Anti-Social Networking?

Social Networking

I was just thinking about a recent conversation I had while I was in New Zealand, and I came across this related article on the ClickZ Experts website: In Social Networks, All Friends Are Not Created Equal.

This is very similar to the conversation I was having – basically that social networks are actually becoming quite ANTI-social and in some cases are causing more problems.

Take the example of the worker recently sacked for checking her Facebook account when she told her employers she had a migrane and couldn’t use a computer.

Or how about the US Police Officer who had his “internet persona” investigated after he posted comments online saying he was in a “devious” mood and “watching ‘Training Day’ to brush up on proper police procedure.”

There are plenty of stories that cover how and why being so social on the web can potentially affect your “real life”, but the main point we discussed was how, in the attempt to be as social as possible, you actually open up doors to areas that maybe were closed for a reason.

Read more

Ministry of Sound relaunches D2C website

The new Ministry of Sound website

A good friend of mine worked on this project and I think it deserves some serious merit.

Following the collapse of their previous service provider; Trinity Street, MOS set up an internal team to build and manage their own platform.  The amazing point to all this is that they have everything up and running in 6 weeks – a great achievement considering it’s an eCommerce engine with blogs, editorial content and a much improved design!

Well done to all those who were involved.

Read the full article.

Staggering Facebook Facts

In researching the Social Network arena for some new projects we’re looking at getting into, I came across two interesting articles about how staggeringly enormous Facebook (and other social sites) have become.

The first article was published on ClickZ and goes into detail on how many and who is using Facebook:

Mind-Blowing Facebook Stats and What To Do With Them

The second article was published on TechCrunch and covers the top runners and riders in the photo-sharing service – again some jaw-dropping figures when you think about it:

Who Has The Most Photos Of Them All? Hint: It Is Not Facebook

10 Ways to Improve Virtual Meetings

Overview

I’ve recently had a few virtual meetings with teams in New Zealand and India, and I’ve found there are some fundamental areas that are usually overlooked that can really help drive the meetings, keeping them on track, in scope and able to get the most out of your time with the project teams.

Below are some practical pointers and solutions to make the most essential element of collaboration work more smoothly.

Read more