Submitted by Jasongoldberg:
Free socialmedian T-shirt to any socialmedian user who correctly guesses either Obama's or McCain's running mate selection before it is announced. You can only guess once for each and should do so by leaving a comment here. (Read More)
: Congrats to Tinch72, Rickbenavidez, & Brianhorn on correctly guessing Biden as Obama's VP selection! For correctly guessing you have all won Socialmedian t-shirts. I'll be in touch shortly to get them out to you.
ReadWriteWeb
When I first reviewed Plurk for ReadWriteWeb, I had only been using this new lifestreaming service for a little while. After using it for much longer, I've realized that there is really just one major difference between Twitter and Plurk - but it's that one difference that makes Plurk so much better.This is a guest post by (Read More)
: Is Plurk still alive? I found most people have headed back to Twitter..I just seem to struggle with the way the conversations are 'hidden' unless you prompt them to open...
: Plurk's UI advantage won't save it when pitted against Twitter's community advantage. At least for me, everyone in my geographical area is on Twitter and not Plurk. So, it's a no-brainer.
Submitted by Jasongoldberg:
NEW YORK, New York -- July 31, 2008 -- socialmedian,http://www.socialmedian.com, a new social news network that isworking on solving the information overload problem, opened itswebsite to the public today. The public launch follows a four monthinvite-only alpha period with more than 4300 participantsfrom around the world. T (Read More)
: socialmedian is a user-driven website both in the manner in which it has been developed as well as in the functioning of the site.
The company released its first code to an early set of alpha users in March 2008. Users can submit feature requests directly on the website. More than 350 user-submitted features have been built and launched on the site during the alpha period.
ReadWriteWeb
How useful can communication limited to 140 characters be for serious journalism? It turns out that the short messages you find on Twitter have proven wildly useful for some writers penning larger pieces. Here at ReadWriteWeb we've been leveraging Twitter heavily for some of our most important news writing. While cynics (Read More)
: This totally makes sense. I already use Twitter as a brainstorm tool, now I can start to look at it as a wealth of sources and jumping off points for interesting topics and features.
: Want timely updates? Twitter is a must. Whether used to get a personal take or a breaking local angle, Twitter is a tool journalists need to have at their disposal. I've used it to access people for interviews. Sometimes works quicker than phone or email!