This Week’s Links on Ma.gnolia

Some stuff I’m reading this week…

Project Good : Good Stuff For A Good World

“Learn about the importance of trust providers in building the new People Positive marketplace” Nice. People positive marketplace.

Tease-O-Rama Burlesque Convention

America’s first convention dedicated to the foxy, fabulous and all-around over-the-top world of burlesque! SEE performances from 200+ contemporary pinup queens, TAKE classes in everything from tassel-twirling to burlesque fan dance techniques and MEET the legends of days gone by. Tease-O-Rama will take place this October 4th-7th 2007 in San Francisco, USA! Now, THIS is a conference!

LOLCATS.TV

Gimmeh gimmeh! I can haz Lolcats.tv!

A Successful Woman » Blog Archive » How to Increase your Whuffie and Why It’s Important to Keep a Good Name

A Successful Woman gives some amazing tips for women in business on how to raise social capital.

Online Community Report

Question 2: Which metrics should I be measuring? (Measuring value in traditional and non-traditional ways) The short answer? It depends on your community goals. It should be a mix of quantitative and qualitative. This is a great article, pointing to a couple of awesome ‘metrics’ to measuring community success.

FT.com / Home UK / UK - You can’t stop them talking

This is just one of the attitude shifts businesses need to learn in the face of the social network phenomenon. It is a subtle one – but the key to success is subtlety. If we look at the companies that are already benefiting, they are the ones that think laterally. If we look at the ones that have made (or are making) fools of themselves, they are ones that are either charging on in an uncomprehending way, or are trying to be clever, but not really getting it. To gain the benefits and sidestep the quagmires of social networks, you really have to understand what’s going on.

Seed: The Reinvention of the Self

The social implications of this research are staggering. If boring environments, stressful noises, and the primate’s particular slot in the dominance hierarchy all shape the architecture of the brain—and Gould’s team has shown that they do—then the playing field isn’t level. Poverty and stress aren’t just an idea: they are an anatomy. Some brains never even have a chance.