tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9944221.post8193159041914123056..comments2023-11-03T06:15:55.087-05:00Comments on Meme Agora: Twitter Matters: Keeping Up with Weak Social LinksNeal Fordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12839796402858974817noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9944221.post-72809107421384656642009-10-17T15:07:35.082-05:002009-10-17T15:07:35.082-05:00The ones that think Twitter, Facebook and all are ...The ones that think Twitter, Facebook and all are of such immense importance are mostly the technical versantiled IT-affiliated kind of people that use it themeselves a lot. <br /><br />Such posts always seem like a self justification of their time spent using twitter - like the hours, days, weeks even months you spend on sending out such trivial messages like: "just had lunch break". <br /><br />Personally I found the interesting and elightening messages from Twitter being really limited. Nowadays I find much more thourough and interesting things on the mirrads of blogs and tech mags really. And if there is some news like Oracle aquires EHCache I really do not care if i get this like 10minutes faster than my collegue who doesn't use Twitter.<br />Though Twitter is not bad really. I just cannot take it serious as means of what you try to sell it for. When seeing it as a distraction, self-amusement ok - anything else is just being hypocritical in my point of view.<br /><br />Please do not understand me wrong. I think Twitter as a business model or as a service is genious. But to argue using it efficiently just for your profession this i do not buy at all. Why? because its not possible to just cut out the trivia out from the system and use it professionally.Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02969887241424763231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9944221.post-51238189253837780632009-09-21T13:08:31.415-05:002009-09-21T13:08:31.415-05:00Does that mean you've given up butter chicken?...Does that mean you've given up butter chicken? Say it isn't so, old friend....Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09582587198365370386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9944221.post-84444247419605179772009-09-19T04:08:17.815-05:002009-09-19T04:08:17.815-05:00Neal, congratulations on going vegetarian! And ple...Neal, congratulations on going vegetarian! And please see this document, if you haven’t already: <a href="http://www.eatright.org/ada/files/VegetarianPositionFINAL.pdf" rel="nofollow">Position of the American Dietetic Association: Vegetarian Diets</a>danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00343520362129956204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9944221.post-8655970145239971332009-09-18T10:09:47.273-05:002009-09-18T10:09:47.273-05:00Good post and parallels some reading and thinking ...Good post and parallels some reading and thinking I’ve been doing about social networking and the value, or lack thereof, within a corporate environment. Much of my thinking lately has been influenced by a book called <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1422115151/capabildevelo-20" rel="nofollow">Collaboration</a> by Morten Hansen.<br /><br />He really speaks to the people side of collaboration and the cultural barriers that limit collaboration. One of the strategies for increasing collaboration across an enterprise is to focus on creating those weak links as you noted in this post. Many call this creating T-shaped people. People that have the ability to have deep focus to accomplish their and their company’s goals but they also have the ability to go wide with little depth. T-shaped people area able to build relationships, those weak links, across the enterprise.<br /><br />I’ve had real examples of the benefits of weak links that I’ve maintained through tools such as Twitter or Facebook. Those tools, at least for me, excel at keeping my weak links current and relevant. I believe the same can be said of providing social networking capabilities within the corporation. Providing a virtual water cooler for a distributed workforce, providing an increased social connection to those we work with or might work with, and creating value through those connections.<br /><br />I also look forward to Andrew McAfee’s book and am looking forward to my pre-ordered copy to arrive :-)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08547843254476039943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9944221.post-62412279687291201812009-09-17T11:45:51.012-05:002009-09-17T11:45:51.012-05:00I like the idea of showing twitters usefulness thr...I like the idea of showing twitters usefulness through the strong, weak, potential link analogy. Bravo.Eric Wendelinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17828408318960702884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9944221.post-47799495453526735582009-09-17T08:47:25.882-05:002009-09-17T08:47:25.882-05:00Interestingly enough there's a meta level: I f...Interestingly enough there's a meta level: I found this blog entry because of twitter and will send it to some friends who don't use Twitter (yet).<br /><br />Apparently being loosely coupled is a good thing in more than one context.Stephanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11443614880191569272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9944221.post-75886055288898270542009-09-17T06:59:05.365-05:002009-09-17T06:59:05.365-05:00I don't understand the chart. As a knowledge ...I don't understand the chart. As a knowledge worker I don't even own any ties.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16127891954398737108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9944221.post-42990665908195069682009-09-17T06:10:44.001-05:002009-09-17T06:10:44.001-05:00On the subject, check out Mark Granovetter's &...On the subject, check out Mark Granovetter's <a href="http://www.stanford.edu/dept/soc/people/mgranovetter/documents/granstrengthweakties.pdf" rel="nofollow">"The Strength of Weak Ties"</a>Trondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15422697499242148574noreply@blogger.com