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I’m on Pownce

Posted on: April 19, 2008 at 1:19 am | Posted under: Technology
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I joined Pownce today, primarily because I wanted to alpha test for Viddler, and Colin is using the site to contact everyone through.  So, another social networking site to regularly check on!

I think Pownce is nice and simple.  I can crosspost to it with twhirl when I update on Twitter.  I really like that they do not have a bunch of unnecessary applications cluttering up the place like Facebook does.

So I will add people that I know on other networking sites, but I doubt I will be nagging my ‘real world’ friends to get on this.

Cheers!

“Don’t Knock It Until You Try It” – Embracing Web 2.0

Posted on: April 17, 2008 at 5:24 am | Posted under: Technology
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“Don’t knock it until you try it” is always something that my mom used to tell me when I was younger – I was picky about what I ate.

I feel this is the same when it comes to technology and the whole Web 2.0 social networking scene. Overnight I was watching Cranky Geeks on TiVo and the subject of Twitter came up. As some of you may know, John Dvorak now has an account. Well once Twitter was mentioned, Sebastian Rupley started knocking it down faster than he has ever done on that show. I couldn’t understand why he was doing this? He kept trying to defend his hatred for Twitter by complaining that the only thing people post on it are what position they are sitting in at their desk or that they are going to the bathroom. Last I checked my timeline, I was getting updates from Mashable and some SF friends. Dvorak called him cynical, which I believe is an understatement. What rock has Rupley been living under all these years that he is unable to embrace technology like this? For a person that supposedly ‘co-hosts’ this show with Dvorak, he needs to start embracing technology and stop knocking it down.

So Sebastian, if you ever read this, I beseech you to start using Twitter and embrace this new technology. If you keep bitching about it, then no one is going to want to listen to you anymore.

Cheers!

The Alana Taylor Show

Posted on: April 16, 2008 at 12:29 am | Posted under: Technology, Twitter
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So a week ago I get this tweet from Gary Vaynerchuk.  I take his advice and decide to follow Alana Taylor on Twitter.  I then subscribe to Alana’s blog with Google Reader to see what she is about.  Once I see her post about The Alana Taylor Show, I DM her on Twitter to see if she needs any help moderating her uStream chatroom.  We go back and forth on Twitter and I end up helping her out for the 1.5 hours that she was on tonight.

What does all of this mean?  It is the power of the social web!  Just how one tweet from a crazy wine guy (love ya Gary!) can prompt someone to follow and connect with someone and then help that person out on their first uStream show is just amazing!  I was very glad to help out Alana with her show tonight, she is a very talented young woman with a lot of potential.  I wish that the whole "web 2.0" social networking phenomenon was around when I was still in college, because I would be just like her (except with facial hair and a deeper voice).

We had a lot of fun with her show tonight, and even tried to get Jason Calacanis to stop by so that Alana could do a live audition for him for Mahalo Daily, but no luck!

Building relationships with new people and exploring new avenues of communication is where we are at – and it is fantastic!

On a more somber note, I did not win the lottery tonight.  So no 37 million dollars for me. I want to start Mahalo East in NYC – it will happen eventually!

Cheers!