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Hi. I'm John Eckman.

John Eckman

I'm a Sr. Director at Optaros, a professional services firm offering strategy, design, development, and consulting services to enterprises interested in leveraging free and open source software.

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May 4, 2008

Hiring in a 2.0 World (smb7)

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Boston Social Media Breakfast 7 was this past Thursday, on the topic of Hiring and Getting Hired in a 2.0 world.

Presenting were:

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February 15, 2008

Resources for Designing Online Communities or Social Web Applications

Tagged with: , , , , , , , , — John @ 10:55 am

A couple of recent publications on designing / building social web applications that you should check out. More to say about each after the jump.

  • Joshua Porter on the Bungee Line Podcast
  • Chris Brogan’s Social Media and Social Networking Starting Points
  • Forrester Report from Jeremiah Owyang on Online Community Best Practices

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