Social Media

The FriendFeed Orgasm And Why It Is Off The Mark

I am a happy user of Twitter. Like a lot of people, it took me some time to realize the value of Twitter. My initial reaction was somewhere between “This is stupid as hell” and “It’s useless”. Today, however, I have been using Twitter for a little while. I do use it to network with [...]

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Google Reader Gets Notes - And Its Kinda Stupid

I have been a long time user of Google Reader. It is really convenient for monitoring all the various blogs that I want to keep track of. It has some drawbacks (like not being able to nest folders), but one that Google decided to solve was a problem I didn’t even think was a problem.
Being [...]

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Another Reason Twitter is Cool

I was shopping for airline tickets this afternoon. I needed a round trip from Tampa, FL to Phoenix, AZ. I’m going out there for an internet marketing retreat put on by Harris Fellman. It was a bonus offer for people who bought Product Launch Formula 2.0 through him. I was going to get PLF anyway, [...]

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Alert Thingy 1.3 - Talk About Timing

What a case of crazy timing. The day after I compare Alert Thingy to Twhirl, Alert Thingy comes out with a new version that pretty much addresses my major beef. The app now allows you to follow tweets in addition to FriendFeed, allowing the app to be used on both. It even goes to the [...]

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Twirl Versus Alert Thingy

The new media douchebags of the world have been excited about services like Twitter for a while now. When FriendFeed came out, the excitement went into full orgasmic response.
But, of course, both of these services are YET another website to go to. FriendFeed is nice because it consolidates your activity from many other sites into [...]

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Why Podcasting Won’t Reach Mainstream

Podcasting has certainly gotten more popular as of late. I even did a podcast here on WebbyOnline for a little while. And for those of you who might be wondering where it went: yes, I did drop it out. Why?
I think that podcasting is a limited form of media and is not destined to reach [...]

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Using Facebook to Improve Your Business

It has now been established that Facebook is new, different and all around cool. But, what is it’s impact in the world of internet business. Can it help you make any money?
Internet Marketers Should Take Notice
Internet marketers are all about people. Social networks, especially popular ones, have lots of people. So, yes, Facebook would be [...]

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Understanding Facebook Basics

OK, after a couple of posts which discuss the impact of Facebook on the web, let’s get down to “brass tacks” here and see what Facebook is all about at the ground level. After all, like about 150,000 people do every day, I recently created a Facebook profile. On the surface, it appears like most [...]

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Does Facebook Represent a Google Killer?

I saw a really interesting (and controversial) viewpoint by Robert Scoble that I thought was very fitting into my look at Facebook this week. He contends that Facebook, along with Mahalo and Techmeme, represent a force that will spell trouble for Google within the next four years. Here, check out these videos by [...]

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Why Facebook Matters

It is really easy to dismiss Facebook as just another social network, likely to go the way of Myspace. Myspace is still very popular, of course, but it’s reputation is tarnished among professionals because of all the really CRAPPY content on there. And, it is true, Myspace has really degenerated a lot, in my opinion. [...]

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