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My cell phone is watching you.
http://services.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f8/452319854 This is a great example of how the ultimate execution will make all the difference. The Wall Street Journal today had a story about how new mobile phone services enable people to know...
Online Visualization Tools
ReadWriteWeb had an interesting post about Best Tools for Visualization. While I found the post to be full of interesting information, there was an obvious omission that I feel compelled to point out. No visualization tool, regardless of how technically...
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Technorati Profile I'm finally jumping in!
Socialthing! vs FriendFeed
My money's on SocialThing! If you're like me, you don't even want to think of joining another social networking site. It takes time to create a good profile page for each site you belong to, and then there's the constant maintenance of keeping the...
Consumer insight: Why you should not just do what consumers say
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opdNIi4QaLo&w=425&h=355] I saw this video in a post on Seth Godin's blog. As a person who studies consumer behavior, I found it analogous to the work I do. Before you read on, you should watch at...
Social Simplicity
I had AIM several years ago. I had to remove it from my computer because it was too distracting. IM has a way of being intrusive and distracting, and I was not going to fall into that trap. Now, my needs have changed, and I decided to try IM again. I...
Twitter: A social barometer?
I'm not an early adopter of technology. What I mean by that is, I don't acquire technology for the sake of having new technology. To be of value, technology has to enable me to do something that I would love to do, either because I couldn't do it well, or...
Social Networking is not a new idea.
Here's a newsflash. Social Networking has been around since the dawn of humanity. It's one of the things that makes us human. There is an entire field devoted to the study of social connections, culture and society. It's called...
Free Rice
In support of the United Nations World Food Program, here's a link to the Free Rice program. An oddly addictive word game, it helps feed the people of the world by donating grains of rice for every correct answer. You will be better for it. Enjoy and...
BluBet $ocial Betting
I received an invitation to join BluBet today. I'll have to admit, I had no idea what it was, but the promise of a free gift from someone I know prompted me to follow the links. Had I not been the type who is interested in social/viral technology, I would...