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I'M GOING TO SWOMMFEST

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 22:44:08 GMT

clipped by: cobrandit

Clip Source: www.creatingcustomerevangelists.com

SWOMfest is a conference and party for the members and friends of the Society for Word of Mouth, the social network dedicated to helping companies and brands build word of mouth into the DNA of their organizations.

9/15/08: In this video, Ben and Jackie explain the rationale for SWOMfest, what it's about and why it'll be fun-fun-fun.

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People learn more when they're having fun, which is why SWOMfest will be unlike any other business conference.

Tags: cobrandit churchofthecustomer swommfest

PHP Web Development India PHP ASP.NET Application Development Web Programming and Ecommerce Website Design Company India UK Europe

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:47:49 GMT

clipped by: albertsmith007
clipper's remarks: As An Offshore Software & PHP Web Development Company in India We Provide Offshore PHP Web Development India, PHP Programming, ASP.NET Application Development India.Web development India, PHP programmers, Hire Asp.Net Developers India Ecommerce Application Development India, Ecommerce Web Site Design, Custom Software Development, Social Networking And Portal Site Development Services At Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.

Clip Source: www.hiddenbrains.com

HiddenBrains Infotech - An Offshore Software & Web Development, PHP/ASP.Net/AJAX/RoR Programming, Ecommerce Solutions and Rich Web 2.0 Application Development Company from India.

HiddenBrains InfoTech is an ISO 9001:2000, Offshore Software development, Outsourced Product Development and PHP, ASP.Net, Web Application Development Outsourcing Company in India, offering IT software services. We have expertise in PHP (hypertext preprocessor) and Microsoft .Net Framework and with the time we have extended our services to XML, AJAX, Open Source, CakePHP, LAMP(Linux,Apache,Mysql,PHP), Ruby on Rails (RoR), ColdFusion.

Leaders in : mobile/iphone application development, web 2.0 design, social network and community web portal development, e-commerce solutions, hire php developers, hire asp.net developers.

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Virtual worlds carve out new path

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:42:25 GMT

clipped by: balthazarus
clipper's remarks: "The first step is to have virtual worlds as a common medium for ordinary people. It has to become far more ubiquitous, more like a toaster than a DVR,"
What virtual worlds do well is contextualise social encounters in a way that social networking cannot do, he thinks.

"Without places it is hard to have activities. The bowling alley or the alcohol does not matter as much as the people but if you do not have the bowling alley or the alcohol it's just an empty room and no-one comes,"

Clip Source: news.bbc.co.uk

Virtual worlds carve out new path

If you are walking with orcs in the World of Warcraft or setting up a business on planet Calypso, the real world is probably very far from your mind.

There is a sharp divide between so-called Massively Multi-player Online games (MMOs) which aspire to draw from the real world, such as Second Life, and those, like World of Warcraft, which proudly inhabit a land of pure fantasy.

Cityscape

Hoping to change that is Twinity, one of a growing number of games determined to make a link between the virtual world and the real.

allows users to hang out in some of the world's most famous cities

Twinity is a virtual world from Metaversum with avatars that walk around real cities. Metaversum chief executive Jochen Hummel says people can feel as though they have been to a city.

Networking avatars

"Virtual worlds are about experimenting and doing something different," she said.

Going one step farther, Myrl has created a social network exclusively for avatars.

Anonymity

Tags: virtual, reality

Digado - Digital Adoption

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:19:38 GMT

clipped by: Fast T friend

Clip Source: digado.nl

Digado stands for Digital Adoption. Its the scenario I think will be most relevant for the future of the metaverse. A generation that regards 3d as a ‘natural environment’. The Xbox, playstation and PC generation. They will adopt the 3d worlds and see the benefits of the digital distribution, communication, education, information and entertainment as something that has always been part of their lives.

This blog lists my research, opinion and news regarding ‘the Metaverse’. A word I define as being a Virtual, Social Network. The goal of this network can be anything from entertainment (gaming worlds such as World of Warcraft), business and creativity (Second Life) all the way down to simply connecting people in a customizable environment (Cyworld).

The question that Digado tries to answer is ‘how can we use Virtual Worlds in a realistic, meaningful way for the businesses of today and tomorrow’.

Tags: metaverse, virtual, business, social, digital

Open Prosthetics Project

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 04:55:29 GMT

clipped by: conches

Clip Source: openprosthetics.org

About the Project

The Open Prosthetics Project is producing useful innovations in the field of prosthetics and freely sharing the designs. This project is an open source collaboration between users, designers and funders with the goal of making our creations available for anyone to use and build upon. Our hope is to use this and our complementary sites to create a core group of lead users and to speed up and amplify the impact of their innovations in the industry.

Our current list of active projects is available on the wiki. Please contribute or suggest your own. Join our social network to connect with users and other volunteers.

Tags: openeverything

The Most Popular Web APIs Will Be Social-Oriented and Complex Business-Oriented

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:29:50 GMT

clipped by: rmowery

Clip Source: web2.sys-con.com

The Most Popular Web APIs Will Be Social-Oriented and Complex Business-Oriented

Moving application services toward cloud computing

APIs around social networking are easy to define and leverage. They have simplistic data structures and well-defined methods. While they are simplistic to use and understand, they also have huge value for both the API/service user and the social network resources that expose the interface. These APIs enable many third-party vendors to leverage a social networking resource, but the hidden value will come from the enterprises that can leverage these networks as a new form of business communication.

Tags: web api, social networking, cloud computing, complex business

3 Votes + PlanetRate.com - Review, Rate, and Share Opinions

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 19:14:48 GMT

clipped by: sphereweb
clipper's remarks: great site, if you wanna share your opinions about many things, rate, review ..

Clip Source: www.planetrate.com

PlanetRate is an online community, dedicated to provide tools to share your opinions and help you gain useful information on almost anything! 100% free, fun and easy to use, PlanetRate allows you to rate, review and share your opinions with other users while accessing their opinions on the quality

of any product, place or specific interest you may have. With its broad category base, in-depth rating system and user-personalized rating profiles, PlanetRate is an excellent online information resource, buying/experience guide and social networking site.

Tags: review, share, rating, ratings, wiki, social network, opinion

WorldWidePR.net is New Name for Online PR and Promotion Firm

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:48:43 GMT

clipped by: setomorp
clipper's remarks: Formerly UpTone PR, WorldWidePR.net is one of the first companies to be hosted on ShareNow.com

Clip Source: www.sharenow.com

WorldWidePR.net is New Name for Online PR and Promotion Firm

Formerly UpTone PR, WorldWidePR.net is one of the first companies to be hosted on ShareNow.com

East Grinstead, West Sussex, UK:

The online PR, promotion and marketing firm, UpTone PR, established in 2000, has changed its name to WorldWidePR.net and has hosted its new website on the new social network and file-sharing site, ShareNow.com

“We felt that WorldWidePR.net was a little more self-explanatory as to the services we actually offer,” said Michael Kennard, newly appointed partner in the firm. “We’ve also decided to take advantage of ShareNow.com and host the site there because of its ease of use and because we thought it was a good idea to be part of a larger online community, and so give even more online exposure to our clients.”

John Wood, founder

Tags: blogging, commenting, internet press release service, marketing, online pr, online pr agency, online promotion, press release, public relations, seo

Shallow Politics-or-BeingMyself,Just Like Them.

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 01:11:40 GMT

clipped by: bilgewhuump
clipper's remarks:

Clip Source: article.nationalreview.com

college campuses are agog with Barack Obama

youth are falling all over themselves in their rush to join

look no further than to the guru of Facebook, Chris Hughes

became a full-time member of the campaign early on, and his intimate knowledge of the social network he co-invented has helped Obama accumulate not only all that cash, but more than a million “friends”

Obama rally?

tell all your “friends” about it

an updated version of: “I’m going. Are you? Everyone who’s anyone will be there.”

Facebook is designed around the shallow and social.

Friends do not need to agree on ideas; they just need to like the same kind of music. Friends do no need to agree on ways to improve society; they just need to like a candidate’s cadence, his body, or his clothes.

a firestorm of campus support for Obama with a social network that elevates the trivial and encourages the many small contributions that add up to record-breaking numbers.

It’s all in the network; no wizardry here. Just lever-pulling.

Manage All Your IM, Email, and Social Network Accounts

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 10:30:39 GMT

clipped by: merrie
clipper's remarks: Free download Digsby helps you manage all your accounts in one easy-to-use application

It provides notifications when new emails arrive and lets you perform actions such as "Mark as Read" or "Report Spam" without having to go to your inbox while also keeping you up-to-date on what's happening on your social networks with popup notifications and a newsfeed of recent events for Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter. Version beta 31 r15142 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.

Clip Source: i.d.com.com

Clip Source: downloads.zdnet.com

Digsby helps you manage all your IM, email, and social network accounts from one easy-to-use application. Digsby lets you chat with all your friends on AIM, MSN, Yahoo, ICQ, Google Talk, Facebook Chat, and Jabber with one simple to manage buddy list.

FREE Registration is required

Tags: digsby, e-mail, instant messaging, internet, marketing, online communications, social networking

College Students' Social Networking

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 02:00:34 GMT

clipped by: fuordigital

Clip Source: www.emarketer.com

College Students' Social Networking

Social networking is an everyday activity for the majority of college students, and the percentage of students who use the networks daily has nearly doubled in the past two years. EDUCAUSE compared social network usage at 44 colleges and universities in 2006, 2007 and 2008. It found that nearly twice as many students at these institutions use social networks every day in 2008 (59%) than did in 2006 (33%).

Accordingly, the percentage of students who said they never use social networks has fallen from 25% in 2006 to 11% in 2008.

Among students surveyed by Youth Trends, 79% said they used social media to catch up with friends and family. Females were more likely than males to have updated their profile in the past month, as well as to share photos or add applications to their profile page.

Bereaved set to march against crime

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 07:31:10 GMT

clipped by: valann 47

Clip Source: uk.news.yahoo.com

Families of murder victims are hoping that tens of thousands of people will join them in a march across London as part of a mass peace rally against knife and gun crime.

The People's March is the brainchild of two women horrified by the rising tide of deaths that they have seen in recent months.

Sharon Singh and Gemma Olway, both 26 and living in south-west London, started the movement on social network site Facebook - and have quickly gathered the support of families who have lost loved ones to violent crime.

The marchers will start from Kennington Park in south London and Caledonian Park in north London on Saturday morning.

They will meet at Hyde Park at 1.30pm for a rally including guest speakers and live entertainment.

Tags: crime, peoples march, london, murder victims

Curing Loneliness 2.0 or Feminism's Great Leap Forward?

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 02:30:17 GMT

clipped by: igecko
clipper's remarks: Virtual Boyfriends the NEW BIG THING!

Clip Source: www.techcrunch.com

Japanese Girl Sensation: Virtual Boyfriends (Webkare)

In Japan, girls are crazy over virtual boyfriends. Webkare (Web Boyfriend in Japanese), a mix between a social network and dating simulation site, is Nippon’s newest web sensation. Geared exclusively towards girls, the site attracted over 10,000 members just 5 days after its release on September 10, racking up 3.5 million page views in the same time frame.

The site is a huge hit over here. Girls sign up and become members of a social network but also users of a dating simulation in cartoon style. They have to try to hook up with one of four male Anime characters (who are the “stars” of the site) through “conversations” and must collaborate with other Webkare members in order to move on in the game. Eventually they conquer the heart of the chosen cartoon boy.

Reportedly, 52% of members are Japanese females in their twenties, with thirty-somethings accounting for 18% of the user base.

VKontakte - russian social network review

Sun, 21 Sep 2008 13:02:15 GMT

clipped by: vkontakte
clipper's remarks: A new interesting russian blog

Clip Source: vkontakte.blogrus.ru

Сайт "В Контакте", фактически, является клоном англоязычного FaceBook. Он дает возможность найти старых друзей и знакомых, в основном, по учебным заведениям, а также предоставляет множество удобных инструментов для общения и обмена информацией. Основным конкурентом является проект "Одноклассники", но "В контакте" в настоящий момент существенно опережает его по своей технологичности и удобству использования.

Tags: vkontakte, social networking

Walking Desk

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 21:24:30 GMT

clipped by: infopunk

Clip Source: www.nytimes.com

Walking 9 to 5 Zandra Hooks, right, and Kirk Hurley can answer phones and do computer work (not to mention burn calories) on their Walkstations at Mutual of Omaha.

TERRI KRIVOSHA, a partner at a Minneapolis law firm, logs three miles each workday on a treadmill without leaving her desk. She finds it easier to exercise while she types than to attend aerobics classes at the crack of dawn.

Since last November, about 335 Walkstations, have been sold nationwide to companies including Humana, Mutual of Omaha, GlaxoSmithKline and Best Buy.

Mr. Stirt’s site, www.bookofjoe.com/2007/10/treadmill-works.html, is one of some dozen work-walking blogs, including www.treadmill-desk.com and treadmill-workstation.com.

Brad Rhoads, a computer programmer and missionary in Princeton, Ill., faces a computer monitor on a file cabinet and gets in about five miles a day on a treadmill while working in his home office.

There is even a burgeoning social network (officewalkers.ning.com)

Tags: office fitness, exercise, desk