Is OAuth Doomed?
I have been watching OAuth and OpenID develop over time, wishing and hoping they would both take root and bloom into something wonderful. Now I think the concepts and ideas behind these two,...
View ArticleIs Plurk There or Not
Over the last few weeks the armchair communication developers of the world have been solving the woes of the Twitter infrastructure and communication problems. And out of all this advice Plurk has...
View ArticleSocial Networking via Shotgun
A good 12 months ago you could depend upon a a solid core of your social network to be centralised on several common social networking sites, such as flickr, twitter, facebook, linkedin. Things where...
View ArticleOpen Twitter
If you think about it Twitter is a bit of a walled garden, a closed system as Sean Carmody has pointed out. You have to be on Twitter to use Twitter; a little like Facebook or AOL. Maybe what we...
View ArticleSocial Media Betas are a Waste of Time
You know the drill, you find a shiny new social media site that you like the look of. All your investigations into the site check out, it’s reviews from your peers sound promising. So you go to...
View ArticleVideos are Just Lacking Something
I don’t know about you but over the last few years I have watched video explode online. It’s a good thing in a way. It has served its purpose, even if it has killed the IRC star. I have nothing...
View Article10 Rules for Small Business and Social Networks
Does small business really need online social media. Is it really going to provide those instant benefits that the media and some experts are raving about. Online Social networkers (or media) is...
View ArticleEffective Freelance Networking – The Opening Pitch
I don’t know about you, but I have been to face to face networking events where it’s basically been like pulling teeth to get the people in the room to talk and discuss what they do and the benifits...
View ArticleNetworking the Morning After
You have been to all the networking events, chatted to people, exchanged business cards. Even found a few contacts that would be worthwhile leads in the future. Still after all this, it just doesn’t...
View ArticleGrowing Business in a Walled Garden
Social networking sites like Facebook and the like were fun when they started. You could be ensured of a reasonable degree of trust with them. I don’t know if you have noticed lately, but Facebook...
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