3. About me...
• Triangle native
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4. About me...
• Triangle native
• Started career in GIS and then dev tools
Monday, March 16, 2009
5. About me...
• Triangle native
• Started career in GIS and then dev tools
• Created Roller in spare time
Monday, March 16, 2009
6. About me...
• Triangle native
• Started career in GIS and then dev tools
• Created Roller in spare time
• Worked at Sun, took Roller to Apache
Monday, March 16, 2009
7. About me...
• Triangle native
• Started career in GIS and then dev tools
• Created Roller in spare time
• Worked at Sun, took Roller to Apache
• Architect for ill-fated Sun SocialSite
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8. About me...
• Triangle native
• Started career in GIS and then dev tools
• Created Roller in spare time
• Worked at Sun, took Roller to Apache
• Architect for ill-fated Sun SocialSite
• What’s next...
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12. Agenda
• Social Software?
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13. Agenda
• Social Software?
• Blogs and wikis at work
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14. Agenda
• Social Software?
• Blogs and wikis at work
• Social Networking at work
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15. Agenda
• Social Software?
• Blogs and wikis at work
• Social Networking at work
• How I use Social Software
Monday, March 16, 2009
16. Agenda
• Social Software?
• Blogs and wikis at work
• Social Networking at work
• How I use Social Software
• Emerging Standards (if we have time)
Monday, March 16, 2009
17. Agenda
• Social Software?
• Blogs and wikis at work
• Social Networking at work
• How I use Social Software
• Emerging Standards (if we have time)
• Q &A
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18. Social Software?
my admittedly biased view
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46. Blogs & wikis outside
Benefits to companies
humanize the corporation, join the conversations and
share the cool things that your company is working on
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53. What does Social
Networking service provide
• Profiles
• Relationships
• Activities
• Shared applications
• Photo & video sharing
• Games, etc.
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54. Use cases for internal
social networking
• Enhanced corporate directory
• With Profile pages and Activities
• Finding experts
• Group and team building
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56. Approaches to internal social networks
Build it yourself
add profiles, fiends and activities
to your existing corporate directory
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57. Approaches to external social networks
Buy into a
Social Software suite
Blogs, Wikis, Social Networking and more in
one integrated package from one vendor
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62. Use cases for external
social networking
• Joining the conversion, engaging customers
• Make web sites more “sticky” and interesting
• Deep personalization based on
• Detailed profile information
• Groups and relationships
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64. Approaches to external social networks
Hook into
existing SNS sites
develop applications that use the API
such as Facebook, OpenSocial, Twitter, etc.
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65. Approaches to external social networks
Bring existing SNS
to your site
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68. Approaches to external social networks
Your Web Application SocialSite Server
SocialSite Admin
Console
Your application's
REST API
OpenSocial /SocialSite
REST API
Persistent
Social Graph
SocialSite Proxy
SocialSite Profile
Face
Widget
Widget
SocialSite Gadgetizer
OpenSocial /SocialSite
SocialSite JSON-RPC API
Friends Gadget #1
Gadget #1
Widget
Social-enable your
existing sites with Project SocialSite
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69. How I use social
software at work
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70. How I use social software at work
Twitter to chat
with the world,
colleagues and friends
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71. How I use social software at work
Personal blog for
technology explorations
and promoting things
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72. How I use social software at work
Group blog for
product announcements
and news
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73. How I use social software at work
Wiki for feature
proposals, designs
and ad-hoc docs
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74. How I use social software at work
Email for
project management
Official record of all:
- Project related discussions
- Changes to issue tracking system
- Changes to source code
- Changes to wiki
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75. How I use social software at work
LinkedIn for
business connections
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76. How I use social software at work
Facebook for
friends only
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77. How I use social software at work
Instant messaging
for closest co-workers
and friends
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84. Summary
• Blogs, wikis and feeds are widely used
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85. Summary
• Blogs, wikis and feeds are widely used
• Social networking is emerging
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86. Summary
• Blogs, wikis and feeds are widely used
• Social networking is emerging
• Expect all this to change fast
Monday, March 16, 2009
87. Summary
• Blogs, wikis and feeds are widely used
• Social networking is emerging
• Expect all this to change fast
• You can be that change
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