Oooh! Shiny! Location-based social networking, Part II (the players)

So if you find the idea of location-based tools ridiculous and unessecary, here are a few shiny applications you can play with that might just get you hooked anyway. And if you already find the idea a compelling one, these goodies will get you going… Gowalla Gowalla has applications for several mobile devices and they also […]

What’s a “#”?

Some of you may have wondered why I called my last post “numberGreatBizConnections”. I didn’t. That symbol, “#”, traditionally denoting “number” or “numeral” is also used to create  a “hashtag”. The hashtag (or just “tag”) is frequently used with newer social networking technologies, most notably Twitter. Tags are keywords or terms assigned to a piece […]

What’s a “cloud”?

Don’t understand why this self-proclaimed “tech-yapping” site keeps going on about the weather? “Clouds” in our context refer to visual collections of user-generated text descriptions. Check out what Wikipedia has to say about it here. Look to the right. See those sections for “Category Cloud” and “Tag Cloud”? Those are keywords or phrases I’ve used […]

Welcome to TechTalking!

Forgive the somewhat lame title… I got the Twitter name “techTalking” and I got a little giddy and decided to overuse it. Enjoy. So welcome! Glad you stopped by! This site has been created to share opinions, news, stories and ideas about social networking and businesses. Specifically, I’ll be looking at the ways that companies […]