Stumbleupon News from Pearl

Pearl , whose avatar is to the left, just sent me an email letting me know a comment she made on my Link Building Tips post had gone into the Spam folder. On a daily basis, I get a couple hundred pages of spam submissions that Askimet filters out, but sometimes it might do too good of a filtering job. Occasionally I do check some of the spam submissions, but normally, I just delete without checking. Sorry Pearl and anyone else whose comment may have been trapped by Askimet.

As a way of making it up to Pearl, I thought I would let you know that Pearl has a post which is were I found out that Stumbleupon is removing the 200 friend limit. That is certainly good news for a lot of people. Prior to the change, you had to go through your friends and weed out the ones that were not active in the Stumbleupon community so that you could maximize your Stumbleupon experience. This being something that I rarely got to do. Sorry Peeps, and thanks for being on top of this Pearl.

If you are a Stumbleupon user, check out Pearls Stumbleupon Profile, and add her if you like her stumbles and stop by her blog and give it a read as well.

Written by Pixelhead on August 12th, 2008 with 11 comments.
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BrightKite Beta Invites

After seeing Tweets about Brightkite from the Viddler Guys, Colin and Sandie, and after reading Colins post about a Viddler tshirt and BrightKite giveaway, I decided to sign up and find out what Brightkite is all about.

Brightkite is described as Location-based social networking, which allows you to Discover who visits your favorite places.

I don’t have a lot of knowledge about Brightkite, but I do have access to 5 invites, if you would want to receive one. I know, you already belong to way too many social networking sites, and really don’t have time to get involved with another.

Well Brightkite seems to be a social networking site that you can use while you are out and about, and will enable you to actually physically meet some other users. I can also see myself using it when I am doing restaurant reviews for thegrubhound or while writing for our travelblog.

So far, I added Lizzie, and drubyt, who was the first person to request that I add him. I also uploaded the picture above that was taken by my pool, and geo tagged the photo. Well, it actually tags the photos with your current location, and I am not exactly sure if that is the same as Geotagging. It does place the picture on a map which marks your current location. I am not exactly sure if I can add photos once I get home and then adjust their map location. Nope, I believe you need to adjust your location to be where the picture was taken, and then you can upload the photo to make the location be more accurate.

You can also set your profile to private so that only your peeps will be able to see where you are taking that risque photo.

Well if anyone would like a Brightkite invite, let me know.

If you use Brightkite, what do you think of it, and do you have any tips?

Written by Pixelhead on July 31st, 2008 with 11 comments.
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Flickr 365 Days

A little over a week ago, I started participating in the 365 Days Flickr group, which is a group where you take a picture of yourself everyday for a year, and post it to the group. The picture has to be one that you take yourself, and it must contain at least some part of your body. One lady who made a comment on my very first pic, who is also in the group, also started doing head shots of herself, and is keeping those in a separate set of pics. You can only submit one pic per day, so make sure it is a good one. Oh, and porn is not acceptable.

I think the idea of taking pictures of yourself over a year, is a pretty cool idea. It will allow you to take pictures of yourself, and after a year, you can look back and see how you have changed over the year. It will also be a good record of some of the things that you have done over that year.

I think it would be a great idea if some of the people that visit this blog, would do this as well. But hey, not everybody minds having their picture taken and posted online.

Well how about this, if you don’t want to take part in the 365 days group, how about posting a single picture of yourself here, as I think it would be pretty cool to place a face with the comments. If this is something you are not opposed to, please use img tags and post a pic in a comment below. <img src=”url”> is the code to use if you are willing to post.

If you join the Flickr group, let me know as well.

So what about you, do you mind having your picture taken and posted on-line?

Written by Pixelhead on June 30th, 2008 with 46 comments.
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Plurk Update

Here is my week one Plurk update, which includes stuff I have learned since using Plurk for about a week now. Read Lifecasting On Plurk, my first Plurk post.

Search for Plurk and Twitter Users with Google

Here is a little Google Search Engine that I customized to search both Twitter and Plurk users. I wanted to be able to find users that were near me, so I decided to try this out. Check it out and let me know what you think. Too bad I couldn’t hook up my Google Adsense code to this.

Checking Plurk Updates

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Written by Pixelhead on June 18th, 2008 with 18 comments.
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Lifecasting on Plurk

Like many other bloggers, I just started using Plurk, which is very similar to Twitter, yet different. As you can tell if you look at the sidebar to the left, I now have a Plurk widget, where the BlogRush widget was, because I don’t believe the BlogRush widget resulted in any traffic since I started using it back in September of 2007.

What is Plurk?

Plurk is a microblogging social community much like Twitter. After being asked to join Plurk by numerous people, I finally gave in and took Spostareduro’s invite and joined. As an incentive to add friends, Plurk increases your Karma points. They have a Karma rating scale which has four levels I believe. At each level you get a new title and you get to have some additional privileges.

Plurks, like Tweets, appear

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Written by Pixelhead on June 10th, 2008 with 14 comments.
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ZigiMe - New Comer to Social Networking Arena.

Hybrid Nova Inc, announces that its flagship networking site, Zigime.com, has completed it’s beta phase and is now live. Zigime.com is the hot new division of Hybrid Nova that is the ultimate place for social networking. Zigime.com is the premier destination on the internet for the business community. The site offers a unique combination of business networking and social networking through a variety of platforms such as industry communications, business branding, employment opportunities, social events, business advertising/service bartering, and even the capability to manage small to medium size businesses from the site.

Zigime.com has already had success in its first few weeks. Our investors are pleased with the site and over-all functionality. Users are discovering that the possibilities are endless for increasing business and visibility for all who visit and use the site to its full potential. From a business standpoint, communication and collaboration are maximized to a level not possible in the past, and from a social standpoint, users are able to be informed about key events/functions taking place within their community or business segment.

The portfolio of products Zigime.com has to offer is the best business and social combination on the market. CEO Arnie Foxx stated: “We are picking up where MySpace.com and a few other Social Networking companies have left off.” Through the site’s proprietary software, Zigime.com provides a secure environment for social and business networking offering password-protected areas of the site while still having full functionally of all sections. Zigime.com is the ultimate place for business and social networking with real results.

About Hybrid Nova:
Hybrid Nova is a company that specializes in providing social networking, business networking, entertainment, and services in a concerted effort to capitalize on the huge growth this industry has, and continues to experience. We provide many excellent affordable and free services that are presented in an exciting environment for young professionals of all ages. On the forefront, it is Hybrid Nova’s dedication to the rapidly growing industry of online business networking that will propel us into a premier position as an industry leader. Whether it’s branding your business, seeking a new job or new employer, bartering services goods, organizing your office with the latest technology available, r simply making new friends and business contacts on the international level, Hybrid Nova has all the tools and user friendly functionally necessary for the needs of almost any business or individual.

Written by rannuth on April 27th, 2008 with 11 comments.
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