Social networking with Chatter

Chatter is a combination of Twitter and Facebook like collaboration tool for business created by Salesforce. People who wish to join your Chatter must use your business email. So its a way of using the best of Twitter and Facebook but in a more closed environment where you can collaborate with other team members of your company or business. I have added a video overview of Chatter created by Salesforce. At the moment the service is free.

http://www.chatter.com

Fridge

Are you interested in using social media but are worried about privacy issues reported on sites like Facebook? Maybe you want to use social networking in your elearning program. I recently came upon a site to create your own private network called Fridge. I have not yet played with it myself but I include a link to their site and a little Youtube promotional video. If you use Fridge let me know you thoughts about it.

http://frid.ge/

Rockmelt

Do you think there is room for another web browser ? Well the people at Rockmelt do they have just released by invitation a new browser built on Chrome that is designed especially for those of you who use social media sites like Facebook. I have applied for a look at the beta version and as soon as i get the invitation and play with it I will write a review. I have added the little promotional video from Rockmelt to wet your appetite. If you want to apply for an invitation just pop over to www.rockmelt.com

Update on Thursday, November 11, 2010 at 6:38PM by Daryl Hunt

I forgot in my earlier post to say if you want to use Rockmelt you need to have a Facebook account.

Update on Wednesday, November 17, 2010 at 12:41PM by Daryl Hunt

I have just received an invitation to try Rockmelt and have just installed it. As soon as I have taken it for a test drive I will write a post about it.

Social Media is here and now?

I found this interesting video on Youtube about Social Media. It throws out a lot of statistics about the growth of Social Media. What do you think about it? Tell me your thoughts.

New Twitter

If you are a Twitter user you may find some big changes rolling out to your Twitter.com account over the next few weeks. I have included a link to a Fast Company post which included some screen shots and video of the new interface.

New Twitter from Fast Company

The Real Life Social Network

With rumours of Google creating it's own social networking platform "Google Me". Here is a slide show from Paul Adams a senior user experience researcher at Google. I first read about this on Smarterware. I have embedded the slide show. It is very interesting particularly if you have a Facebook account. One of the big problems with Facebook is having all your friends in one bucket and not being able to group them. With the demise of Google Wave we may see some elements end up in Google Me. I am looking forward to seeing what google has to offer.

The Real Life Social Network v2

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