Summation

Social Software Weblog

The Social Software Weblog

Jason McCabe Calacanis's weblog on social networks software is the most comprehensive news site on the industry ... period.

i've recently got turned on to the the site but now i will be sure to read it every day. Calacanis gives very detailed information and he is remarkably accurate and informed with rumors in the space.

Spoke Raises Another $10 million

Spoke Software announced that it recently raised $10 million.

As many of you know, I am a huge fan of Spoke for me personally. For a salesperson, it is an extremely compelling tool. Spoke, of course, is not a good tool for traditional scial networking (dating, selling an television, finding a roommate) -- but Spoke is compelling if you are looking to sell software or services (something that I do everyday).

I'm averaging about six requests per week on Spoke and I am completing about half of those requests. On LinkedIn, I get about two requests per week, and I am also completing about half.

Summation: if you haven't yet signed up for Spoke, I highly suggest you do so.

GWB is Smart as a Fox

Armed and Dangerous

Eric Raymond writes a very interesting article on President Bush and how Democrats keep continuing to underestimate him by calling him "stupid" while he continues to outsmart everyone.

Feedster :: RSS Search Engine

Feedster :: RSS Search Engine

I'm probbly a bit behind the times -- but this site is very useful. It is a Google for RSS -- a very good search tool for blogs.

Scott Bonds -- I Want to Work at EA

I Want to Work at EA: Games 411

Scott Bonds -- one of my oldest friends (since 1993) -- has published a site called "I want to work at EA". Unlike many job seekers that try to be overly opportunistic, Scott has honed exactly the type of job that he wants ... and he has built a successful blog with large readership.

assuming scott is successful (i am sure he will be -- he is one of the most talented people i know), look for more people to copy his job searching technique.

Wikitravel

Main Page - Wikitravel

WikiTravel (in the spirit of Wikipedia) is a collaborative travel site.

It has just started but it is pretty amazing -- I encorage you to check it out.

Georgian Election Monitoring

Last week I was in Georgia (the country, not the state) to monitor the parliamentary elections on November 2.

pictures from the trip (with detailed) captions are now available.

See Georgia trip pictures (need to log into Ofoto)

Monster To Debut Networking For Job Seekers

Monster To Debut Networking For Job Seekers

I know this is old news for many of you, but Monster.com is going to soon add social networking to its offering. Of course, I think they should just buy Ryze.

Over the last five years, I have had many discussions with the folks at Monster (and some of their competitors) about promoting social networking. I'm a big fan of Monster and I hope they are successful with this.

Why Blacklisting Spammers Is A Bad Idea

Why Blacklisting Spammers Is A Bad Idea

interesting article on Roland Piquepaille's blog

College Graduates

How many college graduates do you know?

If you are a college graduate, most of your friends are also probably college graduates...

But 75% of Americans over age 25 have never received their bachelors degree. that means only 25% have (i learned that math in college).

but ask yourself -- how many people over age 25 do you know that do not have a college degree...

especially in towns like San Francisco (SF has the second highest, after Seattle, percentage of people with 4-year college degrees) ... most college grads only know other college grads ...