In talks today someone pointed out that the social media services we use are getting far too complicated. There are too many options, customizations, themes, features and controls that sometimes make the actual tool an avoidance. Simplicity drives usage. Twitter is a great example since it just works everywhere and people understand 140 characters.
The comparison [...]
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All We Had Was a Stick and a Button – now too much complication
Tungle moves freetime widget out of beta and into public availability
Well today Tungle announced the public availability of their widget that can be placed into blogs, sidebars and other webpages. This is huge for those that do interviews, meetings, podcasts and more exposing free time options. I will be finding a place for mine shortly on all my blogs and websites.
Location services: Do you check-in when arriving or check-out when leaving?
An interesting point was made in passing by someone while on their Blackberry this weekend playing with the Foursquare beta. The person was checking in each time as everyone left the location. Instead of the way in. This prompted me to think about the reason for using the service at all and why even make [...]