Category Archives: Social Web

Proper Twitter Integration with Zend Framework

Posted on May 5, 2009 by marcus

Twitter is all the rage these days. Every site out there has some kind of "Tweet This" link or "Follow us on Twitter" button. Some sites have even deeper integration and tweet events on your behalf. In most cases, those … Continue reading →

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NBC17 News engages audience with Twitter

Posted on March 27, 2009 by marcus

In what may be a TV station's first, NBC17 is using Twitter to gather feedback from the local community in the greater Raleigh, NC area. I was fortunate enough to be included in this experiment, although I was unaware how … Continue reading →

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Spokeo is kind of Scaryo

Posted on August 5, 2008 by marcus

Evidently 2008 is the year of the aggregators. They're everywhere. Socialthing, ping.fm, and what have you. But here's one with an immedialy obvious business model. Introducing Spokeo. An aggregator that asks you to provide your AOL, Gmail, Hotmail or Yahoo … Continue reading →

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Comcast reads blogs, provides customer service through Twitter

Posted on July 26, 2008 by marcus

More and more companies are starting to embrace the social web. Comcast discovered that communicating and following up with unsatisfied customers through third party web sites (personal blogs, Twitter, etc) can have a positive effect. Of course, that's a Good … Continue reading →

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itsourtree.com - Social Network for Your Whole Family

Posted on April 20, 2008 by marcus

Ever been wanting to map out your family tree in an intuitive format and work on it collaboratively with other family members? Check out itsourtree.com, which is essentially a social network site for your extended family. So far I've found … Continue reading →

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