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by robyn on November 30, 2005
Yelp Inc., a San Francisco-based company that offers localized social networking and Directory services, has raised $5 million in venture capitol. Now that the money's there, maybe we'll get...
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by robyn on November 29, 2005
Interesting new concept at vSocial. Well, not completely unheard of, but new nonetheless. It's a video clip site that is similar to digg.com or del.icio.us. Like those sites, favorites, or as...
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I think the hardest thing when networking is deciding to accept or reject a connection. I'm one of those people who was nice to everyone in school and since then, so when I go to hit the rejection...
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The Student Blogger's FAQ sheds light on your rights as a student to blog. Unnecessary you say? Yet another article spotlighting the wacky ways schools are trying to deny students their first...
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by robyn on November 27, 2005
It's amazing how many job-seekers don't know about the essential post-interview thank you letter. When companies have interviewed several talented candidates, the thank-you letter is an easy...
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by robyn on November 27, 2005
By now, you'd have to have lived in a cave in Afghanistan for the last decade not to know the importance of networking. Whether you're job-hunting, or growing your business, or just striding...
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Job-hunters have a number of hurdles to surmount, but one of the greatest is this: how do you get a name inside a target company? When you want to send a letter of inquiry to a company (about a......
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Looking to make some extra money? If you are a blogger (and I know you are!) and if you are in gorgeous San Fran, sign up to participate in the "Paid Focus Group for Bloggers" I saw...
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by robyn on November 22, 2005
What's the most annoying thing abut linkedin? IMHO, it's the inability to connect unless you know the email address... Look, I understand the reasoning, I know they have to make money somehow...
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Filed in archive by robyn on November 21, 2005
After a decade (and for some of us, longer) online, we know all about Netiquette, right? Don't use all caps in your subject line (or, God forbid, the body of an email message). Don't send...
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by robyn on November 17, 2005
And they named it ::drumroll:: actorsandcrew.com, being that it's for actors and crew and all... Well, it's really for anyone in the entertainment biz. If you are a true celeb you can choose...
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by robyn on November 17, 2005
Take Your Tagging, Blogging, Networking and Browsing to a New LevelFlock was released as a developer's beta weeks ago, and apparently I'm one of the few people who appreciate it. I've...
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by robyn on November 16, 2005
As you know, earlier this year Friendster had been shopping around for a new owner, but apparently, as ownership hasn't changed, the buyer wasn't found. However, CNet just informed the...
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by robyn on November 12, 2005
I tell you, everytime I get invited to these "invite-only" social networking sites I feel like the coolest kid in school. It's like being elected Homecoming Queen, and for a long-time...
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by robyn on November 09, 2005
I've often said that humans are better than algorithms, but it looks like Amazon has taken that idea literally - they've created a web service that lets you solve problems using human minds....
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With the growing popularity of virtual networking, we all get more and more invitations, requests and updates which sometimes, we don't care much about. I've seen this new phenomenon referred...
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by robyn on November 06, 2005
Pre-launch, YackPack is drumming up buzz by offering free mics while supplies last. This is MySpace with voice, as far as I can tell. It looks really interesting for social networking freaks (you...
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by robyn on November 03, 2005
Attention. What is it, and how does it work? I'm still figuring that one out, and that's why I've been closely following Attention Trust, a group which aims to "promote the basic...
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by robyn on November 03, 2005
Conversate is a new web 2.0 service which creates "online discussion spaces". It claims to be an alternative to group email and less difficult to break into than blogging. So it really...
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Filed in archive by robyn on November 03, 2005
It looks like The Robot Co-op is on a roll. Their popular goal-sharing site 43things has spawned an off-shoot in 43places and another in 43people. Hmm...43things, 43places, 43people - there's a...
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by robyn on November 02, 2005
Spam, viruses, worms and Trojans cause a lot of trouble when they show up in your inbox, and are easily detected (usually) by anti-virus software. Now comes Phishing, a wolf in sheep's clothing...
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Recently I was toying with some problematic HTML and CSS on a site and I found a CSS expert's page and placed some mournful Comments about how much I needed his help. Imagine my surprise when,...
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