Are You Flirting With Burnout And Disaster?
With the US population celebrating Labor Day today, I figured I would talk about one of the dangers of work, entrepreneurship and social media. The danger I speak of is “burnout” and the potential...
View ArticleFacebook Lite Is Why They Bought FriendFeed
As you must have heard, Facebook Lite has been released in the US. Obviously, the blogosphere is buzzing with the news. The funniest part of the release is that it is so very far from complete. You...
View ArticleWhat Do We Expect From A Startup Exit?
Over the past few weeks and months, I have seen a recurring theme regarding startups and their exits. First, we saw the acquisition of FriendFeed by Facebook. During that time, FriendFeed lit up with...
View ArticleWhat Is Next For Social Media?
There are hundreds of millions of people using social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, Digg, and many more. For the most part, these sites have not changed significantly. Some sites, like Facebook...
View ArticleHappy 2nd Birthday Regular Geek
It was two years ago today that I started this blog and it feels like ages ago. I am not sure if year 2 was more interesting than year 1, but the blog has been a lot of fun. Also of note, this is post...
View ArticleRegularGeek Most Talked About Posts of 2009
Last year, I wrote about the ten most talked about posts of 2008 on this blog, and I figured it would be a good idea again for 2009. This list contains the posts with the most number of comments. Some...
View ArticleGet Paid For Your Likes With MyLikes
We have sites like Facebook and FriendFeed that allow you to like comments or posts. We also have services like Glue that allow you to like things. Both of these are mashed up with social networks as...
View ArticleDid We Miss The Boat With The Stream?
The stream is the user interface design for many popular sites now. Facebook is using it as the main news feed and your home page. Twitter has never used anything but the stream. FriendFeed used the...
View ArticleGoogle +1 Is Just The Beginning
Unless you were not reading any technology news, you heard that Google finally announced Google +1. Google’s social networking and social features have been rumored for what seems like forever. Now we...
View ArticleGeek Reading March 10, 2015
Lots of news today. First, Louis Gray talks about the closure of FriendFeed, the best social community I have ever been a part of. Some features from FriendFeed eventually made it into Facebook, but...
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