But it is not until 1997 that the word blog appears. The point of no return of this trend is the creation of micro-blogs, such as Twitter, in 2006. We are beginning to see the new integrated styles appearing via blogs, text messages, DVDs and the ways in which meetings and events are organized and managed. 2009 : James K. MORE >>

Good summary blog post by David Armano … Five Challenges Social Media Will Bring To Business. For those of us who have been following and / or participating in this arena for some time, there is nothing new in what is presented in this blog post: 1. Integration into the business. The culture of the organization (d’oh. MORE >>

This blog post is my response. blogs, Twitter, wikis and various widgets (like IM interfaces that help people connect, converse, swap ways of doing things and gather feedback from colleagues and customers). About three months ago Beth Kanter wrote about the Crowdsourcing of Vision at the Smithsonian Museum. Beth asked me to elaborate. MORE >>

After a recent discussion with a wish-they-were-a-client, an interesting and stimulating conversation yesterday with Dr. Anne Marie McEwan of The Smart Work Company in the UK, and reading this comprehensive blog post this morning by Dave Pollard , I settled in for a bit of think and now some writing. Here’s why. to Web 2.0, DO NOTHING. MORE >>

As I viewed the slide show on his blog, I was struck by what I perceive as the close alignment to the ideas I presented in this essay (below).        **. This morning I was stimulated to republish this short essay I wrote in June 2005 by following a tweeted link to David Armano’s presentation on  The Micro-Sociology of Networks. Trippi. MORE >>