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Its about Conversation

By On May 5, 2008 · Leave a Comment

Great blog post here about the ever changing read/write web aka web2.0, social graph, social media, etc. Jus READ THIS –> Ladies and Gentlemen, The Conversation Has Left The Building Here’s a good quote:

As Social Media evolves, the value of online conversations is becoming distributed and decentralized. As the host of any [...]

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Is there a Data Portability revolution going on?

By On January 15, 2008 · Leave a Comment

Is this the beginning of a revolution to return control of our data BACK to ourselves? or a counterattack to distribute data and save money on expensive database servers? I’m hoping for the revolution! Check out DataPortability.org for more info. This video will give you the jist of it.

DataPortability – Connect, [...]

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Local Conversations WNCN – NBC 17 Interview

By On January 4, 2008 · 1 Comment

Community Building with Brian Russell from waynesutton12 on Vimeo

Wayne Sutton the Community Content Manager over at WNCN NBC 17‘s Local Conversations blog met me at the Open Eye Café in Carrboro for a quick video interview. He asked me about blogging and other social media. [...]

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Social Carolina: Tech Events Calendar

By On November 18, 2007 · 1 Comment

Wayne Sutton is on top of local tech events in our area. So a couple of us asked him to create something to keep track of these events. He set up a blog at socialcarolina.org and I created a google calendar. Plus we have the Twitter user RDCH to follow and stay [...]

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Best Biz Blog

By On November 18, 2007 · Leave a Comment

Last Wednesday I went to a Social Media Club event at Ignite’s offices in Cary. We talked about a ton of things. But the one part I’ve can’t stop thinking about is what businesses blog well.

My favorite example of business blogging is the Twitter blog. They promote good uses [...]

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Social Networks Amplify Serendipity

By On October 20, 2007 · Leave a Comment

Ok… today I said something during a Converge South session that I want to remember, Social Networks Amplify Serendipity.

I love listening to creative people. The inspiration is extremely valuable. Thanks Converge South!

Context from Twitter:

waynesutton @BrianR I’m with you, online social networking has allowed me to meet more people with [...]

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Five Aspects of Effective Networks

By On October 11, 2007 · Leave a Comment

Check out these Five Aspects of Effective Networks from Marty Kearns.

Social Ties Common Story Dense Communication Grid Shared Resources Clarity of Purpose

Marty fleshes out the 5 here.

How do I learn about this stuff? Fortunately I’m married to one of the foremost experts in this field, Ruby Sinreich. She’s [...]

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Social Network Software for Enterprise

By On October 11, 2007 · Leave a Comment

Ed Cone has a great article on CIO Insight called Social Networks at Work Promise Bottom-Line Results. Its really got me thinking about the adoption of social network software by companies of all sizes.

Interesting synergy that I found this. I’m consulting companies about social software right now plus I’m checking out

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7 Principles of Community Building

By On October 7, 2007 · Leave a Comment

The social media for business blog Now is Gone has a damn cool post by Geoff Livingston called The Seven Principles of Community Building. Nice to see this codified. Bloggers live much of this by instinct. This is GREAT advice.

1) Do not try to control the message

2) Honesty, ethics [...]

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Social Software and Multimedia Consultant for Hire

By On September 24, 2007 · 1 Comment

I am now available for hire to consult on the creation, care, and feeding of online communities. Plus I can create audio and video for the web. To get an idea of my professional experience you can check out my resume here and my portfolio here.

I’ve been contributing to and creating blogs [...]

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