Today, along with someone else, I came to the conclusion that there’s just nothing to write about anymore. Of course there are numerous things to write about, but nothing that I’d love to write about. The passion behind discovering new and innovative services is gone. Why? Because very few services are new and innovating […]
Read moreThe Community Is What Makes Social Networks Different
If you’ve ever tried to explain to a friend the difference between their Facebook status and Twitter, tell them it’s the community. There are tons of social networks to hop aboard these days. From Facebook to Myspace to Twitter to Friendfeed to Bebo to Identi.ca to Plurk. There’s almost too many to name and most […]
Read moreFriendFeed: My Content Portal & Aggregator
I love social media. Within said field, Twitter would be my tool of choice for a lot of things. The conversations are great. The people are great. The community is excellent. The content is awesomesauce. However, there’s one service that has Twitter beat hands down when it comes to content & to some degree even […]
Read moreHow To Migrate Your Feedburner Account To Your Google Account
There’s been news spreading about Google forcing Feedburner members to migrate their Feedburner account to their Google Account. Google completed their acquisition of Feedburner back in June, which makes us wonder what took the migration so long in the first place. More sign-ups for Google though, right? Level Of Difficulty If you’re wondering the […]
Read moreEffective Management Tools For Cleaning Up Twitter Contacts
With thousands of people to follow on Twitter, it’s not very hard to notice how busy your Twitter stream can get. Noise levels rise, and finding quality conversations and links in your Twitter stream can start to become a task similar to finding Big Foot. If you’ve been looking for quick and easy solutions to […]
Read moreCredibility: A Writer Or Reader Problem?
After reading this thoughtful post by “Broke Grad” entitled Why I Blog Anonymously, he left me to ponder a statement that he’d made about credibility as it pertains to blogging. He states, The truth is that credibility lies in the hands of the readers, not the writers. I found this statement to be wrong on […]
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