http://derrickkwa.com/archives/the-1-way-to-build-a-community/ Let your true colors shine through Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:10:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://derrickkwa.com/archives/the-1-way-to-build-a-community/comment-page-1/#comment-72302 Derrick Kwa Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:01:01 +0000 http://derrickkwa.com/?p=844#comment-72302 Yeah, definitely. To quote Cory Doctorow, "Conversation is king. Content is just something to talk about." Yes, great content is important, but the people and interactions are more important. And I agree, offline activity is just as important, which is part of why we brought the Social Media Breakfast to Singapore. It's about relationships, more than anything. Yeah, definitely. To quote Cory Doctorow, “Conversation is king. Content is just something to talk about.” Yes, great content is important, but the people and interactions are more important. And I agree, offline activity is just as important, which is part of why we brought the Social Media Breakfast to Singapore. It's about relationships, more than anything.

]]> http://derrickkwa.com/archives/the-1-way-to-build-a-community/comment-page-1/#comment-72300 Derrick Kwa Fri, 07 Nov 2008 18:56:05 +0000 http://derrickkwa.com/?p=844#comment-72300 No problem, =). Glad you asked the question, it was a really good discussion. No problem, =). Glad you asked the question, it was a really good discussion.

]]> http://derrickkwa.com/archives/the-1-way-to-build-a-community/comment-page-1/#comment-72301 Walter Fri, 07 Nov 2008 15:25:47 +0000 http://derrickkwa.com/?p=844#comment-72301 Right on! I think building communities is often the poor second cousin to developing great content, which is sad because of its importance. For me, I feel that the offline activity is definitely just as important than the online correspondences, and could in fact strengthen relationships forged through blogs, forums, emails and IMs. Right on! I think building communities is often the poor second cousin to developing great content, which is sad because of its importance. For me, I feel that the offline activity is definitely just as important than the online correspondences, and could in fact strengthen relationships forged through blogs, forums, emails and IMs.

]]> http://derrickkwa.com/archives/the-1-way-to-build-a-community/comment-page-1/#comment-72172 Derrick Kwa Fri, 07 Nov 2008 12:01:01 +0000 http://derrickkwa.com/?p=844#comment-72172 Yeah, definitely. To quote Cory Doctorow, "Conversation is king. Content is just something to talk about." Yes, great content is important, but the people and interactions are more important. And I agree, offline activity is just as important, which is part of why we brought the Social Media Breakfast to Singapore. It's about relationships, more than anything. Yeah, definitely. To quote Cory Doctorow, “Conversation is king. Content is just something to talk about.” Yes, great content is important, but the people and interactions are more important. And I agree, offline activity is just as important, which is part of why we brought the Social Media Breakfast to Singapore. It's about relationships, more than anything.

]]> http://derrickkwa.com/archives/the-1-way-to-build-a-community/comment-page-1/#comment-72171 Derrick Kwa Fri, 07 Nov 2008 11:56:05 +0000 http://derrickkwa.com/?p=844#comment-72171 No problem, =). Glad you asked the question, it was a really good discussion. No problem, =). Glad you asked the question, it was a really good discussion.

]]> http://derrickkwa.com/archives/the-1-way-to-build-a-community/comment-page-1/#comment-72170 Walter Fri, 07 Nov 2008 08:25:47 +0000 http://derrickkwa.com/?p=844#comment-72170 Right on! I think building communities is often the poor second cousin to developing great content, which is sad because of its importance. For me, I feel that the offline activity is definitely just as important than the online correspondences, and could in fact strengthen relationships forged through blogs, forums, emails and IMs. Right on! I think building communities is often the poor second cousin to developing great content, which is sad because of its importance. For me, I feel that the offline activity is definitely just as important than the online correspondences, and could in fact strengthen relationships forged through blogs, forums, emails and IMs.

]]> http://derrickkwa.com/archives/the-1-way-to-build-a-community/comment-page-1/#comment-72169 tim young Thu, 06 Nov 2008 23:40:41 +0000 http://derrickkwa.com/?p=844#comment-72169 thanks for the advice man i found the session pretty helpful thanks for the advice man i found the session pretty helpful

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