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Why User Competency Matters in Social Design
Adrian Chan is a Sr Fellow with SNCR.org and is a social interaction design consultant and strategist. You can follow him on Twitter @gravity7 and at his blog: gravity7.com/blog/media.In designing for social participation, we can consider user goals and needs…
How Google Wave is Changing the News
It’s not too often that legacy media learns a new mass communication tool along with its audience. But that’s exactly what’s going on now because of Google Wave. Although it’s still invitation only and in preview, the real-time wiki collaboration…
Facebook Launches Share Buttons for Publishers
Sharing content on Facebook hasn’t generally been as easy as it has been on Twitter. Part of Twitter’s advantage is just how easy it is to share from blogs and other websites. A lot of this has to do with…
HOW TO: Discover and Get Feedback On New Web Apps
This post is part of Mashable’s Spark of Genius series, which highlights a unique feature of startups. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. The series is made possible by Microsoft…
HOW TO: Chat in Real-time in 45 Languages
Worldwide communication has come a long way due to social media, but there are a couple of barriers that affect conversation across borders. One would be the ease of communication. Most web-based communication platforms require signups or downloadable clients. The…
6 Twitter Games To Make Tweeting Fun
There are endless ways to use Twitter: from posting what you’re doing, to sharing links, to organizing fundraising drives. But did you know there are also a growing number of games you can play on Twitter? Although many of the…
Spice Up Your Presentations With SlideRocket’s Service Directory
SlideRocket, the slick online alternative for pristine presentations that launched in public beta last year, is expanding their virtual marketplace with more content partners and a brand new services directory. SlideRocket’s Marketplace already enabled users to purchase premium content to…
Laid Off? Tell Your Horror Story Anonymously on Telonu
When are you most likely to vent about your employer? Well, for some jobs, maybe every day as soon as you leave the place, but for a lot of people lately, probably right after they become the latest victim of…
HelloTxt Launches Status Message API
HelloTxt, a service that lets you update your status message across multiple services at the same time, opened up its developer platform this week. The service, which we first covered on Mashable in 2007, is a way to update your…
Skype 4.0 Promises Improved Call Quality; Will It Deliver?
Version 4.0 of Skype (download here) has arrived, with a host of new features including full-screen video calling and a revamped instant messaging system. While a few new bells and whistles sound nice, what I’m most interested in about the…
HOT TO: Use Your Blog’s Domain as a Lifestream
Back when most of the early adopter set was getting their epiphanies about FriendFeed, there were dozens of other services cropping up on a near constant basis on a mission to prove how easy it was to design a lifestreaming…
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