tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4323202250325013491.post591291004338449159..comments2007-11-18T17:20:29.228-05:00Kevin Gamblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00659162207319457717noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4323202250325013491.post-44684629206005951512007-11-18T17:20:00.000-05:002007-11-18T17:20:00.000-05:002007-11-18T17:20:00.000-05:00Good questions. I don't normally (or ever) talk about work here. So I will try to keep this response generic.<BR/><BR/>Social networking is mostly about helping people to make connections. Anything that gets in the way of that -- roles, rules, trust, inequalities, lack of transparency, extrinsic motivators... are all things that damage trust and inhibit the ability for people to connect.<BR/><BR/>I'm thinking organizations need to embrace the values of transparency and openness internally before they try them with their clients. You have to walk the talk.<BR/><BR/>As you know, I'm an advocate of what I have been calling the Seaman Knapp strategy. I believe that the communities already exist and that universities should be working directly with those communities. So you shouldn't attempt to recreate Facebook, not that you could. I don't think it is realistic to expect people to leave their existing communities. The university should be going to the people.<BR/><BR/>Nebulous enough? :)<BR/><BR/>KevinKevin Gamblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00659162207319457717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4323202250325013491.post-22031658368128643492007-11-18T16:51:00.000-05:002007-11-18T16:51:00.000-05:002007-11-18T16:51:00.000-05:00Kevin,<BR/><BR/>I agree about the cultural issues, although I won't claim to understand them all. I still have a question of integration and leverage. <BR/><BR/>Web 2.0 is about valuing people. Extension should fit nicely into this framework. <BR/><BR/>Are we considering levels of social networking, not recreating Facebook, but adding options for collaboration - and possibly easy integration into external networks?floydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17156283813289858571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4323202250325013491.post-58220498353538969682007-11-14T20:01:00.000-05:002007-11-14T20:01:00.000-05:002007-11-14T20:01:00.000-05:00More reason to use frameworks like facebook or OpenSocial to build applications upon. It gives the developer flexibility and a clearer focus on the actual application/delivered value as opposed to trying to mix in the social aspect from scratch.ncsu apartmentshttp://www.gooffcampus.com/campus-apartments.phpnoreply@blogger.com