BlogDay has finally arrived and here are my five recommendations: 1) Chris Brogan – I was introduced to Chris through Jeff Pulver and have been addicted to his blog ever since. Chris is a social media and networking expert. He works as community developer for Video on the Net and Network2. He is also co-founder of PodCamp, a free unconference that explores the benefits and uses of new media community tools. Chris writes amazing posts on how each of [...]

I recently received an email from Steinar Skipsnes letting me know about OthersOnline . This is is a new social service that matches people by their similar queries, as well as Web surfing habits and preferred interests. OthersOnline stands out from other social sites with its browser toolbar which enables the user to see who else is reading or interested in the topic or site that he’s currently looking at. For example, every time you search Google, you see the [...]

Finally! You don’t need to Google someone’s name with the word Twitter in order to find them on the site anymore. Twitter has added a people search functionality so now you can easily find your friends. Twitter has also added GMail address book import, something they should have done a long time ago. Contacts who already have a Twitter account will be not be receiving the invite, so don’t worry about that.   Technorati tags: [...]

Spock which publicly launched August 8th, is a new people search engine, helping users find and discover other people on the Web. It was founded by Jaideep Singh (CEO) and Jay Bhatti (VP Product) and received $7 million in financing from Clearstone Venture Partners and Opus Capital Ventures, months before the beta service was even planned to launch. As Catherine Holahan from BusinessWeek writes: “A Google search for an individual may return tens of thousands of links [...]

Aniboom is a premier animation network that partners with animators around the world for multiplatform distribution of original content.  Driven by the passion of the art form, professional animators, animation students, and animation fans come to this community to create, watch and share a wide range of animated shorts and series. Yesterday Aniboom added some interesting new features to its site: 1) The Creator’s Studio – Think you got an original idea for an animated web series? [...]

Here’s a demo by Rodney Rumford from Face Reviews, showing how Facebook works on iPhone. As you can see, the design and performance of the application are simply amazing. With the iPhone Facebook application you can access: News feed, events, friend requests, profile, info, walls, photos, friends, email (sent, delete, send), friend status, friends online, friends photos, search for friends, etc. You can quickly drill down into almost every area effortlessly. There is also a red box in [...]

My friend Niv Calderon wrote a great post a few days ago about the correct usage of tags and the optimization of text for search engines. Unfortunately, many of you won’t be able to read it because it’s in Hebrew, so we both agreed that it would definitely be worthwhile to translate it for all of you since these tips are so extremely useful. Please note that I’ve edited the post a bit and added [...]

I found this amazing video made by Karl Fisch, Scott McLeod, and XPLANE, on Chris Brogan’s blog, and wanted to share it with you. This presentation will definitely leave you with some food for thought:     Technorati tags: web 2.0, Karl Fisch, Scott McLeod, XPLANE, Chris Brogan, youtube

As a follow-up to my Survey on Social Networks Worldwide post, I am curious to hear from you guys, which is your favorite social network and why. I myself must stick with Facebook for the time being. I like the fact that not everyone can see my profile; that I can add and learn about lots of interesting applications and support causes; that I can see all my friends’ activity on my homepage. This last [...]

On September 9th, my friend Jeff Pulver along with a few other interesting people are organizing an international music event in support of peace and unity. The event will be held in Jerusalem and will feature the Black Eyed Peas, along with Arrested Development, and The Commitments (yes, the band from the movie). The mission of Jerusalem Rocks: “Jerusalem Rocks! will bring together musicians from all over the world in support of peace and unity. Jerusalem has hundreds of [...]