Getting the Gist of things and Scoping Social Networks
We’re looking at a couple of new solutions we think are going to be very hot. Scorching hot. One, Gist, has been the subject of a lot of buzz on Twitter over the weekend.
Sheryl’s coordinating a call with Steve, their CTO for the next few days. We’re looking forward to working closely with the Gist team, and we’ll be sharing our experiences, and our thoughts about where this can unveil some new ways to maintain our business, social and personal relationships.
I use them all. I used Bloglines. I use Xobni. I like them a lot. While I’ve never used steroids of any kind, here’s the analogy I’ve been using today.
Gist. It’s like a web-enabled mashup between Bloglines, Xobni and more…on steroids.
The other is a new Blackberry tool called SocialScope. It’s in private alpha testing right now, but it has the look and feel of a great tool for using a combination of Twitter and Facebook from the Blackberry. While it’s tad weak on the Facebook side, it blows Twitterberry right off the handheld at this point – and that’s in closed alpha state. We’re anticipating some great stuff from SocialScope and will keep you posted as things progress.
And the coolest thing about SocialScope may be the user feedback. There’s a feedback button built in that populates a message with your Blackberry mode, OS version and all the technical details. It’s a no-brainer to give feedback easily. They rock with how they’ve enabled user feedback
Technorati Tags: Gist, Social Scope, Twitter, Facebook, social networkings
on January 21st, 2009 at 12:49 pm
[...] call with Steve P. Newman, CTO from Gist. If you don’t know about Gist, read Kens post here, and then wander over to the website and sign up for the [...]
on January 21st, 2009 at 12:56 pm
[...] tools we use are changing, and new ones are coming faster and faster. Gist and SocialScope are both examples of tools coming and changing quickly. If you think the old tools will help you [...]