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I'm testing out socialmedian by posting this story. I'm also hoping that socialmedian does not fall into the category of products I discuss in this post. (Read More)
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Of course, we too hope that socialmedian does not fall into the category of products you discussed.
Here are a few reasons we think not.
1. We have built socialmedian over the course of 2008 with the direct help and input of thousands of people from around the world who have participated in our alpha. It's not a product looking for an audience rather an audience-built product.
2. We have chosen not to demo at Demo (asked but we turned down because there is no point in us paying $18K to demo socialmedian at this point), nor at TC50 (discussed with Mike but we both agree that socialmedian with 4300 alpha users is further along than stealth startup). We are working with TC on a different sort of presence by socialmedian at TC50. Stay tuned.
3. We're solving a real problem here at socialmedian: The noise factor. All these web 2.0 apps have turned the volume way up. We're helping people filter down the noise to personal interests. Which we think may be a web 3.0 beginning.
: Heh - I love Rafe. He is our generation's John C. Dvorak. Rafe, what age did Dvorak transition from being a krumudgin to being a cranky old man? "Get off my Web 2.0 you darn kids!!!"
Submitted by Ajay:
Apple's iPhone 3G arrived on Friday with a bevy of new enterprise-ready features, including Exchange support, business-grade security, and third-party applications powered by an SDK. As with the first iPhone, we waited in line, bought our phone, signed an AT&T contract, and promptly began to crack open the case. Come along (Read More)
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Submitted by Jasongoldberg:
Following on our very successful 1st socialmedian design contest, we are announcing today details for the 2nd socialmedian design contest: design the socialmedian iphone app! Win $1000.00 first prize + a free iphone3G$500 2nd prize + a free iphone3Giphone.jpgThumbnail image for SM_logo_F.jpg*** An iphone app is one of the t (Read More)
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ReadWriteWeb
Jeff Bezos clearly thinks there is a future in casual gaming. Just this May, he invested $3 million in Kongregate. Today, Bezos invested an undisclosed amount in the Social Gaming Network (SGN), which develops games like Jetman and WarBook for social platforms such as Bebo and Facebook.This investment from Bezos comes just (Read More)
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Submitted by Jasongoldberg:
Hey everyone -- what do you think of the new design?
Have you discovered the roll-overs for people and news networks? (hover your mouse over someone's name in your News Feed). (Read More)
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: You can now filter your news feed by person or by news network by hovering over a person or news network and then clicking on the "Zoom to" button, to zoom to that person or network in your news feed.
The Last Podcast
Kara Swisher’s article on how few of her (real life) friends use and know about Twitter and FriendFeed has kicked up some dust today.But to me, the interesting phenomenon here is not if, when, or why Twitter will go mainstream, but why so many people are even surprised that Twitter is not a mainstream application.Thi (Read More)
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: image Kara Swisher’s article on how few of her (real life) friends use and know about Twitter and FriendFeed has kicked up some dust today.
But to me, the interesting phenomenon here is not if, when, or why Twitter will go mainstream, but why so many people are even surprised that Twitter is not a mainstream application.
Submitted by Jasongoldberg:
In December 2003 I decided to take the plunge and quit my corporate job to start a new company from scratch. Believe it or not, it was an easy decision. I had an idea and a certainty that there was a valuable company to be built around it. That company was Jobster, where I served as CEO until January 2008 when I helped r (Read More)
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TechCrunch
The popularity of Google Trends, which lets users compare the relative popularity of words and phrases based on the quantity of search queries on Google over time, is starting to spawn similar services based on different data sets. Facebook now has Lexicon (launched April 15), which shows trends based on Wall posts.Twitter (Read More)
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Scobleizer
Louis Gray, who is now my favorite blogger who covers what’s happening in the social media space, writes a blog post about how bloggers are getting worried about the fracturing of their comments. It is currently on the top of TechMeme, and since today’s Saturday, that must mean it’s the bitchmeme of the we (Read More)
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Submitted by Jasongoldberg:
Welcome to social|median (dogfood).
social|median enables people to easily discover discover, organize, and share news and information.
Get started by joining a news circle.
You can also add a Snip to your page (a short note on anything that interests you), or submit some News.
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