Chris Brogan and Seth Godin are two of the biggest figures in social media today. Yet both admit that they have different methods of interacting with people online.
Interaction Is Either Public or Private
Brogan is all about public interaction. A quick look at his twitter stream, and it’s obvious. Through his blog posts and his twitter, he frequently asks questions, inviting interaction. He openly invites everyone to connect with him on LinkedIn, and doesn’t really decline invitations to connect.
However, if you want to contact him in private, all you’ve got is …

South Park has recently taken another stab at the Internet in their latest episode entitled ‘You Have 0 Friends’. If you haven’t watched it yet, do so on South Park Studios. For now, you can check out the clip below:

This isn’t the first time the show has joked about the transformative effects of the internet. In ‘The Snuke‘, Cartman uses the internet to get information on a terrorist attack he suspects by the class’s new Muslim student. In ‘Over Logging‘, the town of South Park migrates out west in search …

Are We Questioning the Academic Validity of Wikipedia?

Like many of my fellow students, when I’m working on an assignment that requires some research, Wikipedia is often the first place I’ll go for an overview of a topic. More often than not, I do so under the pretense of a disclaimer that Wikipedia can not be cited as a source. As a result, Wikipedia is often not seen as an acceptable academic source.
In spite of this, we still keep coming back to Wikipedia for an overview of the topic. I and …