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Posts Tagged ‘Facebook’

Merging of Worlds, Look Out!

As most know at this point, Facebook has acquired Friendfeed. There seem to be 50 plus posts on the topic on Techmeme. Mixed reviews at best on this one. From my reads, most seem more negative slanting. Scoble is excited but thinks this is end for Friendfeed as we know it. [...]

Analogy of Status Updates

It’s been some time since I took the SATs but I always enjoyed the “analogy” section of the test.  Okay, as much as a standardized test can be enjoyable, it is up there with using a freshly-sharpened #2 pencil to fill in those little ovals.  If you don’t remember, here’s an example:
DALMATIAN : DOG ::
(A) [...]

Welcome to the Land of Irrationality

My morning today started with a cup of coffee and seeing Robert Scoble’s tweet and related post regarding the rumors flying around Microsoft/Yahoo and possibly Microsoft/Facebook, started via John Furrier’s post.  And I found myself in sheer disbelief.  Not because I do not think Microsoft isn’t being intelligent about its online strategy.  Not because of [...]

. Social Fatigue .

At first I thought it was just me. Then I asked a couple of colleagues at Dow Jones and several echoed my sentiment. I believe I am experiencing what I was calling ’social fatigue’. I simply reached a point of personal saturation for social software. How many social applications can [...]

Facebook and AOL

A couple of days ago, I read a post by Jeff Pulver entitled Facebook: Evolving beyond being “Just a Social Network”. His comparison of Facebook and AOL, calling Facebook potentially the “new” AOL, immediately struck a contemplative cord with me. What strikes me
as so fascinating how similar the two stories are.
In the [...]