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10 Minute Guide to Kwippy

21 July, 2008 (12:59) | Beginner, RSS Readers, Social Media, Social Networking, kwippy, microblogging

Kwippy is a fun new service that allows you to post comments from Gtalk or Yahoo! It is very easy to get set up on kwippy, which is nice, and makes it a great site for introducing people to microblogging.

10 Minute Guide to FriendFeed - Part 2

6 June, 2008 (14:39) | 10 Minutes, Beginner, FriendFeed, Guest Bloggers, Marc Berry, Social Media, Social Networking, Twitter

FriendFeed is an aggregator for all your online social activities. It brings all your friend’s network activities under one roof, making it easy to keep up with what everybody is doing.

10 Minute Guide to FriendFeed - Part 1

5 June, 2008 (20:53) | 10 Minutes, Beginner, FriendFeed, Guest Bloggers, Marc Berry, Social Media, Social Networking, Twitter

FriendFeed is an aggregator for all your online social activities. It brings all your friend’s network activities under one roof.

Anonymity - Do the pros outweigh the cons?

17 May, 2008 (18:33) | Beginner, Facebook, Social Media, StumbleUpon

Is it better to share your information or do safety and security outweigh other considerations?

What My RSS Reader Looks Like…So Far

1 February, 2008 (00:11) | Blogs, RSS, RSS Readers

I’m still checking out blogs, so feel free to add yours to the list if you haven’t already. I really appreciate everyone who has added their blogs so far. I visited all of them and enjoyed seeing what everyone is writing about.

I Need Your Blogs!

21 January, 2008 (16:37) | RSS, RSS Readers, StumbleUpon

Now, I need some blogs to add. So add a comment with a link to your blog and a short description about it. I’m interested in all kinds of blogs. And even if I don’t add your site to my reader, someone else might like your description and decide they want to subscribe to it.

Starting Over with RSS Readers

20 January, 2008 (14:13) | RSS, RSS Readers, StumbleUpon, Twitter, social networks

As part of my New Year’s resolution to get more organized, I decided to pare down the RSS feeds that I subscribe to and create a “newspaper” that fits my daily needs. To do that, I’m going to delete almost all the feeds that I currently subscribe to, and then look over several of the feed readers, to see which one(s) I like the best.

10 Minute Guide to Mahalo

15 January, 2008 (13:03) | 10 Minutes, Beginner, social networks

Mahalo is a social networking site that I haven’t really messed with outside of signing up for it. I’ve heard some good things about it, and I know that a few people on Twitter use it, but that’s about all I know.

10 Minute Guide to Facebook - Adding Friends

10 January, 2008 (10:17) | 10 Minutes, Allan Cockerill, Beginner, Facebook, Social Networking

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!By Guest Blogger: Allan Cockerill
How many friends can I add daily on Facebook?
What is the maximum number for friends I can have?
These are the two most common search terms which bring people to my blog.
The answer to the [...]

Before You Network - Five steps to protect your information

4 January, 2008 (15:57) | 10 Minutes, Beginner, Social Networking

Regardless of how safe you think Facebook or any other social site is, remember that all of these companies are going to be trying to make money in some way. So, with companies claiming full use of your information, what can you do to protect yourself?