Saturday, September 27th, 2008
Taking a page out of numerous social media sites, this blog post has the sole intention of asking you to subscribe to my rss feed so you can get content delivered straight to you, and never miss a post!
If you have no idea what an rss feed is, I have a nifty little guide to get you started (complete with images). If you’re already subscribed, do you have a friend who’s into social media? Facebook? Vimeo? Twitter? Plurk? Or just trying to figure out this whole Web2.0 space? Why not recommend this blog to him/her?
Here are a few posts which generated some interest recently, if you’d like to pass them along:
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Tags: dirty word, facebook, networking, online identity, party pictures on facebook, Plurk, rss demonstration, rss guide, rss howto, social capital, social media singapore, subscribe by rss, twitter, unique frequency, web2.0
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Thursday, September 11th, 2008
Last week I was explaining to Eric the concept of Social Media Breakfast | Singapore. And I made the mistake of saying one of the perks was “networking”. To put things in perspective, coming from a business school that does nothing but try to set up the business world equivalent of blind dates, “networking” is sort of a dirty word in our circle.
I think the big problem is the way the school packages these “networking” sessions and teaches us about networking. They put it in such a way that it should be beneficial, you should come with an agenda, you should plant seeds that are meant to be reaped later. But that’s such a turnoff to us.
To switch explanations, I gave Eric the “gamer” analogy (we’re both pretty avid gamers): Imagine going to a gaming conference and meeting many, many other people who are into the latest games, talking about that secret combination that gets you to the hidden level, or talking about the next coolest game to be released.
In a lot of ways I think events like Social Media Breakfast | Singapore, and the other plethora of social media events do serve the “networking” function, but most of the time I don’t think of it in that context. It’s people coming together with passion to talk about, geek out over and share their love and experiences with social media. Networking just becomes increasing your social circle of people interested in the same niche, and if personal experience is anything to go by, there’s seldom the element of going into it with an agenda and getting something back in the future.
I don’t know if your experiences with networking are different from ours, but I would love to hear it or any other networking analogies that work!
Tags: dirty work, networking, school networking, smb, social media breakfast singapore
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Saturday, March 1st, 2008
It’s been a slow week del.icio.us-wise, but here are the interesting stories for me this week:
- Hooked on Twitter? How about being Twttered when your plant needs watering?. Hope they don’t find a way to hook dogs up to that. My Twitter will be buzzing every minute.
- If you’re not as fortunate as I am to have an LCD monitor working perfectly for nearly 4 years, here’s a way to kill dead pixels (but wait, aren’t they already dead?)
Tags: befriending bloggers, dead pixels, delicious, lcd monitor, networking, networking online, plant watering, top bloggers, twitter
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