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Website copyright © 2002-2025 by Dennis D. McDonald. From Alexandria, Virginia I support proposal writing & management, content and business development, market research, and strategic planning. I also practice and support cursive handwriting. My email: ddmcd@ddmcd.com. My bio: here.

More Thoughts on Developing a Social Network "Portable Relationship Map" Standard

Aug 1

Aug 1 More Thoughts on Developing a Social Network "Portable Relationship Map" Standard

Dennis D. McDonald

Definitions, Identity, Personal Data Ownership, Privacy, , , Standards, Web 2.0

A couple of days ago I posted Do We Need “Portable Relationship Maps” for Social Networks? There I expressed some skepticism about the feasibility of developing a standard for mapping social and professional relationships, over and above basic personal description or identity data, that could be portable between social networking systems.

Jul 29
Jul 29 Do We Need "Portable Relationship Maps" for Social Networks?

Dennis D. McDonald

Definitions, Identity, Personal Data Ownership, Privacy, , , Standards

In Yet another reason why we need a single, trusted, and protected identity system Jeremiah Owyang voices the common complaint about social networks. At one point he writes:

Jul 26
Jul 26 Age, Association Member Retention, and Social Networking

Dennis D. McDonald

Associations, Demographics, , , Strategic Planning, Strategy, Web 2.0

Tony Rossell in his blog post The Ageless Question reviewed a published research study that appears to show that age related differences in professional association membership haven't changed as much over the years as some people have been saying.

Jul 25
Jul 25 Copyright Basics Explained by Disney Characters

Dennis D. McDonald

Cartoons, Copyright, Disney, Media, Pixar

From Professor Eric Faden of Bucknell University comes this review of copyright law, explained in super-clever terms using snippets of video and dialog from Disney and Pixar animated films.

Jul 25
Jul 25 DC CopyNight, July 24, 2007

Dennis D. McDonald

700 MHz, Apple, Copyright, DMCA, DRM, FCC, Facebook, RIAA,

We met again last night at a downtown DC bar, a group of policy analysts, bloggers, lawyers, activists, and geeks. I reported on last month's discussion here. Last night's conversation covered several topics:

Jul 19
Jul 19 The FCC's Coming 700 MHz Auction

Dennis D. McDonald

700 MHz, Auction, Disaster Response, Emergency, FCC, Google, Security, Wireless

Soon the FCC in the U.S. will authorize the auction of a huge chunk of radio spectrum. At stake is whether

Jul 9
Jul 9 Why Google Scholar Adding Elsevier "ScienceDirect" Data is Significant

Dennis D. McDonald

Associations, Elsevier, Google, Industry Analysis, Journals, ,

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.

Jul 6
Jul 6 The Horror! My Tax Dollars are Supporting Microsoft DRM!

Dennis D. McDonald

Alexandria Virginia USA, Copyright, DMCA, DRM, Libraries

I’ve always been a frequent user of public libraries. In fact, I paid my high school and college tuition by working at the Bexley Public Library in Columbus, Ohio. We have a great public library system here in Alexandria Virginia. I’ve been using it steadily ever since my kids were little and we took them to weekly story hours at the Queen Street Branch.

A Map of My Online Networking Tools: Part 2

Jul 5

Jul 5 A Map of My Online Networking Tools: Part 2

Dennis D. McDonald

Identity, Kartoo, MindMeister, Mindmapping, ,

In A Map of My Online Networking Tools: Part 1 I described the use of the MindMeister, a "mind mapping" tool, to display an organized list of the sites I use in relation to personal and professional networking.A different type of tool for mapping relationships that I have written about before is Kartoo. Kartoo displays relationships among web sites based on links and concept groupings.

Jul 3
Jul 3 A Map of My Online Networking Tools: Part 1

Dennis D. McDonald

Identity, MindMeister, Mindmapping, Personal Data Management, , , Web 2.0

I am experimenting with development of a graphical map of the online networking tools I use for personal and professional networking. I started this as a way to illustrate to people how different tools can be used and how their features differ.

Jul 2
Jul 2 What department should manage a corporate "social networking" program for lead generation?

Dennis D. McDonald

Blogging, Collaboration, Facebook, Metrics, Sales Management, , , Web 2.0

What department should manage a corporate “social networking” program for generating business leads? I thought about this while responding to the question posed on Linkedin Answers by Dave Biskner, How would you implement a staff-wide networking program?

Jun 27
Jun 27 "And what's on your iPod, Mr. President?"

Dennis D. McDonald

Associations, Copyright, DMCA, DRM, Patents

Last night I attended the monthly meeting of DC CopyNight at a bar within walking distance of the Gallery Place Chinatown Metro stop in Washington DC. Here’s the official description of the group:

Jun 21
Jun 21 CIO.com Article Promotes Internal Company Blogs

Dennis D. McDonald

Blogging, Content Management, Project Blog Survey, Project Management

CIO.com's Seven Reasons for Your Company to Start an Internal Blog lists the following: 1. Your enterprise e-mail applications are not easy to search. 2. Your e-mail is lost in the eye of the “cc storm.” 3. Ex-employees can take it with them. 4. Too much wasted time checking in with colleagues. 5. With blogs, the humble and the egotist both win. 6. Organizational openness and accountability. 7. People might already be using them.

Jun 21
Jun 21 Lawrence Lessig Shifts Gears

Dennis D. McDonald

Copyright, Corruption, DRM, Lessig, iPod

Carey Lening (a fellow member of the group DC CopyNight) pointed out some news: Lawrence Lessig has announced he is “shifting gears” and moving on to devote his “next ten years” to a different set of issues from those that have consumed him for the past decade.