Category Archives: Social Web

An Intro to Web Strategy for Creatives Seeking New Success

Posted on November 2, 2007 by Nick Dynice

I am having dinner tonight with an old friend whom I have not spoken to at length or hung out with for a couple years. He is in the creative field (an illustrator). He does not follow …

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Facebook to give away money to app dvelopers: FBFund

Posted on September 17, 2007 by Nick Dynice

Breaking on new Twitter right now at the TechCrunch40 conference: Jason Calacanis reports that Facebook will be funding applications developers. Frank Gruber says between $25,000 to $250,000 for any given project, and the total fund about reserved is …

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Educators and Employers vs. Social Networking Web Apps: and Opportunity to Improve both?

Posted on September 11, 2007 by Nick Dynice

There is a lot of complaining lately that sites like MySpace and Facebook are eating into companies’ productivity and student’s attention. I think this is an indication that both work and school need to be more engaging the …

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F8 Platform: an example of an open, easy to switch marketplace for apps

Posted on August 15, 2007 by Nick Dynice

Right now it seems most Facebook users are experimenting with apps that are fun to use with friends. They are free, so there is no financial risk for using the wrong one (but there are social risks such …

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The Facebook Transparency Backlash

Posted on August 15, 2007 by Nick Dynice

These are not direct quotes, just summaries.

Jason Calacanis and Danah Boyd: I can’t keep up with my fans I have let into my network. I have too many of them to try and use it for my real friends …

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The FaceBook App Strategy

Posted on July 31, 2007 by Nick Dynice

On July 28th Kareem Mayan hosted and organized LA’s first FaceBook Developers Garage at Mahlo’s HQ in Santa Monica, Ca., courtesy of JC. About 50 developers, hackers, strategist, marketers, and entrepreneurs attended. The event is part of …

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BarcampLA, day 2

Posted on April 3, 2007 by Nick Dynice

(read about day 1 here)

Ok, here is my rundown of BarCampLA3, day 2 on 3/25/07, a week and a half later (let’s see if I can remember everything).

Some of the campers woke up to see Heather demonstrating a voice …

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On the Kathy Sierra Situation…

Posted on March 27, 2007 by Nick Dynice

Kathy Sierra is talking about two separate (possibly linked? the evidence has been destroyed) and distinct incidences, both of which have scared her away from E-Tech.

The first one was a comment on her own blog, the “death threat” where …

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BarcampLA, day 1

Posted on March 25, 2007 by Nick Dynice

BarCampLA3 day one has been a blast. I met a lot of cool people, and caught up with some others. The most impressive so far has been Reichart’s new service QTask, a project management system with a …

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BarCampLA, March 24th-25th, 2007

Posted on March 22, 2007 by Nick Dynice

BarCampLA 3 happens this weekend in downtown LA. Sessions will take place on both Saturday and Sunday this time. I think a lot more people are going to spend the night this time around, so it should …

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