New Media 101: The What Would Google Do Approach

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Comment by Andrew Wilson on March 4, 2009 at 7:56pm

Amanda,

Thanks for chipping in. Professor Wesch (Web 2.0…The Machine is Us/ins Us) has done some really amazing stuff. I actually saw him a year or so ago give a speech at the Library of Congress. Don't know if you have ever seen this but he and his Digital Ethnography class have a great Netvibes page at: http://www.netvibes.com/wesch#Digital_Ethnography . Definitely worth a look.

Comment by Amanda Wood on March 2, 2009 at 5:12pm

Hi Andrew,

These have been tossed around a bit but for the absolute beginner they are great presentations about social media and web 2.0 respectively
What The F**K is Social Media?
Web 2.0…The Machine is Us/ins Us

I'll have to check out WWGD?.
Good luck.

Comment by Andrew Wilson on March 1, 2009 at 10:56am

Dennis,

The book doesn't seem to address those issues directly (at least from the first 4/5) and I know that many people have security and privacy concerns about Google and its practices. I can't say comment whether they are justified or not.

That being said, I think the ideas that are presented in the book have value irrespective of that concern. The idea that there are tangible benefits to embracing collaboration is something that I believe in. The "suggestion box" experiment that we are running on http://pandemicflu.gov/ has been extremely valuable and should result in a better and more meaningful site for everyone.

Comment by Dennis McDonald on March 1, 2009 at 10:14am

I have to admit that when I hear the question "What Would Google Do?" I think to myself, "They will give you fantastic services but they won't tell you specifically what they are doing with all your data."

In other words, get used to "The Google Giveth and The Google Taketh Away."

Comment by Andrew Wilson on February 28, 2009 at 5:44pm

Thanks for jumping in. I have seen some of Gary Vaynerchuck's stuff and he can be pretty powerful but I have to take him in small doses ;)

Comment by Mary Davie on February 28, 2009 at 5:39pm

Andrew - I just finished WWGD - audiobook read by Jeff Jarvis himself - a fantastic read which is causing me to rethink federal acquisition. One of the really neat uses of new media and self branding that Jeff Jarvis talks about in the book is Gary Vaynerchuck's www.tv.winelibrary.com . I know this isn't exactly what you are asking for but it's a great example.