Social vs. Not – Pictorally

I don’t know who to credit this to, but I love it. It has been posted so many times that the originator is lost. But, THANK YOU! to whomever it was.  (UPDATE: It is from Nasa.  Thanks, Harold!)

What I love about this is that it is simple & direct. This got me thinking… Why don’t we have more of these? So I decided to create some more. And here they are…

Blogs vs. News

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Blog Advantages:

  • Two-way
  • Constant
  • Receive feedback
  • Searchable
  • Archived
  • Interactive
  • Conversational
  • Smaller, faster updates
  • 1: many:many
  • Learning increases
RSS vs Finding Information

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RSS Advantages:

  • Pushed to you
  • Only what has been updated
  • Information > time spent
  • Constant
  • Searchable
  • Archived
  • Personalized content
  • Automatic
  • Learning increases

Social vs. Traditional Networking

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Social Networking Advantages:

  • Infinitely more resources
  • Easily contact
  • 1000’s of loose connections yet…
  • Very small maintenance time
  • Searchable
  • Learning increases

2 Responses to “Social vs. Not – Pictorally”

  1. Harold Jarche Says:


  2. Kevin Says:

    Thanks, Harold!


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