Twitter - At a Glance

I’m taking a look today at Twitter, a popular online service similar to the “status box” implemented by Facebook. Twitter gives users the opportunity to post small updates on their life via a personal RSS feed.
Here’s the basics. Once you’ve signed up for a twitter account you’ve got your own personal little twitter [...]

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The new Buzz on Yahoo

This past week, Yahoo pulled a fast one. After quickly turning down Microsoft’s bid to purchase the company, Yahoo launched a new advertising platform called Apex.  In a second announcement, Yahoo also launched a new site similar to Digg called Yahoo Buzz found at http://www.buzz.yahoo.com.
I have not had the time to personally look into these [...]

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Digg for Sale?

I recently read an article about user-generated Digg.com being up for sale again (after nearly selling to Yahoo! back in 2006) and this time hiring influential investment bankers at Allen & Co. to search out prospective buyers. They would be aiming for nearly $300 million dollars, although speculation shows that they may now be contemplating [...]

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“All the Charm of MySpace without all the Suck.”

I can’t for the life of me remember where I read that little blurb, but it’s a pretty good evaluation of the still young social networking site Virb°.
The folks behind the site call themselves Virb Inc. and are the same gang that created PureVolume back in 2003. (By the way, if you’re into the [...]

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Social Networking: Fragmentary Blue?

Robert Frost wrote a poem entitled “Fragmentary Blue,” in which he pondered why humanity took such delight in the beautiful blue present in birds, flowers, eyes, etc. He ends the poem by hypothesizing that we view the blue sky as heavenly, and because we cannot reach it, we revel in nature’s heavenly reminder to us [...]

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The Offices of Web 2.0

Here is a really cool photoblog of the workspaces of some of the big players in web 2.0 The blog also gives a brief view into what each one does.

Facebook
Digg
Twitter
Craigslist
Mozilla
Joost
Flickr
Last.fm
jaiku
LinkedIn
Reddit
netvibes

LinkedIn workspace

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3 Keys to Networking and Branding

1. Just start - Whether it’s StumbleUpon account, introducing yourself to a colleague for lunch, or creating a blog you’ve got to start somewhere. Why wait till tomorrow, when you can begin today? Networks and brands take time to build. Remember, a great reputation is the most difficult thing to build [...]

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social networking

When i think of social networking, i think of Facebook. A way for friends to keep in touch and talk on the internet. It also allows for friends to express how they know each other. It gets down to the root of how people know each other. I also think it allows for people to [...]

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Social Networking, The Internet, & Etc.

After reading through some of these posts about social networking, I definitely see both the advantages and shortcomings of the rapidly progressing world of social networking via the internet. The pros are simple: it’s convenient, few limitations (like location), and it’s becoming more and more popular every day. But however appealing the convenience factor is, [...]

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Social Networking and Business

I've been seeing the term "social networking" popping up everywhere ever since Facebook was introduced to our college. At that time we were using the application purely for fun, it seemed. Find your friends, see how many you've got compared with others, and join an inordinate amount of groups. As the technology [...]

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