Kudos to Marjolein Hoekstra (@cleverclogs) for passing on the awesomesauce headline! If you love the things I tweet (@corvida), then she’s someone you need to be following. After finding the joy in Brightkite, a location-based social network, I began to realize how important location-based services and mobile social networks are becoming. I absolutely love […]
Read moreLearning Social Media: What Twitter Clients Will Do Next
Daniel Crenna, a Microsoft MVP, recently expressed his thoughts on why Twitter clients don’t matter in the long-run. According to Daniel, the focus could shift from clients to applications in the true sense of the word: “unique software that solves a particular need, whether broad or niche.” While I don’t disagree with Daniel on […]
Read moreTweetie for Mac Launches With Potential And Conversation Tracking
Ladies and gentlemen, I am so excited right now because one of my favorite iPhone apps is coming to a desktop near you! Atebits, developer of the popular Tweetie iPhone app, has announced the debut date of Tweetie for Mac a.k.a Bigbird! I’m hoping that it will be coming to Windows really soon, but for […]
Read moreWho Else Is Disappointed in FriendFeed And Other Twitter Swagger Jackers?
Today while scanning through Google Reader, I noticed a post by one of my favorite bloggers Sarah Perez. Sarah related how her attempt at getting an exclusive preview of the new FriendFeed redesign was a difficult experience, and a bit disappointing from a FriendFeed enthusiast’s standpoint. It’s a great post that sheds some serious light […]
Read moreDisqus “Social Media Reactions” Now Available To The Public?
What was once a Mashable exclusive feature may now be available to every blog using the Disqus commenting system. Don’t know what I’m talking about? Social Media Reactions! (See Mashable’s post for an in-depth review: Mashable, Disqus, and UberVU Launch Social Media Comments.) Hat tip to Wayne Sutton for the tip off! Social Media […]
Read moreUC San Diego Crowdsources Alumni With AlumnIdea
Violet Mae Lim tipped me off about UC San Diego’s latest creation for its alumni network: AlumnIdea! Tightening Alumni Networks During The Recession AlumnIdea is a crowdsourcing site for UCSD alumni. UCSD created the site as a way to have UCSD alumni submit their ideas towards building a tighter alumni network, which every University/College […]
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