In the past couple years, I’ve used Twitter quite a bit. I’ve learned a lot of lessons and made many observations of how others use the service to communicate online. To be specific, I’ve seen a lot of great business applications, personal uses and even philanthropic benefits. As much as Twitter brings good, it can [...]
Call it good news or a shift in trends — Pornographic consumption on the Web has dropped substantially since the growth of Social Media. I’m not going to dictate whether this is morally good or not; but I will contend that people are maturing their interests in how they engage with the Web.
It appears that the annoyances driven from spyware, adware and general malicious software (malware) are down significantly as we approach the middle of 2008. However, there is one constant threat that’s still alive and well: Phishing. I’ll take a look at some perspective on what this means for us now and what it will mean [...]
Essentially, Social Networking is just marketing for people. I mean, you market yourself for friends, new contacts, new business partners, Etc. It wasn’t long before Tila Tequila became the #1 MySpace user. Social Networking is here to stay. Why? It’s all about the ability to influence.