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Tag Archives: Facebook
Facebook as intranet – healthy hype
[Reading time: 1 - 2 minutes] Bill Ives at FastForward blog writes about how the software company Serena has adopted Facebook as its corporate intranet. They’re using it to take their 800 global employees through a big change programme. They’ve … Continue reading
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Tagged digital workspace, dna of the digital workspace, enterprise 2.0, Facebook, hype, intranet, intranets, People
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Dust to digital dust
[Reading time: 1 - 2 minutes] Before the internet, dying was a simple business. What you said, wrote, created in your lifetime lived on in people’s memories, passed down the generations and turned to myth. And sometimes these had more … Continue reading
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Tagged death, Facebook, funerals, internet, intranet, legacy, memories, moving on
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With Facebook friends like these
[Reading time: < 1 minute] Someone once asked “If you died, how many of your Facebook friends would come to your funeral?” Rather morbid, but they had a point. I said “How would they know I’d died? I wouldn’t be … Continue reading
Social networking – worth the wait?
[Reading time: 1 - 2 minutes] Two things struck me when reading this article about Google’s Orkut being bigger than Facebook in India and Brazil. First, that people are prepared to wait up to five minutes for a page to … Continue reading
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Tagged bloatware, Brazil, download speeds, Facebook, India, internet, myspace, orkut, social networking, software
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Silly money
[Reading time: < 1 minute] From TechCrunch: Facebook Takes the Microsoft Money And Runs. The $240 million is a minority stake that values the company at $15 billion. Uh oh…
Help! I’m starting to think in status updates
[Reading time: 1 - 2 minutes] On my Sunday run yesterday morning I suddenly caught myself turning everything I was doing in to Facebook status updates. If you haven’t been on Facebook, status updates let you tell people in your … Continue reading
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Tagged Communication, Facebook, Geeknic, status updates, thinking
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Farcebook
[Reading time: 1 - 2 minutes] Facebook seems to be becoming a necessary evil. I’ve never felt particularly comfortable about it, but I do have an account and I do use it from time to time. Somewhat worryingly found out … Continue reading
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Tagged Facebook, identity management, privacy, profile, settings, User experience
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Linkbook and FacedIn
[Reading time: < 1 minute] A friend recently told me they hadn’t used LinkedIn since discovering Facebook, which I found interesting. I think they are very different animals, each with their own set of services – a few of which … Continue reading
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Tagged Communication, Facebook, Geeknic, LinkedIn, People, WorkLifeBlur
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