BlogTalk 2009 (6th International Social Software Conference) – Call for Proposals – September 1st and 2nd – Jeju, Korea

BlogTalk 2009 The 6th Int’l Conf. on Social Software September 1st and 2nd, 2009 Jeju Island, Korea Overview Following the international success of the last five BlogTalk events, the next BlogTalk – to be held in Jeju Island, Korea on September 1st and 2nd, 2009 – is continuing with its focus on social software, while [...]

Social networking services for enterprise use (2)

In a previous post, I listed some interesting articles I found about the application of social networks to business scenarios. This was based on research I did for a presentation on “Social Networking and Collaboration Tools for Enterprise 2.0” in October. Referencing these articles, I also prepared some answers for questions at the event, which [...]

“The Long Tail Wags”

I’ve just read Chris Horn‘s article entitled “The Long Tail Wags” which was inspired by a recent conference I participated in. His post describes how commercial organisations can benefit from and add value to the global Web 2.0-using community. There are some interesting observations on risks and opportunities associated with the large quantities of user-generated [...]

Social networking services for enterprise use

Here are some interesting links I’ve come across in the past few days related to social networks and their applications in enterprise / business scenarios. The water cooler is now on the Web http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/07_40/b4052072.htm The expanding world of social networking http://wistechnology.com/article.php?id=4247 Social networking: a time waster or the next big thing in collaboration? http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=201808149 Social [...]