2008's most popular posts

What a year this has turned out to be, huh!

I hope to find time to post a personal note about it all in a couple of days (the holidays are a good time to step back and take stock, aren't they!) but in the meantime I started making a list for myself of all the posts that people keep asking me for the links to, because these themes seem to come up again and again, and then (doh!) I realized this might be a useful roundup of the hottest topics of 2008 from this blog. Some of these generated some deep discussions for me offline, more than online, but I think it makes a nice little snapshot for you of the conversations we've been having here on Socialfishing... (formerly Diary of a Reluctant Blogger!) over the past year. Plus, it spreads a bit more link love, which you know I like to do.

You will probably notice I have not included any "cool tools" in this list - there are so many, I'm saving that for another post too.

Enjoy (and bookmark!). Thank you, as ever, for reading, and discussing, and pushing back, and helping me think harder.

Hope you have a great holiday.


On Listening
Learning to Listen - the real "quiet revolution" that is social media Alltop For Listening
An easy-peezy way to start listening
Here's a great example of how to listen and how to have a real conversation

On Strategic Thinking
Agile Planning = a model for strategic thinking?
On Innovation and Leadership
Create —> Launch —> Edit —> Launch —> Repeat
Traditional Strategic Planning Sucks part 1
On strategy as a way of thinking
The strategic planning debate rages on...

Incrementalists vs the Revolution
It's not about the revolution, baby
There is no spoon
The bastion of incrementalism gains ground
One for the Incrementalists: Fireworks or Glacier

Just Get Crackin’
Bored of all this theory? Just want to Get Crackin'?
Just want to get crackin' part 2
Just get crackin' part 3
Just get crackin' part 4 - guerrilla social media warfare in large organizations

Free is the Future
Generosity as a business model
"Free is the future" - more on generosity as a business model
More on Free is the Future - the six kinds of "free"
Free is the Future redux

On Twitter
Don't get Twitter? Here's why you're missing the point.
Three ways associations can use Twitter
Twitter Primer Redux - 9 ways to find people to follow on Twitter.
Pretty much all you need to know on how to use Twitter
On Kawasaki's "How to Pick up Followers on Twitter"

On the Myth of Control
More on the Myth of Control.

On Community Building
How to create an online community successfully
What I want a social media expert to know
Communities = more than the sum of their social media parts
What if you build it and they don't come?
5 new social media positions to think about
More on Community Management

On Generations
FACT: Using social media will help you attract Millennials.

Most Popular Social Media Posts
"Real-Time Subscription Service" - An RSS Primer For You
Seven ways to blog without actually starting a blog
Gustav: The power of social media LIVE
LinkedIn and associations
Wiki wiki whoo!
"Prepare for Awesomeness!": Social Media Lessons from Kung Fu Panda...

On Usability and the Social Object
Food for thought: Usability and design for the social web
On Object-centered Sociality
More on the interaction object - and the platform as authority.
Code name: RUTI