The Laundry list of Social Media

Must read blog post for those trying to figure out Web 2.0...

http://web2dotwhat.com/2008/11/06/social-media-and-community-management-resources/

Social Media in Plain english

Ever been stuck trying to explain social media in plain english... Check out this video.

For that matter if you ever need to explain anything in plain english - try these guys first http://www.commoncraft.com/about

Twitter vs. CNN

It was amazing to watch the US elections. No matter which camp you wanted to win or where in the world you were, it was a historic event.

An amazing aspect of it for me was getting more interesting and relevant updates via Twitter and Facebook than listening to the journalists on CNN fill the air with fluff and show off fancy Star Wars/ Star Trek AV tricks to "beam" in people. The hologram of the Capitol was a little much...

People on the ground, in Grant park, providing updates. Real emotion. Real news. Really relevant.

In the battle to be the best in the media, isn't it all about relevance?

Web 2.0 has been touted as the traditional media killer, but until this experience, I had not wrapped my head around it.

When the networks lose their relevance, they lose their audience, their advertising revenue. They lose.

The "killer app" of web 2.0 may not be an app at all, just a shift in publishing power creating a new measuring stick for relevance.