Hi Folks, I am actively looking for positions both in the US and Internationally. I have been working for close to the past 8 years in Operations Management...
Although I am a big fan of social software in general, I've come to the conclusion that the existing social networking sites/tools (at least the ones I...
Cynthia, You're not a Luddite as much as you are a realist. I'm going to digress because your comments got me to thinking more about networking in general and...
MessageLuddite ?!? No way ! Especially as regards SN. But I do think my experience parallels yours. I have actively tried to 'work' Spoke, LinkedIn, and...
Cynthia, ... I remember when I first started proselytizing about the Web in around 1995. By then forms were happening and I could see that it was a good way...
I think Ryze is one of the more effective because it has a pretty good member profile. For some activities, a reference is in fact a way of learning about a...
Oops...I could slap myself on the wrist for the it's instead of its, but I'm not spending millions of $$$ in venture funding writing this stuff... From:...
I too think there are valid concerns with the social networking craze. Here are but a few more: 1. Companies are giving away free memberships *for now* to...
If we can stand one more message on the topic, I think that technology has been a major boon for networking, but not in the 'LinkedIn', 'RealContacts' way (and...
I completely agree (not that you are a Luddite, but that it¹s too much trouble). I think that when there is some pre-established affinity associated with the...
There have been some great comments in both egroups where I posted my original comment about how the existing social networks are just creating work for me...
Cynthia, ... WHy not? $50B+ in telecomms and dot coms was. -Don -- Don Steiny - Central Coast Angel Network - www.ccangels.net Institute for Social Network...
I signed up for this hope to meet some of you there. Cynthia (this signature is in HTML format) uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu C y n t h i a T...
I agree with Bill fully. My SPM success story is evolutionary (I live in Australia). It involved my active participation as an SPM volunteer, which led to...
We have about 15 seats left for Thursday Dec 4th's EBIG meeting on Search Marketing Overview - Brought to you by Google Meet experts at Google who will explain...
I whole heartedly agree with Ashes comments. Maybe one caveat tying them to Cynthia's concerns. Social Networking is great when the tools are just that, tools...
Although I am still new to the "social networking" space, my use of www.LinkeIn.com is somewhat successful. Contact agreements from 4 out of 6 requests. Ryze...
I find it interesting that a company that just took in another $15M in VC funds (Friendser valued at $12.5M even after spurning a purchase offer from Google...
Luddite? No, you're a cynic, but we love you anyway! :-) Granted, I'm building my business around the success of these sites, but I love them, and have made...
Among this very interesting thread on the essence of SN, I am reminded of the importance of face-to-face (OK, "F2F" for some of you) contact. We have touched...
Isnt this a product management forum? Useful and appropriate or not is the question that is really being asked. Cynthia is not sure if she is a luddite. Why?...
Kristen, Actually Friendster took in $13M of venture funding and supposedly the company is valued around $53M. That is, the investors bought 25% of the ...
Interesting coincidence. I went to a presentation yesterday evening about 'Creating your Portfolio of Strategies' given by a partner from Walden VC. Very...
"In the last two weeks, I launched web seminars and teleclasses for Ryze, and I'm sitting here in Atlanta just having spoken at the launch event for ...
Are you suggesting this could be an inbred economy, sort of like apparently successful "coaches" whose only clients appear to be other coaches ? Cheers. dj...
I was just observing that this "success" story needs to be viewed with some degree of healthy skepticism because it depends entirely on inbreeding. (Great...
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/7148749.htm I kept this article as part of my trend watching for what companies are doing in the bay area. I...
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