Filed under: Enterprise 2.0, Social Bookmarking

No matter how kludgy the interface may be, ConnectBeam has basically created a useful, though boring, private label, Enterprise 2.0, version of del.icio.us, the social bookmarking Gold Standard. If you watch the boring demo, you will see it can be useful for the sort of team that can actually be convinced to adopt new tools, especially a Social Bookmarking tool. My team hates doing that.

1 Comment » Posted on August 3rd, 2007 by Abraham Harrison

Filed under: Online Communities, Online Virtual Communities, Social Meda, Social Network Services, Social Networking, Social Networks

Social Networks are being rolled out in support of Time’s weekly magazine sites, according to Time, Inc., according to Media Week:

“Time Inc. will roll out online social networking to some of its weekly magazine sites by the end of this year or early ’08, following Sports Illustrated’s success in that area, said John Squires, executive vp, Time Inc.”

Considering the language, it sounds to me more like they’re adding message boards and other virtual online community hooks, now lumped into the concept of a Social Network in much the same way that “blog” once encompasses Groups, Forums, Message Boards, and Online Communities. We’ll see, over time, what these Time, Inc., Social Networks look like. I am curious.

1 Comment » Posted on August 3rd, 2007 by Abraham Harrison

Filed under: Social News

Via email and on the Hugg site,

“And surprise! We’ve changed Hugg. In response to some pressing technical issues, the Hugg 2.0 roll-out is happening a bit sooner than we’d initially scheduled it, so let us know if you’re seeing any teething trouble. Over the next few hours, the existing user accounts will be imported into the system, and if you already have a Hugg account, you should be receiving email about the change. If you no longer have the email address you used to register, let us know.”

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3 Comments » Posted on August 3rd, 2007 by Abraham Harrison


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