You might like Meet-O-Matic,. a very simple, easy-to-use, no log-in required, automated meeting scheduler. It’’s an excellent example of how a single-use device (e.g., a digital camera) can trump a multi-use device with lots of bells and whistles (e.g., a cameraphone—or Microsoft Outlook).

Errant e-mail post from assemblyman calls his voters ”idiots”. Participating in the Yahoo group Brewster10509, a Yahoo group focusing on his district’’s issues, Assemblyman Willis Stephens, R-Southeast, accidentally mailed the entire group this note:

“I”m “on” 10509 to monitor what is going on in Brewster. I do not post anymore. Just watching the idiots [...]

Venture capitalist and multipreneur Christian Mayaud has posted his CHEATER”S GUIDE TO LINKEDIN v 0.1, which is getting wide readership in the LinkedIn user community. As he writes,
This is a HOW post, not a WHY post.
Some people choose to be “promiscuous” LinkedIn users, and Christian acknowledges he has made that decision for strategic [...]

Seeking CEO, Virtual Handshake Enterprises

Summary
Would you like to take the key leadership role in a unique, fast-growing training, consulting, and information products company?
The Virtual Handshake ( www.TheVirtualHandshake.com ) is the leading resource guide to the social software industry. We run a popular blog, directory and wiki of the major social software companies, a [...]

From our latest FastCompany column, Online Golf Courses: How to design and run online networks for senior executives:

Let us say that you are a senior executive — now, or hopefully in the future. You may be wary of participating in many of the online networks. Why? Online networks are typically much more accessible than face-to-face [...]

One of the reasons why I think the future of communication is online: because that’’s how the next generation communicates. The LA Times reports on how Today’’s teens are connected 24/7, in a way that their parents no doubt can”t fully comprehend.

“I had heard that a guy in my English class wanted to get [...]

In his latest blog, New York Times columnist David Pogue asks, What’’s Wrong With Linking?:
Every now and then, I get an e-mail message from someone, asking permission to link to my personal Web site.
I always grant it, of course. Isn’t everyone with a Web site hoping for as many visitors as possible?
So I [...]

From MediaBistro’’s FishBowl LA:
At least once a week, the NYT Styles section prints an article that raises the same question within the inquisitive minds of readers coast to coast. “Is [quirky social habit identified in the article] a genuine trend, or did the writer just get the idea from some guy/girl he/she knows from [...]

I had the chance to participate in the IRTS Foundation‘’s panel last night on: “Marketing and Media Opportunities in Social Networking and Online Communities”. Other panelists:
Manon Bone, Director, Sales, Friendster
Scott Heiferman, Co-Founder and CEO, MEETUP
Cem Sertoglu, Co-Founder and Former CEO, SelectMinds
Laurel Touby, Founder, CEO, & Cyberhostess, Mediabistro.com
Moderator
Jack Myers, Editor, Publisher, Jack Myers Report and [...]

The NY Times reports: Jerky Pictures and Sound Are History. Videoconferencing Is All Grown Up (although they should say that’’s only for people with good quality equipment and a fast connection.)