Why Social Networks Are Important

The power of visual story telling and the power of social networking. Why they both matter. In a simple presentation.

A colleague asked me recently for a reason she should sign up for a social networking site. The best response I could mutter was something along the lines "Well, this is why I use ...." and proceed to try and show how I find some social networks better (for me) than others.

Now, I've always liked the CommonCraft videos - they do a great job of explaining web related issues, and thanks to following CommonCraft on Twitter, I found this today - a great explanation of just why I find value in social networks. Wish I'd seen it before I tried to stumble over my explanation!

Smarter Work: Why Social Networks Matter

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So, thanks Sacha!

Why I love TED

I've just had the chance to watch Clay Shirky's TED talk from May of this year on how the likes of Twitter, Facebook and other social networking sites are changing the fundamental notion of media and media construction and consumption. If you haven't heard it, spend 17 minutes now ... it is well worth the watch.



This video complements perfectly Ray Kurzweil's on the continued exponential growth in computing in general terms. (If you haven't seen Ray's original talk from 2005, then watch it first!) Thanks TED!