Social Media ABCs

Social Media ABC's - A To Z Well, yesterday's post brings to a close the 26 days of Social Media ABCs.  For those who missed them all, here's a full listing of all the words I came up with for my version of the Social Media ABC's A To Z:   Aggregation:  Aggregation is the process of gathering and remixing content from blogs and other websites that provide "feeds" of their data.  This most commonly occurs with the RSS syndication format, but also can be with other technologies as well.  The results may be displayed in an aggregator website such as Bloglines or Google Reader, or... posted @ Thursday, December 11, 2008 8:45 AM | Feedback (3)

Social Media ABC's - Z is for Zombie Welcome to my series of blog posts on the ABC's of Social Media, a tool that you can use to make you more "hip" in the world of Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn (just to name a few).  Today's letter is "Z".  There aren't many Z words directly relating to Social Media but I think I've found one that actually applies to me.  Are you one of those who will join any and all Social Media services just because everyone else is?  Then, like I, you are a Social Media Zombie. "Z" is for Zombie Zombie Pronounced: Zom-bee It... posted @ Wednesday, December 10, 2008 3:52 PM | Feedback (3)

Social Media ABC's - Y is for YouTube Welcome to my series of blog posts on the ABC's of Social Media, a tool that you can use to make you more "hip" in the world of Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn (just to name a few).  Today's letter is "Y".  Y was a pretty hard letter to come up with social media terms for so I'm going to default to the major way viral videos make it onto the Internet.  With over 5 billion online videos viewed in July 2008, YouTube is definitely a force in social media. "Y" is for YouTube YouTube Pronounced: Yoo-Toob Founded in 2005... posted @ Thursday, November 20, 2008 10:04 AM | Feedback (1)

Social Media ABC's - X is for XMLHttpRequest Welcome to my series of blog posts on the ABC's of Social Media, a tool that you can use to make you more "hip" in the world of Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn (just to name a few).  Today's letter is "X".  There aren't many "X" words in relation to Social Media so I opted for a word that is part of the underlying plumbing needed to make blogs and other web 2.0 social applications usable.  Today I picked the infamous XMLHttpRequest. "X" is for XMLHttpRequest XMLHttpRequest Pronounced: Eks-em-el Eych-tee-tee-pee Ri-kwest XMLHttpRequest, or XHR, is a XML DOM API... posted @ Monday, October 20, 2008 9:21 AM | Feedback (0)

Social Media ABC's - W is for Walled Garden Welcome to my series of blog posts on the ABC's of Social Media, a tool that you can use to make you more "hip" in the world of Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn (just to name a few).  Today's letter is "W".  The "W" words Web 2.0, Widget, and Wiki stand out but I'm going to go for something a bit more serene - the Walled Garden. "W" is for Walled Garden Walled Garden Pronounced: Wawld Gahr-dn With regards to the internet, a Walled Garden refers to a browsing environment that controls the locations the user is able to... posted @ Friday, October 17, 2008 7:50 AM | Feedback (0)

Social Media ABC's - V is for Viral Welcome to my series of blog posts on the ABC's of Social Media, a tool that you can use to make you more "hip" in the world of Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn (just to name a few).  Today's letter is "V". "V" brings us vlogs, VIOP, and video but I'm going with something a bit more clinical.  Today's word is Viral. "V" is for Viral Viral Pronounced: Vahy-ruhl For something to be viral, means that it is able to replicate itself or convert other objects to copy itself when those objects are exposed to it. In the context... posted @ Thursday, October 16, 2008 9:40 AM | Feedback (0)

Social Media ABC's - U is for UGC Welcome to my series of blog posts on the ABC's of Social Media, a tool that you can use to make you more "hip" in the world of Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn (just to name a few).  Today's letter is "U".  For "U" we have URL and upload but I'm going to go for something a bit more "social".  Today's word is UGC, short for User Generated Content. "U" is for UGC UGC Pronounced: Yoo-Gee-Cee User Generated Content, or UGC, refers to media content that is created, produced, and shared publicly by end users. From Wikipedia: The... posted @ Wednesday, October 15, 2008 2:39 PM | Feedback (0)

Social Media ABC's - T is for Troll Welcome to my series of blog posts on the ABC's of Social Media, a tool that you can use to make you more "hip" in the world of Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn (just to name a few).  Today's letter is "T".  The letter "T" brings us words Taxonomy, Trackbacks and Transparency but I'm going for something a little more fairytale-ish.  The word for today is Troll. "T" is for Troll Troll Pronounced: Trohl We all know that the mythical Troll was a race of creatures from Norse mythology who found their ways to living under bridges with a... posted @ Monday, October 13, 2008 8:33 AM | Feedback (0)

Social Media ABC's - S is for Smartmob Welcome to my series of blog posts on the ABC's of Social Media, a tool that you can use to make you more "hip" in the world of Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn (just to name a few).  Today's letter is "S".  There are lots of "S" words like SaaS, SEO, SMO, SOB, and Social Media itself.  But the anarchist in me opted for the more fun and entertaining Smartmob! "S" is for Smartmob Smartmob Pronounced: Smahrt-mob A Smartmob is a group that behaves intelligently and efficiently due to it's technology related connections.  Their network allows them to... posted @ Friday, October 10, 2008 8:30 AM | Feedback (0)

Social Media ABC's - R is for Remixing Welcome to my series of blog posts on the ABC's of Social Media, a tool that you can use to make you more "hip" in the world of Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn (just to name a few).  Today's letter is "R".  "R" brings us Readiness, Regsitration, Roles, and RSS but I'm opting for social media's answer to the question: Will it blend?  The word for today is "Remixing" "R" is for Remixing Remixing Pronounced: KRee-miks-ing Social media offers the possibility of taking different items of content, identified by tags and published through feeds, and combining them in different... posted @ Wednesday, October 08, 2008 8:07 AM | Feedback (0)

Social Media ABC's - Q is for QWERTY Welcome to my series of blog posts on the ABC's of Social Media, a tool that you can use to make you more "hip" in the world of Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn (just to name a few).  Today's letter is "Q".  There really aren't that many "Q" words that are directly related to social media so I opted for one that most of us English typing bloggers are familiar with on a daily basis, the QWERTY keyboard layout. "Q" is for Qwerty Qwerty Pronounced: Kwur-tee QWERTY is the most common modern-day keyboard layout on English-language computer and typewriter... posted @ Monday, October 06, 2008 9:49 AM | Feedback (1)

Social Media ABC's - P is for Permalink Welcome to my series of blog posts on the ABC's of Social Media, a tool that you can use to make you more "hip" in the world of Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn (just to name a few).  Today's letter is "P".   The "P" words in social media include Participation, presence and podcasting and the word picked for today: Permalink. "P" is for Permalink Permalink Pronounced: Purm-uh-lingk A permalink is a URL that points to a specific blog or forum entry after it has passed from the front page to the archives. Because a permalink remains unchanged indefinitely, it... posted @ Wednesday, October 01, 2008 3:39 PM | Feedback (0)

Social Media ABC's - O is for OWL Welcome to my series of blog posts on the ABC's of Social Media, a tool that you can use to make you more "hip" in the world of Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn (just to name a few).  Today's letter is "O".  The letter "O" brings us OpenID, OpenSocial, Online and Offline but today's word is a bit more obscure.  Ever heard of XML?  How about OWL? "O" is for OWL OWL Pronounced: Ou-Wuhl No, I'm not referring tot he little metal bird from Clash of the Titans, but rather the Ontology Web Language.  The Ontology Web... posted @ Tuesday, September 30, 2008 11:23 AM | Feedback (0)

Social Media ABC's - N is for Netiquette Welcome to my series of blog posts on the ABC's of Social Media, a tool that you can use to make you more "hip" in the world of Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn (just to name a few).  Today's letter is "N". The letter "N" gives us Navigation, New Media, and NoFollow but the web wouldn't be the great place it is without the set of rules guiding your behavior while online.  So today's word is Netiquette. "N" is for Netiquette Netiquette Pronounced: Net-i-kit "Netiquette" is network etiquette, the do's and don'ts of online communication. Netiquette covers both common... posted @ Monday, September 29, 2008 8:28 AM | Feedback (0)

Social Media ABC's - M is for Meme Welcome to my series of blog posts on the ABC's of Social Media, a tool that you can use to make you more "hip" in the world of Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn (just to name a few).  Today's letter is "M". Mashup, MashBoard, Moblogs, and Microblogging are all great M words, but an infectious word seemed more interesting.  So, today's word is the ever contagious "Meme". "M" is for Meme Meme Pronounced: Meem A meme consists of any idea or behavior that can pass from one person to another by learning or imitation. Examples include thoughts, ideas, theories,... posted @ Friday, September 26, 2008 8:07 AM | Feedback (0)

Social Media ABC's - L is for Linkbait Welcome to my series of blog posts on the ABC's of Social Media, a tool that you can use to make you more "hip" in the world of Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn (just to name a few).  Today's letter is "L".  For "L", we have Lurkers, Linking (one-way, multi-way, campaigns, incestuous, over and under, and doping).  Today I'm going to pick a linking word that bloggers use to increase their search rankings - Linkbaiting. "L" is for Linkbait Linkbait Pronounced: Lingk-beyt Linkbait is a type of website marketing used to increase your web site link popularity.  Linkbait is... posted @ Thursday, September 25, 2008 8:45 AM | Feedback (0)

Social Media ABC's - K is for Klog Welcome to my series of blog posts on the ABC's of Social Media, a tool that you can use to make you more "hip" in the world of Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn (just to name a few).  Today's letter is "K".  K words include Keywords and Knowledge, but I thought Klog to be a bit more unique.  No, it's not the wooden shoe, but a specific type of blog dedicated to knowledge. "K" is for Klog Klog Pronounced: Klawg A klog, short for Knowledge Blog, is a type of blog usually used as an internal/Intranet blog that is... posted @ Wednesday, September 24, 2008 7:56 AM | Feedback (0)

Social Media ABC's - J is for Jargon Welcome to my series of blog posts on the ABC's of Social Media, a tool that you can use to make you more "hip" in the world of Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn (just to name a few).  Today's letter is "J". There weren't too many social media words starting with "J".  There were some technical terms such as JSON and JavaScript but those didn't seem to fit.  So, I went with a more general term that is used in social media every day: Jargon. "J" is for Jargon Jargon Pronounced: Jahr-guh n Jargon is terminology that relates... posted @ Tuesday, September 23, 2008 11:33 AM | Feedback (0)

Social Media ABC's - I is for Instalanche Welcome to my series of blog posts on the ABC's of Social Media, a tool that you can use to make you more "hip" in the world of Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn (just to name a few).  Today's letter is "I".  There aren't too many "I" words aside from Instant Messaging and the Internet. But I did come across one fairly unknown one and that's my pic.  Ever had your site taken down with an instant avalanche of page views?  We'll you've experienced an Instalanche. "I" is for Instalanche Instalanche Pronounced: In-stuh-lanch The origin of the word Instalanche... posted @ Monday, September 22, 2008 8:24 AM | Feedback (1)

Social Media ABC's - H is for Hat Tip Welcome to my series of blog posts on the ABC's of Social Media, a tool that you can use to make you more "hip" in the world of Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn (just to name a few).  Today's letter is "H".  Of course there is HTML, Hits and Hyperlink but I've got a better one.  Today's word is for all those out there willing to pass along a nice bit of info to your fellow bloggers.  Today's word is "Hat Tip". "H" is for Hat Tip Hat Tip Pronounced: Hat-Tip A Hat tip is a cultural expression... posted @ Friday, September 19, 2008 2:48 PM | Feedback (0)

Social Media ABC's - G is for Glocalisation Welcome to my series of blog posts on the ABC's of Social Media, a tool that you can use to make you more "hip" in the world of Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn (just to name a few).  Today's letter is "G". There aren't too many "G" words in social media but I did come up with Google and GPS as options but they just didn't hold their own against Glocalisation. "G" is for Glocalisation Glocalisation Pronounced: Gloh-kuhl-uh-say-shun Glocalisation (or glocalization) is a combination of globalization and localization.  By definition, the term "glocal" refers to an individual, group,... posted @ Thursday, September 18, 2008 8:29 AM | Feedback (0)

Social Media ABC's - F is for Folksonomy Welcome to my series of blog posts on the ABC's of Social Media, a tool that you can use to make you more "hip" in the world of Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn (just to name a few).  Today's letter is "F".  F gives us works like Feeds, Forums, Friends, and Flogs, but I'm going with another odd one that you most likely haven't heard before - folksonomy. "F" is for Folksonomy Folksonomy Pronounced: Fohks-son-uh-mee Folksonomy (also known as collaborative tagging, social classification, social indexing, and social tagging) is the practice and method of collaboratively creating and managing tags... posted @ Wednesday, September 17, 2008 7:54 AM | Feedback (1)

Social Media ABC's - E is for Eye Rest Welcome to my series of blog posts on the ABC's of Social Media, a tool that you can use to make you more "hip" in the world of Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn (just to name a few).  Today's letter is "E".  I could have went with Ecto, Edublog, or Embed, but I picked one that most bloggers out there do not think about.  How about giving your users some relaxation once in a while.  How about giving them some Eye Rest. "E" is for Eye Rest Eye Rest Pronounced: Ahy Rest In the blogging world, "Eye Rest" refers... posted @ Tuesday, September 16, 2008 1:41 PM | Feedback (0)

Social Media ABC's - D is for Dooced Welcome to my series of blog posts on the ABC's of Social Media, a tool that you can use to make you more "hip" in the world of Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn (just to name a few).  Today's letter is "D".  There are some great social media sites such as Digg and Delicious but that would have been too easy.  How about a fun new word that relates to a risk of blogging?  Are you a blogger? Just be careful what you post and don't get Dooced. "D" is for Dooced Dooced Pronounced: Doost Dooced is a term... posted @ Monday, September 15, 2008 9:00 AM | Feedback (0)

Social Media ABC’s – C is for Chicklet Welcome to my series of blog posts on the ABC's of Social Media, a tool that you can use to make you more "hip" in the world of Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn (just to name a few).  Today's letter is "C".  I could have went with the safe options of Captcha or Comment Spam, but I figured I’d dig a little deeper and I found one that we encounter almost every day when browsing blogs.  Ever noticed the little “RSS” feed icon that allows you to subscribe to someone's blog fee?  Did you know that that icon has a... posted @ Friday, September 12, 2008 9:39 AM | Feedback (0)

Social Media ABC's - B is for Blogs Welcome to my series of blog posts on the ABC's of Social Media, a tool that you can use to make you more "hip" in the world of Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn (just to name a few).  Today's letter is "B" and it would be irresponsible of me not to mention blogs in my list as blogs are the cornerstone of the social media revolution.  So, today I bring you: Blogs! "B" is for Blogs Blogs Pronounced: Blahgs A blog (a contraction of the term "Web log") is a Web site, usually maintained by an individual, with regular... posted @ Tuesday, September 09, 2008 12:52 PM | Feedback (0)

Social Media ABC's - A is for Aggregation Now that I've finished up the ABC's of Networking, I figured that I would jump right in and start a new glossary of geekdom.  Since Social Media and Networking are a passion of mine and also since that is really what makes DevCentral be the great site that it is, I figured I'd tackle that list next.  So, welcome to the first post in the ABC's of Social Media!  for the letter A, it was really an easy choice.  Whether you know it or not, if you browse the web, you are likely consuming content that is derived from multiple... posted @ Monday, September 08, 2008 10:11 AM | Feedback (0)