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Plurk 1.1.1 (Mobile)

Plurk is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that allows you to send and receive updates plurks. This application allows you to plurk directly from your iPhone or iPod touch. You can view your timeline, read and respond to plurks on your timeline, compose plurks be it public or...

Tags: Timeline, Mobile, Ryan Lim, Plurk, Social Networking, Smart Phones, Digital Music, Digital Media, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-06-29

Plurk dissolves into social networking ghost town

Plurk dissolves into social networking ghost townPlurk's KarmaI just couldn't get to the plus side of the whole Karma thing. It's enough for me to post messages and read responses to Friends... but trying to get new friends to join and making sure I post enough to "purchase" new cute...

Tags: network, Plurk, social networking ghost town, ghost town, social networking

Discussion threads 2008-10-30

Plurk dissolves into social networking ghost town

I was momentarily hot on Plurk even amid a sea of seemingly valid criticism but it fell of of my -- and everyone else's -- radar. by Jennifer Leggio

Tags: Network, Plurk, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Jennifer Leggio, Twitter, Service

Blog posts 2008-10-30

Eating a little crow about Plurk

Eating a little crow about PlurkPlurk functionality beats all the other SMsI'm glad to see you are now commenting after trying it. Plurk is a Twitter-killer. However Twitter benefits from the inertia of most users. Social media are very time consuming, so if you have one that...

Tags: Plurk

Discussion threads 2008-07-13

Eating a little crow about Plurk

After backlash from Plurk fans who didn't like my initial review, I spent more time in the community. Now I've eaten a bit of crow and have also signed up to guest panel a Plurkshop on microblogging and security this Monday night. by Jennifer Leggio

Tags: Conversation, Plurk, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Security, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Jennifer Leggio

Blog posts 2008-07-13

When microblogging keeps you cozy (aka "My holiday with Plurk and Kwippy")

When microblogging keeps you cozy (aka "My holiday with Plurk and Kwippy")Thank you!I'd love an invite to [deleted for privacy]I was addicted to Twitter, but their recent stability issues are really a turn off.RE: When microblogging keeps you cozy (akaI would really appreciate an invite to lciesco [at] gmailThanks a...

Tags: Kwippy, Plurk

Discussion threads 2008-07-05

When microblogging keeps you cozy (aka "My holiday with Plurk and Kwippy")

A quick holiday evaluation of microblogging services Plurk, Kwippy and even Identi.ca. Invites for the Kwippy closed beta are available via TalkBack. by Jennifer Leggio

Tags: Conversation, Twitter, Plurk, Kwippy, Microblogging, E-mail, Blogging, Open Source, Online Communications, Internet, Jennifer Leggio

Blog posts 2008-07-05

Quirky Plurk: another microblogging time sink

The other evening I started to receive unsolicited aka spam requests to hook up with people on Plurk. Spam might be too strong a word since the requests were coming from people with whom I'm already connected through other services. I've had my...

Tags: Web Browser, Twitter, Plurk, Web Browsers, Cyberthreats, Spam, Internet, Security, Spam And Phishing, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-06-04

Additional Resources

Why doesn't kid #1 tweet anymore?

That's what I call my oldest son on Twitter. Referring to him by name seems a bit unwise and it helps my couple thousand followers distinguish between kids when I tweet about their antics. With four kids and another on the way (don't worry, I live green in...

Tags: Facebook, Twitter, Teacher, E-mail, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-07-23

Quick'n'Dirty podcast comes alive today

It's that time. The Quick'n'Dirty Social Media podcast with Aaron Strout launches today. Listen in at 3 p.m. PT / 6 p.m. ET at BlogTalkRadio! We're pretty excited about it -- and we're also really excited about our new logo, designed by Kenneth Lim. Thanks Kenneth! While...

Tags: Podcasts, Internet, Jennifer Leggio

Blog posts 2009-06-04

New podcast shows simpler yet edgier side of social media

There are a lot of podcasts about social media. There are great ones, and there are not-so-great ones. On June 4, a new great one will debut if I do say so myself. The Quick'n'Dirty podcast because social media does not have to be complicated will debut...

Tags: Social Media, Podcasts, Internet, Jennifer Leggio

Blog posts 2009-05-20

A Twitter primer for administrators

How often have you heard, "So what the heck is this Twitter thing, anyway?" or "Why the heck would anyone want to use Twitter?" To be honest, they're not bad questions. Those of us who are Twitter geeks have to remember that the rest of the world may not...

Tags: Administrator, Twitter, Productivity, Channel Management, Marketing, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-04-06

Samfind Bookmarks Bar 1.1.1 (Mac)

The samfind Bookmark Bar picks up where Firefox's Bookmarks Toolbar leaves off: - Choose your favorite websites to add to your Bar to get to them quickly, - Easily fit hundreds of websites on the Bar by organizing them into topics, - Integrate your current FF Bookmarks Toolbar websites into...

Tags: Google Inc., Apple Macintosh, Digg, Reddit, Yahoo! Inc., Web Site, Samfind, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-04-03

Samfind Bookmarks Bar for Firefox 3 1.1.1 (Windows)

The Samfind Bookmark Bar picks up where Firefox's Bookmarks Toolbar leaves off: Choose your favorite Web sites to add to your Bar to get to them quickly; Easily fit hundreds of websites on the Bar by organizing them into topics; Integrate your current FF Bookmarks Toolbar websites into your Bar...

Tags: Mozilla Firefox 3.0, Digg, Mozilla Firefox, Reddit, Microsoft Windows, Web Site, Twitter, Samfind, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Internet

Software downloads 2009-04-03

Mitigating the collision course of social networks

* Jennifer Leggio is on vacation Guest editorial by Michael Gaines Do you remember Venn diagrams from high school math? Those are the overlapping circles which represent where two groups intersect. Social media circles have started to intersect as well, and keeping them apart...

Tags: Nickname, Network, Picture, Social Networking, Internet, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Jennifer Leggio

Blog posts 2008-12-26

Twitter: is there any point?

Twitter: is there any point?i second youI totally agree with you on this. It is really up to you, how you use the masala twitter dumps. It is like garbage in and garbage out. There is plethora of information in this garbage. Its you job to filter this information. I...

Tags: E-mail, RSS, Twitter, Facebook

Discussion threads 2008-11-25

News to know: Internet worm's 20th birthday; Windows 7; Apple patents; Ubuntu

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Mary Jo Foley: Windows 7 to scale to 256 processors Add Windows Mobile 6.5 to the Microsoft roadmap John Carroll: Windows 7 - user interface...

Tags: Ubuntu, Google Inc., Patent, Internet, Microsoft Windows 7, Internet Worm, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Blade Servers, Utility Computing, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-31

Why The Big Fuss Over Microblogs?

I microblog.Why? The truth is, I learn by doing and by speaking with others who do. So I dabble with Twitter, Plurk, Pownce, Spoink, Rakawa, Tumblr, Utterli, Yammer, FriendFeed, 12seconds, and probably a few others that I signed up for and forgot to use. I have found a nice collection...

Tags: Mobile, Fuss, Tool, Productivity, Web 2.0, Advertising & Promotion, Internet, Marketing, Gil Yehuda

Blog posts 2008-10-06

A Myriad of Microblogging Options...

The Microblogging world just got more complicated with Yammer winning the Pop Idol/American Idol style knock out ‘TechCrunch 50” competition, in which “52 of the best startups launched their products in front of the industry's most influential venture capitalists, corporations, fellow entrepreneurs, and press”, along with a substantial...

Tags: Twitter, Yammer, ESME, Blogging, E-mail, Corporate Communications, Instant Messaging, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Groupware, Web Services, Internet, Online Communications, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2008-09-10

'ESME': Social messaging within an enterprise SOA environment

There are interesting community driven enterprise developments around SAP's 'Netweaver' SOA ('service-oriented application') and integration platform, with a sophisticated Twitter - style tool created by a diverse group of international users taking shape. Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that allows users to...

Tags: Environment, SOA, Messaging, Twitter, ESME, Company Usage, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Team Management, Productivity, Groupware, Middleware, Collaboration, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2008-08-04