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Plaxo? No thanks

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1 July 2007

Following the launch of the new Plaxo last week, I have been thinking that maybe enough time has passed from the bad days of Plaxo that perhaps it’s time to try it again. Shel and I even talked about it in last Thursday’s FIR #253. Then I got four requests by email from friends asking me to update my contact info with Plaxo. Each email still has that irritating text re if I don’t wish to receive update request emails…
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Call for nominations for Podcast Awards 2007

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1 July 2007

The Podcast Awards 2007 kick off today. The contest – the third annual such event – is designed to recognize the best podcasts, as voted by listeners, in 23 different categories. Today’s first phase is a call for nominations where you can nominate your favourite podcast in each of those categories. Full details on the nomination and voting procedure are in the contest rules. We – that’s Shel and Neville – would be highly chuffed if you were to nominate…
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Experiences, Music, Social Networks, Society, Technology, Web

Random Sunday

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1 July 2007

So I’m still persevering with my zen experiment, even though I know that I’m definitely not an early-morning person. That’s one reason why the idea of the B-Society appeals to me. Still, today has been quite productive so far as I take care of many things I’ve not paid much attention to in recent weeks. Updated my LinkedIn profile, and the bio section here (forgot to do that following changes announced a few weeks ago). Managed to reduce my email inbox…
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Communication, Marketing, Social Networks, Society, Trends, Web

Today’s social networked world

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29 June 2007

This is the world of social networks according to gossip blog ValleyWag citing data from Alexa. Although the map’s colours make it a bit difficult to see clearly which network is prevalent in which part of the world, you can see where the two networks most talked-about in the English-speaking world (MySpace and Facebook) are dominant – USA and Australia (MySpace); Canada, UK, Middle East, South Africa (Facebook). One stat I found a bit surprising was regarding Cyworld, the social…
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The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #253: June 28, 2007

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28 June 2007

Content summary: Road-weary Shel in Dallas; the IABC conference; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; Dan York reports; turning address books into social networks: is it time to look at Plaxo again?; social network overload; new intranets take a page from MySpace; an olympic PR challenge for brands at Beijing 2008; Facebook’s potential for marketing; David Phillips reports; listeners’ comments discussion; the music; and more. [Message from our sponsor: Save time with the CustomScoop online clipping service: sign up for…
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