Social Hallucinations

Collaboration Knows No Borders

We, humans wouldn't survive without the ability and possibility to communicate. Communication and collaboration with others is what helps the herd to survive and make progress, develop and create. Collaboration was rather limited by the physical space. Internet added the new feature to our herd experience, it removed borders and enhanced the power of people and power of collaboration. Suddenly, what for 50 years was unthinkable, has become a reality today. 237 people from all over the world, joined the project Age of Conversation: Why don't they get it and created stories. 237 not only shared their thoughts and contributed to the collective mind and understanding of the times we are living in, but also thanks to Drew and Gavin wanted to give back to society and give the money earned on selling the book to charity.
I am happy to be a part of this project. And below you will the list of all contributors.

As of Wednesday, October 29, 8 A.M. (U.S. EST) the Age of Conversation 2 will be available for purchase at Lulu So, don't wait, just go and buy it, either in e-book version or hard copy.

You can read more about the project, listen to interviews with authors, got to know who they are on the Age of Conversation 2 blog as well as follow updates on AOC2 Twitter

Meet 237 co-authors of The Age of Conversation 2

Adrian Ho, Aki Spicer, Alex Henault, Amy Jussel, Andrew Odom, Andy Nulman, Andy Sernovitz, Andy Whitlock, Angela Maiers, Ann Handley, Anna Farmery, Armando Alves, Arun Rajagopal, Asi Sharabi, Becky Carroll, Becky McCray, Bernie Scheffler, Bill Gammell, Bob LeDrew, Brad Shorr, Brandon Murphy, Branislav Peric, Brent Dixon, Brett Macfarlane, Brian Reich, C.C. Chapman, Cam Beck, Casper Willer, Cathleen Rittereiser, Cathryn Hrudicka, Cedric Giorgi, Charles Sipe, Chris Kieff, Chris Cree, Chris Wilson, Christina Kerley (CK), C.B. Whittemore, Chris Brown, Connie Bensen, Connie Reece, Corentin Monot, Craig Wilson, Daniel Honigman, Dan Schawbel, Dan Sitter, Daria Radota Rasmussen, Darren Herman, Dave Davison, David Armano, David Berkowitz, David Koopmans, David Meerman Scott, David Petherick, David Reich, David Weinfeld, David Zinger, Deanna Gernert, Deborah Brown, Dennis Price, Derrick Kwa, Dino Demopoulos, Doug Haslam, Doug Meacham, Doug Mitchell, Douglas Hanna, Douglas Karr, Drew McLellan, Duane Brown, Dustin Jacobsen, Dylan Viner, Ed Brenegar, Ed Cotton, Efrain Mendicuti, Ellen Weber, Eric Peterson, Eric Nehrlich, Ernie Mosteller, Faris Yakob, Fernanda Romano, Francis Anderson, Gareth Kay, Gary Cohen, Gaurav Mishra, Gavin Heaton, Geert Desager, George Jenkins, G.L. Hoffman, Gianandrea Facchini, Gordon Whitehead, Greg Verdino, Gretel Going & Kathryn Fleming, Hillel Cooperman, Hugh Weber, J. Erik Potter, James Gordon-Macintosh, Jamey Shiels, Jasmin Tragas, Jason Oke, Jay Ehret, Jeanne Dininni, Jeff De Cagna, Jeff Gwynne & Todd Cabral, Jeff Noble, Jeff Wallace, Jennifer Warwick, Jenny Meade, Jeremy Fuksa, Jeremy Heilpern, Jeroen Verkroost, Jessica Hagy, Joanna Young, Joe Pulizzi, John Herrington, John Moore, John Rosen, John Todor, Jon Burg, Jon Swanson, Jonathan Trenn, Jordan Behan, Julie Fleischer, Justin Foster, Karl Turley, Kate Trgovac, Katie Chatfield, Katie Konrath, Kenny Lauer, Keri Willenborg, Kevin Jessop, Kristin Gorski, Lewis Green, Lois Kelly, Lori Magno, Louise Manning, Luc Debaisieux, Mario Vellandi, Mark Blair, Mark Earls, Mark Goren, Mark Hancock, Mark Lewis, Mark McGuinness, Matt Dickman, Matt J. McDonald, Matt Moore, Michael Karnjanaprakorn, Michelle Lamar, Mike Arauz, Mike McAllen, Mike Sansone, Mitch Joel, Neil Perkin, Nettie Hartsock, Nick Rice, Oleksandr Skorokhod, Ozgur Alaz, Paul Chaney, Paul Hebert, Paul Isakson, Paul McEnany, Paul Tedesco, Paul Williams, Pet Campbell, Pete Deutschman, Peter Corbett, Phil Gerbyshak, Phil Lewis, Phil Soden, Piet Wulleman, Rachel Steiner, Sreeraj Menon, Reginald Adkins, Richard Huntington, Rishi Desai, Robert Hruzek, Roberta Rosenberg, Robyn McMaster, Roger von Oech, Rohit Bhargava, Ron Shevlin, Ryan Barrett, Ryan Karpeles, Ryan Rasmussen, Sam Huleatt, Sandy Renshaw, Scott Goodson, Scott Monty, Scott Townsend, Scott White, Sean Howard, Sean Scott, Seni Thomas, Seth Gaffney, Shama Hyder, Sheila Scarborough, Sheryl Steadman, Simon Payn, Sonia Simone, Spike Jones, Stanley Johnson, Stephen Collins, Stephen Landau, Stephen Smith, Steve Bannister, Steve Hardy, Steve Portigal, Steve Roesler, Steven Verbruggen, Steve Woodruff, Sue Edworthy, Susan Bird, Susan Gunelius, Susan Heywood, Tammy Lenski, Terrell Meek, Thomas Clifford, Thomas Knoll, Tim Brunelle, Tim Connor, Tim Jackson, Tim Mannveille, Tim Tyler, Timothy Johnson, Tinu Abayomi-Paul, Toby Bloomberg, Todd Andrlik, Troy Rutter, Troy Worman, Uwe Hook, Valeria Maltoni, Vandana Ahuja, Vanessa DiMauro, Veronique Rabuteau, Wayne Buckhanan, William Azaroff, Yves Van Landeghem

Social Hallucinations Goes Mobile

Thanks to Neil I've found a smart service that allows you to create mobile site for your blog for free. It is called MoFuse.

I like applications that a so easy to set up.

Here is link to Social Hallucinations mobile site: http://socialhallucinations.mofuse.mobi/ . There is also a MoFuse badge in the sidebar.

mobile internet, MoFuse

The Age of Conversation 2008

After the great success of bloggers' book Age of Conversation, Drew and Gavin who stood behind the idea, announced last week the new project - time to exceed Age of Conversation! They called authors to join and make a second book.

The topic of the new book is up to you. Everyone is invited to decide and there are three themes to choose from:

1) Marketing Manifesto
2) Why Don't People Get It?
3) My Marketing Tragedy (and what I learned)

You may vote for your top choice via SurveyMonkey - Click Here to take survey

Would you like to become a part of the project and co-author the book? Read the post and e-mail Drew to tell him that you're in.

All proceeds of the book will be donated to Variety, the Children's Charity.

Great initiative!



Tags: age of conversation, social media

Welcome to Social Hallucinations

Tuesday, 15th January, 2008 - social hallucinations were brought to live. Social hallucinations aren't new as such. I've just opened the door to the room filled with things that don't exist. We hallucinate day after day. Selling and buying products that don't exist. Saying things no one believes in, even you. This is liquid reality where hallucinations are the staff of life. I am living in liquid reality where all modem structures are being dissolved and nothing new is being created. Humans have to reconstruct, deconstruct and redefine themselves all the time. It is impossible to have stable, one-faced identity. There are no fast norms you can refer to and feel safe. So, in order to live up to the mashed-up times, I've decided to re-baptize my blog. Social Hallucinations that go hand in hand med liquid reality. Rebirth. Instantly seeking for inspiration and new frame of reference.

OK. I've changed the name of my blog. Why? I love changes, changes keeps me going and add the new energy to my actions. It is like at least once or twice a year I must rearrange my apartment to create the new room for thinking and get some fresh into air into my environment. I am reconstructing my blogging "I" in hope for new loads of creativity invading my brain.

"All affirmations are true in some sense, false in some sense, meaningless in some sense, true and false in some sense, true and meaningless in some sense, false and meaningless in some sense, and true and false and meaningless in some sense” (Sri Syadasti)

Btw. Media Blog it was pretty boring and generic! :-)

Social Hallucinations got also new domain and you can also find me here: www.socialhallucinations.com

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Blog Action Day

I've had a long at work today and when going through the office I was inspired to writing this post. It was before 10 p.m., empty office, you couldn't find a soul but there was so much light! Light in kitchen, toilet, in halls. Wherever you looked, it was light. I felt enlightened. I was wondering for a moment whether some people has found out that I can be afraid of darkness. But seriously . .We talk a lot about global warming and protest against huge 4 WD tracks. We focus on huge things. We fight against big corporations, we make demonstrations, shout and ... Is this the right way? I must admit, I doubt it. I am against fighting the monsters who destroy Earth. I opt for ordinary people taking their time to pay attention, clean around themselves and switch off the lights. My grandparents who dedicated their life to help orphans  used to say, that we should never think that our help will change a world, we should focus on saving just one child, as this is what will make a difference. Our small efforts, our personal involvement and will to influence and change our closest surroundings can make a difference and contribute to saving the planet. Not huge declarations, not manifestos. It is not about words, it is about changing behavior. Our  "green behavior" on micro level, on daily basis, like turning off the lights, sorting trash, avoiding unnecessary printing  will add up and become to something bigger, something that will create the global awareness of the environmental problems. Changing our behavior, learning our kids to act in green way, influencing our friends to take some action - this is the way to contribute to saving the planet.

So keep on fighting and getting greener :-)

Tags: blog action day, green, environment

Bloggers Unite for Earth

On October 15th, bloggers around the web will unite to put a single important issue on everyone’s mind - the environment. Every blogger will post about the environment in their own way and relating to their own topic. There are over 6.000 bloggers who joined the initiative with reach over 4 million readers. The point is to spread the message, focus people's attention on environmental issues.

So if have a blog, just rush to join Blog Action Day to help make earth a better and cleaner place.

You can read more about the action day here.

Tags: environment, blog action day

How Addicted to Blogging Are You?

74%How Addicted to Blogging Are You?

Tags: blogs

The Age of Conversation

There were 2 men and 1 very good idea. They have invited the bloggers to write a book about conversations. Over 100 clevere people said yes and contributed with their view, ideas and thoughts on conversations. It is also worth mentioning this is charity book. The money will be transferred to Variety, the children's charity organization.

I have look it through yesterday and there is lot of good material there.

The book is available now and you can buy it here.

Here is the long list of contributors:

Gavin Heaton
Drew McLellan
CK
Valeria Maltoni
Emily Reed
Katie Chatfield
Greg Verdino
Mack Collier
Lewis Green
Sacrum
Ann Handley
Mike Sansone
Paul McEnany
Roger von Oech
Anna Farmery
David Armano
Bob Glaza
Mark Goren
Matt Dickman
Scott Monty
Richard Huntington
Cam Beck
David Reich
Luc Debaisieux
Sean Howard
Tim Jackson
Patrick Schaber
Roberta Rosenberg
Uwe Hook
Tony D. Clark
Todd Andrlik
Toby Bloomberg
Steve Woodruff
Steve Bannister
Steve Roesler
Stanley Johnson
Spike Jones
Nathan Snell
Simon Payn
Ryan Rasmussen
Ron Shevlin
Roger Anderson
Robert Hruzek
Rishi Desai
Phil Gerbyshak
Peter Corbett
Pete Deutschman
Nick Rice
Nick Wright
Michael Morton
Mark Earls
Mark Blair
Mario Vellandi
Lori Magno
Kristin Gorski
Kris Hoet
G.Kofi Annan
Kimberly Dawn Wells
Karl Long
Julie Fleischer
Jordan Behan
John La Grou
Joe Raasch
Jim Kukral
Jessica Hagy
Janet Green
Jamey Shiels
Dr. Graham Hill
Gia Facchini
Geert Desager
Gaurav Mishra
Gary Schoeniger
Gareth Kay
Faris Yakob
Emily Clasper
Ed Cotton
Dustin Jacobsen
Tom Clifford
David Polinchock
David Koopmans
David Brazeal
David Berkowitz
Carolyn Manning
Craig Wilson
Cord Silverstein
Connie Reece
Colin McKay
Chris Newlan
Chris Corrigan
Cedric Giorgi
Brian Reich
Becky Carroll
Arun Rajagopal
Andy Nulman
Amy Jussel
AJ James
Kim Klaver
Sandy Renshaw
Susan Bird
Ryan Barrett
Troy Worman
S. Neil Vineberg

Tags: the age of conversation, blog

The Venom of the Crowds

The McKinsey Quarterly conducted 'How businesses are using Web 2.0' survey in January 2007 (2,847 executives worldwide, 44 percent of whom hold C-level positions). The respondents expressed  satisfaction with their Internet investments so far, they see Web 2.0 technologies as strategic tools.

However, as the survey showed, companies don't follow the best-known Web 2.0 trends, such as blogs. They'd rather focus on and invest in technologies that enable automation and networking.

I seems like the companies are still very afraid of having the conversation with the consumers and opening the door for two-ways dialog. The fear of losing control is huge as top crisis manager Eric Dezehell puts it:

"The CEOs of the largest 50 companies in the world are practically hiding under their desks in terror about Internet rumors"

The companies still pretend they can avoid being the subject of discussion that is happening online between the millions of people who are enabled to say whatever they want, express their positive experiences, thoughts and feelings as well as the dissatisfaction, problems and frustrations. But the history and many bad examples showed that opposite you must fear "the venom of the crowds" as the most crushing power in the market at the moment. Today, in the world of mouse era, companies can be build and destroyed with the mouse click. The solution isn't to hide under your desk, consumers can find you there if they have to. The companies must accept the fact that even though they control their brands, there are others players in the market, who can influence the brands and change the course of the storytelling companies control.

Inspired by article in BusinessWeek "Web Attack" - it is a must read!

 Tags: blogs, markets are conversation, mckinsey, control

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The Scrapbook 2.0 - Tumblr

The online communication and sharing has taken a new form - tumblelog. Tumblelog is used to share projects, creation or experience without providing a commentary. It is short, and includes video, pictures, links.It is just a neat and quick way of publishing and sharing your works. It makes me think about a scrapbook - it is scrapbook 2.0.

Tumblr is friendly, free, and terrifically easy tool for creating tumblelogs. I browsed a couple of them ad they are so cute and so inviting!

I think tumblr delivers what most of us need: easy tools for sharing and manageable, clear information. While blogs is more information, tumblelogs are more experience...

Tags: tumblelog, tumblr