Awakened Voice

I’ve said before that I believe there will be millions of social networks on the web in the future. These networks may consist of just a few people up to thousands of people. If you think about it every family could have a social network. Every sports team could sprout a social network. Fans of [...]

The world wide web is turning into a real mess.
I recently started using Facebook as a way of reaching more podcasters and members of our communities over at RawVoice. I also have a personal Facebook account. I have a pair of MySpace accounts. One is personal and one is for business. I have a [...]

“Dead networks mean that it’s super easy to create your own social network for free on Ning and that people are dipping their toes to experiment in this particular pond.” Gina Bianchini, Ning
This may be taking the old adage to have respect for the dead a bit too far.
Ning, a service whose tools I admire [...]

I received a nice comment from one of Ning’s product managers after pointing out some issues with search and spam/seo activity on a post yesterday.
I also noticed that CEO Gina Bianchini has posted on the spam issue to the Ning blog.
Its heartening to know that they are willing to address these issues at a very [...]

There’s no doubt that the online video space is heating up.
In 2006 most of the buzz was around Do It Yourself (DIY) creators pushing the valuation of YouTube to over $1 Billion. I think 2007 is the year of the professional broadcaster in online video. Players like Joost and BrightCove have been successfully wooing [...]