We’ve all seen it at some time or another….You’re sifting thru someone’s page and you run into THAT picture…That ONE picture that tells you that they are saying to themself, “I UNDENIABLY AM HAVING A GREAT TIME BEING…THE SHIT!” ..Then, and only then, have you experienced….”THE MYSPACE FACE”.

I can’t tell you how many foolish profile pics, I have seen with people giving the MYSPACE FACE. It makes me think that somehow everyone thinks that being COOL is what this face is all about.  The only thing this face is all about is LOOKING LIKE A FOOL.

The Myspace Face is a hybrid blend of the 3 worst picture poses imaginable…

1. THE PEACE SIGN
2. THE BLACK GIRL LIP PUCKER.
3. THE FACE SCRUNCH-UP

The MYSPACE FACE is pulled off properly by using bodily GEOMETRIC ANGLES. The poser’s Head is usually cocked at an ODDLY JANKY degree, as well as the GIMPY yet STRONG poised PEACE SIGN HAND.  If you are a Social Networker, you will notice that this pose is FAVORED with White and Asian Women on MYSPACE, but  It ‘s NOT AT ALL limited to Women.  MEN do this un-DAMN-cool face all the time. ESPECIALLY Black Men, which usually present the MySpace Face accompanied with the signature.. BOTTOM LIP BITE!! (Most commonly used by Gentlemen like Omarion, Lil MaMa and Tre Songs, etc.)  Somehow the MySpace Face pic gives you the impression that they are somehow screaming the word..”YEAAAAAAAAYAH, I THINK I’M FLY” in their mind. They believe that it gives them a whole RAPPERY/ I’M DOPE/I BUST MOVES type of image that only actually makes them appear EXCITED  yet ANNOYING at the same time.

There are a lot of things I am cool WITH…..BUT “THE MYSPACE FACE”???  ….IM COOL ON THAT!!!

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Social Networks liegen im Trend. Zwar laufen in den USA die Zwitscherer davon, doch hier in Europa liegt Twitter und Facebook voll im Trend. Das eine mehr im Business, das andere fürs Private.  Trotzdem sollten sich ArbeitnehmerInnen vor Social Networks in Acht nehmen. Warum? Weil UnternehmensinhaberInnen und Personalverantwortliche dort nachgucken, was denn ihre MitarbeiterInnen so am Kasten haben. Vorsicht Falle kann also angesagt sein, wenn man zuviel über den virtuellen Gartenzaun plaudert.

Mit den neuen Medien ist es also nix für Konservative und Anhänger von traditionellen Rollenbildern. Wer auf Seriosität aus ist, sollte tunlichst derartige Plattformen meiden. Wer kreativ-kulturell drüber kommen will: “Ab ins Facebook und Freunde auf FarmVille treffen!” Das ist einfacher gesagt als getan. Denn die begleitenden interaktiven Spiele kosten Zeit. Wer es sich also leisten will, Schafe von A nach B zu transferieren, und das mehrmals am Tag, der bleibe dabei. Es sei nur angemerkt, dass man damit zeigt, Zeit zu vergeuden und vielleicht sogar arbeitslos zu sein. Schließlich hat man auf FarmVille und Co ja etwas zu tun. Freilich nur virtuell Produktives, Arbeit ist es allemal!

Genau dies könnte derzeit der Grund sein, dass “social networking” so boomt. Die Menschen sitzen einsam zuhause und freuen sich, wenn sie ein Herz auf Facebook geschenkt bekommen, oder wenn ein Zwerg vor dem Gartenzaun steht und 167 Salatköpfe kaufen will. Da kommt die so dringend benötigte Anerkennung rüber, die man im Alltag vermisst. Ist “social networking” gar ein Spiegel für eine sozial verarmte, kontaktgestörte Gesellschaft? Das zu beantworten obliegt Soziologen, die ja bekanntlich mangels Arbeitsplätzen im Taxi sitzen, um sich den Lebensunterhalt zu verdienen. Also schauen wir hier weg – Österreich kann das ja besonders gut, ja nix wirklich angreifen und Probleme lösen!  – und tun so, also ob Facebook und Co DIE neuen Werbemedien für Unternehmen sind.

AMW

Yes I have finally succumbed, no the girls haven’t sent me stir crazy although the request from the 4 year old for highlights in black and pink nearly came close or the 5 year old asking for an iPhone cos all her mates have one… or the 14 year old deciding what tattoo she would like for Christmas.

No, it’s the other Funny Farm, the Facebook one.

Farmville

We meet up with the main players in the courier world at the weekend after a small detour around Stratford. All the couriers are talking about making money on Facebook, and I felt a pang of envy…. I want to make money on Facebook. Imagine the stamping of feet here and all the toys being thrown from the pram. So one of my friends take me aside and even though he had 200 pints and slurred a little, I hung on his every word which I have faithfully reproduced here

“Get a farm on facebook and plant crops, Alison has 37 levels and I am just behind her.“

Plant! OMG, does he have no idea of my track record with plants? and now I need to be doing crops!

The whole place, hundreds of couriers all talking about their farms on Facebook and I didnt have one. Bah. Then another of my friends decided to join Facebook just for the Farm. I thought no, I will not have one of these stupid games. It’s business as usual for me.

All Sunday and most of Monday I avoid Facebook .

Monday evening I find I have a farm, a viking clan and a mafia wars thing. Where did they come from? The Hubby. Apparently I have left my login on his PC and when he needs a boost in one of these games, he adds me. Thanks love.

So I now have a farm, and I can’t just have a basic farm and uninstall it, I have to plant a few of the trees that Andrea Sitler has kindly sent me, and a few haystacks that John Kenworthy has sent me… and my own daughter won’t add me as a neighbour.. yet.

I have no idea what I am doing either, I water plants and clear leaves and am given money. My farm is very small and everyone else has acres and some even have fun fairs on them. I hate it already

If you want me, I am no longer on twitter I am in the Funny Farm on Facebook

Sarah

There are enormous profits that you can get if you build your own social network. For one, you can have customer preservation and customer loyalty. When users create their own profiles and join your social network, more often than not, they lean to remain there and also create their own social networks. They will also be inviting more of their friends to participate. As their network grows, the smaller is the possibility that they will leave the social networking site. Moreover, the more user get to view your website with your name, brand name, or even marketing slogan, they become more tending to remain loyal to your network. Others can be kind enough to provide donations so you can maintain your network. Most of all, they will start availing of your services or buying your products.

Shared Bookmarking

The most usage and one of the most popular features of social networking sites are shared bookmarking. It means this allows members to keep their favorite websites online. When a person reads a particular article with a link coming from your Social Network, other members of his network will also get to click on the link too. By this way  increased traffic going to your content rather than simply publishing them to article directories and your own WebPages and doing nothing afterwards.

Learn about Your Customers Better

There are limitless profiles stored in social networking sites. There are a few of them who can fit into your description of target market. This will permit you to look at your customers at a different viewpoint. You can get an idea of what they are reading, the activities they love to do, what they don’t like, and even the websites that they love to hang out to.

Earn More Revenues

Social networking sites are not only giving you a chance to promote yourself, especially your products and services. You can also generate more passive income through your own Social Network.

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The Author is an Executive with www.whizkraft.com

Well…are you worried about your carrier??? Can’t understand what to do next???? Then don’t think much because with thousands of social networking sites are available, why aren’t you using them to help your career? Now, there are many categories of Online social networking sites and not all of them are suitable to use, but the ones that are suitable for you should take advantage of. Here are some facts with how social networks can help your career:

Fact #1: Expand Your Network through Online Social Networking

The beauty of a “Friend Request” is when you hit the “Send” or “Accept” button; you have just made a new friend by joining a Social Network. These persons may be from the same company, a different company, the same state or a different one. You have a common interest and have opened a line of message, great!

Fact #2: Learn Something

Social networking sites bring together persons from every background and profession. You are bared to multiple viewpoints and can gain an understanding of people and how they think. The more you know, the more aware you are. The more aware you are, the better decisions you can make.

Fact #3: Speak Your Mind, Share Your Ideas

Well…We all need to vent and we all like to vent, but when are we really given an opportunity to do so? Here’s a hint, Online Social Networking sites. You can put your ideas and share your thoughts through blogs postings, commenting on articles. What you need to remember are you having nobody to impress and nothing to prove. Just join your area of interest Social Network.

Fact #4: Land a Job

Employers are starting to use social networking sites to their benefits. Not only do they post jobs, but they are actively recruiting. Having a professional profile may just land you an interview! Just try these some facts and join a professional Social Network and trust me you will no longer fell tension about your carrier.

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The Author is an Executive with www.whizkraft.com

Anybody can start a website.  Literally anybody.  The entire process should take less than two minutes for a web savvy person.  90% of that time will be used to consider your domain name.  For the uninitiated webbie, the process should extend to at least four minutes; in certain – highly unique – instances, five.

But, just because you have a website.  Doesn’t mean it’s a good website.

Some things to consider:

• How are people going to find it?
• If they don’t like what they read will they be able to give you feedback?  More importantly…
• If they love what they read, how do they tell 10,000 of their closest friends?
• Do you want to make money?
• Are you selling a product?
• Are you creating a product?
• Can you do both simultaneously?
• Do you want to start a podcast?
• Would you like it listed in the iTunes store?
• How much do fancy web interfaces cost?
• Are they easy to maintain?
• How often do you need to update your website to stay current?
• Should you integrate a social networking device?  Or several?
• Will it been an extension of your person or your business?

The list goes on and on and on.  Believe it or not, there is a simple, workable answer to every question.

Thankfully, the process doesn’t have to be complicated.  To paraphrase a popular iPhone term, if you want a simple website, there’s a path to that.

Behold a perfectly simple, easy to read website.

If you want to jazz up your website and use it to launch an online business that you’d like to start five minutes after yesterday, there’s a path to that, too.

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What if you have a business idea that needs a blog component and a lot of product integration?  Yup.

The blogging to amplify your business model lies on the other side of this hyperlink.

When you get down to the base level of a website, it’s an opportunity for you to communicate with millions of people when you want and how you want too.  It’s a space for people to learn something about you, discover something about themselves and pass along whatever they learn.  The cyber version of Pay It Forward.

The foundation for that experience is easy to manage, but you need to start somewhere.

Websites can be brainstormed, built and catered to reach the largest possible audience with my help.  It’s about constructing something that fits your personality and moves you closer to your goal; whatever that goal may be.

Step 1: The consultation.  A quick conversation to establish what you’re looking for.

Step 2: The design.  Once you pick your website, I design it.

Step 3: The tutorial.  Operating the finished product is always manageable because it’s catered to your specific level of tech-related knowledge.

Step 4: Write.  Record.  Podcast.  Reach out to millions.

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This week on Monday’s session our case topic was the social networks. We were asked to make brain storming and discuss the following issues :

• What types of social networks are there?
• How are social networks structured?
• What type or roles and connections can people in a network have?
• What type of roles and connections you have? How do networks affect your Insight Project?
• What ways are there to leverage social networks?
• Are there any ways to quantify social network metrics?
• What does social capital mean?

Well, what can I say about them… Social networks are like oceans which accommodates thousands of creatures (people), environments (groups) and activities to keep survive like hunting (like socializing and becoming popular). There’s like a mutualist relationship between the social network site providers and the users. The providers make profit and the users use the ability to keep in touch with their friends, relatives, etc and have the chance contact with new people. In addition to that, some users can even make some money by creating applications for that web site, if there’s an API for that.

However, when talking about social networking sites, I think people should consider one very import thing: When they sign up to a site, usually they give most of the information about themselves without questioning the risks in that. More to that, those sites get even more information about you as you become an active user by participating activities, and so on. For instance, Facebook keeps every photo that you upload, information about your relatives, friends, relationship status, sex, religion… anything… Of course you can keep it strict by limiting the information that you give them from the beginning. On the other hand, the question at this point is that, if we really do need social networking sites or not. Isn’t it possible to just keep a phone book, or maybe something more fancy?

Well, maybe it was a bit pessimistic look through to the social networks, but it’s better to criticize these platforms from such angle instead of using them blindly.  or don’t know… maybe it’s better just to enjoy socializing for now =)

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This everything to do with Sex Show is taking place November 20 – 22, 2009 at the Direct Energy Center downtown Toronto. This is the shows 10 th year and is still going strong. There are many ways to promote this tradeshow through different media types. The Internet is the newest way to promote to a wide range of people.

A new way to reach many different markets through the Internet is Social Networks.  The everything to do with sex show has a group page on Facebook. The page has a very poor response with the rest of the network. The group has a small member rate with low and almost limited activity. Considering the event just occurred there aren’t any posts or dissuasions about what happened or any updated photos. Also there is no post information about other sex tradeshows that have occurred across Canada.

The Sex Show has a lot of known sponsors yet on their Facebook page there is only a link to one. There should be links to all of their sponsors websites and to their Facebook group pages. This way they can promote their sponsors and their sponsors should have Everything to do with Sex Show’s website and group page linked to theirs.

Facebook is a great tool to use when promoting tradeshows. Make a group and invite people. Post-relevant information regarding the event such as the 5 W’s in great detail. Have pictures, video clips and discussion boards regarding the trade show. The Everything to do with Sex Show failed to follow these simple rules.

I have always preached that the best utilization of the interactive space is in real life experiences. By that I mean, using digital as a tool for people to have real interactions with the world; not to sit zombie like in front of their computer, waisting away all their social skills on buying people virtual drinks. That is why I have always loved Nike Plus, Meetup, etc.

This means I am truly psyched about Foursquare, a “… location service-based social network-come-game. What it does in effect is to tell you where your friends are and add a little fun to going out in the evening. It’s like Google Lattitude meets a little bit of Facebook, a touch of Twitter, a dash of Qype and even a twist of World of Warcraft. And if that’s not a cocktail for hopeless addiction, then we’re not sure what is.”

It’s a social game that you play using the platform in real life via your mobile – it’s fun for customers and brings in $$$ for small business owners. “Think: 50% friend-finder, 30% social cityguide, 20% nightlife game.  We wanted to build something that not only helps you keep up with your friends, but exposes you to new things in and challenges you to explore cities in different ways…”

People earn badges and “mayor statuses” by checking-in to various establishments.  “If you tell us where you are, we can tell you which of your friends are nearby.  We call this “checking-in”.  You can check-in from a park, bar, museum, restaurant, whatever. Badges are little rewards you earn for doing interesting things – e.g. staying out late on a school night or visiting places far outside your neighborhood.  A mayor is when “you’ve got more checkins than anyone else at a particular place, we deem you “The Mayor” of that place.  But once someone else comes along who has checked in more times that you, they then steal the “Mayor” title back from you.”  In certain location the Mayor gets special discounts, privileges, etc.

Overall, I am about to start testing this tool as a client and on a business, will let you know how it goes and I am excited!!!

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Groupie Wire is a social networking service that allows members to create unique personal profiles online with lots of cool features and ability that most website don’t offer for free.

Groupie wire is one of the most advance social networking tool online. How advance is groupie wire? Let’s just say as a member of our community, you can connect with facebook, twitter, playlist and youtube right from your groupie wire account. You can post twit directly to twitter from groupie wire. You can connect with your facebook friends from your groupie wire account. You can share your youtube videos by posting it to your groupie wire profile. You can create a music play list at playlist.com and add it to your groupie wire profile.

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Interesting read and some examples of “How Google Wave is Changing the News“. Very neat early day experiments.

At the moment, the early adopters of Google Wave are trying things out and playing with it. And this group is likely biased towards the tech savvy ones and spread around the world (thus not necessary local in your city nor even care about things happening in your country). I think it will be dangerous to draw much conclusions from people participating in Wave conversations and then concluding their views as representative of your town/city/society as a whole.

Surveying people “randomly” over the the phone in the early early days of telephone will bound to produce biased result with people who are “rich” enough and “savvy” enough to want a phone in their home. It is probably not fair to survey people on their satellite phones (or Google Wave) to get their views on Oprah ending her show in 2011 and then try to draw some general conclusion.

P.S. I think Google Wave has the potential to be a powerful tool, but we need to see how the experiments pans out first and also what we learn from these experiments. For example, a Wave that collects factual eye witness accounts of a notable event (a fire, a concert, an accident, etc) may be a neat way to use Wave.

Now I want to see some Canadian news media doing some Waving! How about CBC News, as the leader in many things internet, you want to give it a try?

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Thought not.

Facebook was the dominate force once again, as the time spent viewing video on social networking sites increased 98% over the last year from 503.8M minutes to 999.4M minutes. According to Nielsen, the number of online video streams viewed on social networks and blogs jumped 45% during the same period.

During the last year, Facebook’s online video audience has experienced tremendous growth with total time spent viewing videos increasing 1,840% from 34.9M minutes in October ‘08 to 677M in October ‘09. The number of unique viewers increased 548% and total streams grew 987% during the year. [read]

Poco più di un anno fa nascevano in tutta Italia le prime contestazioni per l’approvazione dei decreti legge 112/2008 e 137/2008 adottati durante l’estate e convertiti in legge rispettivamente 133 approvata il 6 agosto 2008 e la 169 approvata il 29 ottobre 2008. L’Onda Anomala, movimento di studenti universitari e medi nato negli atenei e nelle scuole superiori nell’autunno del 2008, è stato ed è tutt’oggi l’espressione di un dissenso civile ma profondamente attivo che ha per un po’ destabilizzato il potere politico. Nessuno si aspettava un tale livello di organizzazione ma soprattutto di informazione degli studenti. I professori hanno avuto un ruolo centrale nello spiegare ai ragazzi la riforma e le relative ripercussioni e nel mettersi a disposizione per manifestazioni o metodi alternativi di insegnamento che si potessero conciliare con la protesta. Poi però il passaparola è rimbalzato nei blog e nei social networks così che nessuno avesse più il diritto di disinteressarsi:

-       TAGLIO DELLE RISORSE ECONOMICHE DESTINATE ALL’UNIVERSITA’: per un totale di 1441.5 milioni di euro almeno fino al 2013.

-       TRASFORMAZIONE DELLE UNIVERSITA’ PUBBLICHE IN “FONDAZIONI DI DIRITTO PRIVATO” : lo Stato consente alle Università di trasformarsi in fondazioni private per sopperire all’improvviso ammanco dei finanziamenti pubblici. Le fondazioni universitarie avrebbero così la possibilità di decidere l’entità delle tasse degli studenti, tasse che oggi hanno un tetto massimo che non può superare il 20% dell’importo del finanziamento ordinario dello Stato (FFO). Questo mette in crisi il fondamentale diritto allo studio universitario visto che una formazione di qualità potrà essere garantita solo a chi avrà una certa disponibilità economica, oltre a ledere il principio di eguaglianza e pari dignità tra i cittadini.

-       TAGLIO DI PERSONALE DOCENTE, DI RICERCA E TECNICO-AMMINISTRATIVO: impossibile di fatto rispettare l’articolo 9 della Costituzione “La Repubblica promuove lo sviluppo della cultura e la ricerca scientifica e tecnica”. Le Università dovranno trovarsi degli “sponsor” che le finanzino e questo controllo economico avrà effetti devastanti sulla ricerca in tutti i settori, condotta secondo le direttive impartite dalle società finanziatrici, in base alla redditività e al livello economico.

-       TURN OVER: le Università si troveranno costrette improvvisamente a mandare obbligatoriamente in pensione chi ha maturato i requisiti necessari, o altrimenti licenziare parte del proprio organico, imponendo un turn over bloccato al 20%, ovvero un nuovo assunto ogni cinque pensionamenti o licenziamenti. Unica soluzione sopprimere corsi d’insegnamento, fino a giungere addirittura alla cancellazione dei corsi di laurea meno frequentati o considerati di minor interesse.

Questi sono solo alcuni dei provvedimenti riguardanti le sole Università. I giovani visti sempre con i soliti pregiudizi dai “vecchi” media, si prendono i loro spazi, difendono il loro futuro e raccontano la loro verità a chi vorrà ascoltarli. Il loro punto di vista però non può più essere ignorato. Non c’è più solo il telegiornale che manipola le interviste per far sembrare superficiale e improvvisata la contestazione o il giornale che strumentalizza manifestazioni e manifestanti a fini politici. C’è un terzo spazio che è quello di Internet in cui si informa e ci si informa, ci si organizza e ci si confronta.

La scuola è l’istituzione che ha in assoluto subito meno cambiamenti dal momento della sua nascita ad oggi. Disposizione e arredamento delle aule, libri di testo come principali strumenti di apprendimento e trasmissione delle conoscenze, rapporti autoritari e gerarchici tra insegnanti e alunni rendono la scuola di oggi impreparata ad affrontare le importanti innovazioni apportate dalle nuove tecnologie e questo rischia di creare un contrasto insanabile tra scuola e società. Ed è proprio per la constatazione in prima persona di questo contrasto e di un mutato clima all’interno dell’aula scolastica che il professor Michael Wesch, antropologo culturale della Kansas State University si chiede che cosa è andato storto e come poter risvegliare l’interesse degli studenti nelle classi. Con un’espressione che ricorda l’ultimo film di Woody Allen “Whatever works”, Welch nota come gli studenti siano ormai degli esperti nell’arte del “tirare avanti”, raggiungere i loro obbiettivi, il superamento di un esame senza prestare attenzione durante i corsi, senza partecipare alle lezioni. Appunti, studio e libri di testo sono tutto ciò che in fin dei conti risulta indispensabile per riuscire, quindi perchè dare qualcosa in più. Dai cellulari all’ipod, passando per i computer, soprattutto con i programmi di messaggeria istantanea e social networks, le nuove tecnologie oltre a scandire le fasi della vita dei giovani d’oggi entrano di prepotenza anche nelle scuole. E questo dato di fatto non può più essere ignorato come anche le conseguenze che ne derivano.

Il problema è complesso perchè non se ne possono trovare soluzioni né mostrando una eccessiva indulgenza verso comportamenti talvolta poco rispettosi del lavoro altrui, né continuando perpetuare regole e  tradizioni che in certi casi risultano lontani dalla vita sociale. Concordo con Neil Postman quando nel suo libro “Ecologia dei media” dice che i mezzi di comunicazione di massa sono ormai il paradigma educativo preponderante nella nostra società e che proprio per questo la scuola deve fare da contraltare a questa influenza per raggiungere un equilibrio che consenta una formazione più completa e non deviata, ma è anche necessario che la scuola fornisca gli strumenti necessari affichè i giovani usino in modo proficuo e consapevole le nuove tecnologie. Sebbene la maggior parte dei giovani si sabbia orientare con notevole facilità tra i nuovi media a volte l’uso che ne viene fatto non è utile ad un accrescimento personale quando non addirittura dannoso. Il concetto di privacy, ad esempio, non viene quasi mai concepito come un diritto da dover proteggere e rivendicare, ma in molti casi è visto come un ostacolo alle relazioni interpersonali. Come ogni cosa anche le nuove tecnologie hanno luci ed ombre ed anche le tecnologie richiedono un comportamento idoneo che non può prescindere da certi principi.

E’ necessaria come prima cosa un’educazione ai media ma che vada di pari passo con un’educazione tradizionale. Si devono creare spazi in cui poter mettere in discussione quella relazione unidirezionale e autoritaria tra insegnanti e alunni, favorendo il dialogo e l’ascolto e qui le nuove tecnologie possono avere un ruolo decisivo soprattutto per lo sviluppo di progetti collaborativi che mettano a confronto realtà e punti di vista diversi. In questo modo la scuola può (e deve) favorire lo sviluppo della riflessione personale e del pensiero critico, cosa che per molto tempo è stata sottovalutata. Quanti ricordi, nei miei anni di liceo, di professori che di anno in anno non cambiavano una virgola delle loro spiegazioni e la cui unica richiesta era che fosse ripetuto parola per parola il loro punto di vista durante i compiti in classe. Quante volte una domanda o una richiesta di spiegazione veniva vista con sospetto e trasformata in un’interrogazione a sorpresa. Non bisogna confondere l’autorità con il rispetto e qui la scuola ha ancora molto da imparare. Gli insegnanti possono essere dei buoni mediatori nelle discussioni (mediate o meno), possono guidare gli studenti perchè sviluppino punti di vista coerenti e consapevoli, cercando magari di arginare l’illusione spesso data dalle nuove tecnologie che si possa parlare di tutto senza conoscere in maniera approfondita gli argomenti.

L’occasione della protesta dello scorso anno, ancora non del tutto sopita, è stata un buon momento per mettere a confronto società e scuola, nuove tecnologie e insegnamento. Anche se in alcuni casi si è lasciata la protesta fuori dalle aule per continuare le lezioni come se nulla fosse, c’è stato un incontro tra studenti e professori e forse da entrambe le parti stiamo cominciando a capire che i professori non sono figure da temere ma persone con cui collaborare per una crescita reciproca.

Giada

E se si potesse unire in un’unica piattaforma più applicazioni contemporaneamente, interfacciandosi l’una con le altre e allo stesso tempo in grado di comunicare con più persone?

Fantascienza? No, a quanto pare esiste. Ancora per pochi (solo su invito), ma tra breve disponibile per tutti, di nuovo Google ritorna a stupirci con la sua ultima creatura, o meglio Forza della natura.

Il suo nome è Google Wave, ma forse poteva anche chiamarsi Google Tsunami perchè promette di rivoluzionare il modo di comunicare nella rete.

L'onda di Google sta per essere cavalcata da Twitter

E Twitter? Sin da subito, la big G l’ha integrato, a dimostrazione di quanto è interessato al fenomeno (di recente ritenuto una delle migliori invenzioni del primo decennio del terzo millenio – subissando addirittura l’Ipod). A questo punto sorge il dubbio che Google fosse veramente interessato all’acquisto del social network blu (notizia smentita numerose volte dai vari Larry & Page).

Fattostà che adesso sarà possibile integrare nelle conversazioni di Wave anche i cinguettii degli utenti. Si potrà quindi fare la login e twittare su Google Wave. Ogni modifica che viene fatta viene automaticamente aggiornata anche su twitter.com. C’è anche la possibilità di includere più utenti alla conversazione. Ogni twittata compare in automatico (ma proprio mentre si scrive) per meglio interagire con tutti gli altri twitterers.

Come la maggior parte delle creature Google hanno sin da subito reso disponibili le Api per dare la possibilità al mondo degli sviluppatori di creare nuove applicazioni o per migliorare quelle esistenti. E già le prime applicazioni sono comparse. Da segnalare quella per Iphone, ma ci sono anche quelle su Twitter.

Continua quindi ad espandersi l’universo Twitter, che sta lavorando – o meglio integrandosi – con i leader mondiali dell’informatica e della comunicazione 2.0. Proprio di recente in questo blog abbiamo parlato del binomio Twitter e LinkedIn, e ora addirittura Google.

Nonostante i dubbi iniziali sulla solidità di Twitter (più studi hanno confermato la scarsa fedeltà degli utenti al servizio), in molti intravedono nel microblogging una nuova “new economy”. E si vede.

Das Publikum soll nicht nur für prall gefüllte Channels sorgen, sondern bald auch die Kassen des Dienstes füllen. Noch dieses Jahr will Twitter die Hand aufhalten.

Gegenüber der BBC gab CEO und Twitter-Mitbegründer Biz Stone zu, dass seine Firma für ausgewählte Services demnächst Geld verlangen will. “Das ist eines der möglichen Wege, um Profit zu machen”, gab er unumwunden zu. Man denke aber vor allem an kommerzielle Services für Firmen, denen das Tweeten erleichtert und durch Statistik-, Analyse- und Feedback- Funktionen entsprechende Erfolgsmesser an die Hand gegeben werden sollen.
Weiter denke man darüber nach, manche Inhalte zu lizenzieren. Google und Bing hätten ja vorgemacht, wie so etwas funktioniert.
Der normale Privat-Twitter-Schreiber und -Leser solle auch in Zukunft von solchen monetären Zwängen verschont werden, versprach Stone. [Ralf]

[BBC]

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