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Social Media Gets Damn Boring When..June 30

A blogger predicts the future of some Web 2.0 service and their emotions speak louder than their research, leading nobody in an intelligent direction and clouding their own perception of the true state of the service.

A blogger doesn’t write confidently and belittles him/herself for not being a so called A-lister. Social media is a learning experience not of a placement exam. Think, read, write, network and always have fun doing it.

A blogger insults ideas instead of disagreeing with someone and spending the energy to supply a counter argument that is not only more respectful and intelligent, but makes everyone else smarter for having read.

When does social media get boring for you? Or worth less than the already imagined value you’ve calculated in your mind?

del.icio.us Hits Concept But Misses InnovationJune 20

Lately I’ve been concerned with forming a methodology to follow when selecting which Internet services are worth investing time using and promoting. Disqus passed the first (Now that you have it, could you imagine not having it?) and second (Does “service A” show signs of wanting to expand functionality in ways that confirm answering no to the first major question?) major questions leading the evaluation process.

The story for del.icio.us is not the same. After using the social bookmarking service for several weeks, I’ve realized the concept is excellent but someone other than Yahoo! will need to carry innovation forward in this market.

del.icio.us users enjoy the luxury of building a personal mobile archive of web content that doubles as conversation starters on FriendFeed. And each user discovers a slightly modified purpose or system that better meets their own social bookmarking needs beyond the common benefits.

• Louis Gray uses del.icio.us to collect and organize posts written

Exactly What Ails Social Media And Next Gen StartupsJune 16

Since I decided to take a weeks vacation from FriendFeed last Wednesday - I’ve been asking myself - How can social media become part of more peoples lives? My answer, social media needs to become part of the activities consuming the most time and energy in peoples lives outside the blogosphere before it will turn mainstream. And even if mainstream is achieved, it would surely be on the consumer end, not the producer. While startups struggle to pinpoint exactly what people need to make their service a hit, another obstacle stands in the way of providing users with the means to be able to produce content. 

Steven Hodson, J. Phil and Cyndy Aleo-Carreira collectively pinned the reality of what it means to blog. At this level, there is relatively little or no money to make and for most bloggers this is nothing more than a hobby. Does that mean we should stop? Absolutely not! By creating conversations, we’re actually starting to unravel what people do need from services on the web and that’s why some

How Does Social Media Enrich Other Areas of Life?June 15

I’m eager and patient to better understand where connections can be made between our everyday lives and social media. Two questions I’ve had in the back of my mind since I left FriendFeed earlier this week - What are the most desired connections? What are the most appropriate connections? - for people and technology not using social media today.

When is the right time to make these connections? We’ve been giving our undivided attention to a subset of the mainstream population that is small and in love with what they’re doing - the early adopters. How can we learn anything about the people not using social media if we’re always in front of our screens participating with and analyzing the same crowd of users?

Inside The Blogosphere

Mark Dykeman wrote a great post noting a few observations about the earliest of early adopters and how the later early adopters are getting in the mix:

• the blogosphere is built on niches while the bloggers themselves are more complex
• explains why today’s newer blogger might be a jack of all trades but master of none

Excuse You Technorati, I’d Like An ExplanationJune 12