Did you ever think something that you did during college would come back to haunt you years after? Did you ever think missing one payment on a credit card would hurt you that bad? How about failing to pay for that ebay item you just bidded on would really hurt you in the long yes? The answer to all these questions really should be thought about because they all do affect you in some way or other?
Take your face book or my space account...Those pics of you at a frat party playing beer pong, doing a keg stand, drinking underage, and many other pics that seem to pop up of you doing inappropriate things...Why facebook and myspace have become so popular among college students as a form of social networking as a way to keep friends and look at those pics people put up of you it has also come a huge tool for companies investigating new employees...Those pictures notes and other things your names are tagged in come up in search engines across the Internet and now for the first time we see employers using these search engines to find out about you...Its no wonder when a survey was done 1 in 4 hiring managers said they look for people in search engines before making a decision on hiring...
Ever wonder what happens when you click submit after putting all your information in an online ordering site?...Ever wonder what happens after you swipe your credit card at a store?...By swiping your card or hitting that submit button it now gives the store permission to search all of your "reputations" which include credit histories and stuff like that...After looking at numerous information in a matter of seconds the company databases then decide based on your reputation if they want to give you the product on credit...So companies see all of your past problems in those seconds before they tell you if your credit card has been accepted...
And now ebay all of those feedback...many people argue this is not a reliable source of your reputation as people sometimes fear of putting bad feedback...But if you have a bad feedback even from years back sellers will be scared to sell you there product...
Reputations are huge and with the help of the Internet it is becoming such a huge debate...The Internet has helped get your reputation across the entire world with the click of a button...So please think twice about what you post on your wall, what pics have your name connected to it, think how many people know you missed your credit payment...These all do affect you in the long run
http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2005/11/are_online_repu.html
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6462504
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Presentation_of_Self_in_Everyday_Life
Smart Mobs Howard Rheingold 113-128
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Where is News HEADING?
Before the world of the world wide web and blogs we were used to the old school way of news....Those newspapers where editors choose the frontpage stories, pictures, and layout were what everyone was used to....Those were the old days...Today along with the internet news has changed thanks in part to a site called DIGG...This site used internet users as the editors putting the news the viewers say is most important on the front page...What makes this site even more amazing is the fact digg doesnt even publish the news the website relies on the same internet users to put the news on there site from other news sites....How rich is this new form of news people may ask?..People value DIGG is worth over 300 million dollars...
Blogs and internet posting have come along way in forms of being found easier....In the book Naked Conversations a good example is raised...Kids going to camp all wearing the same type of clothing need a way to be found easier...So there parents put a name tag inside it...Thats the same kind of thing used on a blog...So many blogs will talk about the same thing dirrectly or indirectly so making a way to find your blog easier is a must...This is wear tags come along by taging your blog by jkeywords its now easier for your blog to be found...
Blogs and internet posting have come along way in forms of being found easier....In the book Naked Conversations a good example is raised...Kids going to camp all wearing the same type of clothing need a way to be found easier...So there parents put a name tag inside it...Thats the same kind of thing used on a blog...So many blogs will talk about the same thing dirrectly or indirectly so making a way to find your blog easier is a must...This is wear tags come along by taging your blog by jkeywords its now easier for your blog to be found...
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Whats the purpose of blogs? The Answer seems to be Changing each and every day
What is the purpose of a blog? People first used blogs to document there life's and give people an inside to the life they live. That's when blogs first came along...But ask that question to a CEO of a company today and they will give you a different answer....Today more and more blogs are popping help to help a companies PR department
Talk to the CEO of Verizon wireless and he might not be to happy the entire blogging ever came about...his company was sued after a blog popped up complaing about a feature on a cell phone that wasn't working...the blog allowed everyone who was having the same problem to come together and post about this leading to a lawsuit after some many people complained.
One website estimated that anywhere from 3-6% of fortune 500 companies use blogs in some form..What form you ask?..Companies use blogs to allow customers to post feedback on products, introduce new products and lets there employees have a place to communicate to each other...
Just how much do CEO's read these blogs...More then you think...Just ask some employees who were laid off for blasting other employees or putting out "secret" info of new products on these blogs...With the Internet being accessed by almost any one how can a CEO be sure he is firing the right person...One employee from Goggle was fired after she went off about the lack of goggles health care policy compared to Microsoft
Blogs let companies into a new from of marketing...first the first time companies can see what there customers think on a relaxed level...companies can take this information and make there products better..Blogs also give companies free advertising getting there product name out to the public
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/8f142dce-78ad-11d9-9961-00000e2511c8.html
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_18/b3931001_mz001.htm
http://www.cluetrain.com/book/markets.html
Talk to the CEO of Verizon wireless and he might not be to happy the entire blogging ever came about...his company was sued after a blog popped up complaing about a feature on a cell phone that wasn't working...the blog allowed everyone who was having the same problem to come together and post about this leading to a lawsuit after some many people complained.
One website estimated that anywhere from 3-6% of fortune 500 companies use blogs in some form..What form you ask?..Companies use blogs to allow customers to post feedback on products, introduce new products and lets there employees have a place to communicate to each other...
Just how much do CEO's read these blogs...More then you think...Just ask some employees who were laid off for blasting other employees or putting out "secret" info of new products on these blogs...With the Internet being accessed by almost any one how can a CEO be sure he is firing the right person...One employee from Goggle was fired after she went off about the lack of goggles health care policy compared to Microsoft
Blogs let companies into a new from of marketing...first the first time companies can see what there customers think on a relaxed level...companies can take this information and make there products better..Blogs also give companies free advertising getting there product name out to the public
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/8f142dce-78ad-11d9-9961-00000e2511c8.html
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_18/b3931001_mz001.htm
http://www.cluetrain.com/book/markets.html
Monday, February 5, 2007
different forms of networks all helping this cause
Business relay on customer contact to help there business succeed and in today's age the best form of this type of communication is in the form of blogging...The authors of naked conversations say blogs are the most essential form of communication for a business to its customers and for business that do not blog are trying to hide something from the public...
Everyday blogs pop up at a rate of nearly one per second..and many analysts say if people are not talking about your company they will be soon and if they don't you have a serious problem...companies can see what people are blogging about and see the praises, fix errors that are written or see what customers are complaining about....
Blogs are so informal that most of the time grammar and spelling are not taken into account and are used for the facts inside of them...A blog pioneer likes the informal blog style stating it shows authenticity and the work of a "real person"...While blogs may seem so amazing there are many issues such as legal and giving away company secrets that need to be watched when using a blog.
Kiehne exposed us to a new form of social networking...He introduces (SN'S) Social Network Servers which have really taken off in the last few years such sites of face book, and my space have really taken off with the pioneer friendster not far behind...While these sites incorpoate blogs in there sites they offer something more...these sites produce direct links between people linking them by areas creating numerous amounts of social network linking groups of friends together creating these huge networks...
Networks really started with the invention of the telephone and networks took off with the invention of computer networks in the 1960's letting people cement there relationships...
Networks in the end let a company monitor networks keeping an eye on the outer bounds and all of the members behaviors
Sources
Smart Mobs Howard Rheingold
Naked Conversations Robert Scoble
https://blackboard.american.edu/courses/1/ITEC-333-001-2007S/content/_615594_1/_Kiehne__2004__Social_Network_History.pdf
Everyday blogs pop up at a rate of nearly one per second..and many analysts say if people are not talking about your company they will be soon and if they don't you have a serious problem...companies can see what people are blogging about and see the praises, fix errors that are written or see what customers are complaining about....
Blogs are so informal that most of the time grammar and spelling are not taken into account and are used for the facts inside of them...A blog pioneer likes the informal blog style stating it shows authenticity and the work of a "real person"...While blogs may seem so amazing there are many issues such as legal and giving away company secrets that need to be watched when using a blog.
Kiehne exposed us to a new form of social networking...He introduces (SN'S) Social Network Servers which have really taken off in the last few years such sites of face book, and my space have really taken off with the pioneer friendster not far behind...While these sites incorpoate blogs in there sites they offer something more...these sites produce direct links between people linking them by areas creating numerous amounts of social network linking groups of friends together creating these huge networks...
Networks really started with the invention of the telephone and networks took off with the invention of computer networks in the 1960's letting people cement there relationships...
Networks in the end let a company monitor networks keeping an eye on the outer bounds and all of the members behaviors
Sources
Smart Mobs Howard Rheingold
Naked Conversations Robert Scoble
https://blackboard.american.edu/courses/1/ITEC-333-001-2007S/content/_615594_1/_Kiehne__2004__Social_Network_History.pdf
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