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Why crowdsourcing works

Why crowdsourcing works

By Hutch Carpenter on March 6, 2014

Crowdsourcing is a method of solving problems through the distributed contributions of multiple people. It’s used to address tough problems that happen everyday. Ideas for new opportunities. Ways to solve problems. Uncovering an existing approach that addresses your need. Time and again, crowdsourcing has been used successfully to solve challenges. But…why does it work? What’s […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged cognitive diversity, crowdsourcing, geek, innovation, innovation management, problem-solving, social networks | 1 Response

1990s Called And Wanted Their AOL Back

1990s Called And Wanted Their AOL Back

By Krishnan Subramanian on February 6, 2012

On Saturday, Robert Scoble made a blog post declaring the death of open web. In the post Robert argued that the open web as we know now is dying and no one can save it from the walled gardens of Facebook, Twitter, Google+, etc.. John, where were you? At least Dave has been consistently trying […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged facebook, google plus, insights, open web, openweb, Robert Scoble, social, social networks, twitter, walled garden, web | 4 Responses

Why Pseudonymity Is Such an Important Concept

Why Pseudonymity Is Such an Important Concept

By Mark Suster on September 22, 2011

Fred Wilson wrote a blog post yesterday called “Real Names” in which he talked about a commenter on his blog who preferred not to comment because he didn’t want to use his real name. It’s all told through a graphic & very short so worth your having a quick read. It’s a powerful concept. The […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged facebook, Friendster, HackerNews, linkedin, Pseudonymity, social networks, Startup Advice, twitter

Is Google+ More Facebook or More Twitter? Yes

Is Google+ More Facebook or More Twitter? Yes

By Hutch Carpenter on July 13, 2011

Quick, what existing social network is Google+ most likely to displace in terms of people’s time? Another Try by Google to Take On Facebook Claire Cain Miller, New York Times This isn’t a Facebook-killer, it’s a Twitter-killer. Yishan Wong, Google+ post A hearty congrats to Google for creating an offering that manages to be compared […]

Posted in Application Software, Featured Posts | Tagged collaboration, facebook, geek, google, google plus, social networks, twitter | 4 Responses

Google Says Google+ Is Not Ready For Brands

Google Says Google+ Is Not Ready For Brands

By Krishnan Subramanian on July 6, 2011

Ever since Google+ was launched, I am playing around with it both for personal use as well as for professional use. I see Google+ eventually replacing Facebook for me (provided I convince my family and friends to start using Google+ and their throttling of invites is not helping my cause) on the personal side. Already, […]

Posted in Application Software, Featured Posts | Tagged brands, briefs, business, google, Marketers, social, social computing, social networks

Tibbr 3.0: Making The Activity Streams Actionable

Tibbr 3.0: Making The Activity Streams Actionable

By Krishnan Subramanian on June 28, 2011

Tibco, the enterprise infrastructure software company, today announced an upgrade for their enterprise social networking product Tibbr (previous CloudAve coverage). I was very impressed with Tibbr when they launched in January because they brought together people, process and context in a way to drive efficiency in the enterprise workflow. With this release, they are taking […]

Posted in Application Software, Featured Posts | Tagged collaboration, enterprises, insights, social, social computing, social networks, tibbr, tibco

IBM Lotusphere 2011 - Social Is In The Air

IBM Lotusphere 2011 – Social Is In The Air

By Krishnan Subramanian on January 31, 2011

I am attending IBM Lotusphere 2011 in Orlando and, as it is expected in this conference, Social Business is a big theme this year. You can feel “Social vibes” not just from IBM executives but from their partners and customers as well. Clearly, social has taken up big time and I would say that it […]

Posted in Application Software, Featured Posts | Tagged briefs, collaboration, IBM, lotusphere, lotusphere 2011, ls11, social, social computing, social networks | 3 Responses

Three Pluses, Three Minuses of Quora as a KM System

Three Pluses, Three Minuses of Quora as a KM System

By Hutch Carpenter on January 28, 2011

Knowledge Management (aka “KM”) is a field that I don’t have personal experience in. It’s supposed to be practices, processes and systems where valuable knowledge of workers is collected and made available for others. KM continues to be an important topic for enterprises these days, but it also freighted with many failures and disappointments. Without […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Product reviews | Tagged American Idol, enterprise 2.0, geek, km, knowledge management, Quora, social networks, Yahoo Answers | 1 Response

TIBCO Nails It With Tibbr

TIBCO Nails It With Tibbr

By Krishnan Subramanian on January 26, 2011

TIBCO, the enterprise infrastructure software company, this week announced their foray into Social Computing when they announced the GA of Tibbr, their attempt to crack the enterprise social collaboration market. Tibbr is a social computing tool for enterprises which will let employees, customers and partners to interact with each other and, also, with information and […]

Posted in Application Software, Featured Posts | Tagged collaboration, enterprises, insights, social, social computing, social networks, tibbr, tibco | 6 Responses

The Looming Data Wars

The Looming Data Wars

By Krishnan Subramanian on November 8, 2010

Last week, Google asked Facebook to get their hands off the data stored in their service. Google felt that Facebook is taking data in programmatically from other services while not reciprocating in the same way. Google should have made this move 2-3 years back but it is better late than never. Google supports data portability. […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged api, data ownership, data portability, facebook, google, interoperability, social networks

Download Your Facebook Data: I Got A Hint One Week Back

Download Your Facebook Data: I Got A Hint One Week Back

By Krishnan Subramanian on October 6, 2010

Facebook is holding an event today and one of the big news coming out of the event is regarding their move towards data portability. According to Techcrunch, At today’s Facebook event in Palo Alto, Mark Zuckerberg just announced a feature that allows users to port their data off of Facebook, “People own and have control […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Platforms | Tagged data, data ownership, data portability, david Recordon, facebook, privacy, Robert Scoble, social media, social networks | 3 Responses

Open Source Security Revisited - With Enough Eyeballs, All Bugs Are Shallow

Open Source Security Revisited – With Enough Eyeballs, All Bugs Are Shallow

By Krishnan Subramanian on September 16, 2010

It is a common knowledge that, usually, Open Source projects are successful because of the developers scratching their personal itch. It often starts with a group of disgruntled developers frustrated with a proprietary software because it fails to satisfy their needs. The very fact that they are left helpless due to the absence of source […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Open Source | Tagged bugs, diaspora, facebook, fud, open source, proprietary software, saas, Security, social networks | 2 Responses

RightNow Enables Seamless Social Interactions With Your Customers

RightNow Enables Seamless Social Interactions With Your Customers

By Krishnan Subramanian on September 16, 2010

RightNow Technologies (NASDAQ:RNOW), Bozeman based company offering a comprehensive Customer eXperience Suite, yesterday announced the extension of their Suite to support Facebook. With this new addition, RightNow Technologies is taking their customers right to the doors of these social networking sites. The Problem In today’s world, customers are more empowered than ever due to the […]

Posted in Application Software, Featured Posts | Tagged customer experience, facebook, rightnow, saas, social computing, social networks, social platforms

Apple's Approach To Social Networking May Not Work

Apple’s Approach To Social Networking May Not Work

By Krishnan Subramanian on September 8, 2010

In this era where everyone trying to find a foothold in the social networking space, Apple is trying to take a different approach compared to the likes of Facebook, Twitter and others. Will it work? It is too early to guess but my personal opinion is that it is not going to work out well […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged Apple, desktop app, game center, gaming, iOS, mobile app, music, native app, ping, social, social networks | 2 Responses

10 Questions to Ask Technical Communicators Delusional Enough to Believe They Don’t Need to be on Twitter

10 Questions to Ask Technical Communicators Delusional Enough to Believe They Don’t Need to be on Twitter

By Mark Fidelman on June 4, 2010

According to a recent Edison Research study 51% of active Twitter users follow companies, brands or products on social networks.  That means they are most likely following your brand and your product.  That means they are discussing how, why, when and where they use your product and service.  And you’re not there?  Twitter now has […]

Posted in Design | Tagged brands, enterprise 2.0, microblogging, social networks, twitter | 2 Responses

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