We’ve been monitoring the reactions to Obama’s announcement of Osama’s death on http://research.ly/.

We loved being a part of the AdAge festivities in NYC last week, where Jodee presented on their Influence Panel with our friends from LinkedIn and Klout....

It's an exciting time to be in social media, especially in SoMa. Life on Bryant is going well for PeopleBrowsr and we were just featured on the front page of the Business Section in Sunday's San Francisco Chronicle! Thanks to @newtoncasey for this fantastic mention in a great article on tech's growing share of the job market, reasons companies are moving to San Francisco and the acceleration of the industry.

Social media is revolutionizing celebrity-dom, news consumption and the way we spread information - as seen by the overnight popularity of Rebecca Black, Charlie Sheen-mania, real-time coverage of Japan and global protests for democracy. Cyber anthropology is rapidly becoming an important focus for media researchers, uncovering deep insights into the transformation of consumer behavior in today's society.

This year’s SXSW was an exciting one for the team. We released a report on the top SXSW Influencers, published in the O’Reilly Radar, and had the opportunity to meet with some very big names in the industry.

We’re constantly searching for ways to visually communicate the research we conduct. Recently, we recently commissioned an artist to create a History of Social Networking Timeline, featuring illustrations of social media sensations like Rebecca Black and Chalie Sheen. The series of panels paint the story of this great industry we’re helping to build.

By Jodee Rich

http://research.ly/charlie%20sheen

Recently, AdAge’s Media Guy Simon Dumenco wrote a great article on social influence, highlighting valid points for us to reflect upon as the industry is creating and shaping social media metrics. Specifically, are we -  as marketers - under the influence of “influence scores”?

It’s an exciting and blazingly democratic time in the social media universe and we’ve hit the ground running in 2011. I’d like to take a minute to share what we’ve been up to here at PeopleBrowsr and how we’ve evolved with the start of the New Year.