Posts Tagged ‘social networks’

New Twhirl for Twitter users

Over the weekend I’ve installed the new beta of Twhirl and am happy to report that I really like the new features. I haven’t got round to testing them all, but the one I *have* tested and love is that ability to specify search criteria which gets merged into your...

What do I do with this domain?

photo credit: Ro (wererabbit.com) Funny thing happened yesterday. I found I had a domain name I registered in October and had totally forgotten about! It’s called OwenCutajar.com and I’m not 100% sure what I’m going to be doing with it. I think I’ll be using it create an online profile...

Looking for something to read? Check Twitturly

Someone sent me a link to a great service called Twitt(url)y that lets you find out what’s fun and interesting. It’s a great service that looks at what URLs people are talking about and rates them based on how many people are talking about it. So, for example if someone...

Befriend me on brightkite ..

Image details: Festival of the Winds served by picapp.com I think I quite like brightkite. It has a clean interface and seems to be “smoother” than other micro-blogging platforms. The one thing it doesn’t seem to have for me is any sort of momentum. There are too few people I...

Scrabble is officially on Facebook

It’s only been a few months since Hasbro complained about the Scrabulous application on Facebook, and finally there’s a properly licensed Scrabble application on Facebook, produced by Electronic Arts. The problem is, that most Scrabble aficionados are still playing Scrabulous, and probably unlikely to make the switch. The thing is,...

Playing with Scoutle

I came across a really interesting website called Scoutle today. It’s an interesting social network facility for bloggers and websites which promises to link you up with other sites that are similar in interest and content. It uses a ranking algorithm to let your “scout” run around the web and...

Web 2.0 for lunch

I went to listen to Sherrilynne give a seminar on Web 2.0 and Social Media at the International Business School over lunch. It was a great event where she covered quite a lot of ground. I always enjoy listening to Sherrilynne speak, because, although I have experiences similar to what...

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