Category Archives: social media

Social media etiquette

robinna/ January 19, 2010/ social media, privacy/ 2 comments

I’m tweaking my facebook, privacy & identity workshop, so I tidied these up. You can read all of my previous writings about privacy, here, facebook ones are a here, and here are the commandments… LOL Social media/ Facebook Etiquette · Be aware of what you can control and what you can’t. Make sure to read TOS and Privacy statements –

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Technology Essentials Online Conference (Free!)

robinna/ January 11, 2010/ Libraries, social media, watch.see.hear, web 2.0+, training / tutorials/ 1 comments

http://ow.ly/WA85This just came through my twitterstream:This webinar is part of WebJunction’s Technology Essentials 2010 Online Conference. This innovative conference is a chance to engage, network and do some hands-on learning without travel or any registration cost. Date: 2/9/2010, 2/10/2010Start Time: 11:30 AMEnd Time: 6:00 PMDescription: WebJunction is hosting a free two-day online conference. The theme for this inaugural event is

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What color is your… those color posts on facebook

robinna/ January 8, 2010/ social media, life 2.0+/ 0 comments

I’m sure many of you have been wondering about all of the facebook status updates:PINK!!!! screams one of my friends…another has a purely made up color combination (complete with technology enhanced decorations….) ……………..According to various posts on the ‘net such as this one:“Something fun is going on,” the message reads. “Write the color of your bra in your status. Just

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Google the year in review & the future

robinna/ January 1, 2010/ social media/ 0 comments

In 2009 the web as we knew it changed dramatically. Twitter graduated to become a media darling and a mainstream communication staple. Facebook became the most significant social network of this day and age. And Google changed the way we search. Lots of reflection on google including gmail, google apps, chrome & android/mobile. To the future:google wave(?) more at mashable

Game dynamics in the real world

robinna/ December 9, 2009/ social media, productivity, Gamification, web 2.0+, life 2.0+/ 0 comments

I read this post about game dynamics in “real life” (aka not a game), which started a thought chain… In a nutshell, game dynamics in social media and in IRL (in real life, whatever that really means, I live mostly online… lol) appear in: Rewards and points to play, such as frequent flyer programs and Las Vegas casinos/resorts Facebook is

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rainy day haiku

robinna/ December 1, 2009/ social media, that's cool, life 2.0+/ 0 comments

I do not think myumbrella is big enoughto tackle this rain –funny, how facebook status updates turn out… I had no clue that a created a haiku until a literary friend pointed it out.

Blue beanie day — support the semantic web

robinna/ November 21, 2009/ software, social media, semantic web, Design, that's cool, web 2.0+/ 0 comments

Arches @ noon. Nov. 30.The 3rd annual Blue Beanie Day will be celebrated on Monday, November 30th, 2009see http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=136079874938 On Monday, November 30, 2009 thousands of Standardistas (people who support web standards) will wear a Blue Beanie to show their support for accessible, semantic web content. Join the fun! The 2009 event page is here:http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=136079874938 It’s easy to show your

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Mendeley, a global IR?

robinna/ November 19, 2009/ social media/ 1 comments

Some of you probably know about this project….————“Mendeley offers a secure online database for scientists, academics and researchers to store their research papers in the ‘cloud’, making it easier to share those documents with their peers but there’s an important ’social’ element too (if that’s the right word).”……………“[UK] London-based Mendeley, which calls itself “the Last.fm of research”, has announced that

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You think you have a culture of innovation? Are you sure?

robinna/ November 18, 2009/ social media, Design, my projects/ 0 comments

As the Chair of the Emerging Technologies Group for the Libraries, I sometimes struggle with what the group members (including me) should be doing — are we a “thinking” body or a “doing” body? Do we just do research and make recommendations? Or do we try to implement/move forward our recommendations, and to what degree? How do we facilitate innovation?

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