tangled web


Keeping a clean online house
March 19, 2008, 7:43 pm
Filed under: FriendFeed, social media, social networks, web 2.0 | Tags: , , , ,

Oh boy, it’s getting organized in here. Just joined FriendFeed a new application that aims to condense and simplify your online life. It’s actually pretty amazing.

FF literally has everyone’s online doings, preferences, tweets, and favorites on everything from everywhere in one place.

Content overload?…yes. Organized and efficient?…yes. Should you join?…yes.

Lifehacker summed it up pretty well here.

A quick snippet:

Between Flickr, Digg, Twitter, your blog, Facebook, Del.icio.us, and every other web service under the sun you’re a member of, keeping track of all of your online activity—as well as the activity of your friends—is becoming increasingly difficult. But a recently launched, much-hyped webapp called FriendFeed aims to simplify your online life by pulling all of the content you create into one centralized service. Not only does FriendFeed make aggregating your online life a breeze, but it also makes it simple to keep track of what all your friends are up to, whether they use the site or not.

Friend me @ juliecook

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unconference/sxsw/conference 2.0
March 13, 2008, 10:26 pm
Filed under: Detroit, Michigan, business, interactive, marketing, social media, social networks, twitter, unconference, virtual worlds, web 2.0 | Tags: , , , , , ,

“Oh – traditional business conference, it’s time to pack up and go home. Even retire for that matter.”

You can’t compete.

Web 2.0 has you pinned to the mat and you’re yelping “Uncle!” Ok. Maybe a slight exaggeration. But still, the days of static, one way anything – advertising, media, PR, video, music distribution, business, etc. – are OVER.

Take a read of this article from CNNMoney.com.

One of my current projects is planning an unconference for the Creative Cities Summit 2.0 coming to Detroit during Oct. 13-15. Some seriously fresh a** ideas are coming to mind with Second Life, Facebook, Twitter, cell phones, video, and cameras.

Stay tuned for the brillance that will be CCS2’s unconference.

If you have any ideas for us about a cool venue/event you went to that incorporated such interactive elements, give me a shout! I’d love to hear about it.

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links for 2008-03-09
March 9, 2008, 5:20 am
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Twitter at its finest
February 28, 2008, 4:23 pm
Filed under: blogs, social media, social networks, twitter, web 2.0 | Tags: , , ,

Over nice glass of Cotes du Rhone a few nights ago, the question: “What the heck is Twitter all about?” was posed by a semi-savvy web using friend. “Is this something she could use as a communication tool?” Her stance, “I sorta use it. I don’t totally get it. What is the benefit for my 9-5 life?”

Good question. So glad you asked.

Like most social media PR tactics, Twitter is one of many which you should use to connect, build and then pitch. NOTE: “Pitch” is used loosely here and should be swapped out equally or more often with “converse.”

Don’t be about business all the time. It’s lame and annoys most people.

The nature of Twitter as a real time mini-blog that grants access to people’s everyday doings and thoughts is very powerful. Done correctly with taste and common sense – it’s a winning strategy to connect.

Paull Young, who is always talking about useful, put the above advice into action as recapped in his post “Examples of Twitter Providing a business benefit.”

Here are his five ways to use Twitter as comm tool, each with his own real life examples:

Twitter For Pitching Conversing

Twitter to Build a Knowledge Network

Twitter as a Beta Tester

Twitter to Recruit

Twitter as a Crisis Warning System

Happy Twittering!

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New Social Networks for 2008
January 14, 2008, 2:26 pm
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From Agenda Inc.:

Social networking is getting more niche, and more intelligent. Here are three new sites that bring together a sense of creativity and community.

BEHANCE – A creative collaboration site, sharing ideas, portfolios and projects, and ways to “make ideas happen.” (Visit Behance network)

BIG THINK - Big Think is a global marketplace for idea-sharing, billed as a “YouTube for ideas”. It launched this week with interviewees that include Sen. Ted Kennedy, Richard Branson, Naomi Klein, Zac Posen, and master chef Jacques Pepin. (Visit Big Think network)

DOPPLR - “A beautiful and useful tool for intelligent travellers worldwide”, this site was much anticipated at the Le Web 3 conference in Paris this week, and is already growing rapidly. (Visit Dopplr network

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