Entries from Lucas Grindley's blog | Exploring the new way for journalism tagged with 'Social Networking'
Yahoo plays defense versus Google's social network
The significance of Yahoo's decision to back a universal registration system is being lost in reports I've read, which fail to recognize it's the foundation for any futuristic social networking master profile. Regular readers know I'm expecting someone (maybe Google)...
A fantasy Google profile
The biggest surprise in social networking is the missing player at the table - Google. And if the user profile page is the backbone of all social networking, then what would a Google profile page look like? Google should expand...
Social networking starts with a profile
PRESSTIME asked: "Where do you think newspapers should stand in the social networking universe? How would you mesh community and traditional editorial content?" Most everyone on PRESSTIME's panel got this question right, but very few newspaper sites do any of...
My friend is your business; a.k.a. social networking
After reviewing a number of online dining guides recently, I realized social networking hasn't broken free from MySpace and Facebook like I expect it eventually will. Most newspapers still use the old fashioned feedback tool that lets users rate a...
MySpace News worth using
After about an hour using the beta version of MySpace News, I'm pretty sure it's going to be worth your time. Articles from blogs and other media outlets are funneled into categories on MySpace News. Then users read and rank...
Gay people more likely to read your blog
A new poll reports that gay people are not only more likely to read your blog, we’re also more likely to use the Internet than straight people. Here’s how the numbers from Harris Interactive’s poll stack up: - Indicated they...
Lesson No. 1 if Google is an address bar
People really do use Google in place of their address bar. Users sometimes call me at work because they can’t find heraldtribune.com despite a specific URL provided in the newspaper, such as http://www.heraldtribune.com/building. The /building part isn’t recognized by Google....
Can't be the social network, so join the network
With TIME magazine’s recent pronouncement that we are all the person of the year because we participate in this alter-world of media, I’m reminded of something I hear from folks in the online journalism world far too often. It goes...
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