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 moreYour Followings Will Affect Your Social Media Experience
When I think of Twitter, I think of consistent two-way communication. The keywords in the previous sentence were: consistent, two-way, communication. This type of interaction is what led me to my first understanding of what Twitter is. This is what a lot of mainstream users are still struggling with, usually because of who they’re following. […]
Read moreHaving Problems With Multiple Social Network Identities?
…then I’d advise you to listen in on the latest podcast from The Social Geeks (iTunes) starring myself, Chris Miller, Sarah Perez, Wayne Sutton, and Caleb Elston. In Two Personalities, we discuss some of the problems we’ve been having with multiple social networking profiles and how we’re handling them, the new Blackberry […]
Read moreSiftables The Future of Educational Technology?
I recently came across an interesting TED video about Siftables: “cookie-sized, computerized blocks you can stack and shuffle in your hands.” I loved the concept of Siftables because it has the potential to adapt to a child’s learning behavior, rather than forcing the child to learn the technology’s behavior. This is something that a lot […]
Read moreFacebook: My New Professional-Personal Network
The days of letting it all hang out online are long gone unless you really don’t want a job. So it’s become harder and harder to turn some of your more professional connections into personal connections, while still being able to maintain a reputable image. I’m referring to the colleagues that you can connect with […]
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Why Twitter Is My Personalized Search Engine
Mike Arrington is right, it’s time to start thinking of Twitter as a search engine. Here’s an example of how powerful the data within Twitter is and how it makes Twitter’s search box much more relevant than Google’s.
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