Bernard Lunn provides an insightful post about what direction social media platforms might take to remain viable in the future.
So just how will the social sites generate revenue, create unique social participant value, and support a viral and competitive advantage of the next social site that does it just a little better.
In my own opinion [...]
Flickr was one of the original cornerstone platforms of the social media and web 2.0 evolution. Today it’s easy to get lost on the this site with such brilliant photos and interesting character represented by the site participants.
Featured Flickr Image by by ctaloi
Flickr widgets traditionally adorned the innovative blogs as web 2.0 expanded, [...]
Chris Heuer posts on his satisfaction with friendfeed and even goes as far as saying it might kill twitter.
I agree that comment promotion capabilities and the concept of live social interactions with content are exactely what this whole social media cookie is all about.
So Chris, I say go ahead and kill that mailing list!
Original Post:
http://www.socialmediaclub.org/2008/05/24/join-our-friend-feed-room-kill-a-mailing-list/
OK, [...]
When you get right down to it, social media can also help the collaboration and networking process among business groups. Business Week’s recent article about IBM shows that some large companies are looking to create corporate social media offerings for their employees.
Sure, we are very used to the social structures that have developed in [...]
If you have trouble with staying organized you might just need RTM “Remember the Milk.”
Twitter an several other mainstream applications are on board with this new tool.
Remember The Milk is a task- and time-management web application. It allows users to manage tasks from any computer as well as offline. It is being developed [...]
This nice little twitter package tool allows you to perform clipmarks on your twitter space.Are you sharing web clips with your tweets?
clipped from www.twitterlights.com
Click ‘Start i-Lighting’
Blinklist is an interesting and simple social bookmarking tool. It’s integrated with the Google toolbar so you’ve probably already got a ready blinklist button awaiting your signup. I used Blink list on my prior computer and enjoyed the ease of blinking sites. I could also keep a private blinklist.
Do you love social networking but “clicking for a social connection” has got you down? Try Scoutle and let the scoutle scout find your social connections.
Maybe social networking bliss is not quite as simply achieved as I’ve stated in my blog post but there does seem to be some interesting potential in this new social platform [...]
On May 12th 2008 Google previewed Friend Connect. The social tool touts some clear benefits to web site owners:From May 12 Mountain View CA - Press Release (NASDAQ: GOOG):
Without requiring coding experience, Google Friend Connect gives site owners a way to attract and engage more people by giving visitors a way to connect with [...]
Second Brain just feels right! There’s something to be said about a simple, clean, and understandable social model. With so many social platforms, the consolidation of social content also makes sense. Second Brain (S|B secondbrain.com) was developed as an online library for the aggregation of a users online web content and bookmarks.
I [...]