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The Absence of Presence and the Presence of Absence

The Washington Post last week had an article looking at several Facebook refuseniks (people who’ve taken a stand against joining Facebook or similar online social networks), and investigating their reasons for (and consequences of) non-participation.
This, by itself, is only slightly interesting; as with any technology — dishwashers, automobiles, air conditioning, telephones, TV, cell phones — [...]

Online Networks and the 7-Year Friend Itch

Sometimes, I’ll review the list of my friends and followers on a social networking platform and find myself staring at a name and and asking, “Who are you?”
This isn’t in an existential, “Can one ever truly know someone?” kind of way — I’m literally thinking, “Who the heck are you and I how do I [...]

Improving Upon Your Good Name in Google Search Results

Writer Julia Angwin had a useful piece in the Wall Street Journal entitled, “It’s a New Me (As Seen on Google.)” [link via Silicon Alley Insider]. She wasn’t satisfied by the top search results that showed up on a search of her name, especially since the top result had been a WSJ article that wasn’t [...]

You Need Social Networks

In this next video segment from the Solutions Stars Video series, we’ve got 10 social media luminaries in 5 minutes, telling you, the small business owner, some reasons why You Need Social Networks. Check out the video (and see the full series on available on Blip.tv):

Here are some recaps of what they said:
Guy Kawasaki, [...]

Entrepreneur Interview with Bradley Blinn of Mingle360

We have all probably been to a trade show or networking event and the one thing that is a necessary evil is having a block of business cards weighing down your pockets. What can be even worse is when you forget all your cards and have nothing to give to people and collect a ton [...]