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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.

A Plurky Idea

29 June, 2008 (10:52) | 10 Minutes, Hacks, Plurk, Social Media, Social Networking, Tricks, social networks

We really needed a way to know someone else has referenced us. Unfortunately, I know next to nothing about coding, so can’t write a program to do it. I do know about hacks though, tricks you can use to enhance your experience with a program or site.

10 Minute Guide to Plurk - Part 1

19 June, 2008 (19:41) | 10 Minutes, Help, Hints, Plurk, Social Media, Social Networking, Twitter

There are a lot of people there who won’t “get” Plurk. It’s scrolling timeline and raging chats will throw them off. For those who are brave enough to spend a few days exploring, hopefully this guide will help ease the transition.

Save the Fail Whale, Block a Twitter Spammer

16 June, 2008 (13:26) | Friends, Help, Social Media, Social Networking, Twitter

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!A couple days ago, Mousewords mentioned that there was a guy on twitter who kept unfollowing and refollowing her. I said that following numbers had been going up and down for a lot of people, so maybe it was [...]

Design the Perfect Social Networking Application

12 June, 2008 (09:51) | Social Media

What elements would the ideal social networking application have? What things are there that you can’t live without or wish someone would hurry up and add? What would your ideal communication application look like?

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.

10 Minute Guide to Facebook - Adding Friends

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

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 first question is: I don’t know, and nobody seems to know for sure, but 20 to [...]

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?

Social Networking in 10 Minutes (or less)

2 January, 2008 (14:18) | Beginner, Social Networking

So, I’ll start off by writing about the sites that I know and use. If there are ones that you’d like to see a guide to, post or send me the link and I’ll try to include it. If you know someone who would be a great author for a guide to a site, let me know.