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InformationWeek Research - The Challenge of Enterprise Search
Source: InformationWeek

Organizations are slow to adopt enterprise search systems that empower users to find data on the desktop, the network, and the Internet. The challenges are more operational than technical and the payoff is efficiency.

Web 2.0 and the Workplace of Tomorrow - Revisited

In 2007, I was commissioned by a Fortune 100 company to perform an analysis of their company's operations and suggest means by which they could become leaner and more efficient.

How to measure social media
Source: Out&About Marketing

Common sense advice on using and measuring the ROI on social media efforts.

Procter & Gamble Hires Bathroom Bloggers
Source: nacsonline.com

Procter & Gamble is launching an interesting way to gage customer "enjoyment" in the restroom. 

How Last.fm inspired a scientific breakthrough
Source: Guardian Unlimited

Why can't researchers, instead of waiting anywhere up to three years for their papers to jump all the hurdles, be part of a real-time market place – a fusion of iTunes and Last.fm for science? They pitched the idea, among others, to two of Last.fm's investors: Spencer Hyman and …

Twitter War in the House of Commons
Source: CBC

It's almost a cliché to complain about MPs acting like children in the House of Commons.

Verizon defends setting broadband measurement bar so low
Source: Ars Technica

Verizon insists its adherence to a 768/200kpbs definition of broadband has nothing to do with resistance to upgrading its networks. AT&T says it knows that real-time video will become an essential Internet application, "over time"—but what about the here and now?

The Importance of Correct Punctuation on Newsvine

In my experience, a good percentage of the acrimony on Newsvine results from situations where a poster's intentions are either misunderstood, or mischaracterized.

What's Twitter Good For?

There’s a Facebook-trashing thread elsewhere on the site, in which people have begun debating the usefulness of Twitter. It took awhile to get used to, but I really like Twitter.

Urbexing girls trapped in drain used Facebook to call for help
Source: Australian News Network

TWO girls used the social networking site Facebook to call for help after getting stuck in a southern suburbs drain.

Why Twitter Scares The NFL
Source: Forbes

The league wants to restrict fans' use of Twitter and Facebook to protect its TV contracts. Good luck with that.

Wikipedia to Color Code Untrustworthy Text
Source: Wired News

Starting this fall, you'll have a new reason to trust the information you find on Wikipedia: An optional feature called "WikiTrust" will color code every word of the encyclopedia based on the reliability of its author and the length of time it has persisted on the page.

"Rascal! Your name!". Schopenhauer vs the Internet trolls
Source: Telegraph

For months - years even - I've been arguing that anonymous and pseudonymous comments have no place on the Internet. I'm in no doubt that if we forced everyone who wanted to respond to a blog post or online article to use their real name, the Internet would be transformed.

SpoolCast: The Web as a Conversation
Source: uie.com

One of my favorite people to speak with about the state of content on the web is Ginny Redish. She's one of those people who cuts to the point so decisively that you're left asking yourself… "why didn't I think of that?"

Gorgeous Websites From The Late 90's To Inspire You — If You Have No Taste
Source: webpagesthatsuck.com

Courtesy of Webpagesthatsuck.com - some blasts from the past in terms of bad website design:

National Guard embraces social media
Source: army.mil

ARLINGTON, Va. (Army News Service, Aug. 18, 2009) -- Even in the 140-character brevity demanded of a tweet, the enthusiasm was evident: "Just shot my first rounds from a M1A1 Main Battle Tank. Killed 3 of 4 targets. Best Tank on the planet!"

Why the Right's 'Astroturfing' Propaganda Is Textbook Psychopathic
Source: AlterNet.org

Here's a quick test, a sort of free-association game: What do egocentrism, deceitfulness and aggressive criminality have in common?

Myheritage's Latest Version Of It's Popular Genealogy Software
Source:

The company's free Family Tree Builder enables anyone to build family trees, research their family history, add photos and videos, and now, maps, photo albums and enhanced search capabilities.

Twitter in new security scare
Source: Telegraph

Twitter has been targeted by cybercriminals in a new scam aimed at stealing users' logins and passwords for the micro-blogging service.

Cyber Or-25 Cyberpsychology-1
Source: israelseen.com

It seems to me that much of the writing that I read dealing with information technologies with in the Jewish community seem to deal with these ideas of cyberspace as merely "tools"- nice and snazzy ways of dealing with what we have doing for ages.

New Twitter Homepage Goes Live With Search Front And Center
Source: TechCrunch

Twitter has just rolled out the new version of its homepage that new potential users and users who are not logged in will see. The design has been completely overhauled from the previous version which was fairly cluttered (see it at the bottom of the page).

Is the future of healthcare online?
Source: newscientist.com

For practical reasons, health workers are often unable to talk to home-based patients with chronic conditions on a daily basis – but they could keep an eye on an online medical record that is automatically updated whenever the patient measures their own blood pressure, checks t …

Exclusive: Twitter to Debut a New Main Homepage Next Week
Source: AllThingsD

Twitter will unveil a new main homepage next week at Twitter.com, said co-founder Biz Stone, in order "to better show who we are."

Is Twitter Sending You 500% To 1600% More Traffic Than You Might Think?
Source: Search Engine Land

Pretty sure my site gets no traffic, so I'm gonna go with "No." But the rest of you might enjoy the Danny Sullivan's look at how Web analytics work with regard to Twitter's various parasitic URL-shortening services.

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