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by pete on February 06, 2006
Out of nowhere, it seems that The Ladders has created a fast growing network of executives seeking high level jobs. If I were looking for a gig, I certainly wouldn't want to sort through pizza...
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by pete on February 06, 2006
Another week, more features at Facebook. Facebook has added a way to send a Valentines message and a way to personalize an invitation to connect.......
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by pete on February 01, 2006
A few weeks back, when I started this post, I had talked to one of the founders (Richard Banfield) of You Should Meet, which is an extremely simple application that lets people introduce two people....
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by pete on January 29, 2006
So far, Heyletsgo is in a closed beta. I crossed paths briefly with the founders of Heyletsgo at David Beisel's Boston Web Innovators Group. I am looking forward to actually having a conversaton...
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by robyn on January 19, 2006
YeeYoo's parent company, eFriends.net, also the owners of a mobile phone dating service (mobile phone dating is more Popular in Asian countries), was purchased by Meetic, a popular French dating...
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by pete on January 16, 2006
As Gregory Narain, at syncpeople, works to launch the application that I think will revolutionize interaction at conferences and turn conferences into online communities, Dana VanDen Heuvel blogs...
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by pete on January 16, 2006
kris Krug of bryght, the drupal masters, sent me a link to his profile on zaadz. Zaadz is a new social networking site with a social mission: The quick version of what we're gonna do: build THE...
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by pete on January 16, 2006
If you want to know what is going on at Facebook, you should subscribe to Noah Kagan's blog. He's a product manager there. As one of the top and top growing social networking website, it...
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by robyn on January 16, 2006
Wikipedia tuned 5 years old yesterday! Has it been that long already? Wow, time flies... In the spirit of Wikipedia, I've taken time to make this a wiki entry. Yes, it was a challenge, but one...
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by robyn on January 15, 2006
Rumor has it that Ruckus has spent all their VC ($20M) and was at the end of it's bridge loan as of Friday. Same site suggests major layoffs are eminent. Based in Herndon, Virginia, Ruckus is...
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by robyn on January 11, 2006
One of the most philanthropic social movements I have seen is the MyCityRocks company. I've been trading emails for the last two weeks with the CEO of the company, Cliff Kurtzman. I want to share...
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by pete on January 11, 2006
Photo from the Capital Times. I think most adults possess a healthy distrust of marketers invading their social space. For example, most of us don't like being interrupted with an ad shoved in our...
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by pete on January 10, 2006
Speaking of reviews. A very interesting startup to watch is Stanley James's Outfoxed. Here's an excerpt from the Outfoxed blog that sums up how they are bringing accountability and trust...
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by pete on January 10, 2006
While Linkedin and Ryze get all the business social networking glory, they don't facilitate referrals the way that they should be facilitated (IMHO): Tell-A-Pal is a trusted referral system based...
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by pete on January 09, 2006
fred Wilson raps about Last.FM again. He calls it myware and defines myware as a program that one might use to spy on oneself. Why would one let that happen? Last.FM's music recommendation...
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by robyn on January 09, 2006
No, I'm only kidding. JotSpot just announced a new product, Tracker, that will make it possible to merge a wiki and a spreadsheet. In fact, you'll actually be able to post the spreadsheet and...
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by pete on January 08, 2006
Although Xanga and myspace have a lot of high school students as users, and facebook recently launched a separate site for high schools, Sconex is actually designed for high school students, with...
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by pete on January 08, 2006
A lot has changed since the time when friends used to meet at the theatres to check out the latest Flick. Lots of sites have sprung up offering to host (and let users share) their videos online....
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by pete on January 08, 2006
Extratasty is user submitted drink recipes meets tagging meets social networking. (The social networking is coming soon.)Michael Arrington says: Users submit drink recipes. Ingredients are tagged and...
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by robyn on January 06, 2006
ClearAdmit is a MBA Applicant wiki that's recently launched. I was able to get some answers as to their plans from Alex Brown of ClearAdmit.Why you created it?The MBA applicant community is...
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by robyn on January 04, 2006
OK, I've got another cool site for you. Anyone looking to lose weight should take a look at PEERTrainer. It's a free social networking site designed to offer you support and encouragement...
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by robyn on January 03, 2006
Jonathon at the Philoneist just snagged an interview with the creator of Shoutwire. I want to draw your attention to this question: While Shoutwire was programmed from discrete language than Digg,...
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by robyn on December 23, 2005
While you might think anything goes on MySpace. Since I've seen multiple naked people on there, I have to admit I did. But, apparently MySpace is censoring links to YouTube, a popular site where...
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by robyn on December 07, 2005
After being alerted to vSocial's presence on Thursday by a friend, I asked Mark Sigal for a quick interview on this hot new site. Check out vSocial and tell me what you think.Why vSocial? What...
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