Category Archives: Reputation

How much is your privacy worth?

Posted on June 14, 2007 by

Fascinating post on MSNBC about the price users put on Privacy…The post talks about experiments where users were asked how much they value their private data. Customers were asked the question in two ways: How much are customer willing to … Continue reading →

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Benefits of Forgetting

Posted on May 10, 2007 by

Interesting and scholarly study from Kennedy School of Government’s Viktor Mayer-Schönberger, titled “Useful Void: The Art of Forgetting in the Age of Ubiquitous Computing”. In the study, the author points to change in our default societal behavior, from forgetting unimportant … Continue reading →

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Hit job – web style

Posted on May 7, 2007 by

This is a familiar enough story (Via SF Gate)…And the people hit have few avenues for relief: The first postings appeared soon after Sue Scheff, who runs a Web-based referral service for parents with troubled teenagers, advised a woman from … Continue reading →

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Web Attack – What to do?

Posted on April 10, 2007 by

Great article in BusinessWeek how Internet and Social media (despite the occasional nastiness) is making business become more accountable: Home Depot’s (HD ) CEO goes into an emergency huddle with his crisis management team after 14,000 bilious customers storm an … Continue reading →

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A-List Bloggers Vs Blue Collor Blogger

Posted on March 17, 2007 by

There an interesting argument going on in the blogosphere. Its captured nicely in the exchange between Tony Huang (deep Jive Interest) and Jason Calacanis: Blogging is damn hard work, and harder still when you have kids to feed and are … Continue reading →

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Improving Online Communities

Posted on March 9, 2007 by

An online community, or for that matter any community, is built upon shared experiences of its participants. In the real world, people in a community typically interact with each other by gathering at same physical location, at the same time. … Continue reading →

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Patent reform: Use social networking

Posted on March 5, 2007 by

First USAToday and now the US Patent office…It looks everybody is trying to leverage social networking to improve the services they deliver. In the case of US Patent office, following are the details: The Patent and Trademark Office is starting … Continue reading →

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Public Connections

Posted on February 22, 2007 by

Great piece from Danah Boyd on her blog about the way Internet and social media makes it easy for people to document and publish their thoughts and feelings…and the effect it has on people’s behavior and relationships. “The presence of … Continue reading →

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Why People Are Such Jerks Online

Posted on February 21, 2007 by

Great Piece by Mike on TechDirt The concept of the flame war online is certainly nothing new. It’s been around since before most people were even aware the internet existed. However, more people are starting to look into the issue … Continue reading →

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Wikipedia Case Study

Posted on February 6, 2007 by

Fascinating case study on the history and sub-culture of Wikipedia by Karim Lakhani and Andrew McAfee of HBS. The study delves into the evolution of Wikipedia and makes for an interesting read. You can see the controllers of Wikipedia struggling … Continue reading →

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