What's good y'all? Hope everyone is enjoying their extended weekend thanks to the great Martin Luther King Jr.
Today, I read two very interesting articles related to evolution in social networking and how to adapt and manage this change in the workplace. The articles are listed below with links:
I understand that Facebook will continue to evolve over time and the amount of information available to users will increase as well. These are things that Facebook must do in order to stay ahead of the competition but here is a question that I want to pose:
At what point in this evolution will there be TOO MUCH information available to users? Are we at this point now with the Live News Feed?
I can log on to Facebook right now and know what most people did last night just from the live news feed which is a little creepy. I understand that people don't need to update their status' with what they did or plan to do but the live news feed makes everything a little too easily accessible...can you imagine the next updated and improved live news feed?
In the end, users will have to adapt or decide if they want to continue with social networking. My guess is that they will choose to adapt.
Reality mining is an intriguing science that is so precise due to the massive amounts of information available. It is able to predict actions in daily life based on the frequency and date of an event.
When will businesses start taking full advantage of reality mining? Does this violate the rights of employees? I know that I wouldn't want my boss to know everything I did every single day. I think it would create anxiety in the work place thus creating a negative environment.
I have no problem, however, with reality mining being used to help predict the spread of disease outbreaks, social trends, and other hidden phenomena.
Alright thats enough from the Bosssssssss for this week. Peace.
