Noted: Some recent itsems I’ve bookmarked

31 07 2006

cybersoc.com: walk the walk

  • Tips for better blogging techniques

cybersoc.com: the death of online community as we knew it & i feel fine

  • Good analysis of value in communities – in the communities themselves, not the systems that enable them.

business2blog: B2Day : Scoop: Inform Reboots to Help Online Newspapers Like Washingtonpost.com Fight Back Against Digg and Google



Is the Net boring?

17 07 2006

A VC: Are You Bored?

  • Mark Cuban thinks the Internet is boring, Fred Wilson thinks otherwise – and this is my first bookmark with a Firefox extension called Diigo that sways me toward Fred’s perspective in terms of technology. But if we’re talking about content, utility, or creativity – then I’m with Mark. The volume of content has exploded, with diminishing returns. Blogs and same-as-the-other-guys big media sites dominate our attention, but I want to find sites that suck me in, that astonish and inspire me, that keep me up late. Yes, they are out there, and I’d have to think there are many more than I know about. But on a day-to-day basis, I don’t find them. COuld be I don’t try. And I find myself enjoying the Net less and less. - post by anachison
  • July 17, 2006 – This is my first sticky note with Diigo … and I’m also trying to figure out how to blog via Diigo. I’m not there yet …  - post by anachison


Odeo Releases Twttr

17 07 2006

From Techcrunch:

Odeo Releases Twttr, which is a sort of “group send” SMS application. Each person controls their own network of friends. When any of them send a text message to “40404,” all of his or her friends see the message via sms…People are using it to send messages like “Cleaning my apartment” and “Hungry”. You can also add friends via text message, nudge friends, etc. It really a social network around text messaging – and is very similar to another service called Dodgeball.

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Testing Going On

10 07 2006

I’m testing Tony Perkins’ new corporate social networking platform, called Going On. It includes blogging features that allow me to cross post to a blog on his service – and on my own blog. But I’m still looking for the network membership tools – to see if this has any utility in launching a network, or if it’s just a hybrid profile/publishing system.