New research shows that in a social network, happiness spreads among
people up to three degrees removed from one another. That means when
you feel happy, a friend of a friend of a friend has a slightly higher
likelihood of feeling happy too. The lesson is that taking
control of your own happiness can positively affect others, says James
Fowler, co-author of the s...

Just a small piece on why social media might be good for us, just to start the day.... *- Person A on, let’s say Facebook, sees that his high-school buddy B posts an article about Victorian architecture

- A, although not being interested in architecture or the Victorian age will check out the article, simply because recommended by B.

- Reading the article, A will wonder w...

Some things I found interesting: The Future of Social Media: Collaboration, Not Just Conversation The business world is still in the early stages of adopting social networking technologies. But the future is rife with possibilites. As the different collaboration platforms continue to evolve and new sets of both public and private tools emerge, firms will establish corporate governance policies...

The British government has launched its ‘Your Freedom’ web site, an initiative designed to help citizens reclaim their civil liberties and have a say in government policy.

The web site invites citizens to voice their opinions in three key areas; restoring civil liberties, repealing unnecessary laws and doing away with excessive business regulation.

Users ca...

*The analyst firm found that internet users spent 110 billion minutes on social networking sites, including blogs, in April, equating to almost a quarter of all web time.

The average user spent two thirds more time online than they did a year ago, almost six hours in April compared to three and a half hours during the same month in 2009.*

Grappig idee dat we door social media de hormoon 'oxytocin' aanmaken en we worden leuker, guller en liever! *Neuroeconomist Paul Zak has discovered, for the first time, that social networking triggers the release of the generosity-trust chemical in our brains. And that should be a wake-up call for every company.
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After Foursquare badges people are discussing more about how to motivate users through a system of badges and reward systems either to try to simply encourage participation, or give users a method of

judging the reputation of each other.

Natuurlijk weten we dit, daarom zijn we allemaal hier, maar ik vond het mooi verwoord. :-) *With enterprise social tools, we can harness the power of social networking to rebuild the workplace and create a collaborative forum where we can be inspired by real-time engagement, real-time innovation, and the strengthening of our workplace communities. It’s a daunting challenge, but an exciting, mu...

Although there's no single answer, across our case studies, 3–5
years seems to be a common timeline for social intranet projects.
This is a good time to remind you of the French general: when told that
it would take a hundred years for newly planted trees to grow big, he
said, "better get started now."

Een beetje 'geek' verhaal, maar toch mooi dat ook NASA de voordelen van social network en kennisdeling heeft ondekt. *The key is the online collaboration will incorporate social networking, enabling NASA scientist and science teams scattered around the world to easily share datasets, algorithms, complex codes and research results.









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*Commutineer is an escape from the drudgery of UK commuting. Commuters can be human again, dispel boredom, and experience fun and companionship while traveling together. By interacting with Commutineer using the Web or mobile text messages, people can have a conversation, share news, say what's on their mind, make a noise, be cool, flirt, and stand out in the crowd, without losing their ano...

*Femke Halsema van GroenLinks liet gisteren weten tijdelijk niet te twitteren vanwege de formatie van het kabinet.

Femke Halsema twittterde vanmorgen: 'Nu zijn dit voorlopig ook mijn laatste tweets. Om een kwetsbaar formatieproces alle kans te geven en het inhoudsloze gebabbel niet tot grote(re) hoogten te brengen, meld ik me even af. En ik hoop zo snel mogelijk goed(!) nieuws t...

This week I spoke at the Cannes International Advertising Festival and one
of the things I stressed in my  social media seminar was the fact that “Technology
is teaching us to be human again’. The two winners of the Cannes
Cyber Grand Prix -- the Nike/Livestrong Chalkbot campaign and the VW ‘Fun Theory’ fun
campaign -- demonstrate the truth of this.

*As far as we know, there is no official Social Media Day. But we and Mashable think there should be one. So we invite you to celebrate the revolution of media becoming a social dialogue by attending or organizing a Social Media Day meetup on June 30. What better way to celebrate social media than connecting with other enthusiasts in the Netherlands?



On Wednesday, Jun...

*613 Meetups verspreid over de hele wereld. Dat is het resultaat van de actie die Mashable heeft bedacht om 30 juni uit te roepen tot Social Media Day. Een dag die zij omschrijven als "A day to celebrate the revolution of media becoming social" Een mooi streven waar wij als hoofdstad natuurlijk iets mee wilen doen.*

Wat we met het platform willen bereiken is een positieve dialoog
tussen consumenten en bedrijven.
Tussen burgers en overheden. Tussen onderwijs en bedrijven.
Het is heel goed mogelijk dat we in de toekomst duurzame initiatieven
gaan financieren die anders niet van de grond zouden komen.

Wij geloven in 'samen' en in kleine zetjes.
Hoe meer mensen laten weten dat ze de ideeë...

Rechtbank going 2.0? *zo werkt het

Zo start u een procedure:

1. De jurist of advocaat registreert zich bij e-Court.
2. Hij nodigt de andere partij uit.
3. De procedure gaat van start.
4. Binnen acht weken is er een afdwingbare einduitspraak.
5. Mocht u het niet eens zijn met de beslissing en in hoger beroep gaan, dan duurt de procedure maximaal twaalf weken.

U word...

*The key buzzwords are networks, the Internet and social media. In the second decade, people will not search for new technologies allowing for even easier, faster and low-priced content production. Rather, appropriate reactions to this media revolution are to be developed and integrated politically, culturally and socially. The concept “Slow”, as in “Slow Food” and not as in “Slow Down”, is...

More and more I have the idea that we are going to models where service and industry has to need who uses them. 

Just an example of use of web2.0 for e-government. It is in Brazil. In case someone gets interested in more translation, I would gladly do so. This platform exists since - + 2007. "This platform's intend is to agregate people and create a flow of content in an intelligent, organized and documented participation debate. It is part of a process to facilitate the participation of the public inter...