Category: Social Networks

  • Facebook vs other networks: Making it relevant to each of us

    A lot of people are writing a lot of commentary about Facebook – how will it develop, where it fits in to business networking, will it replace email, is it the Next Big Thing, etc. All weighty issues and worth…

  • Peer review communication blogs at the Melcrum network

    What do you think of the content you read in this blog? Or any other communication-related blog? Worth reading, either directly or via RSS? Now’s your chance to let the world know your opinion. At least, let members of Melcrum’s…

  • Broadening the measures of online influence

    Some people think measuring someone’s online influence is simply a matter of Googling a name, seeing what Technorati says about them, what Alexa might show and perhaps a look at how many subscribers there are to their FeedBurner RSS feed.…

  • Dell to offer customer support in Second Life

    Logging in to Second Life this morning, I received an interesting note from Dell: We plan to offer customer service and tech support assistance in-world soon – initially for 10 hrs/week while we gauge demand. This proposal is to set…

  • Evolution driven by the digital natives

    With all the talk recently about Second Life and how some companies are having second thoughts about the virtual world as a marketing tool, a report in Scientific American contains much food for thought: […] Last night at the Digital…