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On the road again

30th
12

Six weeks ago, it was with great joy and hopes that I joined GroupM, leaving behind the safety of a big bank for the more tumultuous waters of media and advertising. At the time, however, I did not expect things to turn as they just did: I’ve been laid off as I was told that a [...]

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In Personal

Personal Relationship Manager

10th
9

I am a tad obsessive about my address book. While there are several thousand people in it, I tend to believe that I need to make sure that they stay current and I look to my address book as the center of my social network. but it ought to work more like a personal relationship [...]

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In Media, Personal

Running the Numbers on Second Life

5th
41

There’s been discussion lately about Second Life and how its reported numbers seem to be off. Clay Shirky, on Valleywag, has been deconstructing the numbers claiming that the emperor wore no clothes. The funny thing is that this was coinciding with some research I’ve been doing to better understand whether SecondLife is a flash in the [...]

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In Business, Technology

2007 Predictions

1st
2

This year marks the 10th anniversary edition of the TNL.net predictions for the year ahead. In past years, I’ve been batting above 50 percent in terms of predictions, except when it comes to naming what will happen with specific companies. The trends are generally correct (or in some case, early) and I always look at [...]

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In Business, Media, Politics, Technology

5 opportunities around social networks

30th
5

In previous entries, I looked at the benefits and issues with social networks. As they move forward, here’s a list of opportunities relating to social networks.  5. Data Mining/Research A main attribute of social networks is how much data people provide to them. On top of it, this data and the interaction of users on those networks. [...]

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In Analysis

5 reasons why social networks can succeed

22nd
31

After exploring why social networks fail, I also have to consider why people are still joining them, in spite of their failures. So, going along the same approach, here I am with 5 reasons why social networks can succeed: 5. Viral Nature They key to social networks quickly moving up in size is their viral nature. Because [...]

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In Analysis

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