Social media takes on many forms, and is ever-evolving. This infographic explains the common perceptions behind some of the popular social media applications, illustrated with a use case that we can all relate to: donuts. You can quibble over the inclusion or exclusion of particular social media applications, but the intent remains much the same. What […]
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Happy 5th Birthday, Twitter
It’s been five years since Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey officially sent the first tweet. At the time, Twitter was a side project at Odeo (which it has grown to eclipse). I dug back into the archives and found my first blog post about Twitter, from February 15, 2007. At the time, Twitter was officially described […]
The True Value of Social Networks
Twitter, Foursquare, Facebook, LinkedIn and the long list of other social networks vying for attention have captured plenty of media coverage as millions ofpeople jump on the bandwagon. The tools make it easy to build large lists — a “network” of followers, friends and so-called colleagues. Many people forget that it’s not about how big your network is. British anthropologist […]
Pinging your network
I got hooked on the concept of Twitter when it took off at SXSW 2007. I don’t often have time to write an essay, but I can generally manage 140 characters. Over time, I’ve tried and tested a number of Twitter-like micro-blogging networks. Jaiku, Plurk, FriendFeed. And social networks like LinkedIn and Facebook allow a similar status […]
IM + Facebook + Email = Digsby
Digsby is a new multi-network IM (AIM, ICQ, WLM, Jabber, GTalk, Yahoo) that also integrates your email and social network accounts on Facebook and Myspace. It’s in private beta, but this site has screenshots, initial impressions, and invites. read more | digg story