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By: Dr. Taly Weiss

Dr. Taly Weiss — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 21:05:03 +0000

Hi Chris, intrigued by the same question, I wrote the “10 tools to make meaningful (instant) friends”. I think Facebook provides us new tools for communication, successfully replacing our old habits of making friends.

By: Dr. Taly Weiss

Dr. Taly Weiss — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 21:05:00 +0000

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Naked Yak » Blog Archive » The Tools We Use — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 15:55:06 +0000

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By: MaxWeb

MaxWeb — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 15:54:25 +0000

“…people either rise to the occasion and build their own goals, or they wander around hoping they’re doing it right…”

Sounds just like real life… One of my favorite quotes is “Life is filled with choices, choose wisely…” We’re all faced with all sorts of choices everyday, they were put to us prior to the interweb and there are now ever more choices to make each day. Will I spend my time in the real world working on physical projects? Will I interact with friends, family, clients via phone? What portion of my life will I digitize today, spending time via Social Networking sites, blog, email, IM, etc? There are only so many hours in a day and we can’t do everything everyday, nor do I believe we should. People in our wired world seem to have accumulated more time via the use of modern conveniences which relieves them of the chores (laundry, food prep, cleaning) that took up so much of our parents time, yet we still seem to have less time with our families. I believe it’s based in the same principle as increased earning… earn more and most people will spend more. The more time we perceive that we have to spend the more “things” we’ll try to cram into a day. Are these “things” really adding to our lives? Or are they distractions from what we should really be doing? How do these things help us stay “focused” and not “wander” through life, or whatever else we should be engaged with?
Social networks can be a blessing in that we can reach out to, and interact with, people that we couldn’t meet in “real life” just due to locational constraints, however, how beneficial your group of contacts is, is up to you and what you plan to gain from your interactions.

By: MaxWeb

MaxWeb — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 15:54:00 +0000

“…people either rise to the occasion and build their own goals, or they wander around hoping they’re doing it right…”

By: Bill Vick

Bill Vick — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 15:40:25 +0000

Excellent and thought provoking article. I’ve watched and been part of the SN since it was still simply called community. BBS, Forums, Blogs, Zings, etc. all have a play in the evolving model but web 2.0 seems to favor change and acknowledge the user is driving the boat. Some of the leaders, like LinkedIn, are still viewing the world through their eyes and not the user. I think it will end up hurting them. Others, like Facebook are a little fuzzy in defining who the real user or customer is and I’m waiting for the whatever it will be that ties everything together. I kind of do that now with LinkedIn, Facebook, Plaxo and Meebo but its clunky at best.