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"SOME of the biggest brands in Australia have been revealed as poor users of social media such as Facebook and Twitter -- often creating a presence there, only to then leave them dormant. Research by public relations agency Burson Marsteller on Australia's top 20 brands indicates that many are bungling their approach to the emergent media channel of social networking."

Good how groups like QSITE know how to handle social networking, often pioneering things so that the rest of us have to catch up. :-)

"As a tribute to XKCD's 'Map of Online Communities', we have decided to re-create our own, updated version of this map. The numbers are taken to reflect many new developments in the social networking communities, including Facebook surpassing Myspace as the preeminent online community:"

Very nice map of the social networks in the web2.0 space. Has anybody seen the XKCD original version? :-)

"The online behaviors of youth and how to improve and correct them are part of how James feels new media can be used to address the world's challenges .. In their research, the team has found that most young people are devoid of ethical thinking or consideration for others when using the web."

Interesting article, are the youth really devoid of ethical thinking when using the web? Is this because there are no adults around to correct or give feedback to their behaviour?

"The creator of the short-lived but popular Harvard version of the Am I Hot or Not? website said he will not have to leave school after being called before the Administrative Board yesterday afternoon. Mark E. Zuckerberg '06 said he was accused of breaching security, violating copyrights and violating individual privacy by creating the website, www.facemash.com, about two weeks ago."

Amazing when you consider who this is really talking about and what happened next to this social software.

"So while I was talking to a client today who has been agonising over the detail of the design, features and colours for their website (for the last 5 months) I was reminded of the principle of "Just Ship It" and how important it is in the new age of digital media and how even more relevant Nikes slogan of "Just Do It" has become."

Some good lessons and rules here for teachers mulling over social networking, when and where to start. Just do it.

"In what could be one of the great misjudgments since the record company that turned down The Beatles, one of Stephen Fry's teachers once described him as "feckless, fickle, flamboyant and evasive .. He told ABC Radio's PM of his enthusiasm for all things digital, including micro-blogging site Twitter, which he think has also been misjudged as trivial."

Fascinating to read this interview with Stephen Fry and consider how he has engaged with social media such as Twitter.

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