Category: social networking

The social media cheat sheet

Social media superstar Chris Brogan recently shared via Google Reader this link to a terrific, color-coded social media cheat sheet that is well worth downloading (PDF). Here’s a screenshot:

social media cheat sheet

The cheat sheet was originally published by CMO.com as A CMO’s Guide To The Social Media Landscape, then publicized around the blogosphere by Gavin Heaton, Drew McLellan, TheNextWeb.com, Brogan and probably a few other folks before it got to me. Whatever you call it — cheat sheet, guide, whatever — it looks like it could be a handy tool for helping folks understand the benefits of social media at a glance.

Quote of the moment: social networks, human interaction and Pringles

Here’s an item that’s been in my “draft” folder for far too long. It’s time to unfetter this snippet, nearly two years after its capture. Tell me: Is this thought still relevant?

The internet is to human interaction as Pringles are to potatoes. Companionship and closeness are processed into an unrecognizable slurry, then reconstituted as an unnatural recreation of their original incarnation. We start as social creatures, isolate ourselves into small rooms writhing with power strips, then make friends with similarly sequestered people, trying to re-create the very communities we’re avoiding.

Lore Sjöberg, Twitter Away Your Life With Social Networking

Hat tip: Paul Redfern (Twitter it…just a little bit).