Michael Habib | Product + Strategy
Scholarly communications, publishing, library markets
Fred published a new Facebook study:
As my previous study included data collected in summer 2005, I thought it might be useful to compare that data against data collected this summer. This study will compare snapshots of freshman use of Facebook on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus on June 27, 2005 and June 27, 2006.
The results are just as fascinating as last year.
Social Networking: Five Sites You Need to Know by Fred Stutzman (PhD student and Facebook researcher).
Ok – so that’s my list – let’s put it in context. As social networking becomes normal, a number of interesting trends emerge – trends that will have lasting implications for designers of social-enabled tools. Here’s a handy bulleted list
Anyone interested in the future of social networking should check this post out. As you can see he not only talks about five up and coming sites, but also gives an excellent overview of current trends in social networking software. One of my favorites, 43 Things, didn’t make the cut, but he does link to it in the trends section. You can view a copy of my report on 43 Things here. What do these trends mean for Library 2.0?
I just completed a review of 43 Things as the final project for JOMC: 191.3, Blogging, We the Media, and Virtual Communities. The review is it iself a website located here. Each student in the class is also reviewing a virtual community. You can see the links to the reports in bloggroll on the class blog.