Community recommendations are becoming all the rage these days. While, Twitter and FriendFeed are popular ways to get recommendations within your personal networks and within a community, they don’t specifically cater to finding the most popular content within. Here are four great sites that give great recommendations of popular content within your own personal community […]
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Twitter 101: Clarifying The Rules For Newbies
There are a ton of Twitter guides around the web that tell you what you should do on Twitter, but rarely explain how you should do it. When joining Twitter, it make take a while for you to understand what it means and how you can use it. Don’t worry, that’s expected and we’ve all […]
Read moreIt’s OK To Ignore Social Media
Len Gutman recently write about feeling Social Media overload. While I don’t share his feelings about being overloaded, his post caused me to wonder if maybe we’re peer pressuring our readers into joining these services. Social Media Is Not For Everyone I feel as if most of us aren’t understanding this. Social Media is […]
Read moreWhat I Learned Without Twitter and Friendfeed
On Wednesday, I took a Twitter and Friendfeed hiatus for an entire day. Plenty of people thought it would kill me, but I want to thank you all for the support and well wishes. Here’s a breakdown of how it went. First, What Did I Learn? I think sometimes it’s easy to get caught […]
Read moreSocial Media Has Not Reached Mainstream
You don’t need statistics to tell you that “our world” of social media tools like Twitter, Friendfeed, and RSS has yet to reach mainstream. Ask Somebody Just survey your friends or take a look at who you socialize with the most online. I’m willing to bet my next blog post that at least 60% of […]
Read moreMy 24 Hour Twitter Hiatus Begins Now
I’m officially beginning my 24 hour Twitter / Friendfeed hiatus. See: A Day in Life Without Twitter for more information. How am I doing so far? Badly, of course. I think this would be easier if I had only cut out one service instead of two. I feel like I’m missing out on a great deal of […]
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