February 2008
30 posts
Sale talk as social network site Bebo hires bank -... →
Bebo, Britain’s second-biggest social networking website, has engaged the investment bank Allen & Co amid speculation that the Anglo-American company could be sold for more than $1billion…
Le Monde.fr : Réseaux sociaux : des audiences... →
Map of world wide social networking usage (c/o Mashable) Saved By: Online social space | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: map, trends, users, social networking
WatchClip | Teaching with Twitter
Outlook + Twitter = OutTwit. →
OutTwit is a add-in for Microsoft Outlook with lets you send and receive tweeter messages (tweets) without leaving Outlook. Saved By: Online social space | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: twitter, addin, outlook, app
NYTE →
Exhibition of New York based IP traffic derived visualisations at the MoMA. Pretty. Saved By: Online social space | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: visualisation, ip, moma, new york
Why short is tweet for the blogging community -... →
New media, Jeff Jarvis: When I first used Twitter I thought it was silly, but it is an important step in the rise of blogging … (c/o e) Saved By: Online social space | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: news, twitter, microblog, trends
Is Facebook Doomed? -Smart Mobs blog →
Howard Reingold looking into Robert Scoble’s claims that Facebook is down trending. Saved By: Online social space | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: analytics, blog, reingold, facebook
Jail for Facebook spoof Moroccan - BBC News →
A Moroccan man has been jailed for three years for creating a Facebook profile in the name of a royal. (c/o AoIR) Saved By: Online social space | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: news, blog, identity theft, jail
Facebook owns YOU! - julianhopkins.net →
A blog about different terms in terms and condition agreements used by Facebook, Myspace etc. (c/o AoIR) Saved By: Online social space | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: blog, facebook, terms, myspace
International Conference on Computer Mediated...
A quick but urgent reminder that submissions are due for this conference by Wednesday February 27th (NZ time).
Mobile Instant Messaging Meets Social Networking:... →
A look at Twitter tools and reasons why people like or loathe the microblogging service. Saved By: Online social space | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: twitter, social networking, microblog
Mobile Instant Messaging Meets Social Networking:... →
Part 1 of a guide to Twitter (part 2 already bookmarked) by Webjunction (c/o twitte). Saved By: Online social space | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: twitter, social networking, microblog, guide
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The Social Space Station gets an "A"
The Social Space Station has been graded in terms of how well it succeeds as Website thanks to a free reporting service at Websitegrader.com. The station received 85 ot of 100 which is an “A” in my books. Personally I was surprised considering the lack of interest in the station (although that’s changing). Here’s how Websitegrader.com work it out according to their...
Google Nixes FeedBurner’s “All Time” Stats -... →
Google has made some bad decisions in the past, and doesn’t always handle its customers with white gloves. Saved By: Online social space | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: news, google, feedburner, mashable
The Future of Web 2.0 →
Humorous predictions for online social space (c/o JI). Saved By: Online social space | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: fun, oreilly, web 2.0, web 3.0
Sonico: The Biggest Social Networking Site You’ve... →
Spanish language social networking site Sonico is the biggest social networking site you’ve probably never heard of before today. Saved By: Online social space | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: news, social networking, techcrunch, spanish
twttr sketch on Flickr →
The original sketch and quick history of Twitter by jack Dorsey (c/o twittes). Saved By: Online social space | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: twitter, image, flickr, design
Thanks for playing - here’s your prize - New Music... →
An interesting post on music culture and conversation online. Both a good and necessary and intertwined. Saved By: Online social space | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: music, online, community, dubber
Bebo: $1 billion Acquisition “Definitely Happened”... →
Stronger rumours that Bebo is about to be sold. Saved By: Online social space | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: news, bebo, social networking, techcrunch
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Happy happy joy joy
Yesterday I ran a Web 2.0 style interactive tutorial type thing with a summer school class. The course itself is about Web 2.0 (roughly) and online communities where students have been devising, building and managing their own online communities. Cool idea I think. Anyway, my task yesterday was to get them thinking about how to keep their users happy and productive and talking to others. The hope...
Wikipatterns - Wiki Patterns →
Patterns for encouraging good and appropriate participation on Wiki’s. (c/o belacqua66) Saved By: Online social space | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: wiki, patterns, users, service
Report: Yahoo plans to reject Microsoft's US$44.6B... →
Will Yahoo reject Microsoft’s offer? More here. Saved By: Online social space | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: news, yahoo, computerworld, microsoft
Facebook | Jobs →
If you are curious about the types of jobs available at Facebook then check out their job tab. Conditions, salary, dental plan, type of computer etc. are all detailed. (c/o ticki) Saved By: Online social space | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: facebook, jobs, software
Internet Research 9.0: Rethinking Community,... →
AoIR’s 2008 conference to be held in Copenhagen. This year’s theme looks at the reshaping of community through the influence of the Internet, its usage and increasing mobility through portable devices and applications. Saved By: Online social space | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: conference, AoIR, academia, community
Google Teams With Twitter For Super Tuesday... →
Google has teamed with Twitter to provide a Twitter/ Google mashup for Super Tuesday. Tweets relating to Super Tuesday are overlaid on a Google map using Twittervision. Saved By: Online social space | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: news, twitter, techcrunch, google
13 Tools For Tracking Discussions in the... →
Online tools for tracking conversations thanks to Mashable. Saved By: Online social space | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: blog, tracking. meme, mashable
The mobile web takes off - Click (BBC) →
Dan Simmons looks at the reasons why more of us may be using our mobiles to go online in 2008. (c/o E) Saved By: Online social space | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: news, mobile, online, BBC
Microsoft-Yahoo: Why The Hell Not? - Techcrunch →
Big news in the acquisition tech world. Microsoft makes Yahoo an offer. Saved By: Online social space | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: news, yahoo, microsoft, techcrunch
Want to Learn about OpenID? - JanRain →
A nice selection links discussing OpenID. Saved By: Online social space | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: openid, janrain, links
January 2008
43 posts
Twitter and Joyent are no more - Download Squad →
There have been numerous technical problems affecting Twitter recently so I guess this news shouldn’t be a surprise. Saved By: Online social space | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: news, twitter, service, technical