Top 10 Social Networking Tools and Trends for Libraries from 200. Wisconsin Law Journal - Article. State officials are drafting an instruction aimed at keeping the World Wide Web out of the jury box. No Wisconsin proceedings have been reported compromised by jurors’ growing use of text messaging and social networking Web sites, such as Facebook or Twitter, during trial, judges and trial attorneys said. But state judges and trial lawyers have heard stories from around the country where jurors have posted online or sent text messages about trials. Such stories, and a growing awareness of incidents nationwide, have led state jurists to examine the issue in the hopes of preventing potential problems here, said Milwaukee County Circuit Chief Judge Jeffrey A.
Kremers, who also sits on a statewide criminal jury instruction committee. “We’re working on drafting an instruction that would incorporate this issue and warn jurors not only not to do it, but also give some information on why they shouldn’t do it,” Kremers said. “I know that judges are already doing it. Kremers agreed. Micro Persuasion: Twitter is Peaking. The Clip Report: An eBook on the Future of Media In the early 1990s when I began my career in PR there were clip reports. These were physical books that contained press clips. It seems downright archaic now but that’s how I learned about the press - by cutting, pasting up and photocopying clippings. My fascination with the media never abated. Today my role is to form insights into how the entire overlapped media landscape - the pros, social channels, and corporate content - is rapidly evolving and to help Edelman clients turn these learnings into actionable strategies.
As part of this effort, I spend a lot of time with not only the social platforms but journalists and media execs. Today I am re-launching my Tumblr site with a new name, a new focus and a new format. It all kicks off today with a 15-page installment of The Clip Report. Explainers to Watch in 2009 | Common Craft - Explanations In Pla. If there is one prediction I have for 2009, it will be that our world will become more complex. We will all be confronted with new products, services, ideas and concepts that will confuse the majority of us.
And this adds to what confused us in 2008 and years before. We're convinced that the rise of all this complexity is creating new demand for new kinds of services. Individuals and organizations will find business models in helping people deal with the complexity. The biggest opportunity we see is for people who are good at explaining - at taking an idea and packaging it so a maximum number of people can understand and act on it. Below are some companies and individuals who we think will be making a real contribution in 2009. Explainer Network Members - Video producers listed on the Common Craft Explainer Network page. Claytorials - Claytorials is a new-ish project from the folks at Invoke Media . Blogs and Podcasts: Stephen's Lighthouse: Personal and Enterprise Tech Trends.
Reader Poll: Facebook Reaches 150 Million Users; Are You One of. Top Twitter Tools to Check Out in 2009 | Social Networking Blog. You have probably heard something about the new micro blogging platform, Twitter, and how Twitter has taken the online marketing world by storm. The phenomenon has even spawned a new lingo, with your new tweeps (followers) tweeting (making posts) you and discussing the state of the Twitterverse. While Twitter is pretty easy to use, there’s an overwhelming amount of Twitter tools, plug-ins and applications being developed to support it.
How can you determine which ones will best support you in your use of Twitter? TwitPic : TwitPic lets you share photos on Twitter with your friends. Twellow : Twellow is an online directory of Twitter users that are arranged into various categories. Twitturly : Twitturly is a service for tracking what URLs people are talking about as they talk about them on Twitter. Twitter Counter : TwitterCounter allows you to show how many people are following you on Twitter.
Twitter Grade : Twitter Grade measures the reach and authority of a Twitter user. Be-A-Magpie : 2009: Predictions Across the Web - ReadWriteWeb. The end of the year is typically a time for prediction posts. We have our own thoughts on what we expect the future to bring (which we will publish this week), but in this post we'll take a look at what some of our friends are discussing about the Web. While not everyone offers a prediction for 2009, we hope their wishes for the future of the Web and their thoughts on what's important right now inspire thought and discussion. Chris Brogan Looks Forward to a 'One Ring' Profile After asking some of the Web's brightest minds to predict the future of social media, Peter Kim compiled Social Media Predictions 2009 [PDF]. One of the predictions is by Chris Brogan who believes that 2009 will bring an end to the fight over a single sign in system. Moving beyond OpenID, we'll have a sliced profile for social networks that will carry both our full profile plus the ability to break out specific segments for specific sites.
Ionut Alex. Dave Kellog Advises Corporate Bloggers to Get Real From Om's post: