I’m late to the Instagram party (I define late as discovering my first name has already been claimed as a username; if you’re curious I’m grabbed Tylda instead) and I’m hooked. Its simplicity makes discovering images a joy and its community is overwhelmingly positive, lacking the anonymous trolls that usually…
A recent study examined social networks inferred by how frequently people at a university and Enron employees e-mailed each other. This article asks whether social networks can be automatically generated based on data analysis of people’s communication habits. Google tried something along those lines with Buzz, though it failed to…
I’ve been trying out Meet Gatsby for a few weeks. Its simple sign-up process asks you to type in a few interests. The service tracks your Foursquare check-ins and sends you a text message if someone with a matching interest recently checked in near you. If you reply to the…
Graham Lawlor has been has been leading the entrepreneurial meet-up Ultra Light Startups for two years. Today, he is launching one of his own. Lawlor describes BriteMap, a social directory of companies, as a LinkedIn for businesses, pairing up service providers with the companies that need them. He spoke with me about his project.