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Entries in Industry Analysis (46)
Facebook Connect Raises Complex Data Portability and Data Sharing Issues
Successful system operation frequently depends on the quality of the data it contains. Social networking systems rely on the ability their members have to manage and keep up to date information about their identities. They also rely on the ability to describe and act upon data about relationships with other network members. If identity or relationship data are faulty, unstable, or inconsistent, the operation of the social network, and the performance of network based transactions related to it, will suffer.
Dennis D. McDonald
in Privacy, Personal Data Management, Industry Analysis, Social Networking, Standards, Facebook, Social Network Portability, Personal Data Ownership, DataPortability, FriendFeed
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Is "My Dow Network" a "Social Network"?
I recently spoke with Trish Bharwada of The Dow Chemical Company. Trish manages My Dow Network, a web-based online membership service launched in 2007 that targets retirees and former employees of Dow.
Dennis D. McDonald
in Industry Analysis, Social Networking, Knowledge Management, Retirement, Demographics, Knowledge Transfer
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New Media Tools and Market Research Independence
It’s interesting to see how the mechanics of market research have been impacted by the web based and online tools now available for gathering and reporting information about personal preferences and behavior.
Dennis D. McDonald
in Industry Analysis, Associations, Social Media, Market Research
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Associations, Management Control, and the Role of Social Media Tools
Jamie Notter’s post Web 2.0: Participation, Trust, and Beta comments on an earlier post by Virgil Carter titled Web 2.0: Culture, Belief System, or Tool-Kit?
Dennis D. McDonald
in Management Tools, Industry Analysis, Web 2.0, Collaboration, Social Networking, Business Models, Enterprise 2.0, Associations, Social Media, Email, communications, Software
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Social Data Portability, Privacy, and DRM
When Bob Weber published his post-CES DRM 3.0 Has Arrived he made the point that, while DRM for music may be dying, the entertainment industry’s interest in Digital Rights Management is still quite strong. This got me to wondering whether this “next generation DRM” might have some relevance to current interest in social network portability.
Dennis D. McDonald
in Privacy, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Copyright, Industry Analysis, Social Networking, Standards, Social Network Portability, Personal Data Ownership, OpenSocial
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How Soon Till We See a Backlash to Social Networking??
I wonder if someday -- perhaps sooner than later -- we'll see a rejection by some groups of social networking technologies that many, including me, now view as evolutionary and inevitable.
Dennis D. McDonald
in Privacy, Industry Analysis, Web 2.0, Social Networking, Social Media, Facebook, Social Network Portability
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The Season of the Telephone Interview
It's unusual for me to be interviewed. I usually do interviews in connection with my own research or my own client work. Over the past month, however, I've been interviewed five different times by five different people:
Dennis D. McDonald
in Industry Analysis, Web 2.0, Collaboration, Social Networking, Knowledge Management, Demographics, Facebook, Market Research, Disaster Response, Homeland Security, Emergency, Local Government
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Why Google Scholar Adding Elsevier "ScienceDirect" Data is Significant
This deal between Elsevier and Google may be further evidence of how disruptive the web has become to traditional publishing, research institutions, and professional membership associations. Web access and the proliferation of systems offering collaboration opportunities via social media and social networking are forcing management to make tough decisions about how much to give away for free and how much to restrict to paying customers.
Dennis D. McDonald
in Industry Analysis, Google, Social Networking, Associations, Journals, Social Media, Elsevier
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Avoiding the "Web 3.0" Label
I received a request from Donna Vitasovich for a definition of “web 2.0 and web 3.0” that she could quote on her blog. I referred her to my post Using a Blog for a “Web 2.0” Presentation instead of PowerPoint. That post includes a definition of Web 2.0 that distinguishes between “Web 2.0 as Technology Infrastructure” and “Web 2.0 as Communication and Business Process.” Here’s what I wrote:
Dennis D. McDonald
in Industry Analysis, Blogging, Social Networking, Enterprise 2.0, Social Media, Adoption, Definitions
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Social Media, Demographics, and Antiwar Demonstrations
I heard a snippet of a news report this morning commenting on the apparent difference in ages between anti-war demonstrators today and anti-war demonstrators during the Vietnam War era. The comment I think I heard was that today's demonstrators tend to be much older and grayer.
Dennis D. McDonald
in Industry Analysis, Demographics, Social Media, Market Research
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