Tag Archives: Social Networking

Future Proofing Your Social Media Links

I was checking some old links using a handy WordPress plugin called Redirection (you should try it if you are in WordPress) and I found some old links to Pownce. For those of you who don’t know, Pownce was a twitter like website but with far more functionality, it was a Kevin Rose and associates work and while I was enjoying it, not many people did. As of December 15, 2008, Pownce closed it doors and the guys at Six Apart took over the project but as of today they … Continue reading

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Social Networking Bilinguals

I getting deeply involved in social media or social networking and its integration with business blogging, so much that I have a great number of friends on places like Twitter and Facebook compared to what I had a couple of months ago. The other day I had a Twitter update from a Japanese friend in Japanese language, he’s Twits are often in English but this one was not, I immediately asked myself is this a problem or not to my followers. My native language is Spanish and I have a … Continue reading

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Tweetie Twitter Client for Mac

Twitter is a micro-blogging platform that allows you to update people on what you are doing as well as see what others are doing instantly, all in 140 characters or less. The main use of twitter has been described as the office water cooler, which is where you stop to take a break and talk to others. Much like Facebook, twitter is causing sensation, everyone in social media understand the importance of using twitter regularly. If you own a brand or you simply want to stay updated about what’s happening … Continue reading

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Does Facebook Worries You?

Unless you’ve paid no attention to the web lately, you should know by now the mess around the facebook their new terms of service. To summarize the news, facebook launched new terms of service on which they explicitly said that they own you. Sorry, I tend to exaggerate sometimes, the terms of service covered almost anything you do or post to facebook even when and if you delete your profile. What this means is that facebook has the rights to use anything you post on your facebook page without asking … Continue reading

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How Social is Your Networking?

My sister is hilarious, yesterday she posted a comment on her own MySpace account the almost kill me. She wrote, “Warning, friends with no hands will be deleted.” Immediately her friends started writing to her saying hi or whatever, I found the idea very cute but after doing some thinking around her motivations to do what she did, I asked myself how social my networking is. Every time I hear about a new social networking platform, I head to the website and create an account. I just create a presence … Continue reading

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