Ning.com Gets a Major Upgrade

In the last six months we have helped build Ning social networks for the Pickens Plan and the National Peace Corps Association, among others.  We are fans of the platform.

Yesterday, Ning launched a redesigned version of their main website, www.ning.com.  This is a major upgrade.  Users of Ning networks know that under the previous design you pretty much had to visit each network you belonged to individually to figure out what was going on in each community. ...

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Ten Observations from Drupalcon

I attended Drupalcon last week, which is a bi-annual Drupal conference for developers, themers and business development types like myself.  I had a great time, so here are some quick thoughts on the conference.

(1) Drupal people are really nice.   Conversations came easily and people are willing to share. ...

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The Jon Stewart Show Explains Twitter

Below is a great segment from the Jon Stewart show on Twitter.  In the clip he gently mocks the trend of politicians and media types jumping on the new media bandwagon in a search for relevance.  Found on Venture Beat.

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Why is Team Obama Opting Out of Twitter?

Last week the Politico released a controversial list of the most influential Twitter users in the Washington, DC area.  The article spread around the Internet, as is typical of these types of articles, with the the LA Times and David Almacy responding with their own lists.  All three lists are interesting,...

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Things I Would Have Blogged About If I Had More Time (2/25/2009)

This is shaping up to be one of those weeks where you have more ideas for blog posts than time to write them.  Given that, I’m going to cheat and write up a quick link post covering some of the things I’ve found interesting this week.  Most of these items have already been featured on the Bivings Twitter feed,...

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