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A Taste of Magic: The First Apps We Show New Users

Source: ReadWriteWeb

Dec 02, 2008

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Whether it's with your family, your co-workers or your clients - many of us like to share the excitement we have about the new, social web with others. What do you show other people to demonstrate how powerful, and yet easy to use, this new world of technology really is?

We asked our staff and a number of other advanced social web users what the one thing is that they like most to show people who are less experienced with the web than they are. Some of our favorite responses are below, maybe they'll give you some fresh ideas about how to have that big conversation with the people in your life - maybe some of them will even be new for you.

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We think this is more than just fun to talk about. We think those moments of sharing and discovery of the best basic new apps offer lessons to learn about contemporary human psychology.

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Most of the people we talked to said they showed their friends and family something that falls into one of three categories: syndication, visualization or music. We agree that these are great approaches for turning peo ...Read the full article

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