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- Social networks that cater to older peopleSeptember 12 2007
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NY Times: New Social Sites Cater to People of a Certain Age
Older people are sticky.
That is the latest view from Silicon Valley. Technology investors and entrepreneurs, long obsessed with connecting to teenagers and 20-somethings, are starting a host of new social networking sites aimed at baby boomers and graying computer users.
The sites have names like Eons, Rezoom, Multiply, Maya’s Mom, Boomj, and Boomertown. They look like Facebook — with wrinkles.
And they are seeking to capitalize on what investors say may be a profitable characteristic of older Internet users: they are less likely than youngsters to flit from one trendy site to the next. ...
- Green technologySeptember 11 2007
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I'm not going to be able to get up to the University of California, Davis, for the first GoingGreen conference put on by Tony Perkins and his AlwaysOn team. A number of environmental-minded tech entrepreneurs and venture capitalists are discussing innovations in green technology. I'm told there's a live webcast but as always, alas, it's nearly impossible to find. (OK, it's here.)
- Quechup’s spam tricksSeptember 11 2007
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I mentioned Quechup here the other day, so I'm reblogging this from Dan Gillmor at the Center for Citizen Media:
Infoworld’s “Cringely” observes, regarding the nototious Quechup:
When you sign up for the site it prompts you to share your address book so you can find out which of your 10,000 close personal friends is also trolling for dates on Quechup. But instead of presenting you with a list of friends, Quechup sends an invite from you to everyone in your book — making you look like a nasty purveyor of pork.
I’ve received several dozen of these spams, and have let the people who didn’t realize they were sending them know that they need to rethink their choices of social networks. Quechup is a great example of how to ruin social media.
- Citizen media milestonesSeptember 11 2007
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From ebiquity, a citizen media/citizen journalism timeiine:
- 2007, September: Google News recently announced partnerships with Reuters and AP to host stories directly on Google.
- 2007, September: English version of Wikinews reaches 10,000 articles according to Wikipedia.
- 2007, August: Google News to include comments from people in news.
- 2007, August: NY Times Select Content to be free.
- 2007, April: News stories ranging from earthquake reports to heroic rescue efforts are breaking news on Twitter. IMHO, this is an exciting development.
- 2007, July: NowPublic, a social media news site is named as one of the 50 best websites by
- Finding the right social network for youSeptember 11 2007
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San Jose Mercury News: Momentum gains for MySpace, LinkedIn, Facebook. Finding the right one depends on your needs.
And it's often not a right one. I'm on Facebook and LinkedIn, not MySpace. Excerpt:
LinkedIn takes a completely different approach from the other two. With its 14 million members, it is a great way to broaden your professional network. It started in the Bay Area, where the majority of its members are, but is spreading worldwide.
With LinkedIn, you can find contacts inside companies at places like Microsoft or Intel easily. That's why many people pay $20 a month to get more privileges (such as being able to invite more people simultaneously) that go well beyond the free version.
LinkedIn is proving itself useful beyond just providing connections to my 312 friends. As with Facebook, I can ask questions for research purposes and get answers from my own network or the broader community. I got 47 responses from people with strong opinions about the differences among the social networks. ...