Klout: You can not measure online influence ... ... but you can certainly find better indications for it than the number of followers on Twitter or friends of Facebook -
Klout got 8.5 mio investment - and I expect increasing interest in it -
Democracy 2.0 - Swiss politicians discover the Web 2.0 and the Social Web Web 2.0 platforms are of increasing importance to the political process everywhere. In addition to the static information on web sites, social sites support the political mobilization, the formation of opinions and the implementation of political programs. Switzerland helds national as well as regional elections in 2011 and it could be the first time, that the social web plays an important role here too.
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Demokratie 2.0 Die Politik entdeckt das Web 2.0, das Social Web als Medium. ... Dabei spielen neben Websites zunehmend auch Sites des Social Webs eine wichtige Rolle.
Die Politik bewegt sich dabei vor allem auf drei Ebenen, welche drei Zwecken dienen:
1) Mobilisierung
2) Meinungsbildung
3) Umsetzung
Cafeteria post: I just ousted @bierino as the PRESIDENT of the Tweetocracy Switzerland!! - No, not on Foursquare, but in REAL-TweetLife!! You might not find this one funny, if you are not on Twitter - its a parody about Foursquare, and it addresses the increasing annoyance of the automatically generated Foursquare messages on Twitter.
I've written this 2 days ago in the evening and discussed it with my wife Sampada - she (not a Twitterer) didnt find it very funny and adviced me, not to publish it - as it may insult some people, which Colayer would like to do business some time in future ... "There is a conflict between your role as a CEO of Colayer and this post" - When I woke up today morning, I found it myself not very funny anymore - so I didnt publish - but sent a link to Navin Kabra, which thought it actually is funny and Tweeted it. So, Whatever - read it, you may enjoy it, and if not, then never mind ...
Virtual is Real
What if, you could interact on the web just as you did in real life? What if, you could present your thoughts and share your ideas and not feel that you are online?
Communications Redefined
Until today, information was channeled in narrow streams intended only for a select group of
recipients within the corporate structure. Due to the restrictive nature of communication channels,
information circulated only in separate knowledge islands.
The Human Web
The Web was intended to be a social place. Anybody should be able to get in touch with anybody,
anywhere. You can be online in forums, on chats, anywhere, everywhere. You are still alone.
Email Will be Dead Soon
eMail fragments information and puts it out of
context. As the amount of information increases, 're-contextualizing' it becomes a major task.
