know who’s in..."

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:31:08 +0100

“So basically, I said, your cocktail party is open to the public, and you don’t even know who’s in your house. You claim to “follow” your guests, but when someone later says, “Hey, you’re using the same ideas I told you at the party,” you reply, “Dude, I didn’t even know you were there.” How is that social media?”

- Hypocritical Mass: The Big Lie About Twitter | Atomic Tango (via huslage)

"Almost all silk fabric is made from silkworm moth cocoons, but people have occasionally tried to..."

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:20:40 +0100

“Almost all silk fabric is made from silkworm moth cocoons, but people have occasionally tried to make cloth from spider silk. One of the biggest challenges is the cannibalistic nature of spiders, which makes it very difficult to raise them in captivity, unlike silkworms. Spiders can be collected in the wild and then placed in a device to keep them still so the silk can be drawn. Afterwards, the spiders are released back into the wild.”

- Spider Silk | American Museum of Natural History