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10 Reasons Why You Should Start Using Mahalo

I’ve been checking out Mahalo more frequently lately, and I have to say, it’s pretty darn useful. I’ll share ten reasons why you should Mahalo various search terms to find relevant results, as well as some feedback to make it better. More »

What is Cloud Computing?

Cloud Computing is a new phrase that is still in its infancy, but check out the wide variety of answers to get an idea about it in this video. More »

Web Communities Need Transparency (and some tips on how to be transparent)

The last time I saw Chris Pirillo was probably 1998 on TechTV (before they were later acquired by G4TV). That’s a long time, but I encountered an interesting video blog entry (vlog) that he did discussing the transparency of online communities. The principles he discussed are useful for social networking leaders, social media experts and online media mavens to embrace as they build and facilitate online community. More »

Beyond Microblogging, Twitter Facilitates Good Customer Service

Josh Lowensohn from Webware reports that Comcast is doing some good deeds via Twitter. From an innocent rant to a now-satisfied customer, Comcast’s Customer Outreach was there to help. More »

User Feedback in a Web 2.0 World

Yesterday morning, I received a Tweet from Jason Calacanis, who is current is building Mahalo, asked for suggestions and feedback on a redesign of their site. I quickly saw how many other people were aware of his request when I saw 100+ comments (actual comments, not garbage like “this sucks” or “get a life!”)! More »

Four Lessons Learned From Twitter

Microblogging service, Twitter, has had its fair share of success and failure. I really love it, and have been tweeting more than I have months ago, only because of the growth of it. No matter whether or not you use Twitter, there are some lessons learned in their growth for everyone to accept.

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The Value of Social Networks

Social Networking is almost cliche these days because it’s often overused, duplicated and imitated several times over. However, in light of a few recent acquisitions, I intend to find out how does one define the value of a growing social network? More »

Social Networking: Bigger Isn’t Always Better

On the Web, the struggle to be number one is a fight between Google, Yahoo, MySpace and AOL. However, in light of the massive growth of social networks within these companies, many Web users are ditching them in favor of niche (specific interests) social networks. (And they love it.) More »

Argh! Feeds, Feeds and More Feeds (But Not Quite Enough…)

While some people are rejoicing that Facebook offers the ability to import content into your feeds for your friends to devour, I tend to disagree with the hype. It’s my belief that by offering a limited set of feed imports, you are just hurting your own social network appeal. More »

How to Detect Twitter Spammers (’Spitters’)

It’s rather ironic that even I was targeted by spammers by these unsolicited “Follows” on my Twitter account. I don’t claim any fame on it, I don’t break news on it and is only a means of telling my contacts what I’m thinking about or doing. So, how does one tell if someone is a spammer? More »