Have you every looked up from their desk and realised that you haven't uttered a word to anyone in over an hour? Maybe longer? 

It occurred to me recently when my phone hadn't rung for 3 hours. I'd been communicating with lots of people en masse during this period, mostly by email but also on Twitter and Facebook. But I hadn't actually spoken to anyone; not a peep.

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via vincos.it

And as if by magic, here's another really useful infographic outlining the dominant social networking sites around the world.

However, please approach with caution...

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My buddy at Mindshare and were asked to talk at a digital summit about social content. Pretty broad brief.

What we started to realise when we thought about that concept of 'social content' is that not all social content is good. Some of it sucks. The thing about great social content is that it'll be sociable.

And if brands want to build personal relationships, then they need to be sociable too. 

My last comment would be that prezi completely rocks. Check it out at http://prezi.com. That's how we made the presentation. Cool, huh?

Who are Facebook's most prolific sporting personalities, and why?

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The use of Twitter by sports stars has closed the gap between fans & athletes. But where do endorsements and marketing fit into this new 1-1 relationship?

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Google Wave has been criticised by many as being arrogant in its aims. Here we argue that if anything, Google hasn’t been ambitious enough in its claims for Wave which is placed to fundamentally change the way we communicate

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Less than an hour after a shock result in ITV's X Factor, public outrage manifested itself in a massive surge of Twitter and Facebook activity

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If a social network doesn't carry ad space, will this stop it from making money?

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