I'm really enjoying the new blog on Building Web 2.0 Reputation Systems at http://buildingreputation.com/ ... definitely worth adding to your RSS reader if you're working on any kind of social web projects or a heavy social web user, and they're also using a wiki to develop a new book on the topic. One of the lead contributors is Randall Farmer, who I've worked with in the past and is a leader in this burgeoning field.
Despite the ongoing economic downturn, one persistent trend I've noticed is pennies lying on the ground in high-traffic, public space. It seems like very, very few people find them worth picking up these days.
This has been coming for some time, with the cost of producing a penny inflating to (I believe) more than its face value some time ago. But it's still interesting to see its perceived value to the general public drop this far... Given that we're now talking about something that would buy about a tenth of an ounce of soda, ignoring them is actually fairly rational. But doesn't that mean we should revisit just getting rid of the damned things altogether? Does anyone have a reason not to?
This has been coming for some time, with the cost of producing a penny inflating to (I believe) more than its face value some time ago. But it's still interesting to see its perceived value to the general public drop this far... Given that we're now talking about something that would buy about a tenth of an ounce of soda, ignoring them is actually fairly rational. But doesn't that mean we should revisit just getting rid of the damned things altogether? Does anyone have a reason not to?
Some of the whining almost defies belief. Did Alberto Gonzales, the former attorney general, really say, "I consider myself a casualty, one of the many casualties of the war on terror"?
-- Paul Krugman, Bigger than Bush
It's time for a fresh start. Here's looking forward to a great 2009. Much love to everyone.
I've been working my way through Groundswell, by Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff. If you're up to speed on Web 2.0, a good part of the book will not be new to you (it's obviously targeted more at the corporate customers of Forrester Research, where the authors worked.) But the book does have real value in showing how particular businesses should make quantitative decisions around social internet participation, and also providing frameworks for calculating potential ROI. I'd say that even if you're very familiar with the social web as a firsthand user, it's worth at least skimming Groundswell before any new project to look at the frameworks they provide for assessing potential social web projects. Even if you disagree with their conclusions, it may provide a good basis for explaining or justifying your own view to other constituencies.
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