Submitted by Joedawson
from Google Reader:
Sometimes, it’s worth flashing a bit of a public reminder that even though it seems like lots of us are deeply passionate about this space, most folks don’t exactly understand what we’re talking about. That’s because technically, they don’t need what we do to make money and go on with their lives. They’re happy. Take a cab (Read More)
: "As much as we feel excited to be part of this whole social media “thing,” the people who don’t “get it” have all kinds of skills on board that we may or may not have."
Submitted by Raavi:
"Friend Connect is Google’s poster boy within their social network that will bring OpenSocial to your blog before Christmas this year, or so I believe". (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb
There are more startup tech companies launching this week than almost anyone can keep track of, but any time a new service launches - one thing is key to its survival. The initial User Experience has to be compelling or any new application is going to be passed up in favor of whatever shiny object is next in line. What's (Read More)
Mashable!
If Twitter were down for one, two, or even three consecutive days, would you crack? For the heaviest, most avid of users, I think yes. But when the microblogging service Jaiku, acquired some 9-10 months ago by Google, told its users to take a weekend breather the past couple of days, few in the blog world raised the issue. (Read More)
Submitted by Raavi:
Threading together some topics that have been on my mind lately, I wanted to bring something different to you for consideration. For all that I talk about social media tools and how they can help businesses, I wanted to look at some real world problems that some of you can help with. (Read More)