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Don’t Force It

Nov 5 2009 / 11:45 pm Was written by Amber View Comments

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It is understandable that you want people to consume your content and then share it with all their friends.  It is also quite considerate of you to try your best to make the process easier, by adding sharing methods directly to your content. The “social” toolbars that are showing up [...]

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You May Have Missed These

Jun 12 2009 / 12:26 am Was written by Amber View Comments

In case you have been in a black hole, here is a list of stuff you may have missed:
Google Wave
It looks awesome, but a bunch of the features already exist with a combination of services (mostly Friendfeed).
Bing
Microsoft’s “new” search engine. The name will probably work better than the Live branding.
Facebook Usernames
In a move that makes [...]

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What Facebook is Really For

Mar 3 2009 / 2:19 am Was written by Amber View Comments

somegreybloke tells us what Facebook is really made for

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Disqus & Facebook

Dec 16 2008 / 5:09 pm Was written by Amber View Comments
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Not Better Than Chocolate

Oct 8 2008 / 11:56 pm Was written by Amber View Comments

So after much whining about the fact that I could not play with the collaboration of Social|Median + Facebook. Well over the course of the past two days I have been reminded why I had stopped using S|M. Not being a fan of the crowded and somewhat tacky interface, it was just painful for me.

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Kadoo

Sep 8 2008 / 2:11 pm Was written by Amber View Comments

One of the services listed on the infamous “this sucks” list by Scobleizer, Kadoo is meant for you to share…stuff. This sharing can also be linked to your Facebook account in some fashion which I am not enthused enough to test.  I do not think the site sucks, its just dripping with beta juice.

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EAS: Early Adopter Syndrome

Sep 4 2008 / 11:42 pm Was written by Amber View Comments

Most of the people that come across this blog would test positive with Early Adopter Syndrome. (This little hut is probably only known to the people in Linkville and the followers on Friendfeed, its not LAX). Most people try to whittle down logins and passwords down to a handful, yet we keep signing our information [...]

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