Sunday, November 29, 2009

No Berlusconi Day: un popolo in viòla per chi vìola la legalita' e la Costituzione

Questo il titolo di un pezzo di ‘Articolo21 dopo la conferenza stampa di giovedì scorso a Roma .

“………….Tra poco si parlerà del NO BERLUSCONI DAY, destinato a passare alla storia come il primo evento italiano organizzato dal popolo della rete. Per molti di noi è come fare un salto indietro di 30 anni: una sala piccola, con tante facce giovani, la voglia di discutere , di scegliere , di contribuire a dare una svolta alla politica di questo Paese. Comincia a parlare Massimo Malerba , portavoce del comitato organizzativo.

Si capisce subito che ha più dimestichezza con la rete e che è quasi intimidito da quel microfono da tenere in mano anche se sa che è strumento indispensabile per far arrivare le parole di questa conferenza stampa al popolo di internet connesso sul sito del comitato promotore della manifestazione del 5 dicembre.

Con fermezza precisa che dietro all’evento non ci sono mandanti politici.  L’idea del No B.Day è nata il 9 ottobre scorso su Facebook:  all’indomani della bocciatura da parte della Corte Costituzionale del lodo Alfano. Un gruppo di persone ha lanciato un appello per chiedere le dimissioni del presidente del Consiglio e subito è partito il tam tam mediatico che ha portato a fondare un sito e un comitato promotore del No B. Day………… “

Ottimo “gioco di parole”…….il VIOLA contro chi Vìola…

Da venerdì  27  è stata lanciata la campagna viola.

Ai balconi, alle finestre , nelle auto, sulle giacche  di  chi aderisce ci sarà un simbolico pezzo di stoffa viola che potrà essere un lenzuolo, un drappo o un piccolo fiocco.

Perchè il viola ?

Perchè è l’unico colore non legato a simboli  di partito.

Perchè è il colore dell’autodeterminazione.

Roma, il 5 dicembre, sarà invasa dal popolo viola.

Stime delle partenze prenotate danno numeri altissimi… 500 pullman, traghetti e navi prenotate dalla sardegna .. treni speciali dalla Sicilia e dalla Calabria. Forse voli speciali.

Più le partenze autonome  di chi viaggerà in auto o in treno senza essere legato alla nostra organizzazione.

Confesso a  voi , amici del blog, che ho sempre sperato e creduto che il nostro appello trovasse ampio riscontro.

Ma oggi mi sento quasi  intimorita dal successo dell’iniziativa  che va aldilà di ogni più rosea aspettativa.

Io a Roma il 5 ci sarò , e voi ??

Franca Corradini

PS:  Sulla home del  sito trovate il banner da prelevare , vestite di viola almeno  il vostro blog ….

[Via http://laconoscenzarendeliberiblog.wordpress.com]

Das "pragmatische" SocialWeb entreißt uns dem Google

Auf readwriteweb habe ich heut einen exzellenten Artikel von Alisa Leonard-Hansen gefunden, indem sie darlegt, wie sich das Web durch die Social Networks a la facebook, twitter oder myspace in Richtung „pragmatisches Web“ weiterentwickelt. Die zentrale Frage diesbezüglich ist, wie wir im Web Informationen besser finden bzw. besser darüber kommunizieren können. Das semantische Web sollte ursprünglich der Königsweg der verbesserten Kommunikation zwischen Mensch und (Web)Maschine sein. Also eine Art „Google Next Generation“. Der auf einem Konzept des „WWW-Erfinders“ Tim Berners-Lee basierende Ansatz geht davon aus, dass es gelingen wird, (Meta)Datenstrukturen und Anwendungen zu entwickeln, welche Computer die Eigentümlichkeiten menschlicher Sprache besser zugänglich und für sie verarbeitbar können.

 

Auf dem Weg zum semantischen Web sind uns aber so ab 2006/2007 die Social Networks als emergentes Webphänomen passiert, wie Alisa nachvollziehbar darlegt. Über diese Social Networks agieren Menschen mit Menschen. Dies auf Twitter bereits zur Möglichkeit einer real-time Suche oder sozialen Suche geführt. Also zurMöglichkeit, Fragen in einem kontextuellen Zusammenhang von Menschen beantworten zu lassen und nicht durch mathematische Algorithmen wie bei Google und anderen traditionell Suchmaschinen. Zur Herstellung dieses Kontextes haben wir sehr pragmatisch Hilfsmittel wie das #Hashtag auf Twitter erfunden.

 

Falls ich Alisa richtig verstehe geht sie davon aus, dass es uns in Zukunft gelingen könnte, die Informationen über alle Social Networks hinweg zu standardisieren, mittels einheitlich Nomenklatur kontextuelle Verbindungen (also quasi eine Art „Meta-Hashtag“) herzustellen und damit das Web den Googles zu entreißen und den Menschen zurückzugeben. Die menschliche Wissensbasis basiert also auf der pragmatischen Kollaboration der Menschen. Problemlösung über Crowdsourcing mittels Social Networks. Bereits heute nutzen Millionen Menschen weltweit diese Möglichkeit.

 

Bis das pragmatische Web in der Allgemeinheit angekommen ist wird noch einige Zeit vergehen, die wir  brauchen, um zu lernen, wie wir die Social Networks wirklich nutzen können. Da stehen wir erst am Anfang einer Lernkurve, die eben erst knapp vor 10-24 Monaten für die meisten von uns begonnen hat.

 

Input für diesen Artikel habe bezogen von:

Venessa Miemis @venessamiemis

Alisa Leonard-Hansen @alisamlo

Readwriteweb @readwriteweb

[Via http://mexxme.wordpress.com]

Saturday, November 28, 2009

Infection-allergy link questioned

Is this not questioning the fundamentals of vaccine?

Story:

The notion of exposing young children to infections in a bid to protect them from later allergies is wrong, latest research suggests.

The decades-old “hygiene hypothesis” holds that early exposure to microbes somehow challenges the immune system and strengthens it against allergies.

Studies have shown children exposed to bugs by older siblings or attending nursery cut their future allergy risk.

But new work published by the American Thoracic Society casts doubt on this.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8241774.stm

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Dirt can be good for children, say scientists

Very true.Our obsession with cleanliness and rushing to Doctor even for small ailments is not healthy.Our system’s defense mechanism gets weakened to fight disease and use of antibiotics help the the disease inducing agents to become immune, they mutate and more violent forms are created for which we need to go in for still heavier dosage of medicine and these medicines more than curing disease creates serious side effects.

Best is to wait for sometime excepting in the case of high fever and allow the system to take care.

Story:

Children should be allowed to get dirty, according to scientists who have found being too clean can impair the skin’s ability to heal.

Normal bacteria living on the skin trigger a pathway that helps prevent inflammation when we get hurt, the US team discovered.

The bugs dampen down overactive immune responses that can cause cuts and grazes to swell, they say.

Their work is published in the online edition of Nature Medicine.

Experts said the findings provided an explanation for the “hygiene hypothesis”, which holds that exposure to germs during early childhood primes the body against allergies.

Many believe our obsession with cleanliness is to blame for the recent boom in allergies in developed countries.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8373690.stm

[Via http://ramanan50.wordpress.com]

Thursday, November 26, 2009

Catatan tentang Situs-situs yang Paling Sering Dikunjungi

Beberapa waktu yang lalu saya mengunjungi situs alexa yang biasanya selalu mengupdate dan melansir berita mengenai situs-situs yang paling sering dikunjungi, baik dalam cakupan dunia, negara maupun situs yang paling sering dikunjungi berdasarkan kategori.

Dalam cakupan sedunia, ternyata, google sebagai salah satu search engine paling populer menempati urutan pertama dari 500 situs yang paling sering dikunjungi. Urutan kedua disusul oleh facebook sebagai situs jejaring sosial (social networking) yang saat ini memang sangat populer dimana-mana. Jawara ketiga diraih oleh yahoo sebagai penyedia layanan email serta search engine yang bersaing ketat dengan google.

Dari 20 situs pertama yang paling sering dikunjungi, google mampu untuk mengisi 5 urutan, dari mulai (secara berurutan) http://www.google.com (1), http://www.google.co.in (13), http://www.google.de (15), http://www.google.cn (16), http://www.google.co.uk (20). Fenomena ini menunjukkan bahwa google memang dipercayai banyak orang untuk membantu mereka mencari entry-entry serta konten-konten yang ada di jagat maya.

Situs jejaring sosial, atau biasa juga disebut sebagai situs pertemanan, selain facebook yang mampu nangkring di jajaran 20 besar adalah twitter yang belakangan juga marak dipakai oleh masyarakat, walaupun memang pamor twitter masih kalah jauh jika dibandingkan dengan facebook.

Terdapat banyak fenomena menarik seputar situs-situs yang paling sering dikunjungi di seluruh dunia. Hampir di semua negara situs milik google, yahoo dan facebook selalu nangkring. Jika kita menilik lansiran dari situs http://internetworldstats.com, terdapat laporan yang menyatakan bahwa 42% persen pengguna internet dari seluruh dunia berasal dari Asia. Dari seluruh pengguna internet di Asia, China merupakan negara dengan tingkat melek internet paling tinggi. Sebanyak 338 juta pengguna terdapat di China. Indonesia sendiri memiliki pengguna internet sebanyak 25 juta.

Jika kita padukan lansiran berita dari alexa dan internetworldstats terdapat beberapa hal yang menarik. Dari 338 juta pengguna internet di China, saya tidak mendapati facebook dalam jajaran situs yang paling banyak digunakan sebagaimana dilansir alexa. Entah karena penggunaannya diblokir negara atau alasan lain perlu penelitian lebih lanjut.

Di Indonesia sendiri, facebook nangkring di urutan pertama dari 100 situs lansiran alexa yang paling sering dikunjungi. Dalam edisi PC Mild (19 November-02 Desember 2009) disebutkan bahwa terdapat sebanyak 11.759.980 pengguna internet Indonesia yang mengakses facebook. Angka ini menjukkan bahwa hampir 50% pengguna internet di Indonesia menggunakan facebook. Angka ini menjadikan Indonesia berada pada urutan ke tujuh pengguna facebook dunia. Hal yang serupa juga terdapat di negara tetangga kita Malaysia. Facebook berada di urutan pertama situs yang paling sering dikunjungi.

[Via http://fuadinotkamal.wordpress.com]

Hatter and Beanz Would Like To Thank...

Hey Folks, Happy Thanksgiving For Starters. I’d like to take a few moments and thank everyone who has shown us support over the last few days. Our Thanksgiving project has been echoed on other pages, bulletins and billboards. We want to especially thank Rich Weaver (the social media guru) who has thrown our link and our blog in front a few thousand folks. Now with that being said, we’ve added the Fan Feature on Facebook as well as constantly update our Tweets on Twitter. We personally hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving and keep those suggestions and comments coming.

-Hatter

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Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Kevin!

EPISODE 45

Hello, welcome to the Carolyn and Joe Show Zoo. This weeks special guest are the one and only Carolyn and Joe! Yes, they’re back and ready for action. On this weeks thanksgiving episode Carolyn and Joe run amok on many subjects like, Kevin Smith!, Joe’s adult store documentary, Peter Jackson, Curls meeting Dave Navarro, how the mail man left Joe’s blu player in the rain,how twitter equals titter, and being woken up by Pamela Anderson, plus much, MUCH MORE! You can only find it here, so enjoy.

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FilmAngels, Filmmaker Barrie Osborne and Social Video

FilmAngels is an organization that I belong to and support. It is a group that bridges the gap between filmmakers and the investment community. FilmAngels is headed by Thomas Trenker.

It’s the way I was able to connect to the screenwriter/producer and the director for our film, Two Mothers, and how I met a few notable Hollywood filmmakers. I attended FilmAngels’ Annual Gala event in Redwood Shores last week, and we set up Hollywood producer Barrie Osborne for a live Vpype interview on Facebook.

Osborne is the Oscar-winning Hollywood producer of the Lord of the Rings, Face/Off, The Matrix, and many other movies.

Barrie was interviewed about his film making experience using Vpype’s live, interactive video broadcast application on Facebook. If you wish to see the broadcast, click here.

This was an opportunity for us to use Vpype to reach out to Barrie’s fans, to share his perspective, and to address questions live. It’s a great way for a film producer, director or actor to get in touch with fans, and tell them more about the story behind their endeavor.

I believe applications like Vpype that allow for live, interactive video broadcasts are among the best ways for filmmakers and all the associated talent (writers, actors, special effects, music mavens…) to connect with a global audience before they go in production to get feedback and after to promote and more of the story behind the film. This is a valuable step that can be exploited to share perspectives and get valuable feedback.

My advice, if you are a filmmaker, is to develop and reach out to your audience, show your human side and passion, and be proactive about telling your story or promoting your projects and expertise. This can all be done using social video applications and Facebook.

[Via http://socialvideoceo.wordpress.com]

Sunday, November 22, 2009

CBN no Futurecom 2009 - O Rádio na era do Blog

Saudações leitor e leitora do BlogalizeJá. É muito bom tê-los aqui!

Como já sabe estou sempre buscando um bom assunto para ser destacado aqui no blog. Em uma dessas buscas, encontrei um vídeo no Youtube falando sobre como as rádios estão entrando na blogosfera. O vídeo fala sobre como a explosão dos blogs exerceram uma forte influência em mídias tradicionais como televião e rádios. Sendo este último o destaque do vídeo abaixo, institulado “CBN no Futurecom 2009 – O Rádio na era do Blog“. Assista:

 

[Via http://blogalizeja.wordpress.com]

YouthWorks takes over Youth Specialties...

For the last month or so, there has been much uncertainty in the youth ministry world as to what would happen to the youth ministry giant Youth Specialties after 7-year president Mark Oestreicher was released from the company. Marko was released and all the info that was given to the youth ministry world was found at this link: Statement by Moe Girkins, President and CEO of Zondervan.

This is my third convention and because of the uncertainty of what was going on with Youth Specialties, I had mixed feelings about coming to the National Youth Workers Convention this year. I didn’t know how it would be without Marko and Tic Long and I honestly wasn’t sure if I wanted to find out. But I came (obviously) and I was very glad that I did. After Andy Stanley’s message to us about uncertainty, the announcer for the convention (who I think was Mark Matlock) called a youth worker named Paul Bertelson up onto the stage for what appeared to be one of their normal interviews where they ask long time youth workers questions and give them a huge round of applause and a thank you! But this was different. After we found out that Paul was a 38-year youth ministry veteran who started his own company (YouthWorks) to help youth workers get the resources they needed. After we found out a little info about who he was, the announcer then called out another special guest, Moe Girkins, the President and CEO of Zondervan.

The announcer then proceeded to ask Moe some questions. He started off by saying that there are a lot of youth workers out there who have written nasty blogs and said some harsh things about her and her company after they released Marko. After that, his main question was: “Does it suck to be Moe Girkins right now?” She answered that yes it does suck to be her right now, but not always. She then said a few nice things about Tic and Marko and thanked them for how much they meant to the company and the youth workers all over the world. She announced the opportunity to write Marko and Tic a note to say thank you. Now (the day after), there are boxes set up for both of those guys and they are filling up pretty quickly. After that, Moe began to announce the shift that is going to take place where youth specialties will be sold to YouthWorks. The link to this acquisition can be found here: – - – -> YS gets sold to YouthWorks

When I first heard this, I was a bit skeptical. And now that I’ve had a few days to think about it, I realize that it was for selfish reasons. I love YS the way it is and the way it has been since I have started coming to their conventions. I did not want to see change, and I honestly (along with other youth workers) thought that it was going to be a change for the worse. But after doing some searching around on the internet and reading some of my youth ministry friends’ blogs, I found a very encouraging note about the deal between YS and YouthWorks. It comes from YS’s Online Marketing and eCommerce guy, Adam McLane. Adam said this:

“So the news is out. I am very happy the news is out. When I saw the presidents of Z and YW together yesterday I really hoped that the news would come out. It was a very exciting/somber (and a bunch more adjectives/adverbs) moment to be a part of. For me, the bottom line was that the news was getting out and that is good.

The people at YouthWorks are good people. (That’s been clear in the blogs/twitter/Facebook) The people at Zondervan are good people. (That hasn’t been clear, but trust me when I say that they are good people, too.)

Now… this weekend isn’t about Youth Specialties, YouthWorks, Zondervan, or even me. It’s about serving and encouraging youth workers!”

To see someone on the inside of Youth Specialties say such encouraging words is a great thing. It certainly changed my outlook on the whole deal and now I am hopeful for the future of the company and conventions that I learn from, grow during/from, and love so much!

It backed up Andy Stanley’s message that uncertainty is always going to be a part of ministry. My post about that message can be found here.I don’t know what the future will hold for these two companies, for the conventions, and for the thousands upon thousands of youth workers who attend the conventions each year. But I do know that it is a necessity for us to pray for them. So regardless of our negative thoughts/opinions on the whole ordeal, let’s leave it up to God and start/continue to pray for it and all the people that are involved!

-          paulg

[Via http://123paulg.wordpress.com]

Saturday, November 21, 2009

同感

日本はスピード感がないよねえ。
あと、mixiを代表とする日本独自のSNSは連帯感とか内輪感は演出できてるんだけど、汎用コミュニケーションツールとしてはイマイチなんだよなあ。

使いだすと分かるけど、Facebook・Twitterのスピード感・リアルタイム感はすごいよねえ。


facebookが流行らないために起きた、日本のITの危機:むささびの視線:ITmedia オルタナティブ・ブログ

Causes of Liver damage.

1. Sleeping too late and waking up too late are main cause.

2. Not urinating in the morning.

3 . Too much eating.

4. Skipping breakfast.

5. Consuming too much medication.

6. Consuming too much preservatives, additives, food coloring, and artificial sweetener.

7. Consuming unhealthy cooking oil.
As much as possible reduce cooking oil use when frying, which includes even the best cooking oils like olive oil. Do not consume fried foods when you are tired, except if the body is20very fit.

8. Consuming raw (overly done) foods also add to the burden of liver.
Veggies should be eaten raw or cooked 3-5 parts. Fried veggies should be finished in one sitting, do not store.

We should prevent this without necessarily spending more. We just have to adopt a good daily lifestyle and eating habits. Maintaining good eating habits and time condition are very important for our bodies to absorb and get rid of unnecessary chemicals according to ’schedule.’
9.Consuming Liquor.

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Facebook And Twitter's Corporate Problem

If the multibillion-dollar e-mail security industry has been built to prevent information from seeping out through personal communication, how is social networking in the workplace still going unchecked? After all, consumer social apps such as Facebook and Twitter provide the same information-leakage threat as unsecured, personal e-mail–possibly more, thanks to the viral impact of broadcasting news tidbits to one’s network of friends in real-time.

This question of enterprise social networking security has played out repeatedly in recent months as I watch Facebook and Twitter cross the digital divide from personal to business communications tools. For the most part, social networking has crept into the workplace with very little oversight by IT because people are gradually–and often stealthily–discovering a second purpose (business) for their personal accounts.

Sure, we see the occasional social-networking crackdown: In August ESPN sent out a memo banning reporters from sports-related tweets; about the same time, the Marine Corps banned Twitter, Facebook, MySpace and other social media sites from its networks. But usage policies like ESPN’s and the Marines’ are just a Band-aid approach to their security problems. They ignore the fact that, like corporate e-mail, there is a bona fide need for collaborative tools in the workplace.

For companies seeking a secure a middle ground between outright Twitter-bans and free-for-all tweeting, the answer lies in taking a corporate e-mail approach to social networking in the workplace. Companies need to deploy an enterprise social networking solution– social collaboration software developed specifically for business–that is managed by their IT departments. And we’re seeing more and more activity surfacing that addresses this business need for secure social collaboration.

Earlier this month, Cisco ( CSCO – news – people ) announced its Enterprise Collaboration Platform, a broad set of tools for IM, e-mail, social networking, videoconferencing and document and video sharing. The approach is not unlike similar collaboration projects by IBM ( IBM – news – people ) and Microsoft ( MSFT – news – people ).

A slew of start-ups have also entered this market. DiVitas Networks, for example, makes a social networking Web app that is geared toward private, intra-company communications among mobile users. The solution supports a corporate directory (so-called “friends,” in Facebook lingo) and is accessible directly from an iPhone and other smart phones. Software security is controlled at the server level, so there is no security risk if the phone is lost or stolen.

Point, click and discover the future of advertising?

This is the fourth in a series of postings on the emerging business models of the Mobile Web.

I mentioned in an earlier post the killer iPhone app for me was always going to be a hybrid of Facebook and location intelligence that would allow you to discover who was nearby to catch up for a coffee or a beer.

Today this unique blend of contacts, location and context is fast becoming the campaign blueprint for the next generation of creative Advertisers and Marketers.

Mobile Marketing Magazine reports that new research conducted by the Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB), reveals that 73% of marketers believe mobile will be the medium to see most growth over the next five years.

Advertisers and Marketers around the world are clearly hyped up about the unlimited potential of the Six Degrees of Separation and the marketing and promotion of mobile relationships through the merging of the social or business networks of Facebook and Linked In with the mobile phone network.

Couple this referral network with the power of mobile search and location intelligence and you have the ultimate advertising and promotions platform… the mobile phone.

That why the advertising industry is buzzing with ideas to repurpose old technologies like QR Codes and Bar Codes into mobile tagging and branding campaigns. 

These QR tags are very popular in Japan. They allow advertisers to post links to their promotions in every geographical location. Newspapers, magazines, street corners, buses, taxis and even people and T-Shirts become branded homing devices that allow anyone with a mobile phone camera to Point, Click and Discover the message, offer or promotion behind the printed code.

A quick search of TechCrunch for location based advertising will show you just how hot the idea of mixing Facebook and location intelligence with mobile phones is at the moment. ReadWriteWeb has made available a good primer with their article The Future of Advertising is Shakable and Location-Based.

For the more moderate observer mobile might be the most overhyped advertising channel of our time. Chris Lake, the editor in chief at Econsultancy published 10 reasons why mobile advertising is doomed back in 2007. While Andrew Gill’s post last year on what is holding mobile advertising back was an informed discussion on the barriers to entry for the emerging mobile advertising market.

As any mobile phone applications developer will tell you the biggest problem is the proliferation of non-standard devices. Even the over-hyped iPhone fails to address this issue. It’s small market share merely adds to the complexity mix.

There is also the ongoing public debate and calls for stricter regulation and monitoring of the more highly targeted and personalized forms of advertising.

The Interactive Advertising Bureau reports that Mobile has long represented little more than a rounding error in most advertising and marketing budgets, despite the burgeoning number of mobile users and their increasingly sophisticated devices and usage patterns. However a Change Is in the Air for Mobile Advertising and Mobile marketing is here to stay.

That change of course is Google. Google’s $750 Million of AdMob has repositioned Mobile Marketing as a mainstream advertising option.

Why?  Isn’t the Google deal is similar to the mobile advertising acquisitions that AOL, Microsoft, and Yahoo have made in the past two years? Indeed aren’t there are more than a dozen mobile ad networks? So what makes this deal so special?

Google paid more for AdMob than what the entire mobile ad market is worth. It was a statement of intent from the internet’s market leader.

Google has paid a very big price to get a strong position in mobile. So it is not going to go unnoticed by the global advertising and marketing community.

As Julia Boorstin of CNBC estimates in her article Why Google is Paying $750 Million for Ad Mob, mobile ads were responsible for just $416 million in 2009 revenue, a tiny piece of the $24 billion online advertising pie. But mobile ads are expected to be one of the fastest growing categories as smart phones become pervasive.  Bloomberg suggests the U.S. mobile-ad market should reach $2 billion to $3 billion by 2013. So will it be a smart buy?

Obviously Google thinks so. It compliments their existing online search engine and aggregated advertising networks and with this acquisition, Google becomes the largest player in the mobile-advertising industry with an estimated 30 percent to 40 percent market share.

Is there a risk with this strategy? Google and the other aggregators clearly see their investment in mobile advertising as an extension their successful online strategies. If the mobile web is just the web represented on a mobile web browser then the risk would appear to be minimal. The problems will arise if the mobile web proves to be something very different from the desktop web.

At the moment though it looks like the future of marketing and communications will be “Google on the move“.

Today, Telco’s are thinking they are in the business of managing Mobile Relationships. Aggregating synergies between their customers and advertisers. The reality is a little different.

Once again, while the advertising and content aggregators manage the low risk revenue flows, the Telcos are left funding the high risk infrastructure and the costs of maintaining the network. Meanwhile the media outlets are reengaged across the network to produce very expensive, but inevitably low to zero value, content .

The new industry model has Google placed in the pivotal position to regulate the flow of advertising and content revenues across the value chain.  

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Shapeshifting; Using Social Media to Maintain Online Reputation

If you like science fiction movies, you may have seen alien entities, which can change their physical appearance, sometimes mimicking other creatures. If you’re more down to earth, perhaps you’ve heard the expression “Sometimes you get the bear and sometimes the bear gets you. In either case, you might need a vet.

In the case of maintenance of one’s online reputation, social media can be either the tool you use to achieve your goal, or the jaws of your destruction. Aliza Sherman’s article, Don’t Ruin Your Social Media Reputation, points out one of the problems of social media, in the context of vetting information:

One of the continuing perils on the Internet– that is even greater now that anyone has the ability to publish online– is not knowing what information is credible or not. Misinformation can spread like wildfire across Twitter, Facebook and the like, and the last thing you want to do is get the reputation of being a conduit for misinformation. Take care when repeating what you hear from others in social media circles.

Sherman also gives us five things to avoid. As she puts it:

I’ve been thinking a lot about the way some people abuse the online tools that many of us are trying to use for good things. Whether you are using the Internet and social media for business or for personal use, there are good ways to use these tools, but there are also ways that can get you into trouble that you might not anticipate.

Sherman’s list includes five ways she frequently sees people damaging their online reputations:

  1. Social media spam, consisting of “irrelevant unsolicited sales pitches for strange and unneeded products,” spammy endorsements and other messages sent out automatically or unwittingly;
  2. Indiscriminate “friendliness,” by those whose sole goal seems to be collecting as many “friends” or “followers” as possible, but for the purpose of treating them as cattle to be used;
  3. Autopilot networking, with the help of increasingly efficient tools which end up giving the impression the interaction is canned rather than truly “social;”
  4. Missing the appointment with the Vet, by failing to check information before passing it on as a thoughtless repost or retweet; and
  5. Playing the undercover hired gun, where those with whom you interact online later feel betrayed or conned when they learn you’ve endorsed a product for pay, or otherwise played a deceitful role.

Lawyers like myself are known to love to say cute little Latin phrases like caveat emptor or “let the buyer beware.” A similar warning is perhaps in order for social media. A paradigm shift is occurring in our online communications. In the old ARPANET days, communications were between individuals and institutions where there was generally a high level of trust and respect. These days, using information obtained through social media channels may be closer to buying a watch from a street corner vendor.

Companies, which fail to recognize this shift in the reliability of information, are certainly at risk. A post on the Social Media Reputation blog makes the point as follows:

Having been a consultant regarding online media for over a decade, I am constantly growing very weary of informational white-paper companies that are charging top dollar for “analysis” of an industry that is forever changing. In my previous life working at a Fortune 50 company on interactive projects, I can tell you that far too many “big boy” companies are absolutely relying on the wrong informational sources to make huge decisions. This old-school system is leading more and more companies down the path of digital suicide.

Granted, many might be more likely to be cautious of a post on the Pissed Customer blog or Ripoff Report, than one found on Forbes or the Wall Street Journal, but how is one to really know? Typically, the longer a publication has existed without substantial challenge to the veracity of its reports, the more trusted it becomes. Recent U.S. political campaigns, however, have cast substantial doubt on the impartiality and credibility of many such long-standing main stream media reputations, and the economy continues to take its toll on others.

Queue Twitter, Facebook, and other social media channels as the heirs apparent. As the paperless paper box becomes one of the next anachronistic surprises of our decade, we find data flowing at us from all directions at an increasing velocity. The volume of data confronting us is likewise increasing, leaving us with exactly the task Microsoft predicted in its book, Taming the Information Tsunami. Regardless of the techniques used to survive this digital perfect storm, the time in which we have the ability to vet the data barrage will continue to shrink.

The Web is full of hideous examples of damage to corporate reputations, whether deserved or not. We do, however, have the ability to take some steps to perform maintenance on our online reputations. A few simple tactics are outlined in an article by Lawrence Perry:

  1. Always publish meaningful content- when you publish meaningful content, you can expect people who follow you to truly believe what you have to say in the future.   If you send spam and post useless information in your accounts, people will not learn to trust you.
  2. Be transparent- you do not have to be too personal or reveal too much information in your Twitter, Facebook and other social media accounts but it would really help if you remained as truthful as possible in your interactions with clients.
  3. Post your picture and your website in your profile- it would really help a lot if you use your own photo and if you link to your website and provide more information to your followers. These will help them establish a better connection with you because they really know who you are, what business you are promoting, etc.
  4. Try to communicate in a personal level- do not use bots or send standard pre-written messages through DM.  On Twitter, make sure you send personal direct messages.  This may take a lot of time but don’t think of that as wasted time but an investment on your target market.

I’ll talk more in a later post about methods to monitor and protect both personal and company reputations online. For now, however, I wonder if there is some new twist coming down the pike to fill the need I think we all have, to more easily increase the level of trust we have for data received online. Where there is a need, there usually is a solution vendor.

We all know there have been innumerable snake oil vendors in the software industry, but VeriSign and PayPal seem to have become standards, through trust, in being acceptable allies in managing our risk with online transactions. Now all we need is a “veracity meter” attached to all social media output.

Some companies are struggling with methods to “pre-prove” the expertise of those who engage in online community discussions, such as LinkedIn. As a member of a variety of networks, one can gain “expert” points by being the “winning” responder to an online inquiry from another member of the group. This is a quality argument in favor of the member giving the best answer, but there are also quantity point in some networks, where part of one’s rating as an expert is based upon the number of posts accomplished during a period of time. Surely, there must be a more efficient way to increase our trust of online data.

I’ve come across those who say they can detect the aura of others, and tell if a person is good or bad, honest or dishonest. While I may question exactly what it is they are seeing, wouldn’t it be nice if you had a method to easily detect and read the aura of online communications. Perhaps such communications will, in our Web 3.0 or 4.0 world, come with a thoroughly vetted avatar emitting an aura of credibility. Could it be that the devious spammer’s message will someday come with a universal avatar bearing some sort of aura which looks like horns, while those honest and well vetted posts by yours truly will be embraced by my avatar, wearing an easily detectable halo of honesty?

Stories, like Dick Pelletier’s, Avatars will help us navigate tomorrow’s electronic maze, make it seem like they’re right around the corner. Others say they might work their own paradigm shift.

That’s what I think. Please leave a comment and let us know what you think.

If you are really interested, I just started yet another free group on LinkedIn, Social Media Search and Forensics. Many of these articles and discussion about them are posted there. Please join us.

Facebook Screen Trick

I can’t believe this works, but it does: a key-code trick from the old NES game Contra works on Facebook.

Log on to any Facebook page. Make sure the cursor is NOT in a text box, then press the following key sequence:

up, up, down, down,
left, right, left, right,
B, A, Enter key,
right, up, down.

Magic red lens-flare circles will appear and travel across your screen. You can get rid of them by refreshing the page. WOW, right? I’m not exactly sure why this impresses me so much, but it totally does. I have simple needs, I guess.
Thanks to Joverine for the tip.

Sunday, November 15, 2009

Commission of Human Rights, Commission on Election, Ang Ladlad

Yesterday, Jocelyn Uy of Philippine Daily Inquirer reported about the Commission of Human Rights’ support of the Ang Ladlad’s bid to to join the partylist. She quoted, the CHR Chair Leila De Lima who said:

Homosexuality is not a counterculture… Homosexuals are part of the Filipino family and unavoidably must be part of our politics.

I hope that the Holier than Thou Comelec decision will soon be reconsidered.

Farmville

Hosszú kihagyás után ismét egy játékleírást szeretnék prezentálni azoknak, akik nem a legutóbbi Rapelay miatt néztek ide vissza. A Farmville egy MMORPG, konkrétabban egy sokkal nagyobb tömegek által játszott MMORPG, a Facebook egy kiegészítője. Mint minden ilyen jellegű játékot, a Farmville-t is leendő karakterünk megalkotásával kezdhetjük. Választhatunk nevet, bőrszínt, arcot stb. Sajnos a játékhoz nem terveztek kasztokat, pedig lehet feldobta volna a hangulatot egy-egy eltérő növény és állat-nevelési képességekkel rendelkező kaszt.

Helyette van a szalag rendszer, mely a különböző irányban szakosodó farmerek kitünteti. Jutalmazzák itt a lelkes állatgondozást, a faápolást, a trágyázást stb. Ez a játék egy igazi, modern kori Tanya Racer (kicsiknek: link). Miután kész a karakterünk kapunk kezdetleges szerszámokat, mint ásó, kapa és kasza, melyeket idővel lehet gépesíteni is, különböző traktorok és kombájn formájában, és egy talpalatnyi földet ahol már be is értek első ültetvényeink. Folyton mosolygó farmerjelölteket el kell keserítenem: vadkender és mák nem termelhető, de ezen kívül rengeteg egyéb zöldséget és gyümölcsöt választhatunk. Mindegyiknek eltérő az ára, eltérő az érési ideje és eltérő várható profit is.

Sajnos a játék totális realitás hiányát jellemzi, hogy az egyes termények ára, nem tükrözi a világpiaci viszonyokat, így nincs ingadozás, nem esik le egy-egy gyümölcs ára, amikor annak szezonja van és sokat termelnek belőle, de hát egy játékban ritkán keres az ember realitást. Szóval miután felástuk a kertet, ültettünk is valamit, akkor már csak várni kell míg beérik. Tapasztalati pontokat szántással, ültetéssel illetve kedves szomszédjaink (hiszen ezért multiplayer) kertjének kigyomlálásával kaphatunk. A pénzt a termények betakarítása után rögtön kézhez kapjuk. Ha tapasztalati pont van, akkor ugye szintlépésnek is kell lennie, mely során egyre több termelhető növény, dekoráció és építhető házikó válik elérhetővé virtuális parasztunk számára.

A szomszéd kertjének gyomlálását és trágyázását már említettem, mint interakció a játék többi játékosával, de ez nem minden. Ezen kívül ajándékozhatunk is mindenféle egyébként nem megvehető fát és állatot egymásnak és hagyhatunk üzeneteket is. Ha pedig valamit nagy dolgot értünk el, meg is invitálhatjuk őket, hogy ünnepeljenek velünk és osztozzanak a sikeren.

Elegendően nagy számú játékos esetén elengedhetetlen, hogy legyenek események. Olyan napok, hetek, mely a való világ nagy ünnepeihez kötődnek és ilyenkor mindenféle, egyébként nem elérhető cuccot beszerezzünk. Ilyen pl. halloween, ahol lehetett sírkövet venni denevérekkel, meg töklámpásokat, meg ilyesmi.

Vigyázat, a játék kezdetben nagyon magával ragadó. Ha környezetünk ilyet hallunk, hogy “pillanat, csak leszedem az epret”, vagy “Nyolckor érik a érik a búza”, vagy “valaki küldhetne már nekem is egy olajfát" akkor ne lepődjünk meg, az illető még valahol 20. szint alatt van és nagyon lelkes. Aggodalomra semmi ok, ha előtte is volt rendes élete, akkor egy pár szint után ki fog ábrándulni és az egész kertje lerohad. A játékban csak azért marad benne, a szomszédjai legnagyobb örömére, mert még ahhoz is lusta, hogy leiratkozzon. Kellemes kertészkedést mindenkinek.

Saturday, November 14, 2009

Facebook Fail

Why Social Networking doesn’t work – and why I left Facebook

I’ve written on privacy and social networking before, highlighting some of the problems with going online to ‘network’ with people. There’s a whole host of problems with it. But it’s not privacy I’m particularly bothered about. If privacy is something you are bothered about when you are on the internet, then you probably shouldn’t be on it in the first place. Just check 123people.com and type your name in and you’ll see what I mean – or even Google.

If you’re thinking of what else you can do, well there’s little point instead of using ‘aliases’ to protect your identity. It just creates a façade for people to hide behind, and with the internet, anything is generally traceable in the end. Things are recorded, logged, appear on your screen to appeal to you, and there’s little much you can do to protect your information with what you share.

I left Facebook. I wouldn’t be surprised if some people have come here to know why. In fact, the profile is still there, it’s just deactivated rather than deleted – thanks to Facebook’s policies which are controversial to some. That doesn’t bother me. What is rather annoying is that Facebook is generally broken – the privacy settings didn’t seem to work, shockingly you can’t ‘approve’ wall comments – and for what it’s supposed to do (bring everything together in one place), it ultimately fails. If you have friends, family and network for lots of different things then it becomes more trouble than it’s worth. You can control what you do, but not other people. You can’t for example stop people posting pictures of you (even if you are not tagged). Assuming you then find pictures you don’t approve of, you have to go through a reporting process. This, luckily has never been a thing for me, but I’ve seen some stupid pictures and tags in my time on my Facebook that if I was the person tagged, I wouldn’t want my family to see.

Essentially, for it to work, you need multiple profiles if you are going to use one site for everything – or have profiles on other websites for different things. So, as it is, I’ve left Facebook for whatever reason you’d rather pin it down to. For me, I can’t be bothered anymore and it’s more trouble than it’s worth. At the same time, I got rid of my MySpace too (account cancelled) after not using it at all for about a year.

I’d much rather leave ‘the drama’ to those that want it. I’ll do stuff I enjoy instead: blogging and I’m still on Twitter (which is so much better, I think). If people want to find me through social networking, what better way than having a dot.com? And what better way to contact through email, IM, SMS and phone?

Facebook fail – and I think eventually it will fall under it’s own weight.

How to promote your business using Facebook | Internet Marketing Optimization | SEO Expert

It would be difficult not to notice the astonishing growth of Facebook over the last few months.  Facebook now has 31 million members across the world and its growth has been so large that several people are talking of it as the new Microsoft.

Where there are members there is the potential to get customers, promote your business and drive traffic to your site or eBay listings.  After playing around with Facebook over the last few months, I have come up with a list of ways in which it can be used to your business.

via How to promote your business using Facebook | Internet Marketing Optimization | SEO Expert.

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Social Networks that could help you build your AVON business.

http://www.tagged.com Once you sign up there you can check out my tagged page at http://www.tagged.com/tamsellavon and see what i have done there. I have made all of those little sections by making widgets, to make a widget you click on the profile pull down menu at the top and select make new widget. Add pics, graphics, links whatever you like. You can get graphics for your tagged site by googling “avon graphics” or goto http://www.photobucket.com and search “avon” or “avon graphics”, you then right click on the picture and save to your computer and then attach to your widget.

http://www.myspace.com you can check out mine at http://www.myspace.com/tamsellsavon again you can get your graphics from the same places mentioned above.

http://www.twitter.com- once you sign up there, you can just type your messages by including key words in your posts.
http://facebook.com  You can check out how i have mine set up here. You can add a badge right from the AVON Website and you can also create your own group dedicated just to AVON, and you can then add current friends or find new friends by location. You can also add new friends by location on Tagged as well.

I hope this has been helpful, if you have any questions or comments please respond to this post.

I Have No Degree in Preschool.

Once again, another marvelous day has come to an end. I’m a bit surprised at what good luck I’ve had these last two days. Typically, my mood swings all over the map with ED thoughts ebbing in and out of my head. But not so much lately.

And I must say, I have no complaints.

When I woke up at 9:30 A.M., the house was empty. The house was empty and desolate except for a young man playing ‘Ghostbusters’ on his playstation and two cats. One of those cats lay on my head.

“WHAT!” I cried out, unhappy that the first thing I felt in the morning was a wad of Sanura’s fur in my mouth. <—uncomfortable.

I forgave my cat and cuddled with her for about fifteen minutes, before I escaped to the kitchen to whip up some breakfast.

Tapping into my inner rebel, I chose to diverge from my beloved oatmeal and gingered up the morning with a small feast:

2 slices of toasted hemp bread slathered with Smart Balance, a mozzarella string cheese, Oikos with cranberries, half a chopped apple, and a kiwi with a comforting mug of hot chocolate.

After breakfast, I read up on many blogs… with my booty on a chair… most of the time. I personally think I did really well today with trying be seated more and existing as the “couch potato” my nutritionist wants me to be. She insists that it is crucial that ballet be the only exercise I get in a day, but ED wishes I could do more.

But what ED says is irrelevant, because his opinion doesn’t cut any ice.

Lets gang up on ED and taunt him together, shall we?

ED, You are a scum sucking, brat faced jerk. No one gives a rat’s a** about what you have to say or order us to do. We are the writers of our own stories, not you.

Don’t you feel great!? In this case, bullying does make us feel better about ourselves.

Okay, I couldn’t resist. I had to have some oats.

Originally I wanted to make Mitri’s “3 C’s Oats” to a T, but couldn’t find my bag of carob chips anywhere at the last minute. After throwing a small tantrum due to heart break, I remembered my dear Maggie’s vanilla protein oats and decided to hook up her oats with Mitri’s so that they could make a tasty baby:

1 packet of oatmeal cooked in coconut milk & vanilla whey protein powder, 1/4 c. cottage cheese, shredded coconut, and crushed almonds.

On the side of their delicious offspring, I had carrots and hummus.

I was really impressed with the flavor of this protein powder. It reminded me of a french vanilla crisp Pria Bar, which I used to LOVE to death and swear on. What I especially loved about this protein powder was that it was free from Betsy’s Health Food.

When lunch was over, I discovered a video that my beautiful Maya recorded for me on Facebook. It made my entire day! That girl is so sweet and I love her to bits, so I made her a silly little video in response.

When snack time jumped out at me from around the corner, I prepared a petite peanut butter sandwich on cinnamon raison Ezekiel Bread with blueberries and a glass of soy milk.

Ballet/Nutcracker rehearsal was psychotic. We did class until 7, and I’d planned on staying for the Waltz of the Snowflakes rehearsal until 8:15. All of a sudden, my stressed out instructor told us Snowflakes was cancelled tonight but that we would be working on Act I Angels instead after the party scene.

….

OKAY, so I took a seat and watched children, dolls, and mice parade around the studio as though they were at a party or something (:p). Then, I find out I have to stay until 9 P.M. and literally run to the supermarket across the street to pick up a Clif Builders Bar because clearly, I would not be eating dinner at an appropriate time.

Once I returned to the studio and gobbled up my chocolate Builders Bar, my instructor nonchalantly informed me that I could go home because we would not be rehearsing Angels anymore. Argh. This always seems to happen!

Regardless of how nettlesome the situation was, I am very proud of myself for the flexibility I demonstrated tonight. It just goes to show that ED can’t control me! And the dinner that I prepared when I got home was fantastic:

3/4 c. couscous, butternut squash, green beans, almond butter, and maple syrup seasoned with nutmeg, pumpkin pie spice, cinnamon, and salt.

UTTER HEAVEN.

*******

I just finished skyping with mother, who happens to be upstairs, and am now consuming a ginger snap Larabar with milk in order to meet my calorie goals. ED tried to pull the “you had a late dinner and aren’t hungry” card on me, but I showed him who’s boss: ME.

Before I express my goodnight wishes, I’d like to share today’s truth to celebrate Maggie’s Truth Week: I really do believe that I have it in me to rebel against this disorder and am shocked that I have found it difficult in the past because I, Karina Pinzon, was kicked out of preschool due to unruly behavior. Back in the day, when I first began preschool, there was this little curly-haired redhead boy hair I would always pull. Hard. When the teacher put me in time out and took my toy away, I told her off. Bad.

Well, off to bed I go, beautiful people. Goodnight!

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Rachel Sarah: The woman with two first names

Whenever I am introduced to someone named Sarah, the first thing that comes to mind is how she spells her name. Is it Sarah with an ‘h’ or without?

Ever since I discovered Rachel Sarah, I knew there was no way I could ever forget her name, or her writing. She’s everywhere. And I mean that in a good way. I picked up a copy of her book, Single Mom Seeking, while I was going through my divorce. I loved the idea of living vicariously through Rachel as I read her  story about  dating as a single parent.

Slowly, I began to immerse myself in everything having to do with being a single parent and soon started to share  stories online of my transition from married life to being a single mom.

Not long into my blogging “career,” I was honored to be  invited to be a part of the Single Parents Connection on Facebook. Rachel was one of the people who put it together and I was thrilled to be listed among her and some other amazing writers (Mary Pols, for example).

There are so many women and men out there who are successful at managing work and family and many who are also single parents. Rachel Sarah is one of them and is a true inspiration to me. She’s a terrific writer, an amazing mom and a woman who I can definitely relate to. I hope to be able to buy her a drink someday or thank her in person for helping me get through one the most challenging stages of my life, so far.

Happy Healthy Hip Parenting
Peace Begins in the Home

My Love/Hate Relationship with Facebook

The other night I was at the Yankee game with my roommate and her friend from high school.  Her friend lived pretty far and was debating going home but feared she would miss the end of the game.  I told her, “no need to worry, just check everyone’s Facebook status.”  With that statement, I started to think about social networks and the dependence we have on them.

Before Facebook I remember using AIM to communicate with  friends.  I probably spent hours chatting with folks.  Some may say that AIM had a heavy role in starting the whole social networking push however with AIM, you needed to be at a computer.  Yes you could talk for hours seated at that computer, but you needed one for these conversations. 

With AIM we had away messages where we quoted great thinkers on a variety of topics (mostly love lost or gained), left elusive messages that never related to what we were actually doing, put up messages that actually related to what we were doing, drunkenly typed out a strange combination of letters that let the world know that we probably couldn’t spell or see for that matter, and lastly utilized the ever popular default away message, “I am away from my computer right now.”  That had to be the worst because you never knew, was the person really away, what were they doing while they were away and why couldn’t they just let you know where they were?

Let’s not forget the people who never followed AIM protocol by utilizing an away message.  The really smart people hid their idle status so you never knew if they were there, hiding.

When AIM was our social juggernaut I believe people still used phones.  I mean if you’re home by the computer then AIM was probably the best bet unless you had a long drawn out story that would be too long to type.  If you weren’t by a computer then the phone would be the obvious choice to contact your peeps with that urgent message.

Today we’re in an era where everyone pretty much knows what’s going in other people’s lives.  This knowledge could be true knowledge provided by a full and truthful profile, regular status updates and pic uploads, in addition to friend comments and wall posts.  Or it could be what the  owner of the page wants you to believe solely based on half-truths and supposition. 

Example: You’re looking at dude’s page.  There’s no relationship status.  It says interested in women, looking for networking and friendship.  You ration that he’s not using Facebook as a dating site which is why it doesn’t say “looking for dating, a relationship, even random play.”  You look through pics.  General pics of him with different women.  No cuddly boyfriend-girlfriend pics.  No vacation album.  The wall has the same weak cyber flirting, nothing that screams relationship. So you assume said man is in fact on the market.  Rather than ask, you assume.  In all actuality, said man is happily dating said woman who has bought into his whole story about “not letting the world know their business” by opting to choose nothing as a relationship status.  

AIM allowed us to chat with people but we didn’t really get to learn about people.  Some had basic AOL profiles, while others jazzed up the info in that little section below the away message.  Sometimes you’d add a quote, song of the moment, profound life lesson learned, something that gave the reader a glimpse into the inner workings of you.  Facebook (and Myspace), provide us with a big ‘ol eyeful.

These social networks, Twitter included,  have eradicated the need to speak.  Before when something interesting happened you couldn’t wait to call your friend.  Now we can’t wait to update our status.  How many times have your found yourself in a situation where you uttered the words, “yo, I gotta update my status.” 

A few years ago, updating your status was something most didn’t do and made fun of (myself included).  Now there’s an entire site devoted to just that,  You have the option of following people to read all of their status updates and essentially find out what they’re doing throughout the day.  How about you make plans to go out with this friend and see their status updates “live?”

Earlier in the year, Facebook went so far as to suggest friends that you should have.  Sometimes Facebook hit the nail on the head: yes we have 349 friends in common, we probably know each other.  Other times Facebook missed the mark: we have 3 friends and common and we both went to Cornell.  You graduated in 1983 and I graduated in 2005.  No bueno Facebook.

Now Facebook suggests actions that you should take.  “Hey you haven’t chatted with so and so in a while, send her message.”  No Facebook, I haven’t chatted with so and so in a while and I’d like to keep it that way.  Maybe we chat regularly  in real life and don’t need to share our relationship with the world.  Or maybe I really don’t want to talk to so and so.  Either way, stay out of it.

I’m not sure exactly where we’ll be in 10 years with all of these social networks.  I’m guessing most likely not talking, eagerly updating our status with every fleeting emotion and/or action, possibly following people (some we’ll never meet) just to be a part of their daily routine.  Pretty much a whole bunch of silent stalking without human interaction.

Sigh….time to post this blog entry to my wall and update my status.

Sunday, November 8, 2009

Nexian NX-G522 Handphone PDA termurah hanya Rp. 600.000 : Bisa Facebook, Chatting, Friendster

 

Nexian NX-G522 Handphone PDA termurah hanya Rp. 600.000 : Bisa Facebook, Chatting, Friendster

Spesifikasi Nexian NX-G522

-Dual GSM 900/1800 Mhz (SIM 1 lock provider Telkomsel)

- Qwerty Keyboard

-Color LCD

-MP3 Player

-FM Radio

-GPRS

-VGA Camera

-Mobile Char, Yahoo Messenger, and MSN, Facebook and Friendster Applications

-Voice Recording

-Stereo Speaker

-Hands free

-Micro SD up to 8GB, including microSD 1GB on Bundling Box

-12 Month Warranty

-Indonesian English Language Support

Bundling Nexian NX-G522 :

-Charger

-Data Cable

-Plastic Case (Red. Black, White, Yellow)

-User Manual

-Warranty Card

-Hands free

Paket bundling kartu as :

Gratis internet 3 MB per bulan (setiap isi ulang Rp 40 ribu hingga Rp 50 ribu/bulan).

Gratis internet 5 MB per bulan selama enam bulan. (Jika mengisi pulsa lebih dari Rp 50 ribu ).

Dari Berbagai Sumber

Uso de las redes sociales para la promoción de nuestro negocio. Social media marketing

Algunas empresas todavía están asumiendo que necesitan de un sitio web como un importante canal de comunicación para la promoción de sus compañías, venta de sus productos, organización de sus departamentos de recursos humanos, apoyo a sus canales comerciales, apoyo a sus clientes, entre otras muchas razones (es necesario recordar de nuevo que en el mundo de la pyme todavía cerca del 43% de empresas no disponen de website) cuando llegan estos frikis de internet y les cuentan que además, es importante estar en redes sociales, hacer SEO .

¿Es esto cierto? ¿Cómo este tipo de redes pueden ayudarnos en el mundo de la empresa? ¿Cómo lo hago para posicionarme en estas?

 

Saturday, November 7, 2009

CCSU Students Making Push For Free Weezer Concert

Developing over the past few days has been a Facebook-driven initiative to band students of CCSU together in hopes of winning a free Weezer concert.

CCSU currently places 35th with 1279 votes in the Facebook contest sponsored by T-Mobile. Odds of winning the contest are slim, considering the size of the competing schools. Florida State currently holds the lead with 8299 votes.

To do your part, head over to Facebook to cast your vote. You can also join the Facebook group and add to the discussion.

Look for the full story on the situation and the student leading the group into voting battle on The Recorder’s website and in next week’s issue on stands Wednesday.

Stop your facebook whining

Change facebook back to the old facebook….
If 4,000,000 people join this groub, fb promised they would change back…
Dislike button, need 7,000,000 members…
We liked facebook the way it was, change it back…

Right, yes, please, facebook change back to the old way, we’ve all always loved the old system.  I struggle to remember a time (say about six months ago) when all these whiners were complaining about the change from the very old to the now old.  We were all up in arms about the new tabs and the live feed, and now that small changes were made, we’re suddenly horribly attached to what we hated yesterday.

Now I understand, I’m not a huge fan of change usually.  But come on, at least realize what you’re saying.  If facebook hadn’t ever made changes it would look like this:

The "New" Facebook in 1862

I think I’ve made my point.  So stop wasting your time whining, and give change and innovation a shot.  If you’ve still got something to say then make constructive criticism or actually do something productive about it.  And I’m not only talking about fb anymore.

Anyways, so what do I suggest other than whining?  Well you could learn how to program and help the developers, but that’s a bit of a time commitment.  So just leave all those silly groups and join If 1,000,000 People Join This Group, Facebook Won’t Care.

If you don’t like the junk in your news feed try this greasemonkey script called facebook purity (you’ll need anything other than ie, I recommend firefox).  And while you’re doing firefox stuff, you could always give a dislike button a try.  Only other people with the extension will be able to see the dislikes, but hey its a lot closer than complaining by joining a group will ever get you.

Now apply this to something that actually matters, because although the world may revolve around facebook the sun doesn’t, and don’t just complain about things that aren’t right–actually go and try to do something about them.

Thursday, November 5, 2009

"Arogansi si Evan Brimob"

status arogan si evan brimob di facebook

Apa pendapat anda tentang status seorang anggota brimob diatas?

Arogan, benar-benar kelewat batas. Itulah yang mendasari kami harus turut andil mengangkat masalah ini kedalam blog, milis maupun forum-forum di internet. Bahkan sebagai bentuk ketidak senangan masyarakat pengguna facebook membuat grup tersendiri di facebook .

Kasus ini mencuat diberbagai forum dan terlebih forum terbesar di Indonesia “KASKUS“. saat kami mencoba berkunjung diforum ini dan mencari tahu apa yang terjadi sebenarnya, tak ayal kami menemukan sebuah artikel yang berisi postingan mengenai status seorang anggota Brimob bernama Evan.

Dalam statusnya evan menuslikan seperti ini : “Polri tak butuh masyarakat, tapi masyarakat yang butuh polri. maju terus kepolisian indonesia, telan hidup-hidup cicak kecil”.

ternyata status seperti ini menimbulkan kontroversi yang sangat luar biasa, statemen diatas bisa menjadi bom yang menggambarkan seperti apa pola pikir anggota brimob ini. seolah-olah ingin menunjukkan bahwa polri diatas segalanya, lantas tanpa adanya masyarakat, lalu untuk apa ada polisi?.

dan sampai berita ini diturunkan, kontroversi seputar status di FB ini, yang dikenal “evan.brimob” terus bergulir dan makin memanas. ditambah lagi pada kata terakhir ada kutipan “cicak”. dimana ini mengindikasikan KPK secara tidak langsung.

disamping itu pula, ada dugaan bahwa evan telah menghapus account FB miliknya.

seperti itukah pola pikir sebagian anggota dikepolisian menanggapi babak baru kasus “Buaya vs Cicak” ini?. setidaknya ini memberikan sebuah gambaran walaupun tidak secara umum.

Sampai kapan kita bebenah dan tidak berarogansi atas sebuah wewenang yang kita milik?. semoga kedepan, institusi kepolisian dan masyarakat bisa menyatu dalam wadah NKRI tanpa harus dibatasi posisi pekerjaan yang hanyalah titipan sementara.

Grup FB nya http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=166422702495

Saran dari salah satu kaskuser:

Ayo sama-sama buka http://kompolnas.go.id. Klik tab “PENGADUAN”. Nah, di sana ada form pengaduan yang bisa di-download. Biar gampang, pilih aja yang format doc, terus diisi deh. Mestinya bisa diisi dengan data Anda asli. Jangan takut, karena denger-denger KOMPOLNAS ini Insya Allah bersih.Setelah diisi, lengkap dengan data Anda pribadi dan apa-apa yang mau dilaporkan, jangan lupa insert dengan gambar-gambar di page 1 (perihal komen2 ybs di FB dan fotonya). Terus kirim deh ke pengaduan@kompolnas.go.id. Kalau saya, saya cc-kan ke tvone juga di email info@tvone.co.id. Ayo, sama-sama serang KOMPOLNAS dan TVONE dengan email tersebut. Biar jadi berita nasional, dan si EVAN itu dipecat. Tujuannya, tentu saja agar POLRI yang kita cintai bersih dari hama-hama semacam itu.

Ada juga loh yang sudah melapor:  http://jogja.polri.go.id/index.php?m…detail&id=7256

Si Evan Brimob di facebook

Welcome to Wherever You Are

Not gonna lie, there are some days where, mid-stride, I’d pause and look up at my surroundings as if rudely awaken and wonder, “What on Earth am I doing here?”

That’s because I’ve always harboured thoughts of going to an Ivy League school. (Or at least my parents harboured such thoughts, and communicated them to me so well that I began thinking the same too.)

But today is one of those rare days where I celebrate the fact that I’m here, in flat (read: lacking in buildings taller than 7 storeys) little Snow City. Today I thank God profusely for having Corn-Kernel University reject me that fateful evening 1.5 years ago.

Because today I realised that Advertising is where my passions really lie.

Imagine this: If Corn-Kernel University had accepted me, I would’ve majored in hospitality management. Which means that upon graduation, assuming that the tourism industry is still thriving (with Wii and all these ‘virtual travels’ you just never know…), I would be spending a whole lifetime trying to please rich spoilt people. Now we all know that with my patience – or lack thereof – and keen sense of justice, it’ll only be so long before I snap from bending over backwards all the time!

Shudder at the consequences.

So yes, today was one of those days where every plug found its socket in my advertising world, and I found my inner ohm. To begin with, I had an awesome time in my ADV class. Which in itself is no surprise, but this time my team and I also created an ad I’m really proud of! Then I had a great time going over my Capstone project proposal with my advisor. Turns out my graduation gift to Snow City U doesn’t have to be lame-o at all! In fact, with my topic of interest, I get to hang out on Facebook and Twitter all day for research. Um, sweet? If I can pull this off right, my Capstone may just be the resume booster I really need and I might get to work with industry experts! (^___^) Heck yes I am gratefully at peace with every atom in the world.
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Right this minute however, I am mildly unsettled by a ripple of disturbance emanating from Tomorrow-land…

Oh yes, it appears that there is an international relations quiz I need to study for.

Aiight, peacing out,
Yohmmmmmm

P.S. I am in the process of reproducing that ad we made in class. Keep checking back for it! Especially if you’re a Dinosaur BBQ fan (^__^)

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Shareef Ali joins the company of Amanda Palmer, Neil Gaiman and Kate Miller-Heidke: Web 2.0 Love Songs

Last year I wrote a tune titled “Wikipedia Brown”, using the format, policy and idiosyncrasies of that wholly addictive interweb entity as a literary vehicle to illustrate various aspects of my romantic past and present.

I did not realize at the time that my title was shared with some bigshot actor-comedian jerk named B.J. Nor was I aware that I was soon to become a pioneer in a groundbreaking new sub-subgenre of love songs: those making explicit mention of Web 2.0 phenomena.

Exhibit A: “Google You”, a forlorn lament penned and set to music by art-star couple Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer:

Exhibit B: “Are You Fucking Kidding Me? (Facebook song)”, by Kate Miller-Heidke (who admittedly is otherwise unknown to me):

Despite the surprise and humor of hearing references to relatively new fixtures in our cultural landscape, there’s nothing extraordinary about communications technology making an appearance in our popular sentimental songs. 1899’s “Hello! Ma Baby” mentioned the telephone, developed a mere thirteen years earlier (I hope you’ll presume with me that new gadgets did not pervade our common life so swiftly a century ago). More recently, I recall cocking my head when Billy Corgan sang about Caller ID, or when ‘Licia said in the love rap to “You Don’t Know My Name“: “Hold on, my cell phone breakin’ up”. I suppose it’s worth noting that these new works are distributed virally by the very media used as subjects.

Each of the two examples, however, seem to have clear antecedents in terms of sentiment. “Google You” is a stalker song, not unlike “Every Breath You Take“, while “Are You Fucking Kidding Me?” has clear strains of “I Will Survive” in its lyrical code.

Not to toot my own horn whatsoever, but I’m having a hard time identifying the ancestor to my own number. Can anybody think of a song that obsessively catalogues one’s amorous trials and triumphs without analogizing to an interactive, collaborative, user-oriented information hub? Do you know of any other Web 2.0 love songs, so that our new musical movement may have more than three hallmark compositions?

Don't Ruin Your Rep

 Never ever, ever, ever exploit yourself on the internet with inappropriate images and words. It’s not even worth getting talked about. Even if you choose to do this and you don’t care what anyone thinks, come one, think about it. There are people who have hacked into emails, MySpace and Facebook accounts. It’s your responsibility to make sure your life doesn’t become ruined when it comes to the internet. It’s not even worth it. I don’t have experience with this thankfully, but its a good think to know.

Sunday, November 1, 2009

Get the new Orkut!

Google’s social networking website “Orkut” is now available in an altogether new look with some selective new features and faster interface. The company announced it on Wednesday (October 28) in its blog post.

With stiff competition from rival Facebook, Google, after months of hard work, has brought some new cool features making it easier to access. In the newer version you will find very few pages, and it’s all in the home page and you will able to do everything in the same index page.

Chat, see a photo and watch a video are all can be done in the homepage. There is no need to open another page for specific purpose which is time taking. The new version has brought features such as friend suggestion; see a large picture, spot activities of friends, etc. together to a very clean and simple interface.

Moreover, the best part is that you can personalize your page with more colour options to compliment your lifestyle and preference, and adding videos and other OpenSocial applications. Faster uploading of photos and video chat are also included in the new features.

However, the new look is not accessible by all; only few selective users who get invitation from the existing users will be able to experience the new Orkut. For more information on this new version or to receive an invitation, you can join Poppy and Shashi on the official community, or find a friend who is already using the new version and request for the same.

Facebook Measures Happiness in Status Updates

As we all know, Facebook lets people update their friends with status updates, and with millions of users, that’s a lot of data. Look at the aggregated data over time, and you could see some interesting trends.

The Facebook Data Team recently measured happiness in the United States based on these updates with a metric they call United States Gross National Happiness.

Measuring how well-off, happy or satisfied with life the citizens of a nation are is part of the Gross National Happiness movement. This graph represents how “happy” the nation is doing from day to day, by looking at how many positive and negative words people are using when they update their status: When people are using more positive words (or fewer negative words) in their status updates than usual, that day is happier than usual!

Browse the trends over time, and there’s nothing earth-shattering really. You’ve got dips on the Mondays and peaks on holidays. Although I’m not sure what happened January 22, 2008 to make people so sad. EDIT: It was the day Heath Ledger died [Thanks, Amanda].

Big picture though, I’m sure governments, businesses, organizations, etc would be more than pleased to have something like this when they made a new policy, launched a new product, or started a new initiative.

That’s probably why so many are fascinated with the publicly available data coming out of Twitter.

[via TechCrunch]