Tag Archives: Social Networking

GroupMe Kinda Rocks Me

Posted on March 12, 2011 by robertmerrill

Summary: Text all your friends at once with this platform-agnostic group-messaging app. Feeling a little chatty? Call everyone by just dialing the group’s number. GroupMe just makes close group communication easy. Like twitter before it, my favorite bit of this … Continue reading →

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The 5 People I Wish Used Tungle Online Calendaring #wishwed

Posted on December 6, 2010 by robertmerrill

I have talked before about Tungle, the easy-as-email online calendaring application from a cool startup based out of Montreal.   My Tungle account goes everywhere with me, and is literally an integral part of my professional and personal life. Thanks to … Continue reading →

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Novell Vibe Launches, Real-Time, Secure Corporate Collaboration Has Arrived

Posted on November 9, 2010 by robertmerrill

Every project you engage in at work with a team or with a partner needs to collaborate. TO solve this problem, we schedule meetings, we have agendas, we take notes (some of us) we email questions to each other, we … Continue reading →

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Prediction: PHILO Will Be Huge

Posted on June 3, 2010 by robertmerrill

Getting sucked into a mini-series may be cool especially when you can gloat around the watercooler about the 67 hours of life you lost watching a TV show. But spring-boarding from the success of eyeball-addiction "what are you doing" apps … Continue reading →

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Navigating Facebook’s Privacy Settings; New Privacy Policy Longer than Constitution

Posted on May 17, 2010 by robertmerrill

No wonder you have a Supreme-Court-sized headache trying to get your Facebook privacy settings squared away.  It’s apparently harder to stay private on Facebook than to create a country. More than 50 settings with options totaling greater than 170 await … Continue reading →

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Google ig Social Launches

Posted on August 12, 2009 by robertmerrill

Google’s customizable homepage just got social-er.  I already use this as a personal dashboard of what’s going on in my world.  This will add even more cool stuff: See the Google IG Social video on YouTube

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Social Media Scandals

Posted on July 21, 2008 by robertmerrill

Tamar Weinberg writes a detailed and extensive blog post over at Techipedia titled: “Quantum Entanglements: The Social Media Scandals” where she discusses a recent scandalous social meltdown. What can you say about a beautiful girl who died? I can tell … Continue reading →

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101 LinkedIn Tips

Posted on June 20, 2008 by robertmerrill

The CFO Strategist blog is posting a series of 101 tips to help make your Linkedin experience as effective as possible. Check it out.

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BFF? No Thanks… OK to Be Antisocial on Social Networks?

Posted on May 7, 2008 by robertmerrill

What do you do when you get a social network invitation from someone you actually know… but you know you don’t want to connect to them? When (if ever) is it OK not to be social on a social network? … Continue reading →

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BrightKite Helps You Make IRL Friends

Posted on May 2, 2008 by robertmerrill

My initial way to explain BrightKite is that it’s like Twitter (what you’re doing) + Location (Where you’re doing it), which I like. I am trying to determine how to use it (mainly because I use Verizon for my phone … Continue reading →

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