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Tag Archives: social
Allowing Integration is Key to any Webapp’s Success
The web, as we know it today, provides a wide array of applications and social media tools, which we all use in different ways. One day, I was feeling quite overwhelmed by my own use of the web, and attempted to draw a diagram of how my various web applications were interconnected by the flow [...]
Tutorial: How to Start a Blog & Get Posts Written
Recently, I was asked by a friend about my blogging habits and how I get my posts written. I’ve been meaning to write about this anyway, so I figured now was a good time. This post will cover how I got started, how I get ideas, and how I actually write my posts. [...]
Tweetizen – A Simpler Way to Group Tweets
I’m sure a lot of you wish you could split the people you follow on Twitter into groups based on friends, family, co-workers, or subject matter. Well you can. Maybe you’ve tried TweetDeck or PeopleBrowsr – both of which can do this, among many other things. You have to download TweetDeck and (correct me if [...]
Lessons to be Learned from Facebook’s Latest Homepage Changes
Normally I don’t post such negative commentary on Locus of Control, but I decided to make an exception this time. Regarding the recent homepage updates on Facebook, I would like to point out a few things that I think we can all learn from.
Lesson 1: Don’t lie to your users.
Facebook’s preview of the upcoming changes [...]
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Get an RSS Feed of All Your Comments Across the Web
Wouldn’t it be wonderful to have a nice, consolidated feed of all the comments you’ve made on other people’s blogs? BackType gives you this for free, and it’s really easy to use. In addition to the RSS feed, you can also use BackType to:
Two Ways to Add Chat to Your Website or Blog
Adding a chat widget to your website is a quick and simple way to provide a social element for your users, without managing a complex forum or starting a corporate blog. On the other hand, perhaps you’re a blogger and you just want to give your users a way to interact with one another in [...]
Top Ten Twitter Tools To Try Today
Alliteration is fun. Anyway, what follows is a list of what I believe are the top 10 tools to use with Twitter, roughly in order of usefulness:
Tutorial: Building Your Ultimate Social Networking Console
With hundreds of social networking websites in a constant cycle of death and rebirth, it’s fairly common for one person to have multiple accounts. Here is how you can use your iGoogle page to view and update all your social networks from a single console. For the more advanced users, I’ve included some extra tips.
Mega IA: Thinking Outside the Box