Social Media

Micro-blogging Olympics Closing Ceremonies

by Jason Boom on September 1, 2008

I have to admit, this post is shamefully late. The idea behind the Micro-blogging Olympics was to test out the three major Micro-blogging sites — Twitter, Plurk, and Pownce — to gauge their effectiveness towards site traffic. The experiment was a lot of fun. I met a lot of cool people and found myself enjoying [...]

The Future of Social Media Sites and Social Networks

by Jason Boom on August 21, 2008

I sat down to think about this question, “Where will social media sites be in five or ten years?” Following are my ramblings. I’m not an expert on social media or social networks, but thought I could tackle the question. I’d love to hear from you as well. Will it take twenty years to really [...]