I have been playing around with Google+ for the past 24 hours and wanted to get down my thoughts. I have been thinking for awhile that Google is in fact a social network that is essentially hidden. Google+ is the common thread between all the services. Its a final connection point between networks and services …
Tags: Facebook, google, Social networkMy friend Mike Singleton just coined a new phrase which I like which happens after you meet someone for the first time, or correspond with them online. It represents the full monty of online connections that can occur. These usually happen in fast succession resulting in an avalanche of connection options coming from one person …
Tags: Facebook, Foursquare, Mike Singleton, Networking, TwitterWe now live in an age where you can be super connected to people you do not see or speak to everyday. This has been made possible by the ubiquity of social networks, and mass adoption. Everyone is not online, nor on a social network – but we are getting there. For those of us …
Tags: Facebook, Foursquare, TwitterEvery so often I connect with people working on interesting projects or strike up great conversations – in that vein I invite those interested in guest blogging at Marketing.fm and invite any reader to do the same if they need a platform. Get in touch! Guest post from Ben Johnson of LogoInn, custom logo design. …
Tags: Digg, Facebook, google, google reader, LinkedIn, MySpace, StumbleUpon, youtubeThere has been a lot of talk and speculation about how and when Google will jump into the social networking space. I think Google already launched a social network – its called Gmail. (Leaving Orkutout of this thought process and other iterations) As I said in the final line of my last post the best …
Tags: Facebook, gmail, google, Google Account, Google Friend Connect, Orkut, Social networkI added the Google Friend Connect widget to my blog today as they have begun sending out invites to the program.. Please join on the right hand sidebar if you are interested. Official notification is here. This certainly represents a new direction for interacting with Google as more of a social network. You can now …
Tags: Facebook, Facebook Connect, google, Google Friend Connect, MyBlogLog, OpenSocial, Social networkGuest post by Josh Whitford of Unconventional Marketing Image by luc legay via Flickr As the social media scene unfolds there is now more opportunity than ever to join a variety of social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, WordPress and so on. The problem now more than anything is having the ability to manage …
Tags: Facebook, gmail, MySpace, Social Media, TwitterImage via Wikipedia When you request friendship with someone on Facebook you are assume you will be accepted or ignored after a certain point. The state in which you exist while not yet accepted and also not yet ignored is known as Facebook Purgatory. (update: yes, this is already a coined phrase see urban dictionary) …
Tags: FacebookRight now people are going crazy over the fact that NewsGator has released their products for free. I think it is too late. I understand the reasons why: 1. Attention spans have value – gain more attention (via your reader) gain value 2. Go after the Enterprise – easier sell to larger firms when the …
Tags: Facebook, google reader, NewsGator, RSSIn case you missed it today; Scoble got booted from Facebook! Scoble got reinstated to Facebook! I believe the best outcome from these events are that people are now thinking and talking about how the social graph works, who owns the data, and who has permission to do things with it. I think it is …
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