Her work around Online Community Toolkit is probably one of those essential resources for any community manager, leader, facilitator out there who may want to get things started with their own online communities, or take existing ones into the next level of interactions. Yes, of course, I am talking about the one and only: Nancy White. MORE >>

As it happened, almost by accident, I saw the movie, The Social Network, last night. Looking at the movie, The Social Network , the answer would be a resounding no. They talk about violence toward women, and its graphic depiction in books and movies, as though it is a grand old tradition, an inevitability. MORE >>

conference that took place in Boston, MA, a few days back, by yours truly, but the truth is that in the last couple of days I have been distracted by what seems to be raving the Social Web as of late: Google’s attempt to get social with Google Plus. Boston Social Web Coverage June 20, 2011. Forgotten altogether! Goodness! MORE >>

» January 11, 2011 Are social media killing real conversation? Then I saw that Sherry Turkle has come out with a new book, Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other (Basic Books, 2011). Social media is a tool to share stories and with stories we can share emotions too. conversation. MORE >>

It was my favourite social networking tool by far. Over the course of just a few weeks Twitter managed to destroy, in a very pernicious manner, not only the overall user experience, but the entire ecosystem as well that made it a success in the first place: Third party apps. Yes, that’s right! Or so I am told. No way! MORE >>