I’m on Mastodon what now?
Kate Carruthers If you’re a Mastodon (aka fediverse) newbie here are some tips about what to do next. (If you’re not already setup on Mastodon here’s a good guide on getting setup…
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Advice on building your own ecosystem
The plight of folks who build their online business worlds on the whimsy of a bunch of faceless corporations is on my mind as Twitter appears to be imploding before…
LinkedIn and the power of networks
I used to think of LinkedIn as a boring but worthy social network for business contacts. But I was wrong. Over the years it has become a critical B2B social…
Politics of Social – Social Media Week Sydney 2014
As part of Social Media Week Sydney 2014 I was honoured to host a panel discussion about the Politics of Social. The panel made for a lively and interesting chat…
Sky News – Politics and Social Media
Was on Sky News Australia with the lovely David Speers, John Bergin, and Gizmodo Australia Editor Luke Hopewell to discuss the week in politics and social media.
Real time, right time – it’s all about ‘me’ – so what about Twitter?
A recent article The Future of Mobile is Right Time Experiences by Maribel Lopez got me thinking about mobile and the future of the web. It is an especially important…
What’s the big idea with social media? #media140
I was lucky enough to be invited to Media 140 in Perth recently to discuss what the ‘big idea’ is with social media. The idea was for a context setting…
Authenticity online – not necessary, perhaps essential or Kitteh vs Chickin
This talk by Bitly’s Matt LeMay at Monki Gras entitled: Kitteh vs Chickin: How What We Share is Different from What we Click is important and is really worth watching.…
The Reputation Economy, Employees, and Privacy
As companies embrace the notion of a reputation economy fueled by the power of social platforms this brings a new set of challenges for management and employees. I was at…
The growth of the recommendation economy
Seth Godin wrote about the the attention economy. But it seems to me that we are also seeing the evolution of an online social recommendation economy. When we all lived…