Andrew Lark

The All New Sesame Street...

A classic...

From over at ZDNet...

Steve Gillmore says:

What's new is the insistent voice of the blogosphere beginning to dominate the conversation between vendors and customers. It's more of a zero sum game than many are willing to accept. Analysts are consolidating (read: contracting) and tech news has been commoditized to something approaching loss leader. Folks like Stephen Shankland and Ephraim Schwartz are increasingly providing analysis in their beat areas, and of course the Redmonk boys are open-sourcing their methodology if not their recommendations.

Yes!

What Is Social Network Analysis?

Good intro here... "Social network analysis [SNA] is the mapping and measuring of relationships and flows between people, groups, organizations, animals, computers or other information/knowledge processing entities. The nodes in the network are the people and groups while the links show relationships or flows between the nodes."

CIO Magazine extends this notion into the realm of knowledge management. Thanks to Corante for the pointer... and other reco for HR professionals.

Jeremy Jumps On Technorati (Again)

Good on Jeremy. Frankly, Technorati is a joke in terms of indexing speed and accuracy. I can tag posts and not see them, well, ever. The fact you get listed at all is a miracle. He is right. As a user, they have let the blogosphere down. Doc Searls has a longer post on this. Doc, it's great you are all chums but for us mere minions it just ain't working and what doesn't work, doesn't get used. Simple as that.

Interview with Steve...

Steve Palvina interviewed over at Lifehack

What's Up With Technorati?

Jeremy ponders what the heck is up. I've been wondering the same. Not only is it bloody slow but also ever increasingly inaccurate with a long time lag. Sigh... Thoughts anyone?

Why The Human Torch Doesn't Need An ATV

A classic...

Web Is A Big Influencer Of Purchases

Doubleclick's third annual Touchpoints Survey reveals that the web is the most consistent factor in purchase influence across ten product categories, according to MediaBuyerPlanner.

Al On Hilton

Interesting piece by Al Ries on Hilton and the need for clear brand positioning. (logon required).

Do you know your brand?
What’s your brand? If you can’t answer that question about your own brand in two or three words, your brand’s in trouble.
Powerful, long-lasting brands are built by owning a word in the mind.
What’s a Volvo? A safe car.
What’s a BMW? Fun to drive.
What’s a Barilla? Italy’s No. 1 pasta.

For Kiwis In the Bay Area...

Kia Ora! In a little over a month, Maori Art Meets America – here in San Francisco. Save these dates:

• August 4. Dawn: Ceremonial waka arrival into San Francisco harbor followed by a reception that evening at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.
• August 5-14: Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Forum ( 701 Mission Street @ 3rd in San Francisco) will host Toi Maori: Art from the Maori People of New Zealand –  a world class collection of fine Maori cloaks, enhanced with live weaving demonstrations and kete displays along with  photographic works plus live demonstrations of moko (Maori tattooing).  Both exhibitions will be supplemented by indigenous carving, jewelry and pottery. Quite simply, this display is “a must see.”  Toi Maori: Art from the Maori People of New Zealand  is the largest exhibition of contemporary Maori art from New Zealand in the USA in over two decades and seeks to demonstrate the spiritual significance of Maori art and culture.
• August 7, 2pm: Special FREE performance by “Kapa Haka” Maori dance group in Union Square as part of the “Jewels in the Square” series, sponsored by MJM Management Group and SF Parks Trust.