main_subject naked conversations
A community is commonly considered a social unit ( a group of people ) who have something in common , such as norms , values , or identity . Often - but not always - communities share a sense of place that is situated in a given geographical area ( e . g . a country , village , town , or neighborhood ). Durable relations that extend beyond immediate genealogical ties also define a sense of community . People tend to define those social ties as important to their identity , practice , and roles in social institutions like ___MASK41___ , home , work , government , society , or humanity , at large . Although communities are usually small relative to personal social ties ( micro - level ), " community " may also refer to large group affiliations ( or macro - level ), such as national communities , international communities , and virtual communities . A ___MASK64___ evangelist is a person who builds a critical mass of support for a given ___MASK64___ , and then establishes it as a ___MASK100___ in a market that is subject to network effects . An evangelist promotes the use of a particular product or ___MASK64___ through talks , articles , blogging , user demonstrations , recorded demonstrations , or the creation of sample projects . The word " evangelism " is taken from the context of religious evangelism due to the similarity of relaying information about a particular set of beliefs with the intention of converting the recipient . There is some element of this although most would argue it ' s more of showcasing the potential of a ___MASK64___ to lead someone to want to adopt it for themselves . Rackspace Inc . is a managed cloud ___MASK21___ ___MASK24___ based in Windcrest , Texas , USA , a suburb of San Antonio , Texas . The ___MASK24___ also has offices in Australia , the United Kingdom , Switzerland , Israel , The Netherlands , India , and Hong Kong , and data centers operating in Texas , Illinois , Virginia , the United Kingdom , Australia , and Hong Kong . The ___MASK24___ ' s email and apps division operates from Blacksburg , VA ; other offices are located in Austin , Texas . In 2016 , Rackspace closed its San Francisco office . Rackspace became public in 2008 , and in 2016 was purchased and taken private by Apollo Global Management LLC . ___MASK70___ Corporation ( commonly referred to as ___MASK70___ or MS ) is an American multinational technology ___MASK24___ headquartered in Redmond , Washington , that develops , manufactures , licenses , supports and sells computer software , consumer electronics and personal computers and services . Its best known software products are the ___MASK70___ Windows line of operating systems , ___MASK70___ Office office suite , and ___MASK55___ Explorer and Edge web browsers . Its flagship hardware products are the Xbox video game consoles and the ___MASK70___ Surface tablet lineup . As of 2016 , it was the world ' s largest software maker by revenue , and one of the world ' s most valuable companies . A social networking service ( also social networking site , SNS or social media ) is an online platform that is used by people to build social networks or social relations with other people who share similar personal or career interests , activities , backgrounds or real - ___MASK77___ connections . The variety of stand - alone and built - in social networking services currently available in the online space introduces challenges of definition ; however , there are some common features : Robert Scoble ( born January 18 , 1965 ) is an American blogger , technical evangelist , and author . Scoble is best known for his blog , " Scobleizer ", which came to prominence during his tenure as a ___MASK64___ evangelist at ___MASK70___ . He later worked for Fast ___MASK24___ as a video blogger , and then Rackspace and the Rackspace sponsored community site " Building 43 " promoting breakthrough ___MASK64___ and startups . He currently works for Upload VR  a new media site covering virtual and augmented reality  as its entrepreneur in residence , where he develops new shows , events , and works with other entrepreneurs in the Upload Collective , a co - working space for virtual reality - focused startups . Naked Conversations : How Blogs Are Changing the Way Businesses Talk with Customers ( ISBN 978 - 0 - 471 - 74719 - 2 ) , is a book written by Robert Scoble and Shel ___MASK86___ , published in 2006 by John Wiley & Sons . The book is about how blogs , bloggers and the blogosphere is changing how businesses communicate with their consumers and other stakeholders . The authors discuss more than 50 case studies of companies and business leaders , some that have been helped and hurt by their interactions with bloggers and encourages businesses about the best and most successful ways of blogging . Shel ___MASK86___ ( born August 1944 ) is a ___MASK82___ and speaker on social media issues . He co - authored with Robert Scoble the book " Naked Conversations , How Blogs are Changing the Way Businesses Talk with Customers " ( John Wiley & Son 2006 ); in ___MASK63___ he released another book with Scoble , titled " Age of Context : Mobile , Sensors , Data and the Future of Privacy ". In September 2015 he self - published " Lethal Generosity : Contextual Technology and the Competitive Edge " discussing why technology and social changes are causing companies to lose control of their brands as their customers gain it . The three books are a trilogy that reveal the amazing changes technology has imposed on work and ___MASK77___ over a ten - year - period . An author is narrowly defined as the originator of any written work and can thus also be described as a ___MASK82___ ( with any distinction primarily being an implication that an author is a ___MASK82___ of one or more major works , such as books or plays ). More broadly defined , an author is " the person who originated or gave ___MASK45___ to anything " and whose authorship determines responsibility for what was created . The more specific phrase published author refers to an author ( especially but not necessarily of books ) whose work has been independently accepted for publication by a reputable publisher , versus a self - ___MASK37___ author or an unpublished one . The blogosphere is made up of all blogs and their interconnections . The term implies that blogs exist together as a connected community ( or as a collection of connected communities ) or as a social networking service in which everyday authors can publish their opinions . Since the term has been coined , it has been referenced in a number of media and is also used to refer to the ___MASK55___ .