Re-Hashing the Hash Tag – Crowd Competition and Community Standards at the #AALL2009 Conference: Roger V. Skalbeck and Meg Kribble describe how the majority of social media activity during the 2009 AALL conference took place on Twitter, and how this technology impacts the profession and the free exchange of information, moving forward. Continue Reading
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Commentary Focuses on Powerful Brain "Seeking" Systems and Internet Usage
Via Slate: Seeking How the brain hard-wires us to love Google, Twitter, and texting. And why that’s dangerous, by Emily Yoffe. “…Actually all our electronic communication devicese-mail, Facebook feeds, texts, Twitterare feeding the same drive as our searches. Since we’re restless, easily bored creatures, our gadgets give us in abundance qualities the seeking/wanting system finds… Continue Reading
DoD Web 2.0 Guidance Forum
DoD Web 2.0 Guidance Forum – Value of Web 2.0 Capabilities: “In examining how the Department of Defense should take maximal advantage of Web 2.0 capabilities (including social networking services, social media, wikis, blogs, RSS feeds, etc.), we are looking at how Web 2.0 capabilities can be used to improve current and future Department operations.… Continue Reading
EPIC Forces Disclosure of Government Contracts with Social Media Companies, Privacy Terms Missing
“In response to an EPIC Freedom of Information Act Request, the Government Services Administration released several contracts between the federal government and web 2.0 companies, including agreements with Blip.tv, Blist, Google (YouTube), Yahoo (Flickr), and MySpace. EPIC also obtained amendments to agreements with Facebook, Slideshare.net, Vimeo.com, and AddThis.com. The contracts do not address the privacy… Continue Reading
UK Military Releases Online Engagement Guidelines
DMC-PR-05-07-02 dated 5 August 2009, Version 1.0, Online Engagement Guidelines “Summary – 1. Service and MOD civilian personnel are encouraged to talk about what they do, but within certain limits to protect security, reputation and privacy. An increasingly important channel for this engagement, and to keep in touch with family and friends is social media… Continue Reading
Government Twitter Directory
GovTwit – the Government Twitter Directory is a directory of 2,213 Twitter users 56,716 Tweets and 20,778,287 Followers [Note: these numbers will change quickly] Continue Reading
Ten Great E-Gov Web Sites Called Out
GNC.com: “The days of a Web presence being an optional component for agencies are long gone. For most citizens, the primary way of interacting with their government is through Web sites. By and large, agencies have responded to that demand by creating richer, more interactive sites. A lot has changed since Government Computer News created… Continue Reading
Five Things Lawyers Should Know About Social Media
Five Things Lawyers Should Know About Social Media: Lawyer, writer and blogger Nicole Black advises fellow professionals about important core techniques and goals to consider before jumping on the social media bandwagon. Continue Reading
Web 2.0 Collaboration: Tools for the Next Generation of Public Service
Web 2.0 Collaboration Tools for the Next Generation of Public Service – Driving high performance through more engaging, accountable and citizen-focused service “Web 2.0 technologies and services have spread around the world at an amazing pace and are used by millions of people every day. Many public service organizations are also adopting Web 2.0 applications… Continue Reading
Reports: Fortune 100 CEOs and Social Media
UberCEO: Fortune 100 CEOs and Social Media – “…top CEOs in the country appear to be mostly absent from the social media community. That’s the result from research we conducted over the past several weeks. We looked at Fortune’s 2009 list of the top 100 CEOs to determine how many were using Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn,… Continue Reading
FTC Proposed Guidelines to Monitor Blogs For Commerical Claims and Payments
Federal Trade Commission, 16 C.F.R. Part 255 Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising…”In order to limit its potential liability, the advertiser should ensure that the advertising service provides guidance and training to its bloggers concerning the need to ensure that statements they make are truthful and substantiated. The advertiser should also… Continue Reading
Mapping the Arabic Blogosphere: Politics, Culture and Dissent
Mapping the Arabic Blogosphere: Politics, Culture, and Dissent – By Bruce Etling, John Kelly, Robert Faris, and John Palfrey – Internet & Democracy Case Study Series, June 2009. Berkman Center Research Publication No. 2009-06 “This study explores the structure and content of the Arabic blogosphere using link analysis, term frequency analysis, and human coding of… Continue Reading
