Omnisynchronous Communication
Too much of a good thing: here’s an idea to curb our communication overload. It started off with a phone number–everybody had one. Great, right? Timmy could call the fire department to let them know that Lassie had discovered a burning building down the street. With instantaneous communication came innumerable advancements and improvements in the way we interact. With a nod to Dr. Shamp of the UGA New Media Institute, I’m going to call things like phone calls and video chats...
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Mint: Personal Finance Done Right
Have I told you that I am in love with a website? It’s not the sexiest website out there, it’s not the most widely used, in fact it’s not actually all that exciting. But it’s incredibly useful. And if you’re not using it now, you should be. The site is called Mint.com, and it is a California-based personal finance site owned and operated by the same people who make Quicken and TuboTax (originally it was a startup founded by Aaron Patzer but was acquired by Intuit in 2009 for $170...
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Klout: The Standard for Online Influence
Have you been over to Klout.com yet? If you use Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare, or LinkedIn, click here to find out your Klout score. Check it out and explore your score, and then come back to read the rest of this post (it will make a lot more sense to you if you know what Klout feels like). – What is a Klout score? Klout does a much better job of explaining it than I would, so read this quote from their site (emphasis added by me): The Klout Score is the measurement of your...
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Google Plus & What’s Next
Talk about press coverage, the release of Google+ seems to have reached every single media outlet on the planet. If you’ve just signed up but don’t know how to get started, skip the rest of this post and just read this simple 16-step guide. During the earnings call yesterday (July 14, 2011) Google’s CEO Larry Pageshared a few G+ numbers: 10 million users, 1 billion items shared. That’s right, in just two weeks the new social network has garnered 10 million users...
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