Christine

Facebook Launches f8, and Catalyzes Growth of Social Applications

I spent some time last week at the jam-packed launch of f8, which platform has now been pushed live to the Facebook site. (My sister's wedding madness unfortunately kept me from getting online to post until now!) Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg (Flickr photo by phil-it) focused on Facebook's 'social graph' as the reason that Facebook has enjoyed success. Zuckerberg is thinking ambitiously - he believes that just as the launch of the Web browser served to catalyze the growth of the Internet, Facebook's f8 platform will catalyze the growth of social applications.

Michael Arrington's Four Keys to the Future of Media

Michael Arrington visited Toronto today for mesh, Canada's web conference, and shared his perspective on the future of media. Through the free-flowing dialogue, these four keys stood out as essential in media's evolution from traditional to social:

We Crossed the Finish Line - Another Herron is Married!

Please join me in congratulating my baby sister on her marriage! Now that the deed is done and my house has emptied of family members, I'll be rejoining society. Though her happy face in the 'money shot' was well worth it, remind me to never plan a wedding in six weeks again. ;)

Four Recommendations Paradigms to Watch

What's the best logic model to use for a recommendations engine? Builders of popular music recommendations services shared the pros and cons of their own - and each other's - approaches to matching people to the music that they'll love. These four paradigms for recommendations engines came out of the conversation. Most recommendation services will fall into one of these models, but the 'best approach' would undoubtedly vary based upon the subject matter.ight expect, MusicIP licenses its technology for pushbutton playlists on many consumer devices.

Full Circle Fund Seeks Nominations for Digital Inclusion Grants

The Bay Area's own Full Circle Fund (of which I recently became a proud member) is seeking grantee nominations for the Technology Impact Circle. The TIC is focused on "digital inclusion" and supports organizations whose work is aligned with the TIC's own theory of change. The five core tracks include: