My Name is Kate

links for 2008-03-21

• Ten Reasons Marketers Should Pay Attention to Wikipedia - ClickZ
  Some great points from Pete Blackshaw about Wikipedia. My fav .... "develop a thick skin",
  (tags: Wikipedia marketing wiki)
• What Makes a Great Social Media Campaign? - ClickZ
  Dave Evans discusses the common factors that the worst social media campaigns had last year and gives tips to avoid being one in 2008.
  (tags: socialmedia marketing onedegree)

links for 2008-03-20

• 15 Free Social Media White Papers and Ebooks
  From Mashable. Links and descriptions to different social media whitepapers. A few about employee policies which look really interesting!
  (tags: SocialMedia whitepapers web2.0 onedegree)

links for 2008-03-19

• Shiny Shiny: Blogging to attract recruits to the Israeli security service?
  Discussion of employers starting to recognize power of employees blogging.
  (tags: blog employee+blogging)
• We Tell Stories - Penguin
  21 Steps - Neat implementation of a short story with Google Maps functionality. Lot of potential applications for this kind of narrative/storytelling. Love it! New ones each week!
  (tags: books penguin publishing storytelling interactive maps mashup)

What is the Difference? 20x2 from Photojunkie

I love Photojunkie (aka Rannie Turingan)!  This is a video he created for SxSW's  20x2 panel in Austin this year - the theme was "What's the Difference?".

20 x 2 : What's The Difference? from photojunkie on Vimeo.

Aside from it being an inspiring sentiment with some great photography and a kickass soundtrack, it's also really neat to see these quiet, private moments in a number of my friends and colleagues lives.  Well done!

links for 2008-03-17

• SEOmoz | Results of Google Experimentation - Only the First Anchor Text Counts
  Great step-by-step experiment on testing your keywords and anchor text in the copy.
  (tags: seo links onedegree keyword+testing Google search)

This Moment of Irony brought to you by Spam

I'm trying to report a spammy, phishing email to PayPal - but my domain and email service host won't let me forward it to them because it looks like spam.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Photo Credit: Kris Krug

links for 2008-03-15

• Blogs by Women Bloggers
  BlogsByWomen is a directory of women bloggers. Each blog is approved by hand to keep low quality blogs, splogs and those stinky boys out. Add your blog and get the benefits of being listed on BlogByWomen.
  (tags: women blogs directory bloggers networking)
• Bargainista: Weekly Wish - Women who rock!
  Eden starts a blogroll of Women who Rock after a rowdy geeky girls dinner in Toronto.
  (tags: women canada bloggers networking)
• Abduzeedo - graphic design | design inspiration | tutorials
  Abduzeedo is a blog about the world of design, how I was abducted by the elements that are in it, and some of the experiments that I have done or seen along the way
  (tags: design blog inspiration graphics)

links for 2008-03-09

• Social Media Research Snack Facts - a photoset on Flickr
  Great collection of Social Media visuals from Beth Kanter.
  (tags: SocialMedia blogging research socialsoftware onedegree)
• Blogging boosts your social life: research - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
  Blogging can help you feel less isolated, more connected to a community and more satisfied with your friendships, both online and face-to-face, new Australian research has found.
  (tags: blogging research psychology socialmedia onedegree)