Politics and Social Media: Does it Really Matter Yet?

Everyone has heard the prime examples of how social media has impacted politics up to this point, but if you think about it, the only site that has really been making the headlines is YouTube. The biggest examples of national political repercussions (good or bad) are the ‘Macaca Moment’ by George Allen in 2006, [...]

Social Networking in the Collegiate Market: Part II (The Interaction Camps)

A few weeks ago I started on a series of posts looking at different aspects of social networking tools in the collegiate world…and then school happened so I’ve been a bit behind, but I’m back to pick up the pace…
As you read blogs, papers, comments, etc about the rise of online social networking it becomes [...]

The Next Microsoft Product: Facebook Live?

The Wall Street journal is reporting that Microsoft may be in talks to buy a stake in facebook that would give the software giant a hold on up to 5% of the swiftly-growing social networking site. Such a purchase is rumored to be valued between $300-$500 million, which would value facebook at up to [...]

Networking Your ‘Social Flow’: Part II

On Tuesday, TechCruch had a post about the future of mobile networks; something I had written about in a post a few weeks ago. Their article is very well written, and I encourage you to check it out.
The basic idea is that the future of mobile social networks lies in the development of proximity-based [...]

Quick News: September 9th Edition

I was just drafting an email with the weekend’s social networking and political news, when I realized that I might as well post it…maybe it will become a regular thing, along with the Web Picks. We shall see, but for now, this is what happened this weekend across the internet:

Steve Forbes is predicting that [...]

Facebook News Feed: The Newest Spam Supplier?

I have come to terms with the fact that I am a Facebook Fanatic (capitalized, because it might as well be an official title), and as such I have enjoyed the transformation of facebook from a small, college-based social network with its single text-box ‘Wall’ in the days before ’status updates’ and ‘global groups’ to [...]

Del.icio.us Gets Ready to Grow Up

Yesterday, the social bookmarking website del.icio.us launched an invite-only preview of its upcoming facelift that will take this excellent site into 2.0-land. Currently del.icio.us is my favorite site to use to share links: it makes a good RSS feed, it styles well in my blog, and it’s built-in browser add-on makes this one of the [...]

September 4th Web Picks

Well, after quite the weekend in Las Vegas and the recovery period that followed, I’ve managed to stop planning my return trip long enough to compile this edition of Web Picks. A couple of good sites plus a facebook application and a Google Earth ‘easter egg‘ round out this week’s list:

Natuba is a social [...]

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Twitter Steps Up The Game…Sort Of

Twitter is a really cool service that asks the simple question “What are you doing?” All you have to do is type in what you are doing in less than 140 characters and it updates your timeline. It is a really cool tool to track what you or your friends have done over [...]