links for 2007-07-19

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  disambiguity - » What’s in it for me? Why people participate in social networking websites
  Leisa quotes Tom Coates (but not me, goddamnit) agreeing that users start their involvement in social apps for personal reasons: their heads are on fire with some burning need.
  (tags: social+architecture social+tools social=me+first)


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  Full Text: Keen vs. Weinberger - WSJ.com
  David bitchslaps Keen. The classic stand-off in Western Civilization: those that believe the future will be a better place, and those that believe that we are fallen from a golden age and living in the ruins. […]
  (tags: andrew+keen david+weinberger enemies+of+the+future edge+vs+center)


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  Blogs of the Day - RedOrbit
  /Message is the RedOrbit blog of the day.
  (tags: redorbit /message tech+blogs)


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  Cases 2.0 Launched | Socialtext Enterprise Wiki
  Ross Mayfleld announces the result of Andrew McAfee’s call for a central place to aggregate information about adoption of Web 2.0 technologies in the enterprise. Uh… isn’t the notion of aggregating stuff in a centralized place kind of 20th century? […]
  (tags: enterprise+2.0 cases+2.0 ross+mayfield andrew+mcafee)