From the monthly archives:

August 2009

Going to the Gravity Summit

Aug. 30, 2009

In his precise summary of the event, Matthew Gilbert cites experiential learning and personal relationships as positive gains from his attending the first Gravity Summit in February 2009 at UCLA.
Six months later and after events at UC Irvine and Stamford, the fourth Gravity Summit touches down at Harvard University tomorrow morning.
“Speakers invited to participate [...]

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Sharing Blog Posts With You

Aug. 29, 2009

Earlier this week, I created a video for you that illustrated why I use Feedly for reading blog posts, and not Google Reader like most of my peers. If you haven’t seen it yet, do take a look.
An element of Google Reader that is not of Feedly is the ability to share with you selected [...]

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Confessing About Commenting

Aug. 28, 2009

I made a stink on Danny Brown’s blog.
Beginning with his essay suggesting Twitter is the death of blog comments and followed by a guest post by Valerie Merahn Simon that comments complement blog articles, I argued comments are less important than views.
I view word of mouth the lifeblood, not necessarily comments. If comments stop appearing [...]

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VIDEO: What is Feedly and Why I Use It

Aug. 27, 2009

Google Reader is a RSS feed reader that most people use to read blog entries. I have an active Google account and have a Reader account configured, but I don’t read your blog posts with it. Rather, I use a Firefox application called Feedly.
For visual explanation, here’s a video I created:

Three sets of thanks are [...]

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Twitter Meets Your Phone with PocketsApp.com

Aug. 27, 2009

There are many reasons why Twitter is a powerful networking tool, but it lacks three-dimensionality. Twittering enables you to write what you need to write in 140 characters or less, but it restricts you from adding inflection and tone.
Enter Pockets.
Suppose you want to leave a voicemail message for marketing professional Stacy Crosby but don’t want [...]

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Pros and Cons of 5 Venture Capital Websites

Aug. 26, 2009

Perusing the web for venture capital firms and randomly clicking links, I’m disappointed at the static and outdated content out there.
1. CMEA Capital
The company claims to “partner with extraordinary people” — so where are they? What are their names and what do they look like? Buried in the site navigation are team members’ faces, [...]

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Join FeedBite.com and Receive Unwanted Spam

Aug. 26, 2009

Jack Humphrey at the Friday Traffic Report reviewed content aggregator FeedBite and compared it to FriendFeed, a tool I began using many months ago.
Think FriendFeed but with portable widgets.
Two cool uses for this free feed aggregation service are:
1. Public and private feed mashups you can collect and use for research privately or share with [...]

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