Oct 29, 2009

Robert Scoble - FriendFeed I used to be the biggest user of Google Reader. At one point the Google Reader team told me I shared more items than anyone else. But lately it's a rare month I've checked into it and Twitter is in the process of adding a new feature -- lists -- that is getting me off of Google Reader altogether.Why?Several reasons:1. Goog (Read More)

Aug 17, 2009

mashable What if Twitter only had 100 users? How many would be chatty, how many lazy? Based on the data from previous surveys – InsideTwitter and the PearAnalytics study – the InformationIsBeautiful blog has constructed these gorgeous graphics showing the Twitter community represented as 100 people. While beautiful, the data is b (Read More)

Aug 05, 2009

Submitted by Louisgray from Google Reader: Early adopters are a critical component to any startup environment.  This particular demographic is unlike any that a company will face in the future.  It’s the early adopters who are first to interact with a company’s initial product or service.    It’s the early adopters who represent a company’s first fan or first critic (Read More)

Aug 04, 2009

Submitted by Tsudohnimh from Google Reader: For several years now, I have profited from using a “Master Task List.” This is a way to group your work-related activities so that you do what you were hired to do and keep from getting side-tracked by “trivial pursuits.” It is something you should develop before you start throwing together a to-do list.I first learned thi (Read More)

Jul 28, 2009

BoomTown Multiple sources close to the situation said that the online search and advertising deal between Microsoft and Yahoo has been struck and will be announced within the next 24 hours.While it is not clear if the actual papers have been inked or approved by the board of the two companies, sources said it was a formality and tha (Read More)

Jun 21, 2009

TechCrunch If you’ve tuned your TV to CNN at all over the past week, you’ve probably witnessed a sweeping love affair. I’m not even kidding when I say that I think CNN’s anchors have used the word “Twitter” more than they have uttered “CNN” during that time. And while some people hate that, I think it’s great, because the service is p (Read More)

May 29, 2009

Mashable! Today has been dominated by news and excitement surrounding Google Wave, Google’s new real-time communication platform that will launch to the public later this year. In fact, there’s been so much buzz that you might just not have enough time to read the thousands of articles being released on Google’s biggest product laun (Read More)

May 27, 2009

Submitted by Judithgermain: Are social networking "tools" good for business or just a giant time suck Ian Boyd creative director of Cosmic Planet a digital creative studio in San Francisco s Presidio said his office calls it "Social Notworking " because while he believes he needs to use Twitter and Facebook to stay in the mix he s never gotten (Read More)

May 01, 2009

ReadWriteWeb One part people, one part machine. Is that a formula for more effective decision making? A number of high-profile entrepreneurs believe it is and they are starting companies based on the idea. In the following post we take a look at three of the most exciting startups entering this emerging market. The movement is a log (Read More)

Mar 31, 2009

Mashable! Twitter has tweaked their sidebar to now refer to Replies as “Mentions,” and adjusted the functionality so that rather than showing only those tweets that begin with your username, they’ll show all tweets that mention it.While this functionality could already easily be accomplished using Twitter search, or through a client (Read More)

Mar 27, 2009

ReadWriteWeb In this morning's New York Times, there's an interesting article about the new trend of "ghost Twittering." If you don't know what that means, it's when someone, usually a celebrity, politician, or a "personal brand" of some sort, pays another person or persons to update their Twitter account on their behalf. This "ghost wr (Read More)

Mar 25, 2009

TechCrunch “A camel is a horse designed by committee.” (source)The camel/horse quote (no disparagement to camels meant, of course) perfectly captures the problem when too many people have input into a product. Seth Godin talks about how the Walkman would never have been built if Sony had asked its customers what they wanted (see Purp (Read More)

Mar 14, 2009

CNET News.com | Tech news blog AUSTIN, Texas--By now, the story of how Twitter exploded onto the scene at the 2007 South by Southwest festival is legend in technology circles. But here at SXSW 2009, the notion of the perfect match among community, service, and event seems flipped on its head. Many people are discovering that a monumental oversaturation o (Read More)

Mar 10, 2009

PersonnelToday.com - All HR news stories 'Old-fashioned' employers are failing to support staff to use new technologies like Twitter or Facebook to communicate with peers, a survey has warned.A report by broadband provider BT Business found that one in six of employees aged between 18 and 24, and 10% of those aged 25 or over, relied on social networking sites to c (Read More)

Feb 19, 2009

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