Posted on February 4, 2008 by John Breslin
In a previous post, I listed some interesting articles I found about the application of social networks to business scenarios. This was based on research I did for a presentation on “Social Networking and Collaboration Tools for Enterprise 2.0” in October. Referencing these articles, I also prepared some answers for questions at the [...]
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Posted on February 2, 2008 by John Breslin
Cork will play host to the 5th International Conference on Social Software - BlogTalk - from the 2nd to the 4th of March 2008.
The BlogTalk event – see 2008.blogtalk.net - allows practitioners, developers and academics to connect and discuss the latest trends and happenings in the world of social software (blogs, wikis, social networks, etc.). [...]
Filed under: Blogs, Events, Ireland, Mashups, Microblogs, Semantic Web, Social Networks, Social Software, Web 2.0, Wikis | 1 Comment »
Posted on January 21, 2008 by John Breslin
Call for Participation for XTech 2008
Proposals for presentations and tutorials are invited for XTech 2008, Europe’s premier web technologies conference. The deadline for submitting proposals is January 25th, 2008.
XTech 2008 will be held from May 6-9th 2008, in Dublin, Ireland.
XTech’s theme this year is “The Web on the Move”, focusing on the emerging portability [...]
Filed under: Events, Ireland, Mashups, Semantic Web, Social Networks, Social Software | Tagged: dataportability, dublin, Ireland, irishblogs, mobileinternet, semanticweb, socialmedia, web2, web2.0, webtechnologies, xtech | No Comments »
Posted on January 3, 2008 by John Breslin
As co-organiser of the WebCamp workshop on social network portability, I am happy to announce two invited talks by experts from the fields of the social web and the Semantic Web.
Ajit Jaokar is a mobile web pioneer and a researcher on identity and reputation in social networks at University College London. Ajit is founder [...]
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Posted on December 6, 2007 by John Breslin
I was interviewed during the summer for an interesting documentary about Bebo and online social networks (or “social networking services” 
by the Multime Group from DCU. I prepared some answers for their questions, which I am sharing here.
What is your interpretation of an online social network (OSN)?
My interpretation is that it is a [...]
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Posted on November 27, 2007 by John Breslin
A WebCamp “Social Network Portability” workshop has been announced to be co-located with BlogTalk on 2nd March 2008. You can view the wiki page for this event.
“Social network portability” is a term that has been used to describe the ability to reuse one’s own profile and contacts across various social networking sites and social [...]
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Posted on November 26, 2007 by John Breslin
From Ireland’s Newstalk radio news today:
The Government’s planning on using Facebook and Bebo to try to warn people of the dangers of illegal drugs.
The news comes as two people remain in a critical condition in hospital, and more than a dozen others were treated after a 21st birthday party in Waterford.
The Minister for State with [...]
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Posted on November 22, 2007 by John Breslin
What does OpenSocial offer in the way of being able to transfer your social network profile and contacts across networks? It’s the question that has been on many lips, from Tim O’Reilly to Tantek Celik, but a hint that this may in fact be possible recently appeared in the OpenSocial documentation for hosting applications [...]
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Posted on November 1, 2007 by John Breslin
In the niche SNS area, Yokohama Tyre Corporation recently implemented the Pringo white-label SNS solution for their “online presence and green marketing initiative” called Eco Treadsetters.
LA-based marketing agency PCGCampbell built the site using Pringo so that Yokohama consumers across the US could communicate with each other, create and navigate custom profiles, form sub-communities, and [...]
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Posted on October 26, 2007 by John Breslin
Eric Schmidt, speaking at Google’s Zeitgeist conference recently said: “People don’t appreciate how many page views on the Internet are in social networks. It is very real. It’s a very real phenomenon.”
It’d be interesting to know just what proportion of ALL page views do go to SNSs. I’m still quoting last November’s [...]
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