Social Software

This is an interesting article about the evolution of the social networking and the information that it gathers. The author poses the question, ‘is friendster.com the next step toward the Total Information Act’? She notes that even ardent privacy activists are posting and using these Friend of a Friend (FOAF) sites. If we are so concerned with privacy from the ...

If the core of successful business is to use your resources to the maximum potential, then some of the social networking software programs are taking this idea to the next level. The concept behind some of these software packages is to exploit the personal and professional relationships of the company’s employees by identifying their social networks in and outside the ...

Monster.com is making its venture into the social networking arena. The December 22 Corante article is a short review of the new service and its possible future. Unlike other professional social networking site such as Linkedin.com, this service does not require you to be invited and introduced to the members to build your own personal network.

A well written New York Times article about the emergence of the Social Software network and how it looks just like some other networks.