Internet and social media technologies for humans
It has been unofficial lifestreaming month here on andydesoto.com, and although we’ve talked about Swurl, Sweetcron, Friendfeed, and other lifestreamers and aggregators, there’s been one microblog platform quietly chugging along that I didn’t even know existed: soup.io.
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Just a few days ago I wrote a post emphasizing how necessary different types of multimedia are for an optimal lifestreaming and social media experience. As I continued to think about this topic, I decided to actually practice what I preach for a change, went to my local Circuit City, and picked up a neon orange Flip Ultra camcorder.
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Assembling your “party”: Five kinds of friends you should make on social networks
by Andy DeSoto on August 18, 2008
Making friends on social networking sites like Digg, Facebook, Twitter, or FriendFeed is a lot like assembling an old-school RPG party: it takes certain kinds of people, carefully balanced, to make the social networking experience a pleasant one. Just like you wouldn’t walk into an ominous dungeon without healers and support characters at your side, you shouldn’t brave the world of social networks without the aid of these five kinds of friends.
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