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Social media in the 16th Century: How Luther went viral. Bokardo. Designing For Social Traction. Matrix: Challenges of the Social Technology Industry, July 2010 Edition. While the opportunities for social technologies to change the world, business, and our individual lives continue to unveil, it’s also key to focus in on the challenges that impact the industry.

For many folks who have decided to invest in social technologies to improve their careers and business, it’s even more important to pay attention to these challenges. First of all, have the right mindset. The savvy person will realize this isn’t a list of gripes, but instead an opportunity list. Leaders at vendors, agencies, or brands will see these list of challenges of problems to fix and monetize. Matrix: Challenges of the Social Technology Industry, July 2010 Edition How to Overcome These Challenges Taking on issues head on is a powerful way to take control over your own destiny. Why Facebook friends are worth keeping - tech - 15 July 2010. Interactive: See a visualisation of the links in your Facebook social network using this app developed by Touchgraph, a company based in New York NOTHING personal, but I don't really want to be your online friend.

I'm sorry, I'm sure you are very nice. It's not you, it's me: I'm feeling grumpy and a tad antisocial, so perhaps we are all better off. And that goes for you too, annoying ex-classmate who just "friended" me on Facebook. It may come as no surprise that I have been having second thoughts about online social networking. Facebook Guide Book. Elgan: Why bookmarking is obsolete. Opinion June 19, 2010 07:00 AM ET Computerworld - Since the Web first came online in 1991, it has grown and improved beyond anyone's predictions. Unlike the gray background, mono-spaced text and ugly graphics on the Web in those early years, today's Web is rich with video, interactive applications and other useful and distracting goodies.

But even after all these years, the way we find, navigate and save content on the Web works pretty much like it always did. But now there's a conspicuously innovative new option. The service is functionally similar in some ways to social bookmarking sites, but its core function is "curation," which Wikipedia defines as the "selection, preservation, maintenance, and collection and archiving of digital assets.

" Described by one blogger as a social bookmarking tool based on "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon," Pearltrees looks a bit like Google's "Wonder Wheel," but it isn't used the same way. The Pearltrees interface is appealing and intuitive to use.