Submitted by Jasongoldberg:
We launched Facebook Connect on socialmedian last Monday.
We had a 5% increase in TOTAL subscribers last week.
We saw a 30% increase in total pageviews last week over any of the past 12 weeks.
Developing... (Read More)
Mashable!
While conflict continues between Russia and Georgia, there is also something of interest that could be a precursor to a new style of warfare – or at least a new front to be exploited by those looking to start wars. It really stated last year with a massive web attack against Estonia by what are assumed to be Russian based h (Read More)
Waxy.org
With its vibrant oversized photographs and minimalist design, the Boston Globe's The Big Picture weblog launched on June 1 to instant global acclaim. It's designed, programmed, and written by Alan Taylor, an old-school web programmer and blogger, in his spare time while working on community features at Boston.com. (Read More)
: Interesting interview and to tell the truth every background article about the Boston Globe's 'The Big Picture weblog' would gain my interest because of the high quality of that specific & outstanding photoblog.
Delicious/dahowlett
Facebook on Friday filed an intellectual property lawsuit against a German company that it has accused of running a “knock-off” of the social networking website. (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb
"Hi, my name is MrCucumber69, I have a gray blob for a face and that's all I care to share about myself - will you be my friend?" Silly as that sounds, this is the way users of many social web applications great each other. It's not very useful or inspiring. Communication is a lot more useful when you have a good idea who (Read More)
: I really like social|median so far. I'd participate a whole lot more, if I didn't have to earn some money during the day as well!
I've got this cute little avatar that a friend made me in his spare time a few years ago, and I tend to use that across the networks. It's a reasonable likeness. I've no issue with folks knowing basic stuff about me anyway.