One thing is already certain in 2008, social media and user data is migrating from disparate sources and networks to more centralized schemas. Imagine how much time you have invested registering for 4 different social networks (Facebook, Bebo, Myspace, Orkut) and 2 different social blog communities (Mybloglog, BlogCatalog) and 3 different social book marking tools [...]
Xobni is a cool plug-in for Outlook that keeps contacts organized and user-friendly (why didn’t Microsoft think of that?). Over the years I have acquired more add-ons, hacks and modifications for Outlook then any normal human should. Alas, the pain will subside and I can xobnize Outlook and realize the following benefits:
Automatic organization of my [...]
Scott Shane from Case Western Reserve University just published– The Illusions of Entrepreneurship: “The Costly Myths That Entrepreneurs, Investors, and Policy Makers Live By.”
He contacted me recently regarding a quiz on entrepreneurship associated with his book. Startup Addict Musings is the 3rd startup blog to take the quize following Guy Kawasaki and Jeremy Hanks [...]
You know an industry is over or at least nearing an end when everything is for sale (real estate sound familiar?). We’ve gone from a flurry of “startup acquisition” headlines to a flurry of startup “for sale” headlines.
Spark Networks is looking to unload its’ JDate online dating property to the tune of $185 [...]
For the thousands of dedicated beta users of Startup Addict 1.0, I give a humbling thank you for using and testing the social platform. The wait for version 2.0 is almost over and with Drupal as the core open source code the future looks very bright for version 2.x and beyond. Drupal was a decision [...]
Monster has plunged into social networking like fellow bellwether Cisco (Tribe.net and Five Across social acquisitions). Affinity labs was purchased for $61 million cash and has a number of specialized social sites. The vertical social networking trend seems to continue, however the fate of these vertical social networks it still unknown and traffic opinions vary [...]
