Posts Tagged ‘ social networking ’

I saw this story on a Hollywood news site earlier today. It’s basically an article dissing Twitter for not being as big or effective a marketing vehicle as some have cracked it up to be: Why was everyone in the movie business so excited about Twitter? Probably because of its potential, more than anything....
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What do you do about death and social networking? I saw this story today in the NY Times: Courtney Purvin got a shock when she visited Facebook last month. The site was suggesting that she get back in touch with an old family friend who played piano at her wedding four years ago. “It...
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Thanks, Phil, for posting this video: JESS3 / The State of The Internet from JESS3 on Vimeo. Fairly wow indeed. I’m very glad not to be a server jockey for Facebook.
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At last … the information you’ve always wanted: how to get un-followed on Twitter. If you use Twitter, you’re familiar with the following scenario: someone follows you, and you find out via email, or some other software you’re using for the purpose (unless you’re automating Twitter, which is usually a bad thing in itself,...
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My good friend Rastin Mehr and several colleagues are soon to launch the Anahita Social Engine … an open-source framework for building social networks and applications. Here’s their latest overview presentation: Anahita Social Engine
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Robert Scoble knows who I am! He cares about what I do! He wants to know when I’m in the office, and when I go to Starbucks, and when I have an ingrown toenail! He’s following me on Twitter! I matter! Or not. This is obviously a fake Robert Scoble on Twitter … with...
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A truly wonderful part of any user-generated social community is the Jupiter-sized amount of spam that kamikazes towards the site like John Daly to the pro club bar. Twitter, a social messaging site, is not immune. That won’t shock anyone in the social media know, but I gained a new appreciation for the spam-friendliness...
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He’s hardly an unbiased source, but I like how the new CEO of LinkedIn defines three of social networking’s heavyweights: “LinkedIn is the office, Facebook is the barbecue in the backyard, and MySpace is the bar,” says Hoffman, referring to the three major social-networking sites battling it out for millions of consumers and billions...
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I would like someone to create a new Facebook app, based on the myriads of Likeness quizzes. But instead of likenesses based on fruits, movies, books, cars, friends, or anything else, it would be based on the degree to which you dislike likeness quizzes. Bah. Humbug.
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My good blogging friend Leo Bottary asked this question on LinkedIn Answers: Describe the mindset one needs to be successful at using social media tools? Here’s the answer I gave: There’s a few qualities that come to mind: some familiarity and comfort with technology some commitment of time to engaging with social media a...
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The entire purpose of this post is to publish a post while having set up WordPress (the software that runs this blog) to ping (notify) flog blog (the software application that updates Facebook with my new posts when I post them here) every time I publish a post. . . . . . ....
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I am so over Facebook. Essentially, I’ve put my Facebook profile on autopilot using applications that suck in all my data from around the web. But I hardly ever go there myself. Why? Well, first of all, my employer blocks Facebook. While I certainly wouldn’t spend a long time there anyways during the work...
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The world is obviously coming to an end when a video blogger like Scoble is at Davos live-broadcasting everyone he meets. Here’s Danah Boyd, who has interesting things to say about teens, technology, and social networking:
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Fred Wilson just posted on the future of media based on his kids’ usage and some financial/valuation data: Newspapers and radio are down and trending out TV series on DVD more valued than movies (better bang for the buck) Gaming of all sorts on all platforms is huge. Key thing: doesn’t have to be...
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I’ve finally, finally, finally invested some time and energy in this, my new blog … and it feels good. The idea is that Sparkplug 9 is the focus of my digital life. It’s the hub connecting all the spokes of my online interactions. Sites So the latest sites I’ve found useful and interesting are...
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