Social Networking

Social networking is the easiest and fastest way to meet millions of people. The day to day communicate of millions help promote whatever you think is important to you and also advertise the person you want people to think you are.

In a corporation it helps out alot. Some companies using websites as Linkedin to get a "network of over 8 million people". This large network allows companies an opportunity to look at many candidates for a job. With so many candidates out there it is easier for an employer to find a person that they think is perfect. Websites like this saves companies lots of money and time. Another benefit of social networking has to facebook. According to Rufus Jay, Mars the chocolate company used facebook to promote they chocolate in the virtual world that helped sells in the real world. Being the first company to actual issue real chocolate and not fake ones in mail in enable many to go out and get the gift that was given in this case chocolate bar. Exposing them to the product allowed many to purchase more than one. The sells of mars is an opening for many business to realize that the opportunity to sell itself is larger in the social setting because it is just so many more people here, and sending out coupons or free items will open people out to your product or service.
Yes they are a lot of things that can go good with social networking. But the virtual world is no different than the real world and they is step backs. One set back is that sexual harassment and stalking is available. It might start small but if not taken into effect can be serious. Any thing for consumers is not everything you see or read is real. And they are many people that is using social networking for they pleasure so be careful with who you contact with and trust. Because everyone is not who they be seem to be. But for the most part social networking is just an easier place to get things done while meeting new people.

Work Cited
Social Networking Technology Boosts Job Recruiting by Frank Langfitt, NPR, March 16, 2008. available from http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6522523&sc=emaf

Analysis: Real Facebook shop in virtual world breathes life into Mars. Marketing Week. Feb 21, 2008. p. 14. http://www.marketingweek.co.uk/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=59708&u=pg_dtl_art_news&m=pg_hdr_art

Modeling Reality with Virtual Worlds

Virtual world was once something that I thought was just a place to have fun. Here you have a totally different world that you can be anything or anyone you want, without anyone actually knowing it you. But many companies have also see virtual as a new form of interaction and learning. According to Ed, IBM have introduce the virtual world to its employees. The way it is being used is to help training. Being that IBM has more male than female I think it is a good idea due to fact that many boys find it interested to play with video games. And the virtual is allowing man to be man and at the same time learn something that they probably wont and the reason why I say so is because the second life is allowing one top do what they probably would not do in real life. Which is given them the opportunity to try something they would because of the risk. Another thing is IBM had to say was “they can learn real-life working skills such as signing up for benefits, developing code as part of a global team, and ramping up sales skills before they meet with IBM clients.”. Having the virtual world can help company help there employee be ready for the job in a much quicker way. Who wants to sit down and hear someone talk for hour about how's to , no one. And this is a solution being its teaching you as an individual what to do and doing it on a regular the way to handle a situation becomes second nature. But the article Toys with a Second Life to me is more than revenue. It teaches children how to be an individual and most of all finance. Having children purchasing items and getting things for others make many realize that everything has a price tag with it. And you need money. So this world allows many a chance to see what can be done with money and how to actually earn money. Which will get them ready for the real world. Yes virtual is new but I think it will effect the communication skills of many. Virtual allows people to be who they want to be in front of a computer. But acting like someone you are not doesn't help you. Using virtual for every interaction with one of another to me will hurt a lot of business. As a consumer you want to actual see a real person that knows what he is doing and also isn't going to be afraid of talking to me. The virtual world isn't going to allow people to gain confidence in themselves or help out with communication unless they are being who they are. In the future technology would be talking over but regardless eye to eye communication much be there because that's the only way someone will know for sure that you are trustworthy and your words have a purpose.

Work Cited
IBM's Virtual World for its Employees: IBM Learning Programs Get a 'Second Life' by Ed Frauenheim Workforce Management; Dec 11, 2006; p.6 http://www.workforce.com/section/00/article/24/61/08.html

Social Networking

My first social networking was sonic. I think that was what it was called it seem so long ago. It was the high school version of facebook. When myspace started I was so concerned until I finished high school. And I wanted to know what everyone was doing. Starting myspace was unlike many social networking. It was a place where you actually create your own page. It took time and at the end of the day it was as unique as you were. Unlike myspace, facebook isnt as pretty and unique as myspace pages. But it holds it owns. It easier to find people since everyone has to use they government name. With everyone on the move twitter came out. And it was something that seem weird at first. I used to wonder why would someone what to know what someone is doing all the time. But after everyone and everything was on it twitter came to be the place where news came out first. Facebook and Myspace have become to look the same expect the page uniqueness. But twitter is the one that easiest one since it just leaving comments about you and whatever is on your mind. It seem that as one get more popular than the other the more the others try to be more like it. So even though there have they own names they are have transform into a social network more and more similar to the other.

Blogs vs Wikis

Communication techniques have changed over time. The way we send message have change and the reason why has to be blame on wikis and blogs. Even though both might see the same the way communication is develop and transfer is totally different. A blog is usually  people  leaving comments about themselves from a user name. One well known blog is Grind Hustler where people can go and leave comments about anything in or effecting hip hop. Unlike blogs that is a one person thing wiki is something that more than one person can contribute to. Its been around for a long time but "just starting to take off". Wiki makes communication easier and is much  more efficient. Once having to read email after email to get the understanding of a topic wiki allows many to write what there what at once where someone can read all at once. Wiki is a better tool for companies where it allows everyone to know whats going on at once and what is expected of them. Also is going for planning and event since its available to everyone.

 Since it new and in its  transforming stage wiki needs to be available on cellphones. Being easier to get access on cellphones would allow more people to use it and contribute to it. Just like email is at your finger tip so should be the application for wiki. Also another thing is allowing the person in charge of the wiki should have a notification of new posting to make sure what is written is actually accurate.