Giselle Abramovich offers some insights into the simplicity of Responsive Design, or at least the appearance of simplicity, and calls it a myth. Responsive design certainly has its challenges. For example, it will hide content on small screens, but the content still needs to be downloaded, and this causes performance issues on mobile phones. Load […]
The ART of Collaboration (2)
Steve Dale blogs about the ART of Collaboration, and shares his ideas on how to be an effective collaborator. Collaboration is at the heart of social networking and the bedrock for effective knowledge sharing. More and more organisations have recognised that encouraging collaboration between staff, stakeholders and customers will enable co-design, co-production and opportunities for […]
Is Facebook Too Big to Survive?
Jeff Stibel makes the argument that networks, just like human brains, are not capable of using networks that are too large. And that it is normal for networks to shrink as time goes by. We don't know yet what critical mass is for a social network. We have seen many implode before — remember Classmates.com, Friendster, […]
Be the Online “Go To” Place for Your Members
AssociCom bashes email, by quoting a McKinsey report claiming that productivity could be improved by 25% by using social technologies, instead of email. It is hard for some to break the email habit for sharing information; but it will happen because it makes sense and is more productive. More at Be the Online “Go To” Place […]
Newly Launched Mural.ly Offers New Way to Collect and Share Content Online
Violeta-Loredana Pascal shares the news on a new online sharing service. It’s a new tool that allows users to collect and share content from various sources, from maps to pins from Pinterest, from videos to DropBox files and so on and so forth. More at Newly Launched Mural.ly Offers New Way to Collect and Share […]
Not just another Zombie Story: Bringing a Community Back from the Dead
mik0ton shares some tips on how to restore an inactive community. But first, he asks the important question, has the community served it's purpose, and if so, then it's time to close the doors. But if it’s just inactive “Can you bring a dead community back to life?” More at Not just another Zombie Story: Bringing […]
Collective story harvesting
Chris Corrigan relays some news from Mary Alice Arthur, about their methodology for collecting stories. In the Art of Hosting community over the past two years a group of practitioners have developed a tool called the Collective Story Harvest. I’ve used it several times and it’s a powerful and useful way to rapidly learn from the […]
How Mobility Empowers Work as a State of Mind in the Era of Social Business
Luis Suarez riffs on how our mobile technology is dramatically changing our work life. And shares some insights from his employer, IBM, and how they are embracing these tools, and weaving it into their employee's lives. Mobility is here to stay. It’s changing the way we work, connect, collaborate, share our knowledge, be in the […]