Social capital in action surrounds us. Below is a list of sites focused on the niche of starting up new businesses. In order for such ventures to be successful, it is often necessary to build a team of individuals that have complementary attributes and abilities. We are currently working on ways that we can quantify some of these behaviors given the rich data that is generated online everyday.
Friday, January 30, 2009
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Social dimensions of social media
Below is the slide presentation that Marc Smith gave at ICWSM. I met Marc at the CIKM 2008 Workshop on Search in Social Media (SSM 2008) in Napa Valley, CA. He is a creative thinker that is always interesting to watch and listen to.
Also, you can watch the video of this presentation by clicking the picture below:
Social dimension of social media (Marc Smith)
Enjoy!
Also, you can watch the video of this presentation by clicking the picture below:
Social dimension of social media (Marc Smith)
Enjoy!
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Family Reunion on Facebook
Reunion sites are used primarily to "get the word out" about the reunion (e.g., location, events, cost), gather people's information (e.g., family member names), collect dues, and share family media (e.g., stories, pictures, videos).
Traditionally, I've been the guy that gets asked to build the reunion website --- as I'm involved in the planning meetings. Through the years, I've built a few high school reunion sites and a family reunion site. Through the process I have reused much of the code, yet they have all been "custom" websites. Although I had big plans to make my code generic enough that anyone could create a reunion site, I never took the time to do it. Since creating my last reunion site there have been a number of others that have taken the time to do this. For example, Ning and MyEvent are among a host of such sites that people have used to create reunion sites.
Currently, I believe that the quickest and most efficient way to do a reunion website is on Facebook. Here are a few reasons why I currently believe it to be most efficient solution:
Traditionally, I've been the guy that gets asked to build the reunion website --- as I'm involved in the planning meetings. Through the years, I've built a few high school reunion sites and a family reunion site. Through the process I have reused much of the code, yet they have all been "custom" websites. Although I had big plans to make my code generic enough that anyone could create a reunion site, I never took the time to do it. Since creating my last reunion site there have been a number of others that have taken the time to do this. For example, Ning and MyEvent are among a host of such sites that people have used to create reunion sites.
Currently, I believe that the quickest and most efficient way to do a reunion website is on Facebook. Here are a few reasons why I currently believe it to be most efficient solution:- It is free
- No coding is necessary (saving time and money)
- Lots of your family is likely already using Facebook, so they will not have to register for another account or re-enter information
- People using Facebook already have media shared and can easily share more, which makes it easy to "catch-up" with family members
- It is easy to create a Group specifically for you family reunion allowing family members to join
- It is easy to create a "Related Event" for the group (i.e., the reunion activities) that members can easily indicate whether or not they plan to attend
- In general, it is much more interactive than any of the other reunion sites
- It may even be "one of the most fulfilling experiences of [your] life"
- The Network will continue on, even after your planned event is over
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