Andrew Mager

Category Archives: Participation

Pownce has an AIM bot

I love using Pownce, but sometimes it’s pain to open up the web browser, or fire up AIR.

I am on IM all the time, so this will be very easy to integrate. I was just thinking to myself today that I never get any replies on Pownce, but it’s because I rarely post. Well, Pownce […]

Three reasons why Brightkite will survive

It complements Twitter - It’s really easy to update BrightKite from the web, or your mobile device. It’s not a Twitter clone either. Twitter is the what, BrightKite is the where. It’s fun to see where your friends are. You can also embed photos in your posts, so it’s a rich experience.

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SNAP Summit 2.0 notes

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SNAP Summit II
March 25, 2008
Commonwealth Club, SF, Calif., USA
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9:30
Effective Social Interface Design
Josh Porter; Founder, Bokardo: Social Web Design
Teaching us about del.icio.us, and digg.
10:00
PANEL: Methods of Boosting User Engagement
* MODERATOR: Dave McClure; Blogger, 500hats.com
* Rajat Paharia; CEO, Bunchball
* Siqi Chen; Co-Founder, Friends […]

Pownce stands for participation

I was listening to Leo Laporte and John C. Dvorak argue about the difference between Pownce and Twitter. Guys, THEY ARE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT!
Twitter simply asks, “What are you doing?”

Pownce doesn’t ask you any questions. Instead, it feels like a comfortable, social web app. Yea, it looks like Twitter, but you can choose different media types, […]

Take the New York Times quiz every day.

If you want to keep up with the world’s news while you are browsing on Facebook, try the NY Times Quiz.

It’s challenging, and only takes a few minutes. They have five multiple-choice questions that are mostly international.
I have to admit that I have another tab open searching Google News. Most of the time, my guesses […]

Facebook quietly launches Page-only apps

When I went to create a Facebook “Page” for Planet Blacksburg, I noticed that you can add apps to them. I clicked on the More Applications and then the “by Facebook” tab. There are a few really cool apps that I have never seen before.

My favorite is the Flash player app. Looks like you can […]