Tag Archives: social networking

19/06/2008 Posted in Business, Design, IT, Society, Web x.0 4 Comments

Let’s give up pretending that "friends" means friends…

By Ben Kepes

Over on Newsweek there is much concern and hand-wringing over the number of “friends” one can have on social networking sites. The author points out Facebook’s 5000 friend limitation and MySpace’s no-holds barred, bring as many as you like mentality. They even drag out the obligatory expert, in this case

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15/06/2008 Posted in Business, Efficiency, IT, New business, Society, Strategy Leave a comment

Social media on a slide, what’s next?

By Ben Kepes

Much has been made of the latest ComScore figures which show a plateau has been reached in the major social media sites. GigaOm gives us the litany of social media sites folding saying that in the U.S. Last week, Revision3 cancelled “SocialBrew”, Monster killed Tickle, CondeNast’s shuttered Flip and Verizon

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13/06/2008 Posted in Business, Design, IT, Strategy, Web x.0 1 Comment

Facebook and first mover advantage…

By Ben Kepes

I’ve said before that Facebook has pretty much lost it’s relevance for me. Other than old friends, I’ve moved most of my dialogue onto micro-blogging or other such services. On my infrequent returns to Facebook however I’m seeing an interesting trend. It appears that many of the early adopters to

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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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