May 1st - a popular day for the people

It's a popular day this year

Today is RSS Awareness Day - who knew?! It is also ALL of these days as well

Lastly, it is also Yom Hashoah - or Holocaust Memorial Day. This video clip shows how they commemorate in Israel. I have always wished the US could actually do this for 9/11. You can fast forward to 1' 35" - and still get the idea.

Workers of the Web unite In an effort to allude to the Workers May Day theme, here are some recent Soylent green posts on my favorite theme - IT's PEOPLE, PEOPLE

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1) The "networks don't have people...people have networks" concept floated here has become a full-fledged snowball.

1. Ross Mayfield - "Here's some related Soylent Green."

2. Demian Entrekin- "Individuals create value for organizations through the impact oftheir Project Network, not through their position in the organizationchart."

3. David Wallace - "It's about the people, people."

4. David Cushman- "When you aggregate personal data in profiles (eg facebook) you riskimposing structural limitations on the conversation and on the waygroups form. This leads to severe restrictions on value and growthcreation in your network."

5. Marshall Lager - "It's why Facebook (for example) has been having trouble - it takes ownership of pieces of you." 2) A point of caution on the "social media divide" from Francine Hardaway (with more here)- "Fellow geeks, we live in a dream world -- a world of Twitter -Twhirl - Friendfeed - AlertThingy - Seesmic. And if you think mostpeople reading this can identify any of those things, think again.Moreover, if you think there's a chance of any of those crossing thereal chasm in the next ten years, think again."