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Does it matter if you are popular on LinkedIn?

Does it matter if you are popular on LinkedIn?

By Dan Morrill on February 13, 2013

I am sure that some of us have gotten these really cool e-mails from Linkedin lately helping us put some kind of context around our relative popularity on the internet, or at least on the LinkedIn system. The problem is that being popular on LinkedIn does not matter to me at all. Sure the infographic […]

Posted in Application Software, Trends & Concepts | Tagged facebook, google, linkedin, Online Communities, social media, Social network, twitter

Node PDX => Possible Speakers?

Node PDX => Possible Speakers?

By Adron Hall on January 8, 2013

I started writing this blog entry about a month ago. I had not ran it by my friend Troy, and I wanted to make sure I didn’t jump the gun. However, I’d sort of let this entry get a little dusty, and Troy @thoward37 on twitter inadvertently brought up the topic and I’ve sprung this […]

Posted in Application Software | Tagged Online Communities, portland, Unknown Code Ramblings

Why I am leaving Smugmug. Hint: it is not just about the money

Why I am leaving Smugmug. Hint: it is not just about the money

By Dan Morrill on September 10, 2012

About seven years ago, a friend of mine who was helping me get into photography recommended that I check out Smugmug, and a wonderful relationship was born. I love, have loved, and will appreciate Smugmug even as I am walking away from the web site. Over the last three years I have shoved some 853,000 […]

Posted in Application Software, Featured Posts | Tagged Chris MacAskill, flickr, Online Communities, photography, Recreation, SmugMug, Thomas Hawk | 2 Responses

Tweets Offer Little Value in Understanding Customer Needs

Tweets Offer Little Value in Understanding Customer Needs

By Hutch Carpenter on June 5, 2012

Social media. A rich source of insight and opportunity for companies. Why, it’s an article of faith that customers are talking…on their terms…where they want. So get out there and learn from them! See what this IBM executive says:

Posted in Application Software, Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged college savings, customer insights, google, jobs to be done, mba, Online Communities, social media, Social network, twitter

Why Twitter Favorites Aren’t Really Your Favorite Tweets

Why Twitter Favorites Aren’t Really Your Favorite Tweets

By Mark Suster on June 10, 2011

  Twitter is an ephemeral service. It’s what I love about Twitter. When I’m in the mood to consume what my world is telling me right now I can “tune in” to Twitter and digest the rapid stream. I don’t really worry about missing stuff. If somebody wanted me to see something they’d @ message […]

Posted in Application Software, Featured Posts | Tagged facebook, linkedin, Online Communities, Social network, Tech Market Analysis, twitter | 1 Response

The secret to success for Social Media? It's 1.0

The secret to success for Social Media? It’s 1.0

By Martijn Linssen on March 26, 2011

In the Search for Social as I call it, people have been mesmerising, stating and claiming success for the Social Movement in various ways. Email has been condemned to death as that wouldn’t be fit for the Brave New World, Facebook has been proclaimed the best way to interact with your users or customers, Twitter […]

Posted in Application Software, Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged 1.0, 2.0, AOL, architecture, facebook, Globalisation, Online Communities, social media, social networking, standardisation, twitter, Usenet | 1 Response

The Follow-or-Not Flowchart

The Follow-or-Not Flowchart

By Martijn Linssen on January 31, 2011

I few days ago I published my “To Tweet or ReTweet flowchart“. I think it is time to publish my “To Follow or Not To Follow” flowchart as well, as I find that I hardly make any exception at all on my internal, unwritten rules for deciding to follow a new follower or not. This […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged adopt, business rules, Flowchart, information, Online Communities, social media, social networking, standardisation, stats, twitter | 1 Response

Notes from my own Start Up

Notes from my own Start Up

By Dan Morrill on December 22, 2010

One of the reasons that I have not been blogging as much as I would have normally is that I am in the throws of a start up launch. We will be officially started on the new year, and I promise not to spam everyone with a PR note in your e-mail box extolling the […]

Posted in Business | Tagged android, ebook, Entrepreneurship, epublishing, fun, iphone, Louis Gray, microsoft, Online Communities, seattle, start up, startups

Promiscuous online culture changing social interactions

Promiscuous online culture changing social interactions

By Dan Morrill on April 30, 2010

If you do not need O’Reilly Radar – you might want to subscribe. This morning O’Reilly Radar was bringing up the idea of how social networking sites like Facebook, MySpace, FriendFeed and others are changing not just how we hire, but how we determine credibility and trustworthiness in the communities we interact with. What is […]

Posted in General | Tagged data mine, education, facebook, FriendFeed, High school, myspace, Online Communities, Social network, Social network service, Technology

FriendFeeds Visitors might be down but its quality is back up

FriendFeeds Visitors might be down but its quality is back up

By Dan Morrill on December 14, 2009

Image by Thomas Hawk via Flickr Imagine a company that built one of the coolest social networking apps I have used all year got bought out by Facebook. In the fear and panic that followed that buy out, many people migrated to Facebook wondering what was going to happen to the company that got bought […]

Posted in Analysis | Tagged Cool Tools, facebook, FriendFeed, fun, Online Communities, Participation, Seattle 2.0, Social network, twitter, web 2.0 | 2 Responses

Fun Social Recommendation Site Likaholix

Fun Social Recommendation Site Likaholix

By Dan Morrill on December 7, 2009

Image by Likaholix via CrunchBase I have been playing with Likaholix for the last week, and have ended up really enjoying the web site and the potential that it creates for people to share the things they do like. This is so much better than Yelp, and without all the drama that Yelp represents. Quite […]

Posted in Product reviews | Tagged award, Bindu Reddy, Cool Tools, facebook, fun, google docs, idea, Likaholix, Online Communities, Social network, Technology, web 2.0

The new PR A List via Traackr

The new PR A List via Traackr

By Dan Morrill on November 24, 2009

Traackr has come out with a new “A List” of personalities on the internet for public relations. There are a number of people missing from the list as there always is from lists like this. Moreover, lists like this always generate controversy much like the list I did a year ago, and the aftermath of […]

Posted in Marketing | Tagged award, facebook, Online Communities, Participation, politics, public relations, social media, Social network, Traackr, twitter

Causes Leaves MySpace for FaceBook

Causes Leaves MySpace for FaceBook

By Dan Morrill on November 6, 2009

Causes is a social networking donation platform that uses MySpace so that people can raise money for causes or issues that they believe in. Generally these kinds of activities help provide a community around issues like Breast Cancer, or stop smoking, or other issues that are part of our daily life. Causes is an excellent […]

Posted in Analysis | Tagged business, causes, charity, data, donation, facebook, idea, myspace, non-profit, Online Communities, Participation, politics, Social network, web 2.0 | 1 Response

Unmasker: Who Has the Most Sycophantic Profile on Twitter

Unmasker: Who Has the Most Sycophantic Profile on Twitter

By Dan Morrill on September 30, 2009

For anyone who is familiar with Tweeting Too Hard, Unmasker will help you work out who is honest, and who is just simply stacking their Twitter with simple BS keywords that have no relationship to who they are or what they are really looking to do. Corvida over at Everything Twitter talked about the web […]

Posted in Product reviews | Tagged Online Communities, social networking, twitter, unmasker | 3 Responses

If You Wonder What Happens When You Get Bought Out Check Out FriendFeed’ s Traffic

If You Wonder What Happens When You Get Bought Out Check Out FriendFeed’ s Traffic

By Dan Morrill on August 20, 2009

I am not saying that this happens to everyone or that everyone is ticked that Facebook bought out FriendFeed. But obviously I have been disappointed by FriendFeed being bought out by Facebook. While I have a Facebook page, and am seeing FriendFeed user’s crossing over from FF to Facebook (thanks!), it is interesting what has […]

Posted in Analysis | Tagged acquisition, facebook, FriendFeed, Online Communities, social networks | 1 Response

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