Disney Digital Media: Accomplishments Wiki
Cheng explains how a wiki is the hub for the digital media department at Disney; http://j.mp/1T8epn
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Netzeitung wird Automat
Netzeitung: Aus wirtschaftlichen Gründen wird das Konzept der Internetzeitung mit Redaktion aufgegeben; http://j.mp/8UF8
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Bild.de Blocks iPhone
Springer blocks Bild.de via the iPhone browser, leaves access via its Bild-app only; http://j.mp/8QPVi
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Some Still (No)Follow
The nofollow-tag tries to fight comment-spam: but still there are followers, including the NYT; http://j.mp/3x9MGE
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Social Isolation
Pew study: The Internet is associated with larger, more diverse networks, not with social isolation; http://j.mp/4yzvhz
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Pew: “Social media activities are associated with several beneficial social activities, including having discussion networks that are more likely to contain people from different backgrounds. For instance, frequent internet users, and those who maintain a blog are much more likely to confide in someone who is of another race. Those who share photos online are more likely to report that they discuss important matters with someone who is a member of another political party. – When we examine people’s full personal network – their strong ties and weak ties – internet use in general and use of social networking services such as Facebook in particular are associated with having a more diverse social network. Again, this flies against the notion that technology pulls people away from social engagement. – Some have worried that internet use limits people’s participation in their local communities, but we find that most internet activities have little or a positive relationship to local activity. For instance, internet users are as likely as anyone else to visit with their neighbors in person. Cell phone users, those who use the internet frequently at work, and bloggers are more likely to belong to a local voluntary association, such as a youth group or a charitable organization. However, we find some evidence that use of social networking services (e.g., Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn) substitutes for some neighborhood involvement. – Internet use does not pull people away from public places. Rather, it is associated with engagement in places such as parks, cafes, and restaurants, the kinds of locales where research shows that people are likely to encounter a wider array of people and diverse points of view. Indeed, internet access has become a common component of people’s experiences within many public spaces. For instance, of those Americans who have been in a library within the past month, 38% logged on to the internet while they were there, 18% have done so in a café or coffee shop.“
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Google Commerce Search
Google introduces a new enterprise product: Google Commerce Search, focusing on bigger retailers; http://j.mp/2FOQrk
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Google Privacy Dashboard
Google starts Google Privacy Dashboard, giving a high-level summary of everything Google knows about you; http://j.mp/1Mf0R9
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Facebook and MySpace: Backdoor Wide Open!
Remember me? Better not! Schaap reports a massive vulnerability of Facebook, MySpace; http://j.mp/2u9JUJ
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Welt Wave
Welt Kompakt, microformat of the German newspaper Die Welt, starts a public Google Wave; http://j.mp/4dVXLg (via @heinz)
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Social Media is Not a Solution
Amid the endless pronouncements about social media: social media is not a solution; http://j.mp/2VLT46 (via @pherwarth)
Gerrit Eicker 11:42 on 8. November 2009 Permalink |
FC: “Albert Cheng, executive vice president of digital media at Disney-ABC Television Group, is showing off his team’s latest creation. An online sneak peek of the Lost finale, perhaps? Behind-the-picket-fence footage of Desperate Housewives on a cell phone? No, something even more revealing: Behold the staff wiki. – ‘I’m not sure you can write this up,’ he says. ‘I’m not kidding.’ With a mischievous grin, Cheng, 36, resumes the wiki tour on the computer in his corner office in Burbank, California, the heart of TV land. – His team didn’t ask permission to create the internal Web site, with staff profiles and a section called ‘Cool Stuff We’ve Done This Year.’ They just did it. And truth be told, Cheng is rather proud of that. The project captures what his 20-month-old incarnation of the digital-media department is all about. Speed. Collaboration. Gumption. ‘I see us as a Silicon Valley startup within a big company,’ he says. … The wiki isn’t an act of defiance directed at the Big Mouse, and it isn’t a goof. Rather, it’s a nifty tool for a fast-growing 150-person virtual department. The digital-media crew is spread across the company’s television units – ABC, ABC News, Disney Channel, ABC Family, and a handful of its other cable channels. The members work in three cities, five buildings in L.A. alone, and four locations in this particular high-rise on West Alameda, about a mile from ABC headquarters. The Web site allows team members to review new social-networking applications, compare vendors, and share their latest projects.“