Tag Archives: online communities

07/01/2011 Posted in Business 4 Comments

Quora’s Uptake Velocity, and Unintended Consequences

By Ben Kepes

I’ve spent a few days thinking about the seemingly rapid rise of Q&A site Quora. While a great case study for the value that utilizing Cloud infrastructure can bring, my thoughts are more about the speed at which Quora seems to have become the property du jour. I only started

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04/09/2008 Posted in Collaboration, Design, Web x.0 Leave a comment

Building better web communities

By Ben Kepes

Session one at the unconference was led by David Terrar and looked at building web communities – after his experience building one for the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales (ICAEW). Some interesting thoughts around "why to build communities". I pointed out that in fact we were discussing

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09/06/2008 Posted in Collaboration, Design, Strategy, Web x.0 1 Comment

On building communties…

By Ben Kepes

At the moment I’m involved in a project that seeks to build a community of interest. As part of the research for the project, I’ve been pointed in the direction of a couple of reports out of ForumOne. The first is the Online Community Metrics paper and the second is

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28/04/2008 Posted in Design, IT, My businesses, New Zealand, Strategy 5 Comments

Building successful online communities….

By Ben Kepes

Astute readers will know, or have worked out, that I’m involved in a couple of projects that seek to build communities of interest. I really believe in the power of the network and the efficiency to be gained by creating a place where individuals, joined by a common interest, can

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Ben Kepes is an analyst, an entrepreneur, a commentator and a business adviser. His business interests include a diverse range of industries from manufacturing to property to technology. As a technology commentator he has a broad presence both in the traditional media and extensively online. Ben covers the convergance of technology, mobile, ubiquity and agility, all enabled by the Cloud. His areas of interest extend to enterprise software, software integration, financial/accounting software, platforms and infrastructure as well as articulating technology simply for everyday users. More on Ben

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