There’s a new word in the dictionary. The description of overshare (verb) is “to divulge excessive personal information, as in a blog or broadcast interview, prompting reactions ranging from alarmed discomfort to approval.”
There has been plenty of discussion over the interwebs of our new and often rather ugly tendency to overshare. Especially with personal info, [...]
Entries from June 2009
Oversharing: What is it and why is it causing dilemmas?
June 30th, 2009 by maya · 1 Comment
In Sharing · Social media · Stories
Social media, as defined by emotional needs
June 24th, 2009 by Matt Rebeiro · 2 Comments
In Brand innovation · Creative ideas · Media · Networking · New technologies · Social media · Tool development
I’ve been spending some time, as of late, thinking about how we, as a company, understand various social media platforms (namely Facebook, Twitter etc…). This process has involved looking at a number of factors:
What the social media platform is for (as defined by the creators)
What the social media platform is actually used for (as defined [...]
Lessig’s Remix: Publishing widgetised
June 16th, 2009 by Leo Ryan · No Comments
In Publishing · Sharing · Social media
There’s lot to appreciate about Lessig’s latest foray, “Remix: Making art and commerce thrive in the hybrid economy” (Bloomsbury 2008); its released under a Creative Commons license, it has its own website, a page of all of the links referred to in the book, a wiki for critiquing, extending and commenting on the book and [...]
Twitter stats and social technographics
June 15th, 2009 by Matt Rebeiro · No Comments
In twitter
I imagine that many of you will have seen Sysomos’ recent in-depth Twitter audit (twaudit?). Interesting stats, i’m sure you’ll agree. Just reposting them would be dull and tiresome, so instead i’ve decided to see how these stats map on to Forrester’s social technographies, something we’re fond of here at Ryan*MacMillan.
var addthis_pub = ‘ryanmacmillan’;
var addthis_brand [...]
Jon Drori at Btween09: Botching relationships; a useful guide
June 14th, 2009 by Leo Ryan · No Comments
In conferences
One of the most enjoyable presentations at the recent Btween09 conference in Liverpool was from Jon Drori on how to botch relationships between big (government / public body) entities and small businesses (independent social media agencies perhaps?). Jon is, amongst many other things, the former Head of Commissioning for BBC Online and with the Government’s [...]