Week 6 – Meeting Erin McMahon aka Firestar9s
Believe it or not, Erin McMahon aka Firestar9s is the first woman to be featured in the #10in10 experiment. Erin currently works for the Metro United Way of Louisville. It was a lot of fun speaking with Erin, and hearing about social media activities through the...NowSourcing Acquires Social Media Mom
I’m pleased to announce that NowSourcing has acquired SocialMediaMom.com. For those of you that don’t already know Kristen, she’s been steering a brand that is a great cross between social media and the mommy blogger community. We’re happy to...Week 5 – Meeting Scott Hack
It’s been a few weeks since the last 10in10, so let’s get things back in gear. Had a moment to sit with Scott Hack, a pizza shop owner turned real estate / social media man. Scott’s a great, personable guy and we had an enjoyable discussion about...Shades of Green: Hugg Green Social Network to Close
Treehugger brand Hugg.com, a Discovery company, has decided to close the doors on Hugg, a popular green social news site. From Hugg.com: PLEASE READ! On November 17th, 2008, Hugg will no longer accept new submissions or registrations. Hugg will remain publicly...Week 4 – Todd Mundt from NPR
Sharing a wealth of knowledge, a consensus mentality and a love for my newly adopted hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, I felt great about my most recent 10 in 10 meet-up experience with Todd Mundt of National Public Radio. And it isn’t your grandparents’ radio...Do Autoburies Exist on Digg.com?
[Today’s guest post brought to you by numberneal]. I have seen mainstream sites, such as nytimes.com, aol news, latimes.com, make the front page of digg with 100, 80, 59 diggs. The algo appears to be biased towards mainstream sites. I have made 152 pages popular...Crackerpat: If I Die Before I Wake
[Today’s guest post is from Crackerpat, a former Digg user.] January 02, 2008 I was told about a social media site known the world over as Digg.com. Filled out my information and soon had an account. I started slow but as I started submitting my Face-plant and...Friendfeed Is All About Friends Who Reciprocate
I think some people miss the point of Friendfeed, just like they miss the point of Facebook or any other social network. A social network is all about networking and reciprocating. It’s all about talking to one another. But if you subscribe to someone and they don’t return the favour, that isn’t networking, that’s just being downright rude. It’s like standing in the middle of a street and talking to a brick wall. It also defeats the whole point of social networking in the first place.