More Visual Links #3
I really like seeing Fred Wilson’s new icon. I just wish Reid Hoffman would show his face and add faces to LinkedIn.
Faces are a key component of social media and networking - and any software that doesn’t display a user’s face - is uncomplete IMHO.
Back in the day - like four years ago - talking about faces was controversial - nowadays it’s obvious.
Look what they found on Willie’s bus?
Notice no white powder.
When will this prohibition end? Just the tax dollars alone could get us out of debt.
Seems that Willie and I have something in common - except I don’t drink alcohol.
Coolio JQuery imagesSeems like everybody is getting into JQuery nowadays. Its allot more efficient than protoype.js and has coolio effects.
We’re using it.
There’s also some coolio reflections code.
You mean there’s intrigue and backstory on Facebook? I can just imagine Mark Zuckerberg bitching at Bard Horowitz - “NO! We’re worth $2B not $1B!”
I sure remember wirehog.
This book by an original Facebook coder - timed to take advantage of whatever heat can be garnered from the current buying frenzy - gets an OK review from Liz Gannes.
October 14th, 2006 at 12:17 pm
[…] Original post by Marc Canter and reblogged using an RSS aggregator at The Identity Gang BlogReGator […]
October 21st, 2006 at 7:09 pm
[…] I read a couple of posts today which deepened my belief that the future of social networking lies in niches. First there’s the recent news from investor Jeff Clavier that his social networking investment, Dogster, is already in the black. The simple feature of adding friends (even if they’re dogs) seems like it could be used to some degree in all web applications. For instance, VC Fred agrees with Marc Canter’s idea that “faces are a key component of social media and networking - and any software that doesn’t display a user’s face - is uncomplete.” Social networking becomes even more important when you realize that, if used correctly, it is probably the single best way to virally market a good product without cost or effort. By “used correctly” I mean that you should build your web apps so that the experience is obviously enhanced when people invite their friends. There’s a definite spectrum of effectiveness for social networking. For instance, MySpace is using the concept to its fullest since the whole point of their site is to invite friends, search for friends, meet new friends, etc. On the other hand, a news site like Digg seems like a less obvious choice for a social networking component since the adding of friends isn’t essential to the experience. Still, the idea of community is essential for a news site, and Digg is almost nailing that (they just need user pictures). […]