gnizr™ (gə-nīzər) is an open source application for social bookmarking and web mashup. It is easy to use gnizr to create a personalized del.icio.us-like portal for a group of friends and colleagues to store, classify and share information, and to mash-it-up with information about location. It's free.
Boxbe is a socially-powered email screening service that reduces email overload and prioritizes your email. Boxbe helps ensure email from friends is always delivered with priority.
An introduction to social media - for learning and performance enhancement
I am frequently asked for a link to an introductory guide to social media and its use for leaning and performance improvement, so here is my guide. The contents list is shown in the screenshot below. This is a social resource as it also provides the opportunity for you to provide your own experiences of using social tools for learning. You can access the contents page here.
Selbst vergebene Schlagwörter, Tags, können Internet-Nutzern dabei helfen, Informationen im Web zu ordnen und wiederzufinden. Miteinander verknüpft ergeben die Schlagwörter ein kollektives Begriffsnetzwerk. Informatikern der TU Graz ist es gelungen, einen Lösungsansatz für die Verlinkung dieser Daten zu entwickeln. ORF.at sprach mit dem Wissensmanagement-Experten Markus Strohmaier über Tagging und wie Internet-Nutzer damit ein "intelligenteres" Web schaffen können.
Connect. Share. Collaborate.
Elgg is free and open source software
It provides the components you need to build a fully-featured social environment, including:
* Profiles
Elgg comes with default profile fields that can be extended or completely customized by the site administrator.
* Activity Streams
The granular activity stream feature ensures you keep up to date with all site activity.
* Blogging / Microblogging
Blogging and microblogging functionality that is both powerful, yet simple to use.
* Groups
Collaborate around specific topics via public, private or hidden groups.
* Access controls
Control who can access your content.
* Web Services API
Expose functionality through the REST API by building a plugin and then either publish the API for other developers to build clients or provide your own.
* See more features
via http://education.zdnet.com/?p=2417 "Like Twitter, it’s a microblogging site, but it builds in significant additional functionality to support classroom interactions." "When you create an account, you designate yourself as a teacher or student. Teachers can create groups that students join when they create their accounts (students can join multiple groups and teachers can create and/or join multiple groups); when a group is created, the site generates a group code that must be entered to join. Then, messages, files, links, and assignments can be sent to whole groups."
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Problem: Malcolm, Zoe, Kaylee, Simon, and River all work together on the same web development team. They are avid Twitter users and want a similar way to broadcast quick messages and updates to everyone on their team. Since these messages may contain confidential information, the team doesn't want them published to their public Twitter timelines or to any followers who are not part of the team. Solution: GroupTweet allows Malcolm and the gang to send messages via Twitter that are instantly broadcasted privately to only the team members.
# store status from GTalk, Yahoo messenger
# send posts from Gtalk, Yahoo as Instant Message
# use it to bookmark URLs
# or write small 'to the point' posts
# threaded discussions on a post
# get closer to existing friends
# and get to know friends of friends
FriendFeed is a tool being used by scientists as a medium to discuss scientific research problems. FriendFeed allows users to set up what’s called a lifestream, aggregating stuff the user posts on the web.
12 Top, Free Ways to Collaborate Online February 28th, 2008 (4:00pm) Samuel Dean 22 Comments Applications that make it easy to share and collaborate are often of much more use to web workers than they are to standard office workers. Especially if you wor
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