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Facebook’s new design on IE6 – Doesn’t Exist

Posted on: July 24, 2008 at 6:47 am | Posted under: Social Networking, Technology
Tags: Design, Facebook, IE6, Social Networking, UI | Comments: View Comments

My buddy Brian went to view the new Facebook design on IE6 on his computer at work.  The problem, it won’t load!  He got a funny message from Facebook telling him that they are not cool enough to support his browser.  Check out the photo he grabbed with his phone and sent to me.  I had to share this, because it means that either Facebook needs to become backwards compatible with their new design or he just needs to upgrade his browser :)

What are your thoughts?

Cheers!

Ping.fm removes you from the conversation

Posted on: July 9, 2008 at 12:29 pm | Posted under: Social Networking, Technology
Tags: conversations, Ping.fm, Social Networking, Twitter | Comments: View Comments

There is service out called Ping.fm, with this site you can update to multiple services at one time.  While this might be great for people or companies that use social networks to broadcast information, it is not intended for those that want to be in the conversation.

Yes, social media is about conversations.  One of the big reasons I use Twitter is to connect with people and converse with them.  If I was just sending out updates with Ping.fm, I would miss the conversation and not be using the network to my advantage.

So, while there are the fanboys of the service out there, they are missing the reason for the true use of social networks – conversations.

Are you part of a conversation, or is sending updates your only reason for social networks.

Cheers!

Giving Seesmic another chance

Posted on: June 8, 2008 at 2:44 am | Posted under: Technology
Tags: online community, seesmic, Social Networking, Videos | Comments: View Comments

I decided to give Seesmic another chance on Saturday.  I am not sure why I went back over to the site, but I clicked on the link in my favorites and logged in.  All I can say is that I am glad I did.  I recorded my profile video and within a matter of minutes I had a reply and was being welcomed into the Seesmic community.

I had tried using Seesmic a few months back, but for some reason, my videos were not showing up after I recorded and posted them to the timeline.  Maybe it was a flash issue, or maybe it had to do with my inferior webcam, I am not sure.  But today, my videos showed up and I was interacting with a very intelligent community.

I recorded a number of videos on Seesmic.  You can see them in my profile, or if you don’t have an account, you can find them on my FriendFeed stream.

Thanks to the Seesmic community, I have found some great new music to listen to and a few more books to add to my summer reading list.

Again, I am glad that I gave Seesmic another chance and can’t wait to see what the future holds for this site.

Do you use Seesmic?  What are your thoughts on it?

Cheers!