Today I saw the release of a new social network feed desktop app, Skimmer. This got me thinking that I should offer my thoughts on the multitude of apps. I am a big fan of the recent influx of desktop apps trying to capitalize on the multitude of social networks that slowly taking over our lives. These apps work by accessing the API's of the networks and bringing you the feed to a desktop client. I have been using Twhirl to manage my twitter account for months now, and couldn't be happier. It...
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This weekend I have been spending time with my father where the dinner conversation quickly turned to my job and the social media space. While a fairly tech savvy man, he has not yet entered the world of social media. While fairly well versed on the Facebook scene via his three boys he was clueless as to what Twitter was or why anyone would care. I feel like this is a conversation happening all over the place, in both social settings as well as more formal explanations to executives as to why...
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By now nearly everyone you know is on Facebook. With nearly 175 million users and thousands adding all the time it appears that this will be the place where people will live their online lives. Everything you do is easy and accessable to all of your friends. This is both a blessing and a curse. Its great because you can share with people what is going on in your life down to the most minute of details. However this comes with a pretty big price. As Facebook evovles into a more and more ubiqui...
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