January 2008
43 posts
Panic - Public Address | Hard News →
A post by Russell Brown on reported nonsense about Bebo and suicide. More bloody scaremongering from ordinary press. Saved By: Online social space | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: news, bebo, russell brown, suicide
twit.io →
Social database for Twitter. Lets users query connections using a specified lanaguage. Saved By: Online social space | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: twitter, app, social, database
The RWW Guide to the World's Most Popular Twitter... →
When I first discovered Twitter, my reaction was much like many peoples’. I thought it sounded stupid. (c/o Mediaphyter) Saved By: Online social space | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: twitter, guide, read/write, apps
Five Twitter Imperatives - Mediaphyter →
Nice suggestions on how to make Twitter more useful. Saved By: Online social space | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: twitter, blog, tips, media
Facebook Off - CollegeHumor video →
A movie trailer from the creators of Face/Off and Facebook. (c/o E) Saved By: Online social space | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: fun, facebook, parody, video
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MySpace's Leaked Photos More Popular Than Sweeney... →
The 17-gigabyte file containing half-of-million photos pillaged from MySpace accounts made the Pirate Bay’s top-ten list of most popular downloads over the weekend, beating out pirated copies of No Country. Saved By: Online social space | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: news, wired, myspace, images
Twitter for Academia - academhack blog →
Tips for using Twitter in the classroom. Saved By: Online social space | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: twitter, academia, news, teaching
Facebook-based apps can now run on other sites -... →
Facebook has made a move to allow applications created on its site to run on other websites. Saved By: Online social space | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: news, facebook, apps, access
This Virtual World - Computerworld →
Is our world a huge virtual reality simulation? One local information scientist suggests the idea has legs. Saved By: Online social space | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: virtual world, information science, theory, academia
Crawl of the Dead - Arrange Zombie Walks with... →
Because Zombies have friends too! Social networking for zombies at CrawlOfTheDead.com. (c/o jemimakiss.com) Saved By: Online social space | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: social networking, service, fun, zombies
jemimakiss' bookmarks on del.icio.us →
An excellent collection of social media/Internet/social networking links by a frequent contributor to the Guardian. (c/o compie) Saved By: Online social space | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: social media, del.icio.us, links, news
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The shiznet list o' 2007
Here are my online social space picks for 2007. I wrote this draft sometime in December with a view to revising it (particularly adding to it) before eventually releasing to the wild sometime around the new year. Clearly I never got around to it but here it is anyway in all its inadequate glory. Most talked about site: Facebook Nipping at the heels: Bebo Most sluggish: MySpace Top social...
40 Downloadable Open Source Social Software... →
Max Kiesler is an award-winning web and interface designer with extensive experience in website development and internet communications. He is currently a co-founder and Partner at Ideacodes located in the SOMA district in downtown San Francisco. (c/o compie) Saved By: Online social space | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: social networking, open source, blog, design
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Neglect
I feel bad for the Station as I’ve neglected it a bit recently which means I’ve neglected you too patient readers. Please note however, that it’s been for a good cause - another tumblelog! Which means another tumblelog on tumblr (which I love). Tumblr is the engine and superstructure behind the Social Space Station and now it’s doing the same again as I document the...
Goodreads →
See what your friends are reading. Keep track of what you’ve read and organize your book lists into shelves. A better way to find good books to read! Saved By: Online social space | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: social networking, books, community, service
Pownce Opens To Public Tonight At Midnight; Early... →
Pownce, a service that lets users send messages, files, links, and events to friends. The claim is that it is Twitter+ service but as they have just come out of beta they have some work to do to catch Twitter. Saved By: Online social space | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: news, techcrunch, twitter, microblog
Sleep.FM - The Social Alarm Clock →
Get your friends to wake you. WTF? Saved By: Online social space | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: social networking, sleep, service
Pew Internet: The Strength of Internet Ties →
The internet helps maintain people’s social networks, and connects them to members of their social network when they need help. 60 million Americans have turned to the internet for help with major life decisions. Saved By: Online social space | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: research, internet, social ties, wellman
Campaign Reporting in Under 140 Taps - New York... →
Reporters are using instant messages and the Twitter service to pump out details from the campaign trail. (c/o Biz) Saved By: Online social space | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: twitter, politics, news, new york times
Creating Passionate Users: Is Twitter TOO good? →
An interesting but old (relatively speaking) discussion of Twitter and how it attracts users. Saved By: Online social space | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: twitter, blog, commentary, attention
Internet Marketing and Social Media: Dosh Dosh... →
Dosh Dosh is a blog about internet marketing, making money online, social media optimization and the art of blogging as a means to generate income. Saved By: Online social space | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: blog, social media, business, internet
With friends like these ... Tom Hodgkinson on the... →
This article is not great as it simply plays on supposed prejudices of virtual interactions by using emotive language in an attempt to criticise online social networking. It’s pretentious and unconvincing. What do you think? Saved By: Online social space | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: facebook, news, guardian, opinion
Google Offers OpenID Logins Via Blogger →
After testing OpenID’s as logins to Google’s Blogger in Draft program in November, Google has become an OpenID provider itself. The news confirms … Saved By: Online social space | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: dataportability, openid
The Big Juicy Twitter Guide | Caroline Middlebrook →
A multi-part blog describing Twitter in depth. Saved By: Online social space | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: twitter, blog, information, microblog
Science 2.0: Great New Tool, or Great Risk?:... →
“Welcome to a Scientific American experiment in “networked journalism,” in which readers—you—get to collaborate with the author to give a story its final form.” (c/o MM) Saved By: Online social space | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: news, science, web 2.0, social networking
Using Twitter to Help Communities | Nate Ritter →
My experiences in the San Diego fires of 2007 gave me an interesting outlook on how Twitter, as a tool, could be applied in different circumstances. Just a few months after (and some even during) the 2007 firestorm some agencies are scratching the surface of what’s possible with this service. Saved By: Online social space | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: None assigned
What Does MySpace’s Child-Protection Deal Mean for... →
Today’s agreement between MySpace and nearly all the states attorneys general to bulk up protections against sexual predators will affect all social networking sites. Saved By: Online social space | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: news, techcrunch, myspace, legal
A space station circles overhead
[c/o MM, AH]
Twittpoll Brings Interactivity to Twitter -... →
Twittpoll is the latest to take advantage of the mobilizing and speedy capabilities of Twitter, this time for polls. Saved By: Online social space | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: twitter, news, application, polls
China blogger beaten to death - CNN.com →
Authorities have fired an official in central China after city inspectors beat to death a man who filmed their confrontation with villagers, China’s Xinhua news agency reports. (c/o Techcrunch) Saved By: Online social space | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: news, blogging, china, techcrunch, cnn
COMP113: Web 2.0 Summer School (Private Wiki) →
COMP113 is a summer school paper about Web 2.0 and online communities taught at the University of Otago. This wiki will be used by the current cohort of students for almost everything course related. Saved By: Online social space | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: wetpaint, wiki, teaching, community
Facebook, Google And Plaxo Join The... →
After publishing an invitation to Facebook to join the DataPortability Working Group January 4, we never thought that Facebook would accept it. Saved By: Online social space | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: news, facebook, portability, techcrunch
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WatchMy Twitter playlist at YouTube
VOTRS.COM →
An alternative to tinyurl for shortening URL submissions. Saved By: Online social space | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: url, twitter, service, social media
10 Ways Twitter Can Boost Your Social News Profile... →
Here are ten tips designed to improve your Twitter profile, i.e., number of followers. Saved By: Online social space | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: twitter, ambient intimacy, social networking, news
Spread OpenID →
A site dedicated to spreading the word about openid and how to use it (c/o Read/Write Web). Saved By: Online social space | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: openid, information, authentication
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Under the hood
As interesting as the tweets about what I’m doing are, they don’t seem to fit this site particularly well. Now if I had personal blog that used the domain http://andrewlong.com then no problems - I could talk about myself and my world as often as I liked (another Andrew Long is already doing this). Fortunately I can’t think of anything more dull so that ain’t happening...
Just installed Snitter as I noticed Mr Scoble using it. It’s an excellent Adobe AIR based app which does look quite beautiful.
103bees →
This site is another search engine traffic analysis and statistics option. Saved By: Online social space | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: service, analytics, website
Back online after a couple days of … not being, online that is. My new machine still runs like a slug browsing wise. Sucky.
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Skeleton crew takes control
Geez, due to my current machine woes and the holiday season (and all that that brings), the tumbles have taken somewhat of a tumble. Which means, this is an opportune time for the station to undergo some much needed maintenance. For the meantime, a skeleton crew will take care of business. The tumbles will tick over with tweets from my Twitter space (hopefully saying something meaningful from...