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GroupSwim’s business collaboration software enables businesses to build web 2.0 customer communities and internal collaboration sites for teams, organizations and companies of all sizes. GroupSwim organizes the mass of information businesses lose every day through email, files and informal communication and harnesses it to save thousands of hours. Its innovative technology creates vibrant online communities. The software automatically tags and connects disparate content (discussions, files, wiki pages, email, etc.) so you can search and find relevant answers instantly. GroupSwim delivers the most valuable information every time, making its online community softwarea n essential part of your business.

pSwim’s business collaboration software enables businesses to build web 2.0 customer communities and internal collaboration sites for teams, organizations and companies of all sizes. GroupSwim organizes the mass of information businesses lose every day through email, files and informal communication and harnesses it to save thousands of hours. Its innovative technology creates vibrant online communities. The software automatically tags and connects disparate content (discussions, files, wiki pages, email, etc.) so you can search and find relevant answers instantly. GroupSwim delivers the most valuable information every time, making its online community softwarean essential part of your business.

“We are thrilled to be recognized by Gartner as a cool 2009 Social Software Vendor,” said Mike Micucci, CEO of GroupSwim. “Social software is having a real business impact — it touches all customers, employees and partners. GroupSwim customers are seeing real breakthroughs in cost savings and productivity. In this environment it’s all about embracing new and powerful ways to get work done, and it’s great to see GroupSwim recognized.”

You may or may not have a smart phone. So getting information may or may not be easy depending on your phone.
Something I found out this weekend is that anyone is able to sms text Google to get information.

It’s very simple!  All you do is text Google (466453) with your search terms.

For instance I texted Google the term “taxi” – they used my location and sent me

For a list of useful shortcuts and tips, text message “help”.

A list of queries:

For more information: CLICK HERE

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1. Show no fear in anything.
2. Buy some items that could help you e.g.: Bike, Skateboard, Surfboard.
3. Learn an extreme hobby practice things like jumping certain heights even wellies on bikes or skids are a good way to show extremeness.
4. Have an extreme role model e.g.:Jeff Hardy, Acrobats, Army People, Tony Hawk
5. Wear clothing from brands like No Fear, Nike, Adidas and Quicksilver
6. Never be made fun out of earn respect.
7. Learn to fight – no one will mess with you then.

Here they are:

• 10 – No. 10 of the Top 10 is Scribd a “social community sharing original writings with friends, family & the world.” VOMIT
• 9 - Sitting in spot 9 of the Top 10 is Ecademy “Market your business & get found on Google” because you can’t do that on own?
• 8 – At number 8 in my list of Top 10 dumb social networks is Gooruze “a ranked advice community”. The concept is ok but I just CAN’T get past the name.
• 7 – Number 7 is WAYN. Yes, in caps. Makes me imagine I’ll be greeted on the site by some guy with plumber’s crack, wearing stubbies and holding a beer.
• 6 – In position 6 of my Top 10 is Yedda – “Actively finding the best answers from the most relevant people”. Shame that many of those people are spammers.
• 5 – Sitting at number 5 is Unyk. An online address book for people who don’t know how to use Gmail.
• 4 – At number 4 of my Top 10 #dumbsocialnetworks is Naymz, who like to use retro spam. Specifically, keyword stuffing and lots of it.
• 3 – Number 3 on the list is Plurk. Tired of your other social networks? Spam friends, family and complete strangers with endless Plurk invitations!
• 2 – Grouply is our Number 2 on the Top 10 dumbest social networks. Hand over your Yahoo ID & they’ll override your privacy settings & data mine your info, yay!

And drumroll please for the Number 1 on my Top 10 dumbest social networks list…

• 1 – Claiming the number 1 spot for dumbest social network is Plaxo: “Hi, I’m updating my address book for the nth time today. Please take a moment to scream”

I’m not alone in my hatred of Plaxo. Apparently it was voted one of the 20 most annoying tech products in 2007. Thankfully, the self-updating address book company decided a couple of years ago to stop clogging up our In boxes with those super annoying contact update request emails.

Oh and before you’re tempted, the next person to send me a Plurk invitation gets Plaxoed in the head.

From: Top 10 Dumbest Social Network Sites | Ask Kalena http://www.ask-kalena.com/social-media/top-10-dumbest-social-network-sites/#ixzz0Z9J7sYYs

Shopflick
Shopflick combines videos and shopping to create a truly unique online fashion and shopping experience and social community. The site draws from a strong network of indie and up and coming designers to provide shoppers the ability to find cutting edge, unique items and to helps brand touch base and engage with current and new customers through branded online stores, video commerce widgets and much more.

Us Trendy
UsTrendy is a place where designers can post their portfolios, fans can judge them and then each season a collection is chosen using the most popular styles. Its tag line is, “…today’s inspiration… tomorrow’s trend…” UsTrendy produces the popular clothes and hosts events. They provide interaction and showcasing opportunities to designers, artists, models and fans through galleries, industry exposure, events and social networking connections. The site is a mash-up of Etsy.com and Linkedin.com.

StyleCaster
StyleCaster is looking to become the future site of online fashion through optimized fashion advice that is targeted to each user. This is the Amazon of fashion sites, where with every click they get to know you personal preference and taste, thereby giving you educated advice and marketing. This site is a mash-up of social network, editorial content and shopping and has just been given 4 million in funding.

Sense of Fashion
Sense of Fashion is the marketplace for upstart fashion designers, fashion lovers and sellers. It has an eBay-like capability for people to sell their fashion, shop or interact in their social network. Fans can show off their individual styles, favorite brands or even do e-commerce. Their goal is to connect designers with the very people who may inspire them, to also provide a platform for users to show off and sell their merchandise.

Est.Today
Est.Today is a fashion site for tweens that gives young girls the ability to design, display and purchase their own clothes. With personal creativity being the most stylish accessory this season, and now that young girls are paving the way for many new trends today according to a recent article in British Elle, this site capitalizes a the younger generations need for individual creativity.

Style Hop

StyleHop combines fashion and gaming to provide users with a fun rating system to decide on the popularity of branded styles. It incorporates yelp-like functionality to provide viewers information on popular sweaters and shoes for certain cities. Brands are given visibility though outfits, and users are able to comment on each picture with the ability to share the pictures on their other networks.

Please note this is not a top-10 list, nor are these listed in any particular order.

1. Take Social Actions: The nonprofit organization Social Actions aggregates “opportunities to make a difference from over 50 online platforms” through its unique  API. It recently held the Change the Web Challengecontest in order to inspire the most innovative applications for that API. The Social ActionsInteractive Map won the $5,000 first prize. The result is a virtual tour of the world through the lens of social action. “People are volunteering, donating, signing petitions, making loans and doing other social actions as we speak — all over the world. To capture the context of the where, this project uses sophisticated techniques to extract location information from full text paragraphs.” You can also join the Social Actions Community, which is powered by Ning…which now boasts more than one million individual social networks.

2. Twitter with a Purpose: This list could be exclusive to  Twitter. The micro-blogging sensation was featured on our first two lists (a three-tweet), and it’s certain to be a fixture. From Tweetsgiving, the virtual Thanksgiving feast, to the Twestival, which organized 202 off-line events around the world to benefit charity: water, it’s become the de facto tool for organizing and taking action.Tweet Congress won the SXSW activism award, and celebrity Tweeps Ashton Kutcher and  Kevin Rose Tweeted their two million followers about ending malaria. Max Gladwell recently initiated the #EcoMondayfollow meme as a way to connect and organize the  Green Twittersphere.

3. Visit White House 2.0: Inside of its first 100 days, the Obama administration has managed to set the historic benchmark for government transparency and accountability. The President’s virtual town hall meeting used WhiteHouse.govto crowdsource questions from his 300 million constituents, complete with voting to determine the ones he’d have to answer. All told, 97,937 people submitted 103,978 questions and cast 1,782,650 votes. The White House continues to raise the bar with its official Facebook, MySpace, and  Twitter channels. In so doing President Obama is not just setting the standard for state and local government in the U.S. He’s establishing the world standard. The Obama administration is spreading democracy not by force but through example. Because you don’t have to be an American citizen to be a friend or follower of White House 2.0.

4. Claim your Zumbox: What happens when all mail can be sent and delivered online to any street address in a paperless form? That’s the big question for Zumbox, which has created an online mail system with a digital mailbox for every U.S. street address. And while the answer to that question remains to be seen, it promises to be as liberating as it is disruptive. A key quality for Zumbox is that it’s closed system much like that of Facebook, only instead of true identity it’s true address. This will enable people to better connect with their communities including their neighbors, local businesses, and the mayor’s office. The primary agent of change, though, might not be that this uses street addresses but that it enables direct and potentially viral feedback, which is a virtue that e-mail and the USPS do not offer. The first methods are to request exclusive paperless delivery and to block a sender, but others are certain to evolve such as real-time commenting and ways to share mail with friends, family, and colleagues. Welcome to Mail 2.0. (Disclosure: Zumbox is a client of Rob Reed, the founder of Max Gladwell.)

5. Host a Social Media Event: This is the year of the social media event. No meaningful gathering of people is complete without an interactive online audience, especially when it’s so easy and cost effective to pull off. Essential tools include a broadband connection, laptop, video camera, projector, and screen. Add people and a purpose, such as entrepreneurship. Promote itthrough social media channels, and you have a social media event. A recent example in the green world is the Evolution of Green, which was hosted by Creative Citizen, a green wiki community. It celebrated the launch of a new Web property, EcoMatters, while also establishing a new Twitter tag. By posing the question, “How can we go from green hype to green habit?” and including the #GreenQ hashtag, it sparked a conversation between attendees and the Twittersphere in real time. Thus was born a new mechanism for getting answers to green questions via Twitter.

6. Travel the World: More than anyone else, Tim O’Reilly knows the potential for social media to change the world. In his opening keynote at this year’s  Web 2.0 Expo, he called for a new ethic in which we do more with less and create more value than we capture. This provided the context for SalaamGarage founder Amanda Koster, whose  presentation followed O’Reilly’s. The idea is that social media has enabled each of us to have an audience. Whether through Twitter,Flickr,  YouTube, or a personal blog, each of us can have influence and reach. What’s more, it can be used for good. SalaamGarage coordinates trips for citizen journalists (that means you) to places like India and Vietnam in conjunction with non-government organizations like Seattle-based Peace Trees. The destination is the story, as these humanitarian journalists report on the people they meet and discoveries they make. Their words, images, and video are posted to the social web to gain exposure and because these stories just need to be told.

7. Build It on Drupal: You may not have noticed, but the open-source Drupal content management system (CMS) has quickly become the dominant player on the social web. While we still preferWordPress as a strict blogging application, Drupal has emerged as the go-to platform for building scalable, community-driven Web sites. It powersRecovery.gov, a key part of President Obama’s commitment to transparency and accountability. PopRule uses it as a social news platform for politics. And Drupal will soon become the platform forCausecast, a site where “media, philanthropy, social networking, entertainment and education converge to serve a greater purpose.” This is especially significant because Causecast CEO Ryan Scott is transitioning the site off of Ruby on Rails because Drupal has proved more efficient, user friendly, and cost effective. (Disclosure: Max Gladwell founder Rob Reed is co-founder of PopRule.)

8. Green Your iPhone: Looking for an organic diner within biking distance that has a three-star green rating? There’s a app for that. It’s called3rd Whale, and you can download it for free. (Except that the star rating is actually a whale rating.) Complete with Facebook Connect, this iPhone app locates green products and businesses in 30 major North American cities. It uses the iPhone’s dial function to select a category (food), sub-category (restaurants), and distance (walking, biking, or driving). In Santa Monica, this might give youSwingers diner for its selection of veggie and vegan fare. You could then get directions from your current location using the iPhone’s built-in Google map, rate your experience on the three-whale scale, and write up a quick review. 3rd Whale recently released a new feature that integrates green-living tips, which can show how much energy or waste you’ll save by taking a given action.

9. Unite the World Through Video: Matt’sdancing around the world video inspired many to tears. Today, more than 20 million people have viewed his YouTube masterpiece, where he performs a kooky dance with the citizens of planet earth. The most recent example of this approach is Playing for Change, which connects the world through song. The project started in Santa Monica with a street performance of the classic Stand By Me and expanded to New Orleans, New Mexico, France, Brazil, Italy, Venezuela, South Africa, Spain, and The Netherlands. The project was superbly executed via social media, complete with aYouTube channel, MySpace, Facebook, and Blog. It’s received tremendous mainstream media exposure and also benefits a foundationof the same name.

10. Rate a Company: The conversation about corporate social responsibility (CSR) takes place across the social web on blogs, Twitter, and YouTube, but a central hub for this information and opinion is still to be determined. SocialYell seeks to address this by building an online community around the CSR conversation, where users can submit reviews of companies together with nonprofit organizations and even public figures like Michelle Obama. The major topics are the Environment, Health, Social Equity, Consumer Advocacy, and Charity. The reviews are voted and commented on by the community in a Reddit-like fashion with both up (Yell) and down (shhh) voting. The site is relatively new and still gaining traction, but there’s no question that a resource like this is needed to shine a bright light on CSR and and other related issues.

TwitCam is some very cool broadcasting software. The biggest feature they have is that when you chat in the side window you tweet out what you are saying. Other tweeters will see where your discussion is happening. This is great for pulling more users into the broadcast. You can embed the stream anywhere and once you are done the session is archived for future viewing. One thing i didn’t like is that the conversations on Twitter that are related to the broadcast are gone once archived. I don’t see any reason they can’t stay there – this is a great way to remember tweeters for future purposes.

When I started shooting video for the internet it consited of shooting video of boarding and antics with my close friends. It was a long process to convert, edit and post on the web. Web cam were more like an extreme slow stop motion project where your image would flicker in and out every second or so. Ustream.tv take internet on the web to a new frontier. This free service lets anyone with a notebook, webcam, and an internet connection broadcast live, real-time video from just about anywhere in the world. Personally, I did some work when I was in the Honduras jungle using a sat phone to broadcast live video to the web. Here’s a little test video that I streamed live and also recorded a hard copy, this only took me maybe 5 min to set up http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/2744993.

LiveStream is not the the only broadcasting solution out on the net. However, the control you have over your
broadcast is definitely something to not over look. They offer users the ability to transition between live cameras and video clips to produce a more professional broadcast. You can have creative intros with music and maybe do commercials with opportunities for advertising or sponsorship space. You are able to embed your show on your website, a service that is a must these days. They provide graphics layovers that you can simply add your logo and text to (The standard lower bar seen on many new stations). You are also able to quite easily add pr-existing clips from services such as YouTube. The most amazing part in my mind is the ability to work with Virtual Teams. Taking multiple cameras on different computers from anywhere in the world and be able to channel it all to one broadcast. In essence they are providing a world wide  internet solution for live broadcasting.

The cost:

Well there is of course a free version that:

• Has LiveStream Ads on them
• Standard Quality
• Stand features

Premium Channels- Start at &350.00/month :

• No ads or your ads instead
• Widescreen HD quality
• Analytics
• Privacy
• No Livestream Logo
• Premium Terms and Support

It takes a horrifying 15 minutes to get your channel verified once you have signed up. Sorry…but that’s long!

Other than that, a very cool tool.

When you are on a channel on LiveStream you are able to update your Twitter and Facebook as well as chat live with the streamer and other viewers.

Here is a popular channel of LiveStream: