Hendrik Deckers' Weblog (English)

P2P social networking and the Integral Operatng System

2 very interesting articles caught my attention tonight:

Skype 1.4 Release: Steps to Social Networking? by Ton Zijlstra

Ton talks about the need for a P2P distributed social network that could be based on Skype. This idea has been creeping in my mind for many months now, and I'm really looking forward to seeing the first real signs of that.

Why to invest our time and attention in an Integral Operating System by George Por

George talks about and comments on the upcoming book of Ken Wilber The Integral Operating System (IOS) and has a nice discussion going on in the comments.

So I ask myself: could a Skype based P2P social network be an essential part of this IOS?

 

Make Sales using online business networking

Amanda Vlahakis from Truly Ace wrote an interesting ebook about making sales using online networks.

She talks about "How Do I Network Effectively?", "Where Should I Network?", "Ecademy Networking Tips" & "Turning Visitors Into Customers" and defines networking as follows:

"Networking is a well established practice that started at beginning of man's first communications with one another; networking is all about forging relationships with other people for mutual benefit, and is an essential skill for any business person to develop.

People buy people, and as such sales are often the result of the relationships you develop with other businesses, networking is the activity whereby we seek to gain new contacts and continue to build and develop the relationships already started."

Go here to request the ebook.

The rise of the Networking Economy on BBC Radio 4

Listen to Penny Power, Glenn Watkins,  Heather-Jane Sears, Simon Warman Freed, Leon Benjamin from Ecademy and other networkers on BBC Radio 4 here:

     

Very interesting show on the rise of the Networking Economy, featuring Ecademy, LinkedIn & FirstTuesday

Where is online networking in it's Hype Cycle?

Guy Kirkwood started an interesting discussing with the question: Is online networking dying?
and did some interesting research:

My question is: Where is online networking in it's Hype Cycle?

here is an example:

More on the Hype Cycles here.

Have we just past the "Peak of Inflated Expectations" and are we now going into the "Trough of Disillusionment" ?

What do you think?

Cheers, Hendrik.