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Remember how I wrote all that stuff about email being the next big thing? Remember all that stuff about the hidden social network within email? Hah! Those were good times.
Sad to say it, but I think I was wrong. Taking a look at my inbox these days - my personal inbox - I find that [...]

Although your average, everyday person might not think of themselves as having a “personal brand” or even knowing what that term means, they usually do understand one thing: the results that come up when someone searches for their name and the fact that these results essentially represent who they are to other people, especially people [...]

During my time at both Flickr and Polyvore, I saw first hand the type of unwanted content and communication that happens within online communities. Between the two sites, a lot of it was very similar; pornographic uploads, derogatory comments and users complaining about and sometimes ganging up on each other. The difference, however, did exist [...]

I’ve never gotten into online communities. Social networks, yes. Online communities, not so much. What’s the difference? Well, online communities form around shared interests, while social networks form around relationships. As I wrote in “Most Valuable Players,” I think it’s the ultimate goal of most online communities to eventually become social networks, i.e., Flickr making [...]

I am super late to the microblogging scene, even though it’s a form of expression that I totally love. Unlike most Twitterers out there, my microblogging experience really began with Facebook status updates. But I didn’t really get into it until I received an invite to Brightkite’s beta, and now I’m completely hooked. Although it’s [...]

Accepting a friend request is no longer a question of whether or not I want him or her to see my profile - it’s now a question of whether or not I care to see theirs. Lately, when I receive a friend request, I’ve begun asking myself, “Do I really care about this person’s status [...]

I recently met Matt Brezina at the superfun SFBeta Bash a couple weeks ago. He is one of the founders of Xobni, the add-on-app that extracts information about the most important data in your inbox - the people you’re writing to. Now I don’t know if Xobni has a business model or how they plan [...]

Well, there’s no doubt about it. The Facebook App Super Craze is full steam ahead. From developers being paid to build them, to an entire freaking conference centered around the “social graph,” it seems like Facebook is the killer app and now we’re all struggling to build the killer app on top of it. Yes, [...]

When a single friend recently asked me if he should get onto Match.com or Yahoo! Personals to try to meet someone, I told him to check out Facebook instead. Yes, Facebook. My sincere apologies to Yahoo! Personals, but the fact is, social networks and online communities not only seem better equipped to help you find [...]

I totally agree with Joshua Porter about Amazon’s new review interface - it’s awesome. It provides even greater insight into user ratings by showing a breakdown of the number of people who selected each star rating. Not only is it awesome in and of itself, it also seems easily extensible to allow for a more [...]