Dopplr launches, go and register now

posted 12:44PM Dec 12, 2007 with tags dopplr socialnetworks travel web20 by Lars Trieloff

Yesterday, Dopplr, a social network that allows travelers to track their and their friends travel plans and shows friends that are traveling to the same city you are going to, has launched yesterday and allows registration without invitation. Dopplr is one of my favorite social networks and I am a happy user of the beta for two months now. So if you are traveling from time to time and want to know if we happen to be in the same city, join Dopplr and share your trips with me. I am happy to share as well.

Levels of social networking

posted 07:17PM Nov 03, 2007 with tags delicious digg dopplr facebook flickr friends lastfm linkedin plaxo plazes socialnetworks twitter web20 xing by Lars Trieloff

Believe it or not, for more than one year I have an article draft saved in my weblog system, titled "Social Software". The original reason for writing this was that Dan Diephouse wrote about O'Reilly's Connection, a now defunct social network for geeks. Some days ago Brett Porter wrote about his experiences with social networks, and I decided to start over with this blog post.

Being user of some social networks of different flavors, I noted that the number of connections I have in different network differs strongly. One reason is that some network have a larger user base, others make it very hard to add connections, others imply a closeness of relationships that I do not want to share with everyone. So, what level of social relationships does being connected in one network imply?

Facebook
Nothing. It basically means "Hey you are on facebook as well!"
Xing, Plaxo Pulse and LinkedIn
You might be useful for my career, I better keep you in this network.
twitter, Last.fm, Flickr
What you do (listen to, or photograph) is interesting for me
del.icio.us and Digg
What you read and think is interesting for me
Dopplr and Plazes
If you happen to be in the same place with me, it would be nice to know so we can meet.

The most valuable network for me (apart from the address book synch of Plaxo) is del.icio.us, because it allows me to track and share ideas with people I find interesting and this is despite the poor network capabilities of del.icio.us. So if you would like to connect with me in del.icio.us, just leave a comment with your username,