social-networking

Some Interesting items from LS12

The Connections “next” features were some of the most interesting announcements:

  • Activity Streams & Open social support. Redesigned homepage. embedded experiences.
  • OAUTH2 support.
  • New mobile tools in major appstores, very nice stuff.
  • Superior integration with Microsoft assets.
  • New tool called IBM docs will allow Google wave style editing of office docs with Connections as the storage cloud (files).

Fun, Interesting things….

  • Michael J. Fox and Sir Tim Berners-Lee talks in opening sessions.
  • I won a crazy goofy hat that I’m unlikely to wear.

Some things that drove me nuts at LS

  • You can’t take pictures of an important slide?
  • You can’t stand up in the in back or move a chair?
  • Social conference with no working wifi? Wow.
  • If you plug in your device during a session they will take it away until session ends?

Do you know your co-workers?

As I’ve started to follow my co-worker’s life data feeds (blogs, twitter, facebook) I find myself enjoying people at another level. Someone who was just “another person” on that “weekly call” is now a person that did something interesting, or just had a baby, or ___________.

Think of the opportunities, and the scary things.

  • Your former boss-from-hades requests access to your facebook page. Think he’ll know those point-haired comments are about him?
  • You start following a leader at your company on twitter. Now you are better prepared for that next meeting!
  • A leader at your company starts following you online! Well this could be scary but think of it as a way to look smart (if you are) to somebody that might matter to your career.
  • A co-worker tweets about some personal views. This may be a good reminder to avoid a topic – or occasion to have lunch to discuss something you have in common.
  • You are well networked from LinkedIn to twitter to ________. When the next corporate cuts come you’ll look more appealing to future employers.