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The Net-Savvy Executive tag:net-savvy.com,2009-09-21:/executive//1 2016-01-19T03:52:52Z Connecting dots: intelligence, analytics, social media, open sources. Movable Type Pro 4.38 Subscribe with PlusmoSubscribe with The Free DictionarySubscribe with Bitty BrowserSubscribe with NewsAlloySubscribe with Live.comSubscribe with Excite MIXSubscribe with Attensa for OutlookSubscribe with WebwagSubscribe with Podcast ReadySubscribe with FlurrySubscribe with WikioSubscribe with Daily Rotation My Language-Learning Toolbox tag:net-savvy.com,2016:/executive//1.3007 2016-01-19T03:04:57Z 2016-01-19T03:52:52Z In the last year or two, I've rekindled an interest in learning languages. I follow a lot of industry blogs from all over the world, and it's nice to give Google Translate a break sometimes. In the process, I've discovered... Nathan Gilliatt http://socialmediaanalysis.com/about/nathan_gilliatt.html
In the last year or two, I've rekindled an interest in learning languages. I follow a lot of industry blogs from all over the world, and it's nice to give Google Translate a break sometimes. In the process, I've discovered an amazing variety of resources that weren't around when I was taking classes in school. It's worth a try if you're interested, and you should be—the science says that learning another language is good for your health.

Discovering the Language-Learning Community
One of my early discoveries was Kris Broholm's Actual Fluency podcast, where he interviews people in the language-learning community. Lesson one: there is such a thing. Kris's early interviews were a big help in getting up to speed on the tools and techniques people use to learn a language (unrelated to taking a class in school in any country). His resources page is the first of several worth exploring.

Books for the <s>Shelf</s> Shelves
Learning something new is always a good excuse to add to the library, and as I get farther into this project, the language section is growing rapidly. The used- and donated-book sale at the public library was a huge opportunity to find imports that would have been much more expensive otherwise. Although Amazon's good for finding good foreign language books in used book stores abroad (salut, Asterix!).

I have dictionaries, grammar books, readers, and random books in the languages we're learning (it's become a family thing), but I've also found some good how-to-learn titles, such as Benny Lewis's Fluent in 3 Months and Gabriel Wyner'a Fluent Forever. Fi3M is light, but quick and encouraging. FF is more practical; the meat of it is a spaced-repetition based strategy with detailed instructions and available templates for using Anki. Be sure to check out the web sites (FF, Fi3M) for more resources, as everyone playing in this space tends to share their own lists and have a blog. Find someone with a language book or course, and you'll probably find a helpful newsletter, too.

Helpful Software Tools
The usual suspects for software are Anki, MemRise and Duolingo. Try 'em all. Duolingo is fantastic for getting a quick (and free) taste of a new language. Anki is the least pretty, but it's the one that lets you make your own flashcards for spaced repetition, which is what Gabriel recommends in Fluent Forever (other flashcard apps don't do spaced repetition). The thing that convinced me is that what Gabriel says is in complete agreement with what I've read about learning in Make in Stick, a great book on the neuroscience of learning.

Media, Educational and Native
I like the computer-based tools, but I've found value in the old-school listen-and-repeat audio courses, probably best exemplified by Pimsleur. Our public library has many of their courses, so I've been able to go through them as I exercise. I like their conversational approach and the help with pronunciation, but it should be just one component of the plan.

The big step is finding native media in your target language. I'm using podcasts from foreign news media, live streams of TV networks, and (of course) foreign movies. Find something you like; I once had a Thai roommate who was addicted to an American sitcom that his English class had used. Programming designed for non-native speakers is a nice intermediate step. iTunes, YouTube, Netflix and Roku really change the world when it comes to international and foreign-language programming. All it takes is a little searching.

Opportunities with Real People
Everyone recommends talking with real people as soon as possible. In the physical world, you can find language and cultural exchange programs in major cities, including some non-profits that exist specifically to share a language and culture. Alliance Française and Goethe Institut are two that I've found. In national capitals you might find programs sponsored by foreign embassies. Elsewhere, look for meetups. In our area, the most popular languages have multiple groups with events at every level.

You can interact with real people online, too. italki seems to be the marketplace of choice for finding tutors, and it also lets you set up a language exchange (partners coach each other on their native languages). The writers I mentioned at the top have more recommendations on language exchanges and everything else, so if that sounds appealing, see what they have to say first.

[Expanding on something I wrote to a friend who was planning a trip to Italy.]

Je parle français, et je travaille à améliorer ma facilité. Ich spreche ein bisschen Deutsch, och jag spelar på svenska. Hey, this is fun!
  http://net-savvy.com/executive/misc/my-language-learning-toolbox.html Survey on Social Media Analysis in 2015 tag:net-savvy.com,2015:/executive//1.2931 2015-10-13T15:55:05Z 2015-11-12T15:33:04Z I'm working on a new research project, and I need your help. If monitoring or analyzing social media is part of your job—and you don't work for one of the software providers—please take part in a survey on the state... Nathan Gilliatt http://socialmediaanalysis.com/about/nathan_gilliatt.html
I'm working on a new research project, and I need your help. If monitoring or analyzing social media is part of your job—and you don't work for one of the software providers—please take part in a survey on the state of social media analysis at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/sma-2015.

I'm looking into current trends and issues on the practice of social media analysis, as well as the technologies. Topics including adoption by industry and business function, successes and failures, and opinions about the state of available software tools. Results of the survey will be available in a free report, which will also include observations from a series of in-depth interviews and trends from Social Media Analysis, later this year.

The survey has 21 questions and should take around 5 minutes to complete. Your response is anonymous. I'm looking for a cross-section of brands, corporate social media listeners, agencies and consultants, in all regions of the world. If you have practical experience with listening to social media, please take a few minutes to share your observations.

You can find more on the project here and here.

Thanks for your help.
  http://net-savvy.com/executive/social-media-analysis/survey-on-social-media-analysis-in-2015.html Facebook Changes Hitting Monitoring Platforms tag:net-savvy.com,2015:/executive//1.2785 2015-04-02T21:01:32Z 2015-04-02T21:10:08Z Shortly after last month's announcement of the new Facebook topic data service from DataSift, another kind of change showed up in my inbox: the impending disappearance of Facebook post data from social media monitoring tools. The search functions of the... Nathan Gilliatt http://socialmediaanalysis.com/about/nathan_gilliatt.html
Shortly after last month's announcement of the new Facebook topic data service from DataSift, another kind of change showed up in my inbox: the impending disappearance of Facebook post data from social media monitoring tools. The search functions of the API that developers use to monitor public posts in Facebook are going away at the end of April, and the notices and workarounds are going out to customers now. I'm also hearing from software companies looking for alternative sources, though I have not heard of any such alternatives.

The vendor announcements say to expect fewer results with the switch to version 2.x of Facebook's Graph API (optional until April 30). The new version restricts access to information about users' friends, and it eliminates the Public Post search and News Feed search options from the Graph API. Monitoring of posts and comments on specified Facebook pages (including competitors' pages) is still supported, which creates a partial workaround.

As for the broader set of Facebook post data, DataSift's new PYLON API is the so-far exclusive source for most developers in the social media analysis business. The data includes private posts, but everything is anonymized and aggregated, and it doesn't include verbatim text. It's meant for broad analysis, not monitoring or engagement. Access is limited to the US and UK for now, so the answer for the European software developer who emailed me appears to be "no."

Finding information about what a company doesn't do is tricky, especially with a segment of the industry that likes its trade secrets, but Facebook's announcement makes it pretty clear how they're thinking about user privacy in the data market:

We are not disclosing personally identifying information to anyone, including our partners and marketers. And, the results delivered to marketers are analyses and interpretations of the information, not actual topic data.
Facebook does offer more data through the Public Feed API and Keyword Insights API, but access is limited to high-profile mass media and a short list of developers who support them. For everyone else, it looks like Facebook doesn't want anyone monitoring their users' public posts but Facebook.
  http://net-savvy.com/executive/social-media-analysis/facebook-changes-hitting-monitoring-platforms.html The Social Media Analysis Business in 2014 tag:net-savvy.com,2015:/executive//1.2694 2015-01-05T19:11:32Z 2015-01-05T19:11:34Z One of the nicest compliments I've received over the years came from a company founder who read one of my reports and said I'd summarized his company's work better than they did. It's just one of the things I do—take... Nathan Gilliatt http://socialmediaanalysis.com/about/nathan_gilliatt.html
One of the nicest compliments I've received over the years came from a company founder who read one of my reports and said I'd summarized his company's work better than they did. It's just one of the things I do—take a pile of information and figure out what it's about. I summarize. So if you need to tease out the short version of something complicated, call me. But I've also been accumulating data on an industry for years, which gives me the material for a different view—the annual recap. Roll tape…

The Year in M&A, Social Media Analysis 2014
I've been tracking companies that extract meaning from social media data since 2006 (it stays interesting if you let the definitions evolve with the market). One way to tell how things are changing is to watch where the money goes, and in 2014, more money flowed to consolidation. VC and PE money funded multiple acquisitons by companies staking out hoped-for prominent positions. Big companies tucked SMA into their products and portfolios, and smaller companies chose "buy" over "build" for key capabilities.

Add some actual mergers and a few acquihires, and we get more transactions than in 2013. In other news, it takes longer to write a recap of 38 deals than one with 18 deals, which is how a year-end post shows up in early January. :-)

More Than $420 Million Invested in Social Media Analysis Companies in 2014
New investments in SMA companies were slightly below 2013 levels in dollar terms, although when you consider deals of unannounced size, we're probably close to the window of uncertainty on that. Some of that money has gone to fund acquisitions, and anybody who took a round of more than $20 million bears watching, but we're also still seeing funding for interesting and innovative companies in the space where social media and data analysis intersect.

Based on the last year's investment activity, look for continued product innovation and market evolution, in addition to ongoing consolidation.

So here's a summary: The opportunities in social media analysis are evolving, and heavy bags of money are being directed toward exploiting them. For the long version and its application to your situation, contact me about becoming a client.
  http://net-savvy.com/executive/social-media-analysis/the-social-media-analysis-business-in-2014.html Book Suggestions from Social Networks tag:net-savvy.com,2014:/executive//1.2564 2014-08-12T17:43:19Z 2014-08-12T17:43:22Z Where do you find books to read? Do you ask your friends, follow reviews or seller recommendations, or just go for the bestsellers? Whether you like your books on paper or downloaded, you have to know it exists to read... Nathan Gilliatt http://socialmediaanalysis.com/about/nathan_gilliatt.html
Where do you find books to read? Do you ask your friends, follow reviews or seller recommendations, or just go for the bestsellers? Whether you like your books on paper or downloaded, you have to know it exists to read it, and because we're in the twenty teens, there's a social way to do it online.

Start where you are?
An obvious way to learn about books online is to ask your social networks—wherever you're connected to people online, just ask 'em. If you use different networks for different purposes, that should inform where you ask, but you have the connections. Sometimes it's just as easy as asking.

But asking doesn't always work. A discussion on Facebook about paper and ebooks this week included just such a request, but no responses. So what else can we do?

Networking for readers
How about a social network specifically for readers of books? Goodreads is exactly that, a social network built entirely upon books and the people who read them. You can look through reviews and recommendations organized by books and authors, or approach it socially, with its friends, followers and groups.

I'm getting great ideas from some very smart people I follow on Goodreads. Because of its tight focus on books, I find it easier to maintain a careful approach to connecting in Goodreads than in other networks. In addition, Goodread's updates are tied to specific books, so it doesn't have the noise problem of other networks.

On another level, Goodreads creates yet another opportunity for public image tailoring, because its entries aren't automatic. Some of us might be a bit selective in what we choose to share—more professionally relevant titles than pop fiction, for example—but that actually improves Goodreads as a socially powered recommendation engine. If people I follow choose to share only the good stuff, they're effectively curating the recommendation lists.

Gems from Twitter
Goodreads runs on effort from people in its network; what about suggestions from people who haven't joined? BookVibe takes a different approach, pulling book mentions from a user's Twitter stream to generate its lists. It's not as far along as Goodreads, and there's some overlap, but it does have the advantages of pulling its recommendations from a network you've already assembled and using existing behavior as its raw material.

BookVibe strikes me as a worthy experiment, another startup finding useful information by applying a novel analytical lens to the flood of Twitter data. In this case, the startup is Parakweet , a natural-language processing specialist that set up BookVibe as a technology demonstration.

Remember blogs?
I've seen a few blog posts with suggested reading lists, such as these from the Oxford Martin School and Mention. If you don't have a source on a topic, try searching for "reading list" and a relevant keyword or two. It's not an unusual topic for a blog post or web page.

What about the big dog?
You can't talk about books without mentioning Amazon (I checked—it's a law). I remember an analysis years ago about the many social components of an Amazon product page, although I can't find it now. Product reviews, lists and wish lists are fairly obvious features, and it's possible to find more suggestions by following the creators of reviews and lists. Just find someone you'd like to hear more from and click through to their profile for more of their reviews, lists and tags. It's sort of social, if a bit too much effort.

Amazon has the makings of a really good social network for readers, except that it's missing the social network to run it. That may change, since it bought Goodreads last year. Until then, you can do a bit of social exploration with Amazon's existing features and some manual effort.

Old skool
If all those networks can't suggest good books faster than you read them, then you read too fast. :-) Oh, and the book I'm reading now? I found it on the New Nonfiction shelf at my local library. Curator was a word long before online sharing tools borrowed it.

It's <s>not</s> never too late to add something to the summer reading pile. What are you reading that people should know about?
  http://net-savvy.com/executive/reading/book-suggestions-from-social-networks.html The Limits to Personal Data Use and Abuse tag:net-savvy.com,2014:/executive//1.2473 2014-05-20T15:12:59Z 2014-06-01T00:29:19Z As ubiquitous surveillance is increasingly the norm in our society, what are the options for limiting its scope? What are the levers that we might pull? We have more choices that you might think, but their effectiveness depends on which... Nathan Gilliatt http://socialmediaanalysis.com/about/nathan_gilliatt.html
As ubiquitous surveillance is increasingly the norm in our society, what are the options for limiting its scope? What are the levers that we might pull? We have more choices that you might think, but their effectiveness depends on which surveillance we might hope to limit.

One night last summer, I woke up with an idea that wouldn't leave me alone. I tried the old trick of writing it down so I could forget it, but more details kept coming, and after a couple of hours I had a whiteboard covered in notes for a book on surveillance in the private sector (this was pre-Snowden, and I wasn't interested in trying to research government intelligence activities). Maybe I'll even write it eventually.

The release of No Place to Hide, Glenn Greenwald's book on the Snowden story, provides the latest occasion to think about the challenges and complexity of privacy and freedom in a data-saturated world. I think the ongoing revelations have made clear that surveillance is about much more than closed-circuit cameras, stakeouts and hidden bugs. Data mining is a form of passive surveillance, working with data that has been created for other purposes.

Going wide to frame the question
As I was thinking about the many ways that we are watched, I wondered what mechanisms might be available to limit them. I wanted to be thorough, so I started with a framework to capture all of the possibilities. Here's what I came up with:

 The framework is meant to mimic a protocol stack, although the metaphor breaks down a bit in the higher layers. The lowest layers provide more robust protection, while the upper layers add nuance and acknowledge subtleties of different situations. Let's take a quick tour of the layers, starting at the bottom.

Hard constraints
The lowest layers represent hard constraints, which operate independently of judgment and decisions by surveillance operators:

Data existence
If the data don't exist, they can't be used or abused. Cameras that are not installed, microphones that are not activated do not collect data. Unposted travel plans do not advertise absence; non-geotagged photos and posts are not used to track individual movements. At the individual level, countermeasures that prevent the generation of data exhaust will tend to defeat surveillance, as will the avoidance of known cameras and other active surveillance mechanisms.

Technical
Data, once generated, can be protected, which is where much of the current discussion focuses. Operational security measures—strong passwords, access controls, malware prevention, and the like—provide the basics of protection. Encryption of stored data and communication links increase the difficulty—and cost—of surveillance, but this is an arms race. The effectiveness of technical barriers to surveillance depends substantially on who you're trying to keep out and the resources available to them.
Soft constraints
The upper layers represent soft constraints—those which depend on human judgment, decisionmaking and enforcement for their power. Each of these will tend to vary in its effectiveness by the people and organizations conducting surveillance activities.

Legal
This is the second of two layers that contain most of the ongoing discussion and debate, and the default layer for those who can't join the technical discussion. The threat of enforcement may be a deterrent to some abuse. Different laws cover different actors and uses, as illustrated in the current indictment of Chinese agents for economic espionage.

Market
In the private sector, there's no enforcement mechanism like market pressure—in this case, a negative reaction from disapproving customers. Companies have a strong motive to avoid activities that hurt sales and profits, and so they may be deterred from risking a perception of surveillance and data abuse. This is the layer least likely to be codified, but it has the most robust enforcement mechanism for business. In government, the equivalent constraint is political, as citizens/voters/donors/pressure groups respond to laws, policies and programs.

Policy
At the organization level, policy can add limits beyond what is required by law and other obligations. Organization policy may in many cases be created in reaction to market pressure and prior hard lessons, extending the effectivenes of market pressure to limit abusive practices. In the public sector, the policy layer tends to handle the specifics of legal requirements and political pressures.

Ethical
Professional and institutional ethics promise to constrain bad behavior, but the specific rules vary by industry and role, and enforcement is frequently uncertain. Still, efforts such as the Council for Big Data, Ethics, and Society are productive.

Personal
Probably the weakest and certainly the least enforceable layer of all, personal values may prevent some abuse of surveillance techniques. Education and communication programs could reinforce people's sensitivity to personal privacy, but I include this layer primarily for completeness. Where surveillance operators are sensitive to personal privacy, abuses will tend not to be an issue.

Clearly, the upper layers of this framework lack some of the definitive protections of the lower layers, and they're unlikely to provide any protection from well-resourced government intelligence agencies (from multiple countries) and criminal enterprises. But surveillance (broadly construed) is also common in the private sector, where soft constraints are better than no constraints. As we consider the usefulness and desirability of the growing role of surveillance in society, we should consider all of the levers available.

One step at a time
This framework isn't meant to answer the big questions; it's about structuring an exploration of the tradeoffs we make between the utility and the costs of surveillance. Even there, this is only one of several dimensions worth considering. Surveillance happens in the private sector and government, both domestically and internationally. There's a meaningful distinction between data access and usage, and different value in different objectives. Take these dimensions and project them across the whole spectrum of active and passive techniques that we might call surveillance, and you see the scope of the topic.

Easy answers don't exist, or they're wrong. It's a complex and important topic. Maybe I should write that book.

If I write both the surveillance book and the Omniscience book (on the value that can be developed from available data), should I call them yin and yang?
  http://net-savvy.com/executive/intelligence/the-limits-to-personal-data-use-and-abuse.html Twitter Changes the Social Data Ecosystem tag:net-savvy.com,2014:/executive//1.2418 2014-04-15T16:36:31Z 2014-04-15T17:00:06Z Today's announcement that Twitter is buying Gnip raises big questions about the market for social media data. While it's too early to know how things will fall out, the deal changes the shape of the playing field for everyone involved—publishers,... Nathan Gilliatt http://socialmediaanalysis.com/about/nathan_gilliatt.html
Today's announcement that Twitter is buying Gnip raises big questions about the market for social media data. While it's too early to know how things will fall out, the deal changes the shape of the playing field for everyone involved—publishers, data resellers, software developers, and corporate customers.

Twitter has bought other companies in the social media analysis space—BackType (2011), Bluefin Labs (2013), Trendrr (2013)—but Gnip is a bigger deal. Gnip competes with other Twitter partners, and Twitter competes with other Gnip partners. If you weren't sure, things just got interesting.

As a reminder, here's my view of the social data ecosystem:

Anyone who works with data from social media sources has an interest in how the rest of the ecosystem reacts to the Gnip acquisition. Here's my initial take on what to watch for:

Twitter competitors
Twitter isn't the only data source for Gnip. Gnip's sources include full feeds from Tumblr, Foursquare, WordPress, and more. It also manages API access for Facebook, Google, and others that probably see Twitter as a competitor. How will these companies ("publishers" in the data market) react to the deal? Will access to data from Twitter competitors remain available through Gnip?

Gnip competitors
Twitter has offered its data through multiple data partners; how will DataSift, Dataminr, and NTT Data fit into the revised model? What impact will that have on their customers? (In a post, DataSift says its "relationship, contract and data resyndication partnership" are unchanged.)

Other data providers
There are other companies in the social data business, mainly those specializing in collecting data from blogs and forums. Will they add (or drop) services in response to the changing market?
I won't speculate on the answers to these questions today, but they're the questions I'm pondering in the wake of the announcement. Change reverberates, so these are things to watch.

I've asked Twitter for a comment, but I suspect we just have to wait for the answers.

Get the latest industry news at Social Media Analysis.
  http://net-savvy.com/executive/social-media-analysis/twitter-changes-the-social-data-ecosystem.html Poisoning the Online Well tag:net-savvy.com,2014:/executive//1.2364 2014-02-25T19:06:55Z 2014-04-16T13:13:31Z Garbage in, garbage out. The latest from the ongoing Snowden/Greenwald revelation is a reminder that interested parties know how to plant false information on the Internet, and that some of them are probably doing it. It has implications for anyone... Nathan Gilliatt http://socialmediaanalysis.com/about/nathan_gilliatt.html
Garbage in, garbage out. The latest from the ongoing Snowden/Greenwald revelation is a reminder that interested parties know how to plant false information on the Internet, and that some of them are probably doing it. It has implications for anyone looking for good information online, anyone with a reputation to protect, and—potentially—for everyone invested in the online world.

The piece itself is worth a look (How Covert Agents Infiltrate the Internet to Manipulate, Deceive, and Destroy Reputations). The details are more disturbing than surprising, but as you read it, ignore the focus on the British intelligence agency GCHQ. It doesn't matter whether you trust your own government's actions, and the common distinction between a country's own citizens and everyone else is also irrelevant. The same tactics are available to every government—and any other motivated group. If they don't do this already, the newly released document provides the suggestion.

For the government intelligence guys, this is just a continuation of the second oldest profession: Get your enemy's secrets; protect your own. Deceive your enemy; avoid deception. It's a challenge when multiple entities are simultaneously trying to (a) get useful information from open sources online and (b) plant deceptive information in the same sources. I wonder how much blue-on-blue deception happens between information operations and open-source intelligence gathering, anyway.

For everyone else, this latest report should serve as a reminder of some of the risks in social media:

Data quality risk
People tell lies online—I know, but it's true. Some of the false information out there may have been placed by a motivated adversary who wants to mislead you (maybe even you, specifically). The target may be your organization, a related organization or someone who wants to work with you.

The information you find online can be a useful source, but it's not the only source. If you're informing significant decisions, use all of your available resources, and be alert to the possibility of intentional deception.

Reputation risk
We're familiar with the concept of online reputation risk; corporate risk managers seem to think it's almost synonymous with "social media." If your business has potential exposure to government opposition (from whatever country), your risk may come from a better organized and funded source than the usual unhappy former customer.

Target risk
As people conduct their personal and political lives online, they expose themselves to snooping and more. The threats to personal privacy and freedom by government agencies have made the ongoing revelations newsworthy, but these public and semi-public channels are equally exposed to anyone who disagrees.

Collateral damage risk
Some of these information operations happen in the same online venues as normal personal use. As competing governments start viewing the online world through the cyber battlespace lens, normal users and the platforms themselves could take some damage. Off the top of my head, I'm thinking of legal, market, and technical risks, but that's probably just a start.

It's too much to go into in a post, but companies with significant exposure to covert online tactics would be well served to chase down the implications of those tactics, and don't limit the discussion to legal exposure. Beyond the specifics on any one program, the revelations of the last year indicate the willingness of government entities in multiple countries to use environments operated by private-sector companies in ways they weren't intended. The safe asumptions are that governments are doing more than we know, and so are other types of organizations.
Politically, it matters very much who is doing what to whom and why. As a practical matter, who and why don't much matter. It's enough to know that someone, somewhere is developing and using methods to use popular online tools against people and organizatons they don't like. If you depend on online tools and don't have a basic literacy in the concept of cyberwar, it's time to learn, so you can recognize it if it comes to your neighborhood.

One of the great strengths of the Internet is the way it overcomes the limitations of distance. A side effect is that it also does away with the concept of a safe distance from danger.

Related:

Can You Trust Social Media Sources?

Detecting Deception in Social Media

  http://net-savvy.com/executive/strategy/poisoning-the-online-well.html Updating the Highlights Reel tag:net-savvy.com,2014:/executive//1.2320 2014-01-15T17:09:55Z 2014-01-15T17:18:32Z In 2007—has it really been so long?—I posted a list of older posts that I thought were worth remembering. The relentless updating of the reverse-chronological blog format was hiding some good stuff, and I wanted people to find it. Over... Nathan Gilliatt http://socialmediaanalysis.com/about/nathan_gilliatt.html
In 2007—has it really been so long?—I posted a list of older posts that I thought were worth remembering. The relentless updating of the reverse-chronological blog format was hiding some good stuff, and I wanted people to find it. Over time, some of those old posts became truly outdated, and I've gotten into some new themes. It was time for an update, and in the process, I was reminded of where we've been—and where we're going.

The complete list: Highlights from the Archive

History of social media
The updated list goes all the way back to 2006, when I first sketched out the role of the social media manager. It's not quite what I would write today, but I think it holds up reasonably well, especially given that the perceived need at the time was "blogger relations." Somewhat more recently, the posts on influence and the meaning of "Like" aren't exactly what everyone else had to say on those topics.

Social media analysis
From "listening" to the latest emerging tech for analytics, I've been watching and writing about SMA for years. A 2008 post on the building blocks of social media analysis set the stage for later lists of companies offering the various pieces. I still like the three buckets of social media data framework as a way of sorting out the many tools in the market, too.

I particularly enjoyed rereading Language Support in Social Media Analysis, a detailed look at all the different ways that a vendor might check the language box. In my public speaking, I tend to go high-level and generalize a lot, and this example shows why. When you get into the specifics, they get very specific, and heavily dependent on a client's situation.

Expanding horizons
For several years, there's been some tension between the blog that started with a strong emphasis on social media and the topics I find interesting more recently. I've hinted at some of the topics with the summer reading posts and some others, and now it's time to put more emphasis on the new stuff.

The whiteboard series of posts was a step toward sharing some of the speculation that develops on the literal whiteboards in my office. The Omniscience, computer attention, and learning ecosystem ideas from that series are themes that I need to revisit, and there are others in the drafts folder.

Expect more connecting of dots from diverse sources, such as last year's Simulations, Customer Journeys, and the Link Between What Could Happen and What Did Happen. I'm not sure why I'm still surprised to find connections between the seemingly unrelated topics I dig into. The latest example crosses long-term policy analysis, simulations, wargames, the mechanics of human insight, network science, and associative memory—my sources keep citing each other. There's no social media angle, just fascinating stuff.

I've been involved in working through the meaning and implications of new technologies for a long time, and there's less for me to do once a technology reaches mass adoption and people understand it. With the social media market maturing into something that holds fewer mysteries, I plan to write more about those new topics.

Onward.
  http://net-savvy.com/executive/blogging/updating-the-highlights-reel.html My Year-End Look at the Business of Social Media Analysis tag:net-savvy.com,2013:/executive//1.2307 2013-12-31T20:14:32Z 2013-12-31T20:14:34Z Social Media Analysis is my attempt at a sort of online industry trade journal covering the companies that work with social media data. Last year, I started a recap of the financial transactions in the business, so let's catch up... Nathan Gilliatt http://socialmediaanalysis.com/about/nathan_gilliatt.html
Social Media Analysis is my attempt at a sort of online industry trade journal covering the companies that work with social media data. Last year, I started a recap of the financial transactions in the business, so let's catch up with 2013.

2013 Saw More, Bigger Investments in Social Media Analysis
First, where the investment money went. And boy, did it go, more than $465 million. The champion fundraiser this year—by far—was HootSuite, with $165 million added to its runway.

The Year in M&A (and an IPO), Social Media Analysis 2013
Once all those companies are funded, some of them get acquired. One even went public. The big theme seems to be consolidation, as buyers picked up companies with complementary technology, products and people. At this rate, we should finish concentrating the industry by about 2080.

SMA would be better with more content, but I need help if it's going to get it. I have ideas for new sections, including opinion columns, product reviews, how-to articles and more. Anyone interested in becoming a contributor?
  http://net-savvy.com/executive/social-media-analysis/my-year-end-look-at-the-business-of-social-me.html Looking for Innovation in the Wrong Places tag:net-savvy.com,2013:/executive//1.2301 2013-12-20T18:24:59Z 2013-12-20T21:48:34Z I'm going to do something old-school and blog about a couple of blog posts today. Consider it a break from the latest outragefest on the 'book. Instead, let's share bright ideas about large-impact innovation and how we've been looking for... Nathan Gilliatt http://socialmediaanalysis.com/about/nathan_gilliatt.html
I'm going to do something old-school and blog about a couple of blog posts today. Consider it a break from the latest outragefest on the 'book. Instead, let's share bright ideas about large-impact innovation and how we've been looking for it in the wrong places. It's what happens when two posts, posted months apart, cross my desktop in the same morning.

First up: Jerzy Gangi's post from August, Why Silicon Valley Funds Instagrams, not Hyperloops, runs down the reasons that venture-funded startups keep launching relatively easy web-based software applications. It's worth a read. The short version is, that's what the investment system is looking for, and [insert Willie Sutton quote here].

Next is "Killer Apps" Evolve, Vinnie Mirchandani previewing Chunka Mui and Paul Carroll's new book, The New Killer Apps: How Large Companies Can Out-Innovate Start-Ups. Google's self-driving cars are one example (built with investment from both corporate and government sources).

We shouldn't be surprised that startups and investors play by the rules of the game. Innovation and addressing the big issues of our time, however, are not the game they're playing.

The M&A market can be characterized as a giant distributed R&D department for major corporations.
— Jerzy Gangi

Remember corporate R&D? Bell Labs, PARC, Lockheed's Skunk Works? Big companies exist to take on projects and markets that are too big for small companies, and part of what they do is large-scale innovation. Whether they invent in their own labs or build from acquired startups, big changes that take place in the physical world will happen only when somebody puts serious capital behind them.

It's interesting that the old-school sources of innovation—university, government and corporate labs—are still out there, and despite long-term reductions, they're still at work. If we're looking for the world-changing innovations, maybe we just need to put more effort into learning about them and their projects.
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Everyone loves a chart that answers a key question, but I particularly like the ones that make you think: Why did that happen? What changed? What are we missing? What happens next?

A spike on a chart is a big ol' why, waiting to be asked.
—me, 2010

 It's an old point, but a few examples came to me last week. Beyond the immediate interpretation of the numbers (e.g., big number good, small number bad), I think these patterns imply follow-up questions along the lines of "what happened here" and "why did it happen?"

Spike in a trend
A sudden change means something happened. What? Why? Did the value then return to the usual range? Is the new value temporary or a new normal? Do you need to take some action as a result? The spike is the chart telling you where to look, which I suspect most people do instictively.

Smooth line on a historically bumpy trend
A bumpy trend line that grows more stable is telling you something else, but the follow-up questions are similar. Did the data source stop updating, or is the change real? Remember to watch the derivatives of your metrics, too. If the metric keeps changing but the rate becomes constant, is that real or an artifact of the data collection? What happened, why, what action in response…

Crossing lines
A is now bigger than B; does it matter? Obviously, it depends on what A and B represent, but it's a good place to understand: what happened, why, what it means, how much it matters, and whether to expect it to continue. If it's a metric that people care about, expect to discuss it.
Beyond the numbers
Thinking beyond the graphs, I remembered two things from conceptual diagrams that always make me curious:

Empty boxes in a matrix
If the framework makes sense, its boxes should be filled in, whether it's the consultant's standard two-by-two matrix or something much larger. An empty box may represent an impossible combination—but it could be a missed challenge or opportunity. I once found $12 million in sales in an empty box, and so empty boxes always get my attention.

Solid lines around a space
A clear definition says as much about what something isn't as what it is. When the definition takes the form of a diagram—an org chart, a Venn diagram, a network graph—I wonder about what's just outside the diagram. The adjacent markets and competitors from the future; the people who are near—but not in—an organization. What does the white space represent, and what does that mean to you?
These came to me as I was getting ready to attend a lecture by Kaiser Fung (which was excellent—ask him about the properties of big data). I'm sure there are many more. Without wading into technical analysis waters, what other patterns make you stop and think?
  http://net-savvy.com/executive/measurement/this-chart-raises-an-important-question.html Mapping the Social Data Ecosystem tag:net-savvy.com,2013:/executive//1.2200 2013-09-10T21:18:26Z 2013-09-10T21:22:27Z If you want to work with social media data, you first need some data. But "social media data" isn't a single thing, and sourcing it involves decisions about what you need and where you get it. Those decisions have technical,... Nathan Gilliatt http://socialmediaanalysis.com/about/nathan_gilliatt.html
If you want to work with social media data, you first need some data. But "social media data" isn't a single thing, and sourcing it involves decisions about what you need and where you get it. Those decisions have technical, business, and even legal implications, which is why I've been working on a new research theme for Social Target: the social data ecosystem.

The project grew out of a whiteboard session with a client last year. I showed them how social media data—Twitter content in their example—is available from multiple sources, but your choice affects what you get and creates requirements for your systems to handle it.

The first draft
I've turned that original sketch into this map of the industry, which I'm treating as a hypothesis in the research phase. As I talk with companies in the various categories, I expect to validate the model and get a better understandinging of how the interfaces work.

This is what I mean by the social data ecosystem. It starts with the companies who collect data directly from their users, and it ends with the analyst or manager who is looking for information in social media. In the middle is where all the data changes hands and software turns it into something useful.

Exactly what happens in between is interesting and a bit complicated—but perhaps a bit less complicated once this project is complete.

What's your experience?
I'm interviewing companies throughout the ecosystem now. In addition to understanding the different business models in play, I'm also asking about current issues in the market. I'd like to know what's working, and what's not.

I'd like to hear from you, too. What's been your experience in working with social media data? Comment here or contact me privately, and let's find out together what's going on in this fast-evolving market.
  http://net-savvy.com/executive/social-media-analysis/mapping-the-social-data-ecosystem.html Summer Reading (Summer Not) tag:net-savvy.com,2013:/executive//1.2197 2013-09-09T20:13:38Z 2014-05-30T20:00:50Z As the kids go back to school and we ease back into more normal schedules, it's time to take a look back at some of what came off the reading pile in recent months. No novels this year, but if... Nathan Gilliatt http://socialmediaanalysis.com/about/nathan_gilliatt.html
As the kids go back to school and we ease back into more normal schedules, it's time to take a look back at some of what came off the reading pile in recent months. No novels this year, but if you're interested in learning something, I have a few suggestions.

Big data, bigger questions
Viktor Mayer-Schönberger and Kenneth Cukier's Big Data (2013) is an approachable introduction to the trendy topic for readers who need the introduction, but it also gets into important topics for people already in the space. After their very readable sections on the what, why, and how, the professor (Mayer-Schönberger) and the journalist (Cukier) move into the implications of following the big data path, including the risks to privacy and individual freedom. Even if the beginning of the book is a review for you, stick with it until the end. The last third of the book covers issues you—we—need to be thinking about.

I thought the next book on the pile would be a change of subject, taking a deeper look into the freaky world of cyberwar and cyber criminals, but the beginning of Black Code (2013) was a smooth transition into even more implications of what we're doing with data and the online world. Ronald Deibert directs the Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto's Munk School of Global Affairs, and he's found more than a few things to be concerned about online.

Writing before secrets started flowing from the NSA and elsewhere, Deibert links data mining, pervasive surveillance, and cyber crime/war (those last two, it turns out, are indistinguishable at the tactical level). If you use electronic communications for anything at all sensitive, you need to read this one. Even if you've read every bit of news out of the Snowden leak, you'll learn more from Deibert's global take on the same themes.

Analyzing the working of wetware
I might have to mark up my copy of Thinking, Fast and Slow (2011) to change the name to Reading, Fast and Slow. Daniel Kahneman's book on how we have two competing systems for processing information—one reflexive and the other thoughful—was too good to read in the short time allowed by the public library. Now that I have my own copy, I'm taking my time with this one. It turns out that psychology didn't stop learning after my college psych class, and some of the observations have practical applications.

Not a summer book, but worth mentioning is Nassim Taleb's Antifragile (2012), which hides some thought-provoking nuggets in its pounds (kilos) of pages. Antifragile is the follow-up to The Black Swan (2007), and its point is either to illustrate how to deal with the dark birds or to send the reader running to a philosophy refresher course. Taleb never entirely escapes his roots as a trader, but he will make you think about your relationship with uncertainty and how to benefit from outcomes that most would consider negative.

On a lighter note
I'm winding down with Mitch Joel's Ctrl Alt Delete (2013), an update on the intersection of business and trends in social media. For someone who reads a lot of blogs and other online discussions, it has a lot of review, but he puts pieces together in ways that should inspire new ideas for your business. Especially for those of us who have been working around social media for a long time, some of the observations are helpful for undoing our comfort level with what we already know. As it turns out, it's not 2007 any more, and how people interact with media and a company's marketing efforts is still changing.

This post has become a bit of a tradition. If you like this, you might enjoy these posts from previous years, too: 2012, 2011, 2010
  http://net-savvy.com/executive/misc/summer-reading-summer-not.html An Explicit Link Between PRISM and Social Media Intelligence tag:net-savvy.com,2013:/executive//1.2109 2013-06-27T19:28:57Z 2013-06-27T19:52:47Z Writing at Wired UK, Paul Wright has some concerns about the use of social media monitoring in law enforcement: Meet Prism's little brother: Socmint. I'll quote a couple of sections, but you need to read the whole piece; its tone... Nathan Gilliatt http://socialmediaanalysis.com/about/nathan_gilliatt.html
Writing at Wired UK, Paul Wright has some concerns about the use of social media monitoring in law enforcement: Meet Prism's little brother: Socmint. I'll quote a couple of sections, but you need to read the whole piece; its tone is at least as important as its content.

For the past two years a secretive unit in the Metropolitan Police has been developing the tools for blanket surveillance of the public's social media conversations,
Operating 24 hours a day, seven days a week, a staff of 17 officers in the National Domestic Extremism Unit (NDEU) has been scanning the public's tweets, YouTube videos, Facebook profiles, and anything else UK citizens post in the public online sphere.

The intelligence gathering technique—sometimes known as Social Media Intelligence or Socmint—has been used in conjunction with an alarming array of sophisticated analytical tools. [emphasis added]
Wright has a fairly alarmist—but accurate—take on something that's obvious to anyone who thinks about it: outside of a few protected spaces, what we do in social media is public, and government security and law enforcement agencies are using that data. It's the details of what they do with it that will make some people uncomfortable.

The problem is that public is gaining new depth of meaning as information moves online, and we haven't sorted the implications.

Nothing changes, but everything's changed
The new public information is persistent, searchable, and rich with analytic potential. I wrote about this last year (Why Government Monitoring Is Creepy), and it's still where I think we need to start. People seem to be expecting a sort of semi-privacy online, but the technology doesn't have that distinction. Data is either public or private, and the private space is shrinking.

The "alarming array" of tools refers to all the interesting stuff we've been talking about doing with social media data for years: text analytics, social network analysis, geospatial analysis… For business applications, we've mostly talked about analysis on aggregate data, but if you apply the lens toward profiling individuals and don't care about being intrusive, you can start to justify the concerns.

But several privacy groups and think tanks—including Big Brother Watch, Demos and Privacy International—have voiced concerns that the Met's use of Socmint lacks the proper legislative oversight to prevent abuses occurring.

It's worth noting that Wright's piece is specifically about law enforcement use of social media data, and he points to others who are concerned about overreach by law enforcement agencies. Here are the organizations mentioned, along with links to some of their relevant work:

Big Brother Watch: Online Privacy Survey

Demos: #Intelligence, Policing in an Information Age

Privacy International: Global Surveillance Monitor
This is the social data industry's PRISM problem: the risk that the revelations of intelligence agency practices will raise broader privacy concerns that include the business use of public social media data. They're different issues, but the interest sparked by the NSA disclosures has people thinking about privacy.

In this case, Wired makes the connection explicit with their headline, calling social media intelligence "Prism's little brother." As Wright demonstrates in his article, open-source social media monitoring raises issues, too.

Legitimate questions, too
There's more going on here than a question of perception. If invasion of online privacy gains traction as an issue, the important distinction between public and private data is only part of the issue. If we limit the topic to public data, the question becomes, what are the limits to the use of public data?

An important part of answering that question will depend on understanding why there should be limits, which goes to what is being done with the data. It's going to be worth separating the concepts of accessing the data and using it. What you do in your analysis may be even more sensitive than the data you base it on.

People are sharing more than they realize, and analysts can do more with that data than people think. As monitoring becomes pattern detection becomes predictive modeling, it becomes more likely to make people uncomfortable. Last year's pregnant daughter is this year's precrime is next year's thoughtcrime, or so the thinking goes.

Will concerns like this lead to new restrictions by governments or the companies who control the data? Will people cut back on their public sharing? Or will these concerns fade when the next topic takes the stage (squirrel!)?

What are the constraints?
The existing limits on social media monitoring and analysis boil down to this: If it is technically possible, not illegal, and potentially useful, do it (depending on your affiliations, professional ethical standards may also apply). What we're seeing is that the unrestricted use of social data has the potential to make people uncomfortable, which could have consequences for those who would use the data.

It's worth thinking about the constraints on using social data, which involves more than the ethics question. I have some thoughts, which I'll share later.
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ALACHUA – The Alachua Police Department (APD) responded to a reported burglary and domestic abuse at 2:30 a.m., Thursday, Sept. 15. The female victim reported she had been battered by her ex-boyfriend.
According to an APD report, "Montravis Devon English entered [the victim's] residence through a window located in a child's bedroom. Once inside, English proceeded to strike the victim in the head, face, chest, and back causing injury. English then used a stun gun on the victim before she was able to break free from the residence."
When officers arrived, English barricaded himself inside the residence and armed himself with a knife, refusing officer's commands to come out of the home.
The Alachua County Sheriff's Office (ACSO) and the High Springs Police Department responded to assist. An ACSO crisis negotiator talked with English, who eventually surrendered.
Once English was detained, officers entered the residence and found that clothing, furniture, and other items inside had been destroyed by English.
The victim's three children, ages three, four and five, were in the home, located near Sherwood Oaks Apartments, during the attack, but were uninjured. The victim received medical attention at the scene, but was not hospitalized according to Sgt. Jesse Sandusky, APD Public Information Officer.
English was arrested and charged with Burglary, Domestic Battery, and Criminal Mischief. He remains at the Alachua County Jail on a $100,000 bond.
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High Springs Man Arrested on Burglary Charge
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HIGH SPRINGS – A 20-year-old High Springs man remains in jail under $15,000 bond on suspicion of burglarizing an Ice Cube Express self-service ice machine.
Ashton Thomas Hess, was arrested by High Springs Police Department (HSPD) officers and was taken to the Alachua County Jail on Friday.
The machine, located at Poe Springs Road and High Springs Main St., 18232 N.W. 237th Street, has experienced several burglaries over the past few weeks. As a result, HSPD encouraged the business owner to install surveillance cameras at the location.
On Sept. 9 at approximately 2 a.m., the suspect struck the business and successfully stole approximately $30 from the ice machine. According to HSPD, the defendant was captured on video surveillance and was subsequently identified. Less than 10 hours after the burglary occurred, Hess was booked into the jail on charges of Burglary and Petit Theft.
At the time of this report, Hess remains unsentenced. HSPD is investigating two other burglaries at the same location on Sept. 3 and 5. The suspect was unarmed at the time of his arrest according to his jail intake documents.
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HIGH SPRINGS – The City of High Springs 2016/2017 fiscal year budget will provide increases for employees who have previously taken pay cuts or not seen raises in the past few years.
"We are trying to bring our employees closer to the amounts paid by other municipalities of comparable size," said Ed Booth, City Manager.
"Our long-term employees have seen salary cuts and, due to efforts to balance the budget, have not received raises to keep them up to a competitive level with other cities our size."
This year's budget will see salary increases of three percent across the board for regular employees, $5,000 for supervisory staff and an increase in the city manager's salary from $75,000 to $85,000 per year.
Increases in population and construction in the community are helping to pay for salary improvements. Building and inspection fees paid into the City coffers for building construction projects have increased significantly in the past couple of years. Additional revenue sharing by the State comprises other income.
"We have increased our population by 560 people in the past five years," said Booth. "Proportionally, our revenue sharing with the state has increased because of that.
"The University of Florida does a survey every year for the State and every five years for the purpose of revenue sharing."
Salary increases will be reflected in the first pay period of the new fiscal year, which begins in November.
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Alachua Biotech Firm receives FDA Acceptance of Investigational New Drug Application
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ALACHUA – CTD Holdings, Inc., an Alachua based biotechnology company that develops cyclodextrin-based products for the treatment of disease, announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared its Investigational New Drug application (IND) for its orphan drug product Trappsol® Cyclo™ in the treatment of Niemann-Pick Type C (NPC) disease. CTD will be initiating a Phase I study to investigate safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetic parameters and pharmacological effects of the intravenous administration of Trappsol® Cyclo™, CTD's hydroxypropyl beta cyclodextrin. Trappsol® Cyclo™ has Orphan Drug Designation in both the EU and the US.
"We are pleased to see Trappsol® Cyclo™ moving into its first formal clinical trial," said N. Scott Fine, CTD Chairman and CEO. "With patients soon to be enrolled in the US, and with the Phase I/II Clinical Trial Application under review in the UK, this is an exciting time for our company and all stakeholders, and most importantly for the NPC families who are waiting for approved cyclodextrin-based treatments."
Niemann-Pick Type C is a rare and fatal genetic disease that impacts primarily children but is increasingly diagnosed in older patients who may live with this disability for many years. NPC impacts the brain and major organs through abnormal accumulation of cholesterol in cells.
The randomized, double-blinded study will be centered at one site, UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland, and is expected to enroll 12 patients over the age of 18. It will examine two dosage levels of Trappsol® Cyclo™, 1500 mg/kgBW and 2500 mg/kgBW, administered intravenously, and will examine outcome measures on cholesterol synthesis and cholesterol storage in major organs, including the liver. "We were pleased by the level of cooperation and input from FDA as we finalized our study design," said Dr. Sharon H. Hrynkow, CTD's Senior Vice President for Medical Affairs. More information on the study parameters will be posted to ClinicalTrials.gov.
"This approval is the culmination of years of work by many families and physicians along with CTD and other partners," said Dr. Caroline Hastings, Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist, UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland. "It is an honor to lead the formal clinical trial of IV administration of Trappsol® Cyclo™, the same cyclodextrin product used in named patient programs going back to 2009."
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Archer City-Wide Recreation Program on the Rise
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ARCHER – The City of Archer took its first public step forward last Friday in reviving its youth recreation program for the first time in several years.
The City hosted its version of "Friday Night Lights" with a sports camp geared toward children of all ages and spearheaded by City Manager Zeriah Folston.
"It was for all kids to just come out and have a good time so that we can get a scale of what we have to work with in Archer," said Savonte Hunt, a heavily involved volunteer and Archer native who also helps run the Gainesville GTM Black Stallions youth football and cheerleading organization.
Hunt said it's been a handful of years since Archer attempted to run its own recreation program, but he is excited about the passion Folston – who was hired as Archer's City Manager in February – is bringing to the endeavor.
"He actually got out there [Friday] and helped coach some basketball and wasn't worried about how many kids showed up," Hunt said about Folston.
The immediate goal the City has in mind is participating in youth flag football beginning in September for ages 6 through 10. The hope after that is that interest is piqued enough among residents to then pursue basketball and baseball.
"The goal is to create something for the kids and parents to do, to bring some excitement back into our city," Hunt said. "By doing this, we are then able to create a better relationship with the people in town and influence kids through sports and other educational means to excel in life."
The City's long-term goals also aren't necessarily limited to youth.
"We would really like to do something for adults as well," Hunt said. "Archer and our surrounding cities are big on adult softball and basketball leagues, and we would love to do something like that to represent our hometown."
For now, Hunt said the primary focus is on spreading the word to Archer residents that people are active and invested in coordinating a recreation program.
"Our main concern is getting [residents] to know and be just as excited as we are to get things back in order," he said. "For any city to grow, you have to invest in the youth, and Archer is doing just that."
For more information on the Archer youth recreation program and upcoming events, please contact Archer City Hall at 352-495-2880.
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Title says it all. If you need a scope for a .22 caliber rifle, just buy this. Everything you need out of a .22lr scope and the build quality and clearness are as good if not better than scopes twice the price.
There is lots to like about this scope for a 22. The locking turrets, the reticle, etc but the glass has some distortion around the edges. This is most noticeable when I scan sideways as in a fence line. Disappointing for a Nikon product
I purchased this for my Savage Mark II BTVS .22LR. Mounted with Nikon P-Series mounts. Adjusted the scope fore-aft for my eye position and the eye relief allows a clear view with every draw. I appreciate the quality build, lifetime warranty, multi-coated lenses, BDC 150 reticle, and BDC phone app. While I did heed other reviews on the plastic caps, I don't have a problem with them as I feel the plastic will make a better seal for waterproofing than aluminum. I have had other scopes with aluminum caps tend to leave aluminum filings with repeated on/off turning and was not happy. In addressing the magnification ring issue, I do feel the pound of torque needed to turn could be better served with a few ounces of force to turn. We are shooting rimfires here, not .50 cal. With that noted, it is a wonderful scope for the price.
High quality, the optics are absolutely stunning. I can check a squirrel's dental health with this thing. Much better than I expected. I'm retired military and the highest compliment I can pay this scope is that it is built like a tank!!!
The only detractor on this scope is the variable power adjustment ring is stiff and hard to turn, while I appreciate it being solid and not sloppy, I think a little less torque should be required to adjust the scope. On other scopes, I adjust magnification while observing the target through the scope, this is almost impossible on this scope, it takes too much force to move the ring.
I'm going to recommend this product, but only if you intend to use it as a fixed power scope.
I have several Nikon scopes on various rifles and I was looking for a scope that would take some of the guestimating out of long range shots for my 77/22 VBZ.
The reticle works perfectly with standard velocity ammo, but you need to check POI for faster stuff. Aguila Interceptor turns it into a BDC 185, and for pinpoint accuracy in between, you will need to determine where things land in between. It does have a big advantage in that sighted in at 50yds with the interceptor, the 75yd aim point is dead on at 50yds with several flavors of standard velocity and subsonic.
Looked for a nice scope for my rimfire Marlin 81 that belonged to my father. Needless to say it is old, since I am old. Purchased this scope for 50-75 yard shots. Wonderful. Sighted in and set knobs to zero. Then sighted in a hotter load and recorded those numbers. Now I have two instant settings for two different loads. The zero setting is my mild load and the other is my hot load. Optics are extremely clear and sharp. Holds zero with no problem. Old eyes "love it".
When I decided to purchase a new 10/22, I wanted an exceptional rifle to start with, so I picked Ruger's VLEH model. My experience with Nikon optics made that part easy. And when I heard about the Prostaff Rimfire with a BDC, my mind was made up. I bought the two items together, and with a couple other minor mods to the rifle, I made the best .22 that I have ever owned in my 50+ years of shooting. Thank you Nikon! Great product!
Bought this Prostaff Rimfire 3-9x40 BDC to mount on my Savage MKII .22lr. That had to be one of the best decisions I have made in a scope purchase. It is very clear, very very easy to zero in, and a lifetime warranty. That makes it a winner all the way around. The only thing that could make it better would be for Nikon to clean and cook all those squirrels I have shots since I mounted the scope.
Added this to my new Browning T-Bolt and it's extremely bright & clear, holds it's zero perfectly. I sighted in in at 100, 150 & 200 yards. The finish of the scope matches the synthetic stock & the barrels armor coating. I also have one of these mounted on a Savage Arms .17HMR. I am now a true Nikon fan.....no more spending extra $$$ on the "L" brand.
Highly recommend. User friendly. Zeroing is simple and easy. Snap rings let's you zero set once you've zeroed in. Parallax capability lets shoot short or long range targets - quick, easy, and accurate.
I really liked the small thin reticle and the magnification this scope provided. I was able to zero in about 6 rounds. I zeroed this scope at 50yds and could consistently hit my point of aim which was a one inch square. I was able to keyhole or (place one round atop of another round) fairly easy. I mounted this scope on a Tactical Solutions (Ruger type 22 rifle) and shot walmart purchased Remington 22 ammo and I think its a pretty good fit. I have yet to try the BDC & the Spot on program to reach out to greater distances but Im sure it will handle shooting out to 100yds-150yds just fine. My only complaint is that when I ordered this item the discription read that the scope would come with scope rings well that was not the case... the (SCOPE RINGS WERE NOT PRESENT) when I picked item up from my local walmart. The kid at the counter for site to store shipping asked if I still wanted the scope. I said yes since I had waited a week to get the scope as Sportsmans Warehouse was sold out. Hope this helps.. Sal :)
In the specs review, says it crystal clear sighting in and can set your settings to zero. Been to the range twice in one week to zero in, instructions say point to the sky and adjust for sharpness. Done this, but when you put it on paper you are out of focus. Adjust to see the target, the Reticle is out of focus. Anyway, zeroed in for 25 yards, shot a good pattern, set my turrets to zero, moved out to 50 yards and using the next BDC reticle for 50 yards I'm shooting 2 inches low. Not using the BDC reticle and using the #9 full power, I raised the sight 7 clicks or 1 3/4" and was dead on. So forgetting the BDC Reticles and using the cross hairs, I can go from 25 yards to 50 yards and shoot a 2 inch pattern. If the focus was clearer, I could shoot a 1 inch pattern. Is this a nice scope, I think so, is it any better than any other scope, probably not, just a few extra gadgets that do nothing.
This scope is a great match for an accurate .22, .22wmr or .17 HMR rifle. The click adjustments are solid and accurate. The scope is well made and Nikon's "Spot ON" app( $4.99) gives you specific and extensive load ballistics at your fingertips at the range or afield. It isn't too heavy at 15 oz. so it doesn't compromise the balance of my Ruger American Rimfire rifle.
In that application I chose Weaver no.12 mounts fore and aft; and mounted the Scope in Weaver Quad Lock rings in Medium height, just clearing the folding front sight with the objective bell and giving approx. 3 and 1/2" eye relief. This keeps the scope at a comfortable height with the high comb module provided.
I have not received the Rings for my scope. I have friend who had the same problem. He finally received tactical Rings from Walmart. The scope is high quality. The Scope is perfect for the Ruger 10/22 Tactical. Walmart needs to make sure when the Scope is sent that the rings are with it.
Great scope. Very clear and bright glass and the bdc is cool And accurate. I like the ability to zero after zeroing and it looks sweet on my 10/22 target though I will be getting a sunshade for that target scope look.
All in all very pleased with purchase even though no rings came with it ( I always replace stock rings anyways ). Are there better scopes yes but for the money spent this is one smokin' piece of glass.
So far everything I have found with this rifle scope is positive. The optics are extremely clear with no appreciable distortion that I can see and this one has a large enough rear lens to make viewing through it Great. Adjustment knobs are precise, well marked and easy to set. I especially like not having to use any tools to make the adjustments. This scope will be mounted on a Ruger 10 22 very soon and I am quite sure it will be the "ticket" for this rifle. So far from what I see the Nikon ProStaff rim fire scope would work well on almost any rim fire 22 rifle. The idea to make these scopes for particular calibers and trajectories is a great one. This should make figuring out bullet drop at distances much easier. I will try to update this one after it is on the rifle and it gets sighted in.
Excellent scope, it substantially increases the usefulness of the 22. Zero it a 50 yards and it's good for 75, 100, 125, and 150 yards. Also no tool is necessary for windage and elevation adjustment.
I cannot speak for the quality of the scope, because we never received it !!!!
When the order was placed the confirmation email indicated a backorder with
expected delivery 10 days. Fifteen days later I get an email that the order is canceled.
So much for the gift arriving in time !!!!
Walmart needs to reconsider their partnership with this seller.
Good thing Amazon is more reliable.
As far as the scope - the exact same model ordered from Amazon that arrived on time.
Is an incredible scope and well worth the price. We were very impressed with the quality.
The Nikon 3x9x40 bdc scope that i ultimately purchased is a great product. I originally ordered on line from Wal-mart. However the product was label wrong on there web site. Nowhere in the description did they mention "rimfire" so to my amazement when i received the scope it was indeed a rimfire scope. We had to return this scope to the store and purchase a "centerfire" scope. The return and repurchase process was easy and quick,so no complaints there. Just several days of inconvience.
Product did not come as advertised. Advertised as coming with mounting rings but rings not included in package. Returned product for a refund.


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- Indoor fireplace
- Suitable for events
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|Calton Hill, EH1 3BJ Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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However I am in the midst of a dispute with Wimdu who have made a mistake in a booking, yet are charging ME as the host for their error. It is not a lot of money, but in principle many of you will agree with me that dealing with someone who does not admit their mistakes nor give a good customer, (especially a fellow travel professional) the benefit of the doubt is not someone I will gladly give money to. You may book here if you wish, but I recommend you find the same flat on air bnb where you will get a cheaper deal.
Gordon Howell, CEO, Pole Position Travel.
IF YOU ARE SEEKING ACCOMMODATION DURING THE EDINBURGH FESTIVAL 2015: Please contact us. The rates listed in Wimdu are dummies as they do not provide a mechanism to properly quote. Rates are £1500-£1800 per week depending on which days you book, length of stay and number of people. We will quote manually.
Our flat on Edinburgh's landmark Calton Hill was built in the 1770s and still retains much of its historic charm. A 2 minute walk to Princess Street, it is almost impossible to get a more central location. The flat consists of 3 bedrooms and a cozy box room with a single bed. The master bedroom has a double bed and private sink. The guest bedroom has 2 single beds. The rear room has a picture window with a panoramic view of north Edinburgh and a double bed.
The sitting room is beautifully appointed with leather couch and lounge chairs; with TV, DVD & VHS. The kitchen is a classic "farmer's kitchen" with traditional Rayburn cooker, dishwasher and usual equipment.
A private garden inside a lovely cast iron gated front yard and listed wrought-iron window boxes make this property a real gem of a find in Edinburgh.
PARKING - on the street nearby there is 'pay and display' parking - at about £2 per hour, enforced on weekdays & saturday (this may change, check the signs) There is a parking garage nearby for cheaper longer term stays. You can park temporarily in front of flat to load/unload.
House rulesFlat should be treated as your home. Owner returns frequently. No smoking, no excess noise to disturb neighbours. Maximum 7 ofernight guests. STRICTLY NO SMOKING INDOORS.
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|Monthly rate for up to 2 guests
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Lovely nice appartment. Central located. We were a group of seven adults. Better for a small group. Can recommend it.
This is a lovely flat in a perfect location at the end of Princes Street really near Waverley station. The agent was great, he met us quite late on the Friday night to show us round and was really helpful. The flat itself is spacious, clean and well furnished. I would highly recommend it to anyone.
Very good apartment, or old style like everything downtown. The advantage is that you can do. Everything on foot It lies on the hill so to do daily. Few stairs Warm cozy with the necessary comfort. Your friendly agent.
Heel goed appartement, wel oude stijl zoals alles in het centrum. Voordeel is dat je alles te voet kan doen. Het ligt op de heuvel dus dagelijks een paar trappen te doen.
Warm gezellig met het nodige comfort. Vriendelijke agent Uwe.
The location is just perfect; you are within 1-2 minutes at Princess Street and Regent Gardens is almost your backyard. A grocery is just around the corner. The flat is cozy and comfortable and as described. We enjoyed the stay very much (3 adults 2 children) and if we are next time in Edinburgh we will be back again.
The flat ist located in the middle of Edinburgh right next to Waverley station. You reach every spot within minutes. The house is comfy and has nice rooms. I contactet Gordon once about the apartment and got an answer almost immediately.
I'm looking forward to another stay in this nice apartment.
We have found a very cozy apartment close to Princess Street. The particular charm of the property reflected the relaxed life in Edinburgh. It will not be the last time.
Wir haben eine urgemütliche Wohnung in unmittelbarer Nähe zur Princess Street angetroffen. Der besondere Charme der
Unterkunft spiegelte das entspannte Leben in Edinburgh wider.
Es wird nicht das letzte mal gewesen sein.
I really can recommend this flat. It was very silent but in the middle of the town. We took the bus only when we visited the royal yacht "Britannia", on all other days we just walked. Great!
Stayed in this flat in Feb' 12; we were a party of 2 adults and 4 children, and it suited perfectly. The flat itself is generously proportioned, well furnished and the view is great.
It is SO close to the centre I couldn't believe our luck. Station, restaurants, cinema, shops and Tesco Express & Sainsburys Local are all within a 5 min walk.
The host uses an agent, but he was very accommodating.. even lending an iPhone charger. I really couldn't praise this apartment enough!!
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