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My curiosity with how people connect online has led me into a  job as a new media consultant. It seems a natural progression for me for the moment. If not for Facebook and Twitter, I wouldn’t have been able to keep in contact with my friends from Vietnam, as well as the volunteers from the rest of the world. I wouldn’t have known that Milena solved her transportation problems in Hanoi by buying herself a spanking new scooter. Elizabeth from the UK wouldn’t have been communicating with me about our post-Vietnam blues if not for Facebook.

So I moderated a panel last night entitled “What’s Next For News,” as part of the kickoff for Wordstock, an annual event put on by the Ryerson University School of Journalism in Toronto. As you can see from the photo (taken by Wayne MacPhail), I played middleman between veteran social-media skeptic Andrew Keen and “media futurist” Clay Shirky. Among other things, we talked about the rise of the Wikipedia model as a source of journalism — something I (and Clay) believe is still underappreciated by many media outlets — as well as the pressure for transparency and the need for jounalists to become brands.

Here are some interesting posts from around the ‘Net to catch up with over the weekend: TechCrunch: “Touching: All Rumors Point To The End Of Keys/Buttons” Freelance Switch: “Talking Shop With Fellow Freelancers” Mashable: “3 New Facebook Strategies for Building Your Personal Brand” TechDirt: “There Are Numbers Less Than 1%” Smashing Magazine: “40+ Desert Island Web Development Tools” Uncluterrer: “Recovering from an e-mail interruption” Selah Synergy: “The Social Web and Competition: Respect the Game” Chris Brogan: “The Audacity of Free” Copyblogger: “S.P.E.E.D.

Photo cred: PJ Rosenberger When you walk in (or call in) to a hair salon, you have two options.  Choose the stylist that you prefer, or have the next available one assigned to you. Earlier this week, following my post about personal branding while on the clock , I had a conversation on twitter about agencies and personal branding.  See where I’m going yet? From that conversation I came up with the concept of an agency, where the brand signing with the agency is familiar with the personal brands of each employee within that agency, and they are able to hand pick who they want to work on their project.

Some business owners arrive on social networking sites and immediately start working. They write hundreds of blogs, post many advertisements and start communications with many of the high profile networkers. They build huge networks within a couple of months. After spending two or three months they suddenly start feeling disillusioned. They wonder why nobody has given them any business. After all they have made hundreds of new contacts haven’t they? A few then start criticizing existing members of the sites and with a bang and a puff of smoke; they leave.

by Winson Yeung Many people believe that it’s difficult to achieve a top position on the Internet. Well, considering that most people search on Google for information, all we need is to learn some effective SEO strategies, in order to increase Google traffic. As in any project, setting objectives that must be served and supported by the company’s website is the first decision in supply chain design. Whatever are the changes that will occur during the project, setting the fundamental goals is crucial.

by Ellie Gant Surprisingly, the Wow Green compensation plan demonstrates that some ideas are evidently too profitable to go away. Just like all the old programs from the 1970’s, this plan involves going around talking other people into selling the same thing you’re selling. Yes, you heard right: the Wow Green compensation plan is about going out and creating your own competition. Leaving aside the question of why exactly you would do that, let’s ask the more important question: why does the Wow Green compensation plan expect you to do that? It’s not hard to understand, when you really think about it.

© 2009 justinflitter Social Media is one giant conversation, like a huge convention where everyone can listen to anyone. A journey through diverse topics and critical issues. So how tight is your Tweetbelt?Andy Blood aka @TheBloodster in his talk at Tedx Auckland (see the full slideshow here) “Propagation to the power of 9,000 90,000? says that before the Real Time Web (in the old days); viral = sexy, violent, irreverent, shocking.