Archive for December, 2007
Rapid Fire - Thursday, December 20
Can NASA Attract a Younger Crowd with Social Networking Tools?
“NASA is the latest to take on additional social networking tools for the purpose of attracting more users. With about 1 million unique views per month, NASA is catering directly towards the Facebook crowd, in so many words–the 18 to 25 year olds. This marks the [...]
The shelf life of a community worker
My friend and fellow community guy Sean O’Driscoll announced today that he’s leaving his well-known position at Microsoft after 15 years to take a go at the consulting world. I have absolutely confidence in Sean’s ability to do amazing things and wish him all the luck in the world.
Today I formally announced that I’ve decided [...]
Job Board Update: 18 Open Jobs
Couple new jobs this week! Maybe a better start to your 2008 lies in this collection of positions?
Online Community Organizer (anywhere)
Community Development Associate (Wikia, Inc. San Mateo, CA) (San Mateo, CA)
Fast-Growing, Kids Website Seeks Community Service Lead (San Francisco)
Sales Associate (Virtual Office)
Community Development Manager (Wikia Germany) (Germany)
Online Community Manager, Zazengo [...]
Rapid Fire - Wednesday, December 19
Why Nobody Likes a Smart Machine - New York Times
“Even when the bugs have been worked out of a new technology, designers will still turn out junk if they don’t get feedback from users — a common problem when their customer is a large bureaucracy. Engineers have known how to build a simple alarm clock [...]
Last minute gift ideas
The clock is winding down to Christmas and, as so so so many email marketers like to remind me, we are dangerously close to the close of the shipping window to have online purchases arrive on time. In order to help out, I’d like to pass along a few ideas for those last minute [...]
3 Days Left: Community Contest - Free books!
Just a reminder, the clock is ticking down to the end of the community contest. The two ways you’ll be entered:
If you’re a blogger/twitterer/etc., simply post a link to CommunityGuy.com (and maybe a few kind words) and email me the direct link (jake@communityguy.com)
Not a blogger/twitterer/etc.? Simply email a friend/colleague/etc. and cc: or bcc: me so [...]
10 Questions with David Nelsen of TalkShoe.com
Time to continue the ongoing series of 10 Question interviews with great services and sites that have community as a strong component. We have several more interviews in the works, but next up we chat with David Nelsen of TalkShoe.com!
1. What is TalkShoe?
www.TalkShoe.com is a website where you can talk (and text) live with [...]
Rapid Fire - Monday, December 17
Meet Jake McKee, the Community Guy — Lawrence Salberg
Holy crap, what a nice blog post recapping… well… me! Seriously, this is one of the nicest things I’ve read in a while.
Tags: community, dailylinks
Movie Marketing Madness » More thoughts on the Cloverfield clip widget
Chris continues the dissection of the Cloverfield widget. Good points he makes.
Tags: widgets, [...]
Community Contest: Free Books!
Thanks to Geoff and the Online Community Research Network, I’ve ended up with extra copies of two of my new favorite books: Wikinomics and Now is Gone. Since I’ve already read them, I’m using them to power a new CommunityGuy.com contest. If you’ve not read them, now’s your chance to get a free copy!How do [...]
Rapid Fire - Sunday, December 16
James Dyson - The Dyson Story
As the owner of a Dyson vacuum, I’m a huge fan. So I was delighted to see a more “personal” side to the product story. This multi-part telling of the background of the Dyson business, and James Dyson himself adds fuel to the enthusiast fire.
That said, the info outlined [...]
