Tag Archives: Social Media

Being social sans the network

Posted by on May 27, 2010 4 Comments

It’s become a very normal thing to get several invites via LinkedIn or Facebook to become someones contact a day or two after you meet them. More often than not, you wont see that person again, or not for a long time, but you will see their lives unravel before your eyes as long as they are in your social sphere. The question is though, how much do you know these people really? Even when you know every mood they’ve had, every picture they are in, and every event they are going to!

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Engage, Communicate, Learn

Posted by on February 9, 2010 Leave a comment

Creating a successful web and social applications is quite the multifaceted adventure. There are great ideas, great design, great technologies, and great implementations. But the ones that become popular have a lot in common. And the ones that win do those things well. They engage and communicate with, and most importantly learn from their users.

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Developing API based social media applications

Posted by on January 22, 2010 Leave a comment

When it comes to social media applications, the Facebook platform is king, and many developers have to face the decision of developing within the Facebook platform, or outside using Facebook Connect. With rise of social media sites and open API’s eg: Twitter, LinkedId, Myspace, which is the best way to take your latest and greatest social idea?

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Privacy in the new decade

Posted by on January 10, 2010 1 Comment

Social media and the openness of sharing is bringing us all closer together, and putting our relationships and actions in the forefront. The question is, where are we going with all this? Have we had a better or worse experience with this transparency, and what will it mean to our privacy in the new decade?

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