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another my "favorite" error message, this time from PLAXO, it happens when I send a greetings postcard to a contact:

- "A fatal error has occurred. Please wait a moment and try again.
Contact support@plaxo.com if you continue to see this error."

Facebook said once: "Your account is temporarily unavailable due to site maintenance. It should be available again within a few hours".

in my case this was the most painful maintenance update ;)

Thank you Sean, as usual!

an observation: this time it seems (to me) that your goal was to PR BLVD project, did they pay you for that? J/K! ;)

OK, seriously- if you're still available for the further discussions- let's discuss next time the enterprise-scale systems, those required ownership of web analytics data?

I told you for example I can't suggest using Google Analytics or any its web hosted clone ("better" or "worst" I don't care) to my company, 'coz I need the system that puts the data to a database installed on my server, so I'll have access to this data for any other purpose, not only to see these sexy reports in my web browser ;)

Today we're seriously considering the use of http://piwik.org project, I suggest you to have a look at this article on ReadWriteWeb:
"Piwik: Open Source Google Analytics Alternative"
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/piwik_goog...

thank you in advance. Andrey

Guys, first of all TWITTER is just a Brand/ Product, so discussing if TWITTER (product) can replace SMS (communication channel/ tool) is absolutely irrelevant or sponsored by twitter (R) :)

What's about SMS to disappear- yes, of course yes! the people interested/ following Mobile 2.0, the future of Mobile communication, know that INSTANT MESSAGING (as a communication channel/ tool) is killing SMS.

Instant Messaging is considered by the most analysts the nearest KILLER APPLICATION for Mobile 2.0. and I 100% share this point of view, it's just that there is another even more important KILLER for Mobile 2.0 which isn't an "application" but a service, much more important than IM, and it's already changing the whole world of TLC and not only- is GEO Location Based Services.

This is the real revolution!

nice talk, Mark!

I also follow your both, guys :) and I strictly follow OpenSocial... it's even better- my support Team is now seriously learning it for an incoming big project in Social Media. so I hope soon to get a change to earn some first hand experience in managing such an amazing project!

regards, Andrey
http://www.spock.com/Andrey-Golub

very good job indeed, bravo Chris!
i'll push it forward on my network.

if i were you just to say, i'd cover also people search engines and would already introduce the demand for the professional roles like Social SEO/Social Media Optimisation/Marketing, and the tools already available and to-arrive/to-improve, to manage this.
i mean Digital Identity Managing for dummies that dream to become experts one day 8-)

however it's all mostly there

Anthony, if it's the first time you think about that your online identity is probably more important than yourself- i am happy for you, you live in a pacific word!

the guys like myself who's social life online makes a very big part of the life in general, have no choice but to care about their Digital Identity. i use and highly recommend to you SPOCK.COM, as People Search Engine, Social Network and an easy to use tool to manage and CHANGE if needed, your web/ web 2.0 reputation.

try it and you'll see there is no need to fear of what the web knows about you, if you control it!

thank you for the comment back, Ric. I think there is still something to discuss for us two :)

about "your place" and "their place"- hm... I am not sure I understand what do you mean exactly under "my place". a your home page? a your OpenID page? something else "your"?
Lots of people have their own Personal Web Sites, where they put all their info- but it's not the same as an Online Identity Monitoring and Management tool as Spock, I believe, is gonna become.

on "your place" you could have all your references- all about you declared by you. OK. This could be your own home page or the place like SocialURL or Naymz- a mix of "my place" and SN.
but this your place- how will it help you knowing what the others have written about you? what the others think about you? So you'll anyway have to manage tons of google search agents, pools (? :lol:) and so on. now else you can realize your own "my place"?
I think also OpenID could become a Social Network, to allow Networking for its "own" users.

about Social Networks that Spock is no different from those- look, I am sorry but I do completely disagree :) maybe my experience is different from your- but where did you see a Social Network that wants ALL about you? I have my professional profile and professional endorsements on LinkedIn, where there are also my business connections, I have some funny pics, lots of poke-friends etc on Facebook where I relax and sometimes do some stupid things, I have my twitter buddies on twitter and we twitter all together :), I participate on 10+ Social Networks and so? Sometimes I do really forget which Networks I take part of!
and so on. I never put it all in one place- 'coz Social Networks are planned for Networking, each one has its "specialization"... and to be able managing all this- a META Network had to appear- and here is Spock, I am very happy- so why you aren't also? :)

Spock is a Search Engine + my digital identity aggregator. it's not similar to LinkedIn or Facebook, since its mission is to collect Web Links about me + collect the community opinion about me (tags) and so on. It's just an aggregated Digital Identity. Is Facebook similar to this?
Hm... I have a doubts.

Spock needs this info about you since it's a Search Engine, it will later perform search by all this META data of different kind- Web pages, SN pages, Web 2.0 tags (content, tags).
I do not know why you so much disagree with the idea to have a META data based search engine... I think it's absolutely logical- it's the next generation of Search Engines, since it's a META for all Web, it's a META for all Web 2.0 plus it's a community powered project.
hm... see not so much similarities with Facebook, honestly.

hope to have convinced you to participate actively, not only watch!
if not yet- I'll come back again later :)

Kind Regards,
Andrey Golub- a happy Spock user and Evangelist
http://www.spock.com/Andrey-Golub