The Year Ahead in Social (according to Rafi)

The Year Ahead in Social, Rafi Jacoby 2012 Razorfish Technology Summit from Razorfish on Vimeo.

A must watch - and highly entertaining - the year ahead in social technology by Rafi Jacoby, Razorfish Technology Director.  Also, cross-posting on Razorfish’s MySpace and Friendster pages. Not.

For the full written presentation, go here

Rafi Jacoby is a Social Technologist in Chicago, Rubyist, opensource user, platform builder, infrastructure tweaker, new dad, semi-retired rocker. Ask him lots of questions on Twitter

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