10 posts tagged “uncategorized”
Marc and I founded Ning in October 2004 to give everyone the opportunity to create your own social networks for anything. Today Ning powers the largest number of social networks on the Internet.
Ning offers the latest social networking features, all infinitely customizable to meet your unique needs. The Ning Platform makes this possible. As a platform, you don’t have to appeal to Ning for the features you want. If you have the time and the inclination, you can build them yourself. It’s the software equivalent of Home Depot. (more…)
Sphere Related Content Widget
The Sphere Related Content Widget connects with an icon link at the end of your blog posts. When a reader clicks on the icon link, we find blog and media articles related to your blog posts. See it in action on over 1 billion article pages on popular blogs and media sites like the New York Times and GigaOm. The Sphere Related Content widget works best on topics that are being actively discussed in the blogosphere and news media.
Yesterday we passed 125,000 networks on Ning. Wahoo! While some think that this number is meaningless, this growth in social networks also reflects a sizable jump in page views, uniques visitors, and registered members of networks which continue to grow rapidly as well (and which, I would add, are significantly higher than what is suggested by comScore’s U.S. only samples referenced recently by a few folks). (more…)
Chris Brogan’s Summary
I use social media and technology to build digital relationships for businesses, organizations, and individuals. I’ve recently merged my experience in technology (enterprise IT and wireless telephony) with my passion for social media, such that I’m showing organizations how to use these tools inside the firewall, as well as to build authentic conversations between coworkers, customers, and even competitors. (more…)
FreeRice: Use Your SAT Words to Feed the Hungry
Wednesday November 21st 2007, 12:16 pm
Posted by Irina Aleksander
Filed under: Philanthropy, Microfunding, Product Reviews
freerice.jpgThis week I spent an hour of my time on a site called FreeRice.com. In that hour, I donated 730 grains of rice to hunger-stricken areas in underdeveloped countries after answering 73 multiple-choice vocabulary questions correctly. (more…)
Ma.gnolia: Apple-Friendly Social Bookmarking
Social bookmarking tools evolved from a way to better organize your favorite URLs into an entire ecosystem based on sharing and discussing the rapidly evolving content on the World Wide Web. The unusually named website Del.icio.us is widely credited with starting the trend, earning it a spot in Yahoo!’s portfolio of web services. (more…)
Follow Jesus rather than worship Christ
Joe,
I finished your book Deer Hunting with Jesus last night. (more…)
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An Olympic Athlete Dr. Miletic’s knowledge of the elite athlete’s world is founded in his personal history. As a high school athlete excelling in ice hockey and football, Mike discovered an even greater passion for weightlifting. He earned a spot on the Canadian Olympic weightlifting team,… (more…) |
Apparently many athletic directors and principals were afraid the book would affect their hopes of turning high school sports into a pay-off; they disinvited me after their librarians and English teachers booked me for school appearances. I wrote about this for ESPN.COM and you can read it in the Jock Culture section. (more…)
About
Greetings all, Michael Bailey here, aka MobaMan.
This morning, Friday, April 27th, 2007, I was reading a blog post written by Christopher Penn and his call to action struck a chord with me. (more…)