Comments on: Tearing Down Walls Enables Communities to Thrive http://www.sharingatwork.com/2008/09/tearing-down-walls-enables-communities/ Better business through collaboration and technology Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:23:54 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Would you be excited about this network? | Sharing at Work http://www.sharingatwork.com/2008/09/tearing-down-walls-enables-communities/comment-page-1/#comment-108 Would you be excited about this network? | Sharing at Work Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:03:24 +0000 http://sharingatwork.wordpress.com/2008/09/09/tearing-down-walls-enables-communities-to-thrive/#comment-108 [...] It’s a middling forum, wiki, and blog all in one.  It’s got some upsides though - single sign on should be a huge benefit to adoption.  Profile pics help personalize contributions.  Chew on some screenshots and observations [...] [...] It’s a middling forum, wiki, and blog all in one.  It’s got some upsides though – single sign on should be a huge benefit to adoption.  Profile pics help personalize contributions.  Chew on some screenshots and observations [...]

]]> By: Daniel J. Pritchett http://www.sharingatwork.com/2008/09/tearing-down-walls-enables-communities/comment-page-1/#comment-130 Daniel J. Pritchett Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:31:31 +0000 http://sharingatwork.wordpress.com/2008/09/09/tearing-down-walls-enables-communities-to-thrive/#comment-130 I'm looking forward to it! I prefer OpenID to passwords but it does have its own set of flaws. I'm always curious to hear what the next step in user ID evolution will be.<br><br><a href=http://www.ubergizmo.com/15/archives/2008/09/usable-login.html>UsableLogin</a> demoed at TechCrunch50 this week with something that they claim will make passwords obsolete. So far it looks like OpenID with lipstick, but I'd love for them to surprise me. I'm looking forward to it! I prefer OpenID to passwords but it does have its own set of flaws. I'm always curious to hear what the next step in user ID evolution will be.

UsableLogin demoed at TechCrunch50 this week with something that they claim will make passwords obsolete. So far it looks like OpenID with lipstick, but I'd love for them to surprise me.

]]> By: Daniel J. Pritchett http://www.sharingatwork.com/2008/09/tearing-down-walls-enables-communities/comment-page-1/#comment-132 Daniel J. Pritchett Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:29:14 +0000 http://sharingatwork.wordpress.com/2008/09/09/tearing-down-walls-enables-communities-to-thrive/#comment-132 Thanks for contributing, Morriss! I learned last month about a tool called <a href=http://www.atomkeep.com/>Atomkeep</a> which will allow you to broadcast profile updates from a single source to your profiles on many popular networks. As always there are pros and cons to this approach; I think I'll write today's post about that. Thanks for contributing, Morriss! I learned last month about a tool called Atomkeep which will allow you to broadcast profile updates from a single source to your profiles on many popular networks. As always there are pros and cons to this approach; I think I'll write today's post about that.

]]> By: Ari Herzog http://www.sharingatwork.com/2008/09/tearing-down-walls-enables-communities/comment-page-1/#comment-129 Ari Herzog Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:27:46 +0000 http://sharingatwork.wordpress.com/2008/09/09/tearing-down-walls-enables-communities-to-thrive/#comment-129 Your other post on OpenID reminded me I need to add my own thoughts to the blogosphere of how the service is useful but only to a point. Stay tuned... Your other post on OpenID reminded me I need to add my own thoughts to the blogosphere of how the service is useful but only to a point. Stay tuned…

]]> By: Daniel J. Pritchett http://www.sharingatwork.com/2008/09/tearing-down-walls-enables-communities/comment-page-1/#comment-128 Daniel J. Pritchett Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:14:32 +0000 http://sharingatwork.wordpress.com/2008/09/09/tearing-down-walls-enables-communities-to-thrive/#comment-128 That's a good hack for someone who wants to build their personal brand around a single profile. I choose this blog (and its associated daniel AT sharingatwork DOT com email address) when faced with a comment field. OpenID is even better, those link back to my blog as well. People can bounce from their site to my blog via my OpenID name and then hopefully from here to my FriendFeed to whichever sites they're most familiar with.<br><br>I think that we as service providers can help our users in their efforts to build social proof by allowing them to link up their many outside profiles to our sites.<br><br>Something like the FriendFeed badge I've got in the sidebar would be a good start if you're looking to enhance your offering. That's a good hack for someone who wants to build their personal brand around a single profile. I choose this blog (and its associated daniel AT sharingatwork DOT com email address) when faced with a comment field. OpenID is even better, those link back to my blog as well. People can bounce from their site to my blog via my OpenID name and then hopefully from here to my FriendFeed to whichever sites they're most familiar with.

I think that we as service providers can help our users in their efforts to build social proof by allowing them to link up their many outside profiles to our sites.

Something like the FriendFeed badge I've got in the sidebar would be a good start if you're looking to enhance your offering.

]]> By: Ari Herzog http://www.sharingatwork.com/2008/09/tearing-down-walls-enables-communities/comment-page-1/#comment-127 Ari Herzog Wed, 10 Sep 2008 16:45:59 +0000 http://sharingatwork.wordpress.com/2008/09/09/tearing-down-walls-enables-communities-to-thrive/#comment-127 People with Facebook or any other social networking profile can link it with their name when posting a reply on any blog. That is, whether or not they have their own blog, they can brand their name with whatever link they want if people (like me) click their name. People with Facebook or any other social networking profile can link it with their name when posting a reply on any blog. That is, whether or not they have their own blog, they can brand their name with whatever link they want if people (like me) click their name.

]]> By: mmpartee http://www.sharingatwork.com/2008/09/tearing-down-walls-enables-communities/comment-page-1/#comment-131 mmpartee Wed, 10 Sep 2008 16:37:16 +0000 http://sharingatwork.wordpress.com/2008/09/09/tearing-down-walls-enables-communities-to-thrive/#comment-131 I had the same idea about updating profile pics across multiple social networking sites about a year ago when the Simpsonize Me! campaign launched: <a href="http://everythingcu.wordpress.com/2007/07/30/the-future-of-social-networks/">http://everythingcu.wordpress.com/2007/07/30/th...</a><br><br>I'll have to check out gravatar.<br><br>And I'm completely onboard with your thoughts in this post; make everything easy for your visitors. I wrote an overview of what you've nicely gone in-depth about here:<br><a href="http://everythingcu.wordpress.com/2008/08/28/social-media-marketing-best-practices-make-it-easy/">http://everythingcu.wordpress.com/2008/08/28/so...</a><br><br>I'm going to link to this post from that one. Great thoughts about making it easy for visitors to start contributing immediately. That creates buy-in and engagement. If they don't buy in immediately, they'll go away and forget about it. Give them a personal stake from the start. I had the same idea about updating profile pics across multiple social networking sites about a year ago when the Simpsonize Me! campaign launched: http://everythingcu.wordpress.com/2007/07/30/th...

I'll have to check out gravatar.

And I'm completely onboard with your thoughts in this post; make everything easy for your visitors. I wrote an overview of what you've nicely gone in-depth about here:
http://everythingcu.wordpress.com/2008/08/28/so...

I'm going to link to this post from that one. Great thoughts about making it easy for visitors to start contributing immediately. That creates buy-in and engagement. If they don't buy in immediately, they'll go away and forget about it. Give them a personal stake from the start.

]]> By: Daniel J. Pritchett http://www.sharingatwork.com/2008/09/tearing-down-walls-enables-communities/comment-page-1/#comment-69 Daniel J. Pritchett Wed, 10 Sep 2008 16:31:31 +0000 http://sharingatwork.wordpress.com/2008/09/09/tearing-down-walls-enables-communities-to-thrive/#comment-69 I'm looking forward to it! I prefer OpenID to passwords but it does have its own set of flaws. I'm always curious to hear what the next step in user ID evolution will be.<br><br><a href=http://www.ubergizmo.com/15/archives/2008/09/usable-login.html>UsableLogin</a> demoed at TechCrunch50 this week with something that they claim will make passwords obsolete. So far it looks like OpenID with lipstick, but I'd love for them to surprise me. I'm looking forward to it! I prefer OpenID to passwords but it does have its own set of flaws. I'm always curious to hear what the next step in user ID evolution will be.

UsableLogin demoed at TechCrunch50 this week with something that they claim will make passwords obsolete. So far it looks like OpenID with lipstick, but I'd love for them to surprise me.

]]> By: Daniel J. Pritchett http://www.sharingatwork.com/2008/09/tearing-down-walls-enables-communities/comment-page-1/#comment-65 Daniel J. Pritchett Wed, 10 Sep 2008 16:29:14 +0000 http://sharingatwork.wordpress.com/2008/09/09/tearing-down-walls-enables-communities-to-thrive/#comment-65 Thanks for contributing, Morriss! I learned last month about a tool called <a href=http://www.atomkeep.com/>Atomkeep</a> which will allow you to broadcast profile updates from a single source to your profiles on many popular networks. As always there are pros and cons to this approach; I think I'll write today's post about that. Thanks for contributing, Morriss! I learned last month about a tool called Atomkeep which will allow you to broadcast profile updates from a single source to your profiles on many popular networks. As always there are pros and cons to this approach; I think I'll write today's post about that.

]]> By: Ari Herzog http://www.sharingatwork.com/2008/09/tearing-down-walls-enables-communities/comment-page-1/#comment-68 Ari Herzog Wed, 10 Sep 2008 16:27:46 +0000 http://sharingatwork.wordpress.com/2008/09/09/tearing-down-walls-enables-communities-to-thrive/#comment-68 Your other post on OpenID reminded me I need to add my own thoughts to the blogosphere of how the service is useful but only to a point. Stay tuned... Your other post on OpenID reminded me I need to add my own thoughts to the blogosphere of how the service is useful but only to a point. Stay tuned…

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