I’m On Facebook–Now What??? Makes the New York Times
My Google Alerts notified me yesterday that the book I wrote with Jason Alba, “I’m On Facebook–Now What???” was featured in the New York Times. The New York Times was interviewing my co-author on new ways to find a job if your current methods aren’t working. It was a brief mention, just stating Jason was […]
Read more...Announcing New Features for SocialToo.com
Many of you are currently using SocialToo.com for auto-following those that follow you on Twitter. Well, I just added 2 new features to the site that might warrant you wanting to log in again and seeing what’s there. The first feature is Facebook profile redirects – now, “yoursocialtoouser.socialtoo.com” will redirect to your Facebook profile if […]
Read more...Announcing OpensocialNow.com – OpenSocial News and Reviews
I’m proud to announce a new website I’ve been working on. You may have heard me Twitter about it a few times. The site is called OpensocialNow!, and will be your source for OpenSocial News, Reviews, and info. We’ll cover the Orkut launch, the Myspace launch, Hi5, and LinkedIn, as well as general things you […]
Read more...Google Releases Spreadsheets Forms – S3 Equivalent Coming?
Yesterday Google announced a rather interesting, and I believe strategic move, allowing users of Google Docs to put forms in front of their online spreadsheets through Google Docs. I didn’t realize this until now, but Google really has a dynamic, unflattened data source that they have been providing through their Google Spreadsheets. Now, with the […]
Read more...Demo of Prologue With Joseph Scott, Developer at Automattic
I sat down for lunch at Applebees with Joseph Scott, a Developer at Automattic, who was the developer on the Prologue project. As I mentioned earlier, Prologue is essentially, as I term it, “OpenSocial for Twitter“, and allows you to create your own Twitter-like community on any WordPress blog with the addition of just a […]
Read more...Bebo Announces Auto-play for All for Flash on User Profiles
A really cool feature of the Bebo API is that, unlike the Facebook API, they are committed to allow autoplay on Flash widgets placed on Profile pages. Facebook has turned off this feature, requiring users to click on the widget before it is allowed to play. Today, Bebo became even more appealing by announcing they […]
Read more...Cha Cha Saved My Brother – Why I’m a Believer
A few weeks ago, I met at a Tweetup with Justin Keller from ChaCha.com and a few others that were in town visiting for Sundance. He gave me a cool, free scarf with the Cha Cha and Sundance Logos on it. It was my first official “Sundance Swag”.  That was also my first introduction to […]
Read more...Pownce – Why it May be Worth Considering
I’m very surprised that Twitter is not trying to compete with Pownce. As some of you may know, Pownce recently went out of beta, and opened their platform to anyone interested in joining. For awhile, I wasn’t much of a proponent for Pownce, but just recently, I’ve decided to give Pownce a try and see […]
Read more...WordPress “Socialize Me!” Plugin Connects Your Blog
I’ve recently been looking for better ways to connect my blog into the social sphere. I feel the easier my readers can connect with me, talk with me, ask questions, etc., the more personal my blog becomes. You’ll notice I’ve added some pretty little icons to the right that show the networks I belong to […]
Read more...Twitter Opens Their Messaging Platform
Today, in the first post on the new Twitter Technology Blog, Alex Payne announced that Twitter is releasing their underlying messaging platform, which they call, “Starling”, to the community. From the announcement it appears Starling is the basis for handling all communication underneath Twitter, speaks memcached, and reminds me in some ways of Perl POE, […]
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