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Update from the Blog — Thanks for an Amazing Year

The Kitchen continues to thrive — more than a million views in 2012, thousands of followers, and a lot of energy going into 2013. Here are some details.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Dec 31, 2012
  • 13 Comments
  • Time To Read: 3 mins

The “Me at the Center” Expectation — A New Consumer Mindset and What It Might Portend

The world should present itself relative to me = the emerging expectation. What that means for broadcasters and publishers? Get ready to be shared.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Sep 15, 2010
  • 5 Comments
  • Time To Read: 2 mins

It’s Going Too Fast — Can Embargoes Manage the Real-time Web?

Previous experience with information traveling so fast it goes out of control suggests that part of filtering includes managing release points.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Aug 12, 2010
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 3 mins

Mapping Facebook — How Our Cultures Are Revealed Through Social Networking

How the US appears through Facebook. Do you live in Stayathomia or Socalistan?

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Feb 10, 2010
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: < 1 min

Some Memorable Dishes from the Kitchen in 2009

As 2009 comes to an end, here is a selection of entries that left an especially nice flavor on the palette.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Dec 24, 2009
  • 2 Comments
  • Time To Read: 2 mins

Why Anti-Social Media Will Fail in the Coming Years

Social media is becoming the norm. Will laggards be viewed as anti-social in 2010?

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Dec 16, 2009
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 2 mins

Scientists Are Using Social Media Tools (and May Be Using Social Networks, Too)

Two new analyses — one in Cell, and one of a bit of source material from another post — suggest scientists are pretty likely to use social networks and social media.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Nov 3, 2009
  • 29 Comments
  • Time To Read: 3 mins

Recharging the Batteries

A session with Geoff Bilder recharged some batteries, both actually and metaphorically.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • May 28, 2009
  • 3 Comments
  • Time To Read: 2 mins

Since When Does Community Mean Everybody?

Community is a subset of the population. That subset may be self-selected or selected by some external criteria. But, by definition, communities are exclusive groups.

  • By Ann Michael
  • Mar 3, 2009
  • 2 Comments
  • Time To Read: < 1 min

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