My old buddy Stewart Alsop has a fund. Not sure how much money they have, but they apparently like black leather jackets. His partner - Gilman Louie was a VC for the NSA.  Now THAT’s a credential to be proud of!

Ning does white labeling - kind of.  The New Playboy social network is really Ning.

Don’t worry - I won’t miss the social network portability meme.  I’ve been researching, thinking and prepping for a big post on it.  Coming soon.

OpenID: Great idea, bewildering consumer experience - hopefully we can work on that at our DataSharingSummit.

Apparently NetFlix’s push into social features is paying off.  Congrats to Michael Rubin and team!

MySpace for spies,  Groupsites from CollectiveX, GlobalGrind, KiwiBox, MetaCafe, SelectMinds, CafeMom, MyFootballClub, Zyb, Multiply for iPhone, High School Playbook, Peek You, Ziki, veZoom,

Interview with Rafat Ali - one of my favorite bloggers and a partner of ours.

Fotolog - sold or not? This is evidence that social media is alive and well outside the US and UK and that folks put VALUE on these sites.  I bet Orkut could be sold for $1B in Brazil.  Friendster is probably worth a $1B to some sheik from Brunei.  Where’s Dubai in all these deals?

SocialNetworkingConference - Oct 1-2 = Barcelona  Jan. 31-Feb. 1 = Miami

United Layer (our data hosting center) is expanding in LaLa.  These folks are the ones you want.

Classmates going public

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