Comments on: 18 months ago there were no “social med… http://ash10.com/notes/18-months-ago-there-were-no-social-med/ Thoughts and ideas under construction Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:35:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: FionaC http://ash10.com/notes/18-months-ago-there-were-no-social-med/comment-page-1/#comment-4 FionaC Tue, 21 Jul 2009 21:40:22 +0000 http://ash10.com/notes/18-months-ago-there-were-no-social-med/#comment-4 Funnily enough, in the commercial world I'm in reverse. I feel pushed towards 'social media consultancy' because my peers need to know what (littel) I know about it in order to do the new jobs and tasks that are arising now that social media is infiltrating the publishing world. SO, it's inneresting that you feel a move away from 'selling snake oil' and talking about it, towards 'doing' something with it. Isn't this just a sign that the mainstream are (in your vicinity anyway) getting a grasp on it for themselves... leaving you free to stop talking about it and start doing /having fun with it. Sometimes I think we live in interesting times when all rules are out of the window. But then I think those times are going to get even more interesting in a decade or five. To resort to time metaphors, this period is sort of like the 60s - we are optimistic about the freedoms of the internet and are having a summer of love affair with social media changing the world, thwarting consumerism, etc. Next step, the 70s - when things get really weird. :) Then the 80s when commerce finally works out how to make money online. The 90s - don't know, kind of missed that decade but... well, you get my point. Funnily enough, in the commercial world I’m in reverse. I feel pushed towards ’social media consultancy’ because my peers need to know what (littel) I know about it in order to do the new jobs and tasks that are arising now that social media is infiltrating the publishing world.

SO, it’s inneresting that you feel a move away from ’selling snake oil’ and talking about it, towards ‘doing’ something with it.

Isn’t this just a sign that the mainstream are (in your vicinity anyway) getting a grasp on it for themselves… leaving you free to stop talking about it and start doing /having fun with it.

Sometimes I think we live in interesting times when all rules are out of the window. But then I think those times are going to get even more interesting in a decade or five. To resort to time metaphors, this period is sort of like the 60s – we are optimistic about the freedoms of the internet and are having a summer of love affair with social media changing the world, thwarting consumerism, etc. Next step, the 70s – when things get really weird. :) Then the 80s when commerce finally works out how to make money online. The 90s – don’t know, kind of missed that decade but… well, you get my point.

]]> By: Jez http://ash10.com/notes/18-months-ago-there-were-no-social-med/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Jez Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:44:39 +0000 http://ash10.com/notes/18-months-ago-there-were-no-social-med/#comment-3 I'd suggest you change "at least a decade before the term ..." to "since the internet was invented ..." I’d suggest you change “at least a decade before the term …” to “since the internet was invented …”

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