You remember that game Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon where any actor can be linked to Kevin Bacon within 6 connections? The game is now real thanks to Yahoo and Facebook. But now instead of Kevin Bacon, the modern day Small World Experiment is attempting to link anyone in the world within 6 connections. Can it be done? Try it now.
http://smallworld.sandbox.yahoo.com/
Photovine, Google’s new social photo sharing service, is still in private invitation mode, but on Saturday morning, they posed a simple challenge on Twitter.
[blackbirdpie url=”http://twitter.com/#!/photovine/status/92252397509947393″]
I replied back with a proposed vine called “Yummy colors” using this picture. And soon enough, I was invited to “plant a photo and watch it grow.”
Photovine is not strictly about pictures but rather the topical vines that tie various images together. It’s not like the filter frenzy of Instragram. It’s not for uploading galleries of images to showcase ala Flickr. It’s the community’s creativity that makes Photovine interesting. It’s your personal interpretation of a vine and the images you attach that drives Photovine. While some vines are straight forward (“What I’m Drinking”), the creative, open-ended vines are more entertaining like “Where I Stand” and “Warm and Fuzzy” (that’s showcased in the teaser video below).
Currently, Photovine is accessible via a native iPhone app with an Android version expected (Photovine sprouted from Google you know). I haven’t seen Photovine realized as a web site. So far, I’ve started a vine (Yummy colors), added several pictures to vines, liked pictures, left comments, and interacted with other members – all the basic features you’d expect from a social-based service. I’m still finding users to follow (not so easy in my opinion) and looking through countless vines to watch grow. Yes, I did encounter a bug and a crash or two, but Photovine is still new, and I’m sure improvements will abound along with additional features and refinements.
Sorry, although I am an invited member, I don’t (yet) have the ability to invite others to check out Photovine.
And lastly, the image that epitomizes the Photovine “warm and fuzzy” has to be this one. Creates a lasting mental image, no? 🙂
How would entering and winning a contest to have breakfast with alt rock band Weezer look like via a social graph? Let’s take a peek at JessicaShig’s recent adventure!
First the contest announcement and chatter on Twitter (in chronological order).
Then to Facebook after being picked as a winner.
Here’s the full picture of @jessicashig and @weezer.
And of course, the obligatory fangirl flirtatious tweet! Seriously, saying “love, love,” “unspoken,” and “where’s my sex” is asking for a secret rendezvous! 😉
Congrats to JessicaShig for cashing in on social media to meet Weezer and letting her fans follow along this adventure. And for the music lovers, be sure to check out Jessica’s suggestions of Unspoken, Where’s My Sex, and Hang On.
Yes, you’re not supposed to have copyrighted material on YouTube, but if you’ve ever visited the popular video site, you’d never know the better. You’ll see all kinds of copyrighted material including music videos, snippets from movies, commercials, and television shows.
But YouTube does police the content uploaded by its users. I know cause I’ve been busted by the YouTube Content Identification program… a few times. There are a few options for this program. The owner of the original copyrighted material can outright ban your offending YouTube upload or they can monitor the stats of your video.
So far, I have 2 blocked videos and 2 monitored ones, and I won’t aggravate the situation further by identifying which ones. Just know that YouTube is watching…
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The Big Aristotle is not only a philosopher, NBA giant, and business man. He’s technosavvy tweeting away on Twitter as @THE_REAL_SHAQ.
And it does sound like this is the real deal Shaquille O’Neal after this doubter got a lesson in Shaq Fu. Go follow the Real Shaq and see for yourself.
While you’re at it, read some old posts comparing and contrasting Shaq and Kobe.
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My activity on Facebook’s been picking up recently with the addition of a bunch of classmates. Seems like more and more of us are popping up on Facebook, the old fart’s MySpace.
Been catching up with the lives of classmates by snooping around their FB profiles. Interesting, fun, but time consuming. I need to chillax a bit on adding more FB friends.
Good thing Facebook is blocked at work… um, sorta…
Now that Ping.fm is out of private beta, anyone can sign up for an account. The purpose of Ping.fm is to update all your social networks in one shot. So if you have accounts with Twitter, Facebook, Plurk, Pownce, MySpace, Tumblr, FriendFeed, Jaiku, Rejaw, Delicious, and more, Ping.fm can update these services all at once.
Looks like you can even update your social network status using an iPhone optimized Ping.fm “app” or even through IM with GoogleTalk.