A couple of weeks ago Facebook surpassed MySpace as the most-trafficked social media site in the world (comScore). What does it mean to carry a moniker such as this? I decided to crack open the Facebook ads and pages application to look at the numbers on a global level. Insights: A few surprises turned up [...]

Guest Post: Danielle Holke, Digital Media Consultant When Napster, Limewire, Morpheus, et al ruled the web, record execs unanimously and very publicly cried foul. Simultaneously, these same boardroom bandits were quietly working behind the scenes – partnering with datamining companies to scour the P2P networks and gather learning on users’ behaviour. With the cocaine-fueled days [...]

Joe Jaffe got a book cover and many of us got link love, but was the 2k bloggers list really worth it? In late 2006, a colleague invited me to join a compiled list of over 2000 bloggers. The purpose of this opt-in list was not clear, nor was any sort of strategy beyond gathering [...]

Radical Trust is often-quoted in magazines, radio, newspapers, trade-journals and, of course, blogs and podcasts, but recently we have a first – Tom Hayes, quotes Radical Trust in his new book Jump Point: How Network Culture is Revolutionizing Business. Thanks for the nod Tom, and good luck with the book! Check it out: Technorati Tags: [...]

Terry Fallis, author of a self-published Canadian political satire entitled, “The Best Laid Plans“, podcasted his book, “chapter by chapter” for free, in order to gain an audience for his literary effort.In June, Terry won a Leacock award and a publisher. Cory Doctorow releases his books in digital format for free in order to gain [...]