SensoryMetrics: re-inventing the User eXperience

Finally those difficult to use and awkward little buttons on iGoogle are about to be nixed. The problem with the UI is that the ‘remove this’ button marked with an ‘x’ is right next to the ‘expand this’ button marked with a ‘+’. If you’re like me you’re forever deleting the application you’re [...]

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The premise is interesting… ResidentsIQ people moving into a close-knit environments may not have the skills to get to know each other… A new condo… you don’t know your neighbours… It’s not easy making connections. Although it’s a good concept, it still leaves me skeptical… Residents IQ? [...]

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One of my favourite social network sites seems to have become infested with buzz bots. Buzz bots are software bots that pretend to be human, but are actually just out to spread their viral advertising. Quite often these bots feed back any real world interaction to a real human counterpart usually referred to [...]

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Social media metrics is a growing industry that crawls through the darkest recesses of the internet in search of the thoughts and opinions of your customers. Basically, keywords such as product names or a company name is the trigger to record a consumer insight. In other words, what someone has to say about [...]

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6 million users and growing by 300,000 new users a day according to iLike team blog.
Facebook has the potential to become more than just a social network. It’s an online application environment that is changing and evolving and becoming more intelligent by the minute. I think we’re only touching on its ability to [...]

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Flixster.com is a movie database / social networking mashup. I wouldn’t be surprised to see a site like this get swallowed by Amazon or the like. Flixster is a wonderful environment with a very targeted purpose - sharing your opinion about movies with your social network.

Can you remember when we had to choose between buying [...]

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Being a former DJ, I love the idea of this site: YourSpins.com lets you remix the tracks of existing music and post your “noob” creation on yourspins page, or on your own web page or blog - you can even download it as your ringtone.
How does it work? A bunch of artists have allowed their [...]

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So sure Facebook is popular. But it paid a price for straying from its frathouse origins. Enter yet another social site - Qlique “the location aware social network”… It mostly gets points here for using lots of Qs in its name! Qute! Quaint! Queasy!
Tags: social-media, Facebook, Qlique
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As a dog, I’m prone to mood swings. That’s why I can’t understand those people wasting their time on Facebook, when they could be on Unthirsty - searching for the nearest “Happy Hour”. It seems that it’s mostly a west coast thing right now. But, they do have a mobile edition (in case you’re walkin’ [...]

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If you’re at all like me and don’t mind getting religious advice from a squirrel then check out WonderCafe.ca It’s a site that was put together for the United Church of Canada (I’m unaffiliated). The discussion groups cover a range of topics from parenting, relationships, health & aging, religion and faith, popular culture, global issues, [...]

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