August 2003 archives

August 18, 2003 by Patti

My network of support

Today I begin my stint as the “Star” on the AOK (Association of Knowledgework) Star Series. This opportunity came to be through my network, from Andy Snider (a Gennova contact), who introduced me to Jenny Ambrozek, who made the connection to Jerry Ash. I am in some really stellar company (past “stars” have been notable [...]

August 16, 2003 by Patti

webcommunities

Cynthia Typaldos has started a new Yahoo! group for bits and pieces about social networks, web communities, blogs, and in general topics that I find pretty darn interesting. I’ll share some of those in this blog, but for those who are interested, you can look for the webcommunities group and sign on yourself. Latest tidbit: [...]

August 12, 2003 by Patti

Creating a social network map for Open Space

I found Chris Corrigan’s blog, Open Space: Systems develop in the direction of the questions we ask, searching for occurences of “swarm” and “open space.” I didn’t find what I was looking for, but did find this interesting entry about how to use social network mapping in preparation for Open Space. The blog site includes [...]

August 12, 2003 by Patti

Six Degrees from Stanley Milgram

Many articles out now that the NYU study replicating the Milgram research has concluded. … listen to Duncan Watts on NPR’s Science Fridayh (in the archives for Friday, August …Nature Magazine provides a brief summary, indicating that the the average chain length is between five and seven (6 degrees! it’s true! it’s true!). But Valdis [...]

August 12, 2003 by Patti

The Chernobyl of SNA?

Erik van Bekkum’s blogged an article (last Tuesday) in the Detroit News about social network tracking software, with great quotes from Valdis Krebs. This article was also published in USA Today, which also published an article on Friendster. Valdis makes the very interesting point that the intense interest in the technology of mapping relationships is [...]