Comments on: Who am I – Part II http://www.iantruscott.me/who-am-i-part-ii#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Hi, a few thoughts about our industry, content management, social media and engaging over the web… Mon, 02 Aug 2010 19:48:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Becky McMichael http://www.iantruscott.me/who-am-i-part-ii/comment-page-1#comment-29 Becky McMichael Sat, 07 Feb 2009 21:14:27 +0000 http://www.persuasivecontent.com/?p=124#comment-29 Great post Ian and one I have been wondering about myself...I like LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter and until recently have had pretty distinct uses for each of them As Twitter continues to become mainstream though, the tweets and links I found so interesting are becoming diluted by more chat and I the time it takes me to find the interesting stuff is growing daily. Also, I don;t want another facebook status tool...it has to be more than that to be useful. So I think (as someone tweeted recently) it is not information overload but filter malfunction and I need to manage my social networks better. On the topic of personal vs professional, that too is becoming blurred and I think we'll see convergence within the social software market as people want to manage different networks in one place (either that or we'll all learn how to actually use friendfeed properly). I reckon the cartoon by Hugh McLeod has never been more relevant: http://www.gapingvoid.com/atlassian006 Great post Ian and one I have been wondering about myself…I like LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter and until recently have had pretty distinct uses for each of them

As Twitter continues to become mainstream though, the tweets and links I found so interesting are becoming diluted by more chat and I the time it takes me to find the interesting stuff is growing daily. Also, I don;t want another facebook status tool…it has to be more than that to be useful.

So I think (as someone tweeted recently) it is not information overload but filter malfunction and I need to manage my social networks better.

On the topic of personal vs professional, that too is becoming blurred and I think we’ll see convergence within the social software market as people want to manage different networks in one place (either that or we’ll all learn how to actually use friendfeed properly).

I reckon the cartoon by Hugh McLeod has never been more relevant: http://www.gapingvoid.com/atlassian006

]]> By: Andy Bryant http://www.iantruscott.me/who-am-i-part-ii/comment-page-1#comment-28 Andy Bryant Sat, 07 Feb 2009 20:54:28 +0000 http://www.persuasivecontent.com/?p=124#comment-28 Hi Ian. I just went through a similar rationalization. I've come to the conclusion that facebook is my primary personal network (and I've limited business contacts that have found me there to 'Limited profile'). LinkedIn and Plaxo take care of business contacts and connections, and I post occasional business related status updates. Whilst I was initially using twitter for the usual personal banality, I've since realized it has more value as a professional tool - allowing me to share thoughts with a open community (followers and anyone that chooses to search for a keyword I use), and make connections to others thinking about the same topics. I've also started using yammer for micro-blogging with my colleagues at HP. Hi Ian. I just went through a similar rationalization. I’ve come to the conclusion that facebook is my primary personal network (and I’ve limited business contacts that have found me there to ‘Limited profile’). LinkedIn and Plaxo take care of business contacts and connections, and I post occasional business related status updates. Whilst I was initially using twitter for the usual personal banality, I’ve since realized it has more value as a professional tool – allowing me to share thoughts with a open community (followers and anyone that chooses to search for a keyword I use), and make connections to others thinking about the same topics. I’ve also started using yammer for micro-blogging with my colleagues at HP.

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