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In The SXSW Location War, Loopt Hopes The Correct Weapon Is Events
With SXSW starting Friday in Austin, Texas, every location-based service out there is right now finalizing updates that they hope will be the one that gets them
Google Apps Marketplace: Instantly Connect Your App To 25 Million Users, Profit.
Business to business software can be a tough sell. Online B2B is can be even a harder sell. While there is certainly money to be made, unless
Web-Based Productivity Suite Zoho Finds A Place In The Google Apps Marketplace
Zoho, a web-based productivity suite that was called a fake Office by a Microsoft VP, is announcing a significant partnership with Google today. The startup will be a launch partner for Googles recently
Socialwok Takes A Stroll In The Google Apps Marketplace
Tonight, Google launched its Google Apps Marketplace, an online storefront for Apps products and services. Here are our notes from the announcement. And of course, the marketplace is launching with a number of pilot
MetaLab Accuses Mozilla Of Plagiarizing Its Design
Andrew Wilkinson of MetaLab has just written a blog post accusing Mozilla of plagiarizing the design of its FlightDeck editor. To make matters worse, Wilkinson says that MetaLab actually bid on creating
Live: Google Apps Marketplace Launches At Google Campfire One
Tonight, Google is hosting one of their Campfire One events at their headquarters in Mountain View, CA. Theyre using the event to
Amazon Wields $25 Gift Certificates To Pacify Frustrated Comic Book Fans
Over the last few days, a strange situation has been brewing between Amazon and a sizable number of comic book fans. On March 7, Bleeding Cool broke the news of an apparent
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MySpace Co-Presidents Reveal Company’s Plan for the Future
We had a chance to step into MySpace HQ for a chat with new Co-Presidents Jason Hirschhorn and Mike Jones, who preside over the News Corp.-owned social network from a shared desk in Beverly Hills. The joint office speaks to
Phonebooth Free: An Alternative to Google Voice for Small Businesses
In November, Phonebooth.com released the beta version of Phonebooth OnDemand, which is a full-featured phone service that lives in the cloud, but can communicate with both cellular phones and IP desk and conference phones. Today, that service — which costs
Appboy Gets a New Design, iPhone App and Best Buy Partnership
Back in October we wrote about Appboy, a social network for mobile app developers and users. Since launching, Appboy has continued to evolve into a community for both developers and users to find and rate apps, as well as submit
Google Launches the Google Apps Marketplace
Today at the Google’s Campfire One event at the company’s headquarters in Mountain View, California, the Internet search giant is launching its new app store for business, known as the Google Apps Marketplace.Last week, we broke the story of today’s
Twitter Takes on Phishing with New Security Features
Spam and phishing have been ongoing problems at Twitter for some time, and tonight the company announced that it is stepping up its efforts to stop them with some new features, described as being able to “detect, intercept, and prevent
Watch Out, Topeka: Greenville, SC, Also Wants to be Googletown, USA
Google’s call for medium-sized cities to pilot its high-speed broadband network has attracted the marketing wit of another locale: Greenville, South Carolina.Citizens of Greenville have launched the “We Are Feeling Lucky” campaign –- an obvious play on Google’s “I’m Feeling
HOW TO: Prepare for Disasters Using Social Media
Mollie Vandor is the Product Manager for Ranker.com and Media Director for Girls in Tech LA. You can find her on Twitter and on her blog, where she writes about the web, the world and what it’s like to be
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Delicious Chrome Extension Early Beta Now Available
Bookmarking service Delicious has just rolled out a Google Chrome browser extension.Like other Chrome extensions we love to play with, this one is lightweight, fast and useful. Theres no bulky sidebar here. Bookmarks can be created and saved
Open Thread: Should Social Media Experts Be Required to Know Their Tech?
Social media gurus: We all know one. If youre lucky, you know only one.They are the attendees of tech parties, the Twitter consultants, the armchair generals of the Internet, and their numbers
Phonebooth Launches Free Google Voice Alternative for Startups and Small Businesses
Phonebooth.com, a VOIP service for individuals and small businesses, just launched a free version of its service. Phonebooth, just like Google Voice and Ribbit Mobile, provides its users with a free local phone number
SXSW 2010 for Web Celeb Stalkers
A ReadWriteWeb GuideOMG! Kevin Rose just touched my shirt!Dont lie - we know you get butterflies at the thought of bumping into iJustine or Robert Scoble at a tech conference. Weve
Google Launches Apps Marketplace for the Enterprise
Google launched an application marketplace today comprised of services from third-party providers that integrate with the Google Apps ecosystem.The news has been anticipated for some time. In particular, it shows how much Google is embracing
Twitter to Save Us From Ourselves & Phishing; More Is Needed to Make Innovation Safe & Viable
It never ceases to amaze me how many high-tech industry elites get ensnared in every Twitter phishing attack. (See our November story 7 High-Tech Twitter Users Who Fell for Phishing Scams) This evening Twitter announced that a new
There is No Perfect VP of Sales and Marketing
Sales and marketing are not the same thing. Its true they both deal with relationship management and its true that neither of these job descriptions require hardcore engineering, but just because theyre both in the
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Google Maps Adds Biking Directions
Did you know that Google Maps most-requested feature addition is biking directions, in large part due to a vocal 50,000-signature-strong group of Bike There petitioners? The petitioners wish is being granted tonight, with bike directions for 150 U.S. cities and
Google Apps Makes Itself a Platform for Outside Apps
Google Apps is moving closer to being an integrated corporate dashboard with the announcement tonight of Google Apps Marketplace at a developer event at its headquarters. The company will give vendors multiple hooks into its own products and take a
Video: Google & its Grand Ambitions
It goes without saying Google has gigantic ambitions. We hear a lot about its various products but it is hard to contextualize those efforts. A new video from Australian weekly news show Hungry Beast, is a graphical representation of Google’s
A Belated New Year’s Resolution: No Walled Gardens!
The Comedy Central-Hulu announcement last week made me recall my New Year’s resolution, one that I wanted to share publicly, and encourage you to embrace as well. It is simple in its concept, but epic in scope: Give up Walled
Is Cheap Wireless Broadband for Real This Time?
The FCC said today that the National Broadband Plan may ask for spectrum to build a free or low-cost wireless broadband network for poor people. But can the FCC find billions to build out a network or handle the inevitable
3 Leading Venture Capitalists to Judge Green:Net 2010 Launchpad
Green:Net 2010 is the GigaOM Network’s conference where green and IT meet. And weve scored a trio of leading venture capitalists to judge the popular Launchpad competition, which features 10 hot startups with applications for leveraging IT against climate change.
Facebook Plans to Stake Its Location Claim Next Month
Facebook plans to add friend location information as soon as next month, reports The New York Times Bits blog today. The planned product would offer users the ability to share information with friends as well as APIs to bring in
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REWORK is now in stores
        Alright, the big day is finally here! REWORK is now available in stores. You can order the
QUOTE: The competitor to be feared is one who never
The competitor to be feared is one who never bothers about you at all, but goes on making his own business better all the time.—Henry Ford
VIDEO: Our new office, pre-construction. Lease signed
Our new office, pre-construction. Lease signed today. Move in scheduled sometime in July. Full story, floor plans, and vision shortly.
Slack, YAGNI, and low ceremony
Three terms that came up repeatedly during our San Diego retreat:Slack All the stuff that doesn’t fit neatly into bigger, concept-driven iterations. We save one of our programmer/designer teams for slack work — small scope things that build up, a
Product Blog update: Basecamp email improvements, Highrise case studies, etc.
Some recent posts at the 37signals Product Blog:Basecamp New in Basecamp: Stylized email notificationsWe created new email designs for milestones (and 48-hour milestone reminders), file uploads, messages, to-dos, and comments.New in Basecamp: Post a
PHOTO: I ran some statistics on the last few years
I ran some statistics on the last few years of Basecamp activity and uncovered this strange, recurring anomaly.
The long take
A long take is a single, unbroken camera shot that lasts much longer than a typical shot. While the idea’s been around for a long time, it feels like it has extra impact in today’s world of hyper-editing and constant
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The state of open government in Canada
Open government isnt about just one government. Thats why I got in touch with David Eaves, a public policy entrepreneur and a speaker at this weeks Gov 2.0 International online conference. In the following Q&A, Eaves weighs in on the
The state of open government in Canada
Open government isnt about just one government. Thats why I got in touch with David Eaves, a public policy entrepreneur and a speaker at this weeks Gov 2.0 International online conference. In the following Q&A, Eaves weighs in on the
Truly Open Data
Im kicking myself. I have spent a non-trivial number of hours talking to government departments and scientists about open data, talking up an open source approach to data, pushing hard to get them to release datasets in machine readable formats
Four short links: 9 March 2010
Cooperative Behaviour Spreads Through a Group, But So Does Cheating (Not Exactly Rocket Science) -- Fowler and Christakis suggest that people tend to mimic the actions of those they played with. They could be directly imitating the actions of other
Four short links: 9 March 2010
Cooperative Behaviour Spreads Through a Group, But So Does Cheating (Not Exactly Rocket Science) -- Fowler and Christakis suggest that people tend to mimic the actions of those they played with. They could be directly imitating the actions of other
Truly Open Data
Im kicking myself. I have spent a non-trivial number of hours talking to government departments and scientists about open data, talking up an open source approach to data, pushing hard to get them to release datasets in machine readable formats
Three lessons from the Chipotle iPhone app
Instant access to burritos bigger than your head is the clear selling point of Chipotles iPhone app (iTunes link). But if we put culinary convenience
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Ads Drop Dot-Com URLs in Favor of "Facebook Us"
The following is also my March Forbes.com column.Today it seems that many marketers are literally tripping over themselves to invade social networks in force. There's almost a land grab underway as businesses rush to set up hubs on the "big
Bringing the Stream to Facebook
I am making a slight shift in my content strategy. My Posterous-powered site will continue to feature insights, observations and essays about emerging technologies. It will include any content - text, photos, videos - where some degree of depth is
BNO Breaking News Service is Now on Facebook
BNO Breaking News, a service that first made its name on Twitter and was later acquired by MSNBC, is now on Facebook. It just started to syndicate updates into my news feed about Former Vice President Dick Cheney's heart episode. It's great to
AP is Visionary - They See a "Siteless Web" Coming
TechCrunch reports that the Associated Press is using their Twitter account to push their followers to their Facebook page. On that hub they syndicate many stories and dispatches as full text. Unlike Danny Sullivan (here and here), I think
Three Ways to Manage Your Attention with Facebook
It took me awhile but I have become a big evangelist for Facebook. It's now my primary source of information. I suspect, from looking at the data, that this is true for millions - although I bet most don't even
Facebook Now Drives More Traffic to Web Sites Than Google Does
We're at the beginning of a major shift in how we find, consume and interact with information. If the 2000s was the Google decade, then the 2010s will be the Facebook decade. Already, you can see the
Google Buzz is About Protecting GMail Ad Dollars, Not Social Networking
One of my chief nits with Google Buzz is that there's no "there." Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, etc all have destination sites or apps that allow the user to mentally switch contexts from one-to-one/one-to-few communication to one-to-many. Mike Elgan touches on this here. 
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Chat With Skimlinks CEO Alicia Navarro on Skimkit Launch
Last week London-based Skimlinks launched the SkimKit, a tool that helps publishers find products that have affiliate opportunities attached. Martin Bryant from Next Web has a good overview from the launch of the SkimKit service.This morning I met with Skimlinks
Gary’s Guide Adds More NYC Service Directories
Last weekend we showed you how you can use Gary’s Guide to navigate SXSW. This week Gary has added more service directories to his event planning guide. The directories include coworking, event venues, free event venues, and a classifieds section
Pre-SXSW Job Listing
Below are some of the latest jobs posted on the CenterNetworks Job Board. Subscribe to the CN Jobs feed and get all of the latest Web industry jobs delivered directly to you.Featured Jobs:e-Commerce & Online Marketing Guru at Quirky Inc.Senior
Amtrak Adds Wi-Fi On Acela Trains
In the old days, there were two main ways to get anywhere from Boston to Washington using public transit. Those two ways were Amtrak trains and Grayhound buses. Over the past few years, new bus services that travel along the
Gary Helps You Find SXSW & Austin Events
We are just a few days away from the annual event known as SXSW. I’ve provided a primer for the 2010 SXSW which should help you get around and make the most out of the event.So how do you keep
reMail Goes Open Source
Two weeks ago Google acquired the email search for the iPhone service reMail. Corsin provided a good history of the reMail service. Today founder Gabor Cselle has announced that the reMail service is now open source. Many users were upset when
Information Capturing Service Memonic Launches Subscription Based Option
Memonic is online information capturing and organizational service. It allows you to capture pieces of information like maps, routes, photos or text. The capturing process can be completed in a variety of ways including: a smart bookmarklet, an iPhone application,
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Google Maps to add bike maps, directions
Cyclists will be able to use Google Maps to plot directions around 150 U.S. cities when bike directions go live on Google later on Tuesday. Originally posted at Relevant Results
Google announces business app store for Google Apps
Software developers can cater to Google Apps customers through a new application store announced at Googles Campfire One event in Mountain View. Originally posted at Relevant Results
Foursquare unveils its SXSWi arsenal
In heated war with rival Gowalla for the geek seal of approval at the annual digital culture festival, Foursquare unveils new badges, new partners, and new promotions. Originally posted at The Social
In Chatroulette, the Web is closer to the real world
Chatroulette is receiving a lot of criticism, but perhaps the media are identifying it as something its not.
How to save and share ridiculously large files
Want to transfer a really big file in your browser, but keep running into size limits? We break down a list of free and paid services that can lend a hand. Originally posted at Web Crawler
8-Bit NYC is the coolest map--ever
Map of New York City depicted in 8-bit gaming glory is a viable mapping tool too. Originally posted at The Digital Home
Gowalla debuts Travel Channel deal, Android app
The location-based mobile networking app has launched its first non-iPhone app, and is making it clear that its gunning for the same media partnerships that rival Foursquare is going for. Originally posted at The Social
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Onotate
Manage, present, review and annotate web design mockups. URL: Onotate
Naked Apartments
A New York-centric apartment matchmaking site between renters, brokers, and landlords. Renters can create a profile, get a free credit check, and write and read reviews of brokers. Brokers have the ability to view renters’ credit scores and income, and
Ibis Reader
An ereader application that you don’t have to install or download. Read public domain ePub books on your computer, laptop, smartphone or tablet. Upload your own collection of ePub books, or discover new ones. Bookmark your reading spot, change the
What Do You Suggest
A site that provides a visual exploration of Google’s suggestion feature. Type in a word or phrase, and then follow it to the answer. URL: What do you suggest?
CityTag
A social mapping platform for Australia, presently. Lets help fix that. Here’s how they describe themselves CityTag is designed to help you find the best info about town, local to where you are – on the spot! via URL: CityTag
Fav4
A start page maker where you set four of your favorite websites as the homepage. Users simply pick four favorites and set it as the start page in their browsers. URL: Fav4
OpenFaces
An open-source library of AJAX-powered JavaServer Faces (JSF) components, an Ajax framework and a client-side validation framework. URL: OpenFaces
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GoTribal
GoTribalGo Tribal is a social tool to help you see who’s down to go out every night of the week.Go Tribal aims to be a better way to plan hangouts
clooch
cloochthe fastest way to choose restaurants and dishes.Clooch.com – Pick The Right Restaurant
Globacy
GlobacyGlobacy is a search engine for freelance jobs.
BackType Labs
BackType Labs(in Labs)BackType Labs is another place for us to show you some of the stuff we’re working on.BackType Labs
Lunchwalla
LunchwallaLunchwalla is a website and social platform for the everyday planning of events, such as breakfast, lunch, dinner and drinks. BlogLunchwalla: Getting Together for Lunch Just Got Easier
runtastic
runtastic (german)makes sports funtastic(tracks and analyzes activities and workouts)
Fiverr
FiverrThe place for people to share things they’re willing to do for $5What Would You Do For $5?
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Google Says Goodbye to API Keys with New Geocoding API
Google has released a new geocoding web service that is sure to bring a smile to map mashup developers working with the Google Maps API. Announced earlier this week on the Google Geo Developers
Celebrate Your Developers: a Lesson From Mobypicture
If youre looking to run a successful developer program, you should probably pay attention to Mathys van Abbe. Hes the founder of Mobypicture (our Mobypicture API profile), which has just celebrated its 500th developer.
US Army Launches “Apps for Army” Contest, Offers $30,000 in Prizes
The US Army has joined the ranks of government agencies courting developers by announcing a new competition called Apps for the Army (A4A). The competition aims to promote some fresh ideas and practical web and mobile applications for use within
Local-ish API Shows Where You’ve Been
For several years millions have shared the places theyve been using the Where Ive Been website and Facebook application. The site also has an API (our Where Ive Been API profile), which
Is Your Flight Going to be Late? Get a Prediction From the New FlightCaster API
Have you had to pick someone up from the airport only to end-up doing several laps of the airport because the flight was late? This sort of setback due to arrival delays is one of
5 New APIs: Google, Guardian, Ericsson, and CorpWatch
Once again this week we had a variety of new APIs added to our API directory. Some notable new entries include an API for a corporation accountability research service, mobile identification API, a mobile network
28 APIs Used in 7 Days: Bing, eBay, Facebook, Fedex, Google, Salesforce, Yahoo and YouTube
This past weeks new mashups in our mashup directory combined 28 different APIs. Some of the newer or less frequently seen APIs include Google OpenID, Heyzap, Menu Mania, Microsoft adCenter, RescueTime, RPX, Windows Live ID
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Study: Young More Likely to Pay for Web Content
One of the most surprising results of a new, more wide-ranging survey by the marketing and media information firm Nielsen was that some people are actually prepared to pay — and theyre probably not from the demographic youd expect.
Massive cyber attack simulated in U.S
Security experts launch a cyber attack war game to test the nations cyber security defenses.
Facebook gripes protected by free speech, ruling says
Miami, Florida (CNN) -- A former Florida high school student who was suspended by her principal after she set up a Facebook page to criticize her teacher is protected constitutionally under the First Amendment, a federal magistrate ruled.
China Alarmed by Threat to Security From Cyberattacks
BEIJING — Deep inside a Chinese military engineering institute in September 2008, a researcher took a break from his duties and decided — against official policy — to check his private e-mail messages. Among the new arrivals was an electronic
Wi-Fi Turns Rowdy Bus Into Rolling Study Hall
The students call it the Internet Bus, and what began as a high-tech experiment has had an old-fashioned — and unexpected — result. Wi-Fi access has transformed what was often a boisterous bus ride into a rolling study hall, and
Email as Identity: Google Turns on WebFinger
If youve been on the Internet for long enough, you may remember the old UNIX finger command. With finger, you could just type in a command like finger email@readwriteweb.com and the email server would return more information about this person.
Google analyst: U.S. Internet needs to get faster
Mountain View, California (CNN) -- Google long has been an advocate of a single Web, one thats free of government censorship and barriers to information access.Thats not the reality in todays world however.
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Episode 70 - Flowtown / Ethan Bloch
Adam speaks with Ethan Bloch, Co-Founder & CEO of Flowtown to talk about the wonders of serendipity, following your gut and the ins and outs of product development following Eric Reiss Lean Startup model.
Episode 69 - InfoChimps / Founding Team
I sat down the Founders of InfoChimps.org. Infochimps mission is to increase the worlds access to structured data. We talked about handling large data-sets, Mentorship and the importance of Pitching your business.
Episode 68 - Carsonified / Ryan Carson
I spoke with Ryan Carson, a Co-founder of Carsonified, to talk about building a creative agency, separation of personal and business brands, hiring and retaining great designers, running a World Class conference circuit and more.
Episode 67 - HootSuite / Ryan Holmes
I spoke with Ryan Holmes, the Founder and CEO of HootSuite to talk about their Social Media Dashboard HootSuite, rebranding from Bright Kit, pursuing VC funding and when it makes sense to take it.
Episode 66 - Freshbooks / Mike McDerment
I spoke with Mike McDerment, Co-founder and CEO of Freshbooks. Mike shares lots of great advice on building a business, the importance of choosing the RIGHT business partner and more in this jam packed episode.
Episode 43 - Kathy Sierra: Creating Passionate Users
At FOWA 2008, we caught up with Kathy Sierra to talk about creating passionate users, building web apps, the brain and so much more.
Episode 65 - Venmo: SMS-based Payment Platform
I caught up with the Founders of Venmo, Andrew Kortina and Iqram Magdon-Ismail. They have no titles, they wear all available hats in their ultra lean 2 person startup based in Philadelphia, PA.
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The Evolving Web In 2009: Web Squared Emerges To Refine Web 2.0
It's been five years now that we've begun to understand what Web 2.0 is, starting way back in 2003.  It's been a fairly impressive if winding road as a new online generation was born.  But far from getting long in
Links for 2010-02-09
Fixing IT in the cloud computing era | Enterprise Web 2.0 | ZDNet.comFixing IT in the cloud computing era | Enterprise Web 2.0 http://bit.ly/8hVLdk I add points to @timbray, @philww, and @mkrigsman Mike Krigsman and Dion Hinchcliffe At DreamForce On
Links for 2010-02-03
Middle Management: The Importance of Being Michael Scott - Andrew McAfee - Harvard Business ReviewWill Enterprise 2.0 displace middle management, asks @amcafee? http://bit.ly/7zcqat
Exploring Why Social Business Will Drive 21st Century Enterprises
Below is an new core visual -- which is itself a work-in-progress -- for thinking about social business models.  It's part an ongoing strategic line of thinking that I've been developing lately to do some direction finding on strategic uses
Links for 2010-01-28
Is Social Media Worth Your Time? - The Conversation - Harvard Business ReviewIs Social Media Worth Your Time? | Harvard Business: http://bit.ly/7fB9tD Useful discussion of motivations.
Links for 2010-01-20
http://bit.ly/5tj2hnSix Must-Read New Topics in Enterprise Social Computing: http://bit.ly/5tj2hn http://bit.ly/5w0e6gDeep new exploration and sum up of SOA governance by Software AG's @mikojava: http://bit.ly/5w0e6g
The K-factor Lesson: How Social Ecosystems Grow (Or Not)
Recently for some work that I'm doing I had to revisit the techniques for creating successful online social environments.  This is a surprisingly deep and nuanced topic that we as Web application architects or enterprise social computing practitioners are just
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Are You Fun to Follow on Twitter?
Over at Harvard Business Review, Tammy Erickson observes most tweets are not very interesting: Frankly, most people’s tweets are neither interesting nor fun to read — certainly not on a daily or hourly basis. Many, not at all. I say
Five User Experience Trends
Since my blog has been broken a lot recently I missed this excellent overview of Five User Experience trends by Gene Smith. I can’t help but agree with all of them: Services as Software – Gene is one of the
Google: Forms & Landing Pages are Key
A fascinating post by Googler Gavin Doolan:If you are considering making changes to your website design, take a moment to consider the potential revenue impact of your redesign. The graph below shows a theoretical overview of the ROI impact of
Dreamers of Day
I recently posted this quote on the 52weeksofUX site, but I like it so much I’m going to post it here as well: “All men dream; but not equally.Those who dream by night in the dustyrecesses of their mindsAwake to
Is Twitter Successful?
The big question everyone has with Twitter is, and the very first one that John Battelle asked Twitter CEO Ev Williams when he interviewed him yesterday, is Whats the revenue model?
Communicating Value through Cause & Effect on Fanfeedr
How Fanfeedrs intro page does well to communicate the value of the service.
Feature Development in Action: Broadcast Stream Messages in Socialcast
One of the guiding principles of interaction design is to support existing behavior. This means to figure out what is already happening, what activities, tasks, and interactions people are already doing, and build support for them into software.
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