Today on FriendFeed, Tamar Weinberg posted a message on FriendFeed about giving up on Brightkite. I asked Tamar what she was getting out of it to begin with and she replied, To be honest, not much. I forged one real life friendship out of it, so that was cool — it was fun to share […]
Read moreCommunity in the Cloud: Better or Worse?
This is a guest post by Grand Effect member David Peralty of College Crunch. If you enjoy this post, please be sure to give College Crunch a look when you’re done for more of his awesome work! The social aspect of community is changing so rapidly, where we once had to seek people out […]
Read moreMeebo: What Every Virtual Classroom Needs
For the past month I’ve been taking online classes through the University of Phoenix. So far, everything is great and I’ve just completed my first class with an A. During the tenure of my online class there was a group project that needed to be completed within 5 weeks. The project was due the last […]
Read moreCNet Beta Testing A New Site Design
Today while browsing through my feeds and email, I ran across a CNet article of interest. For those who don’t know (which isn’t too many of you) CNet is a popular site for many reasons. They cover various areas of technology, but I personally only visit the site for gadget reviews and their Downloads section. […]
Read moreThe Grand Effect Bar Fills Up
The Grand Effect Network bar up top sure is getting full. With so many great up and coming bloggers it’s hard not to want everyone on board. So, we’ve only selected one more: Rob Diana of Regular Geek! Welcome to the GE family Rob! Rob has previously guest posted here on SheGeeks, SarahinTampa, and Louis […]
Read moreTinyTwitter Gets Pics and GPS
TinyTwitter is a Twitter application for Windows Mobile phones and Crackberries. It’s one of the best Twitter apps for WinMobile and the one that I prefer to use on my Motorola Q9c. Today, the devs of TinyTwitter have pushed out a great new update with one feature I’ve been waiting for since I saw it […]
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