Cambrian Era: Culling and Evolution of Social Media Startups

I continue to think it’s interesting to draw parallels from natural sciences and what’s happening to the social industry, and also how communities behave and grow. From the five eras of the social web (my inspiration was the stratification of this beach cliff), and watching … Continue readingCambrian Era: Culling and Evolution of Social Media Startups

Dutch Fond Of Social Technologies, But Why?

Dutch Technographics View more presentations from jeremiah_owyang. Above: Social Technographics of Netherlands, see other global data for free at Forrester’s Technographics Profile Tool, for our clients we can cut this data in a variety of ways by role, region, and sometimes affinity. Social Technographics Reveal … Continue readingDutch Fond Of Social Technologies, But Why?

What Companies Should Know About Digital Natives

Left: Dr. Urs Gasser of Harvard’s Berkman Center, who focuses on Digital Natives. I’m live blogging from Corporate Social Networking Conference in Amsterdam, and listening to Dr. Urs Gasser of Harvard’s Berkman Center, his website and twitter account (works with friend Doc Searls) who coined … Continue readingWhat Companies Should Know About Digital Natives

Get Glue Enters Into The Era of Social Colonization

Video: see Get Glue’s demo reel, embedded above. Summary: Young startup Get Glue is the early steps of how every product and website will be social impacting recommendations and marketing. It ushers us into the early steps of the Era of Social Colonization, the third … Continue readingGet Glue Enters Into The Era of Social Colonization