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The Power of Twitter in Information Discovery

Both Sides of the Table

First, A Primer: Portals, RSS, Feed Readers & Delicious - When the web started we needed directories to find information and thus Yahoo! Then came RSS ( Really Simple Syndication ) widely credited to Dave Winer for driving the spec & adoption. And the company that helped websites publish RSS?

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32 Questions Developers May Have Forgot to Ask a Startup Founder

SoCal CTO

Do you need to round trip an email to validate the email? Cloudsponge for email invites to large group? Do you need to process user-contributed media? Do they generate emails or other external notifications? Do you need to provide RSS? Email - are you sending out emails periodically?

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32 Questions Developers May Have Forgot to Ask a Startup Founder

SoCal CTO

Do you need to round trip an email to validate the email? Cloudsponge for email invites to large group? Do you need to process user-contributed media? Do they generate emails or other external notifications? Do you need to provide RSS? Email - are you sending out emails periodically?

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Here are 10 Tips from BuzzFeed to Make Your Content Go Viral

Both Sides of the Table

I recently had the pleasure of spending an hour with Jon Steinberg, president of Buzzfeed , a company who focuses on helping media companies make their content go viral. If you want something to be shared virally on the web it has to be short.&#. That’s why people turn up to Buzzfeed. “How-to&# guides work well.

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Has Facebook Achieved What AOL Could Have A Generation Ago?

Tech Zulu Event

If you don’t know, Instant Articles are Facebook’s new way to natively load articles within the app using an adapted RSS feed. And if you’re paying attention, you’ll understand that this is their third push for native media consumption: first photos, then videos, and now written content. By that I mean: Let me explain. Sound familiar?

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Hacking Hacker News – How Wily Startups Leverage Social News Sites

InfoChachkie

Divshot's Founders conceived of their innovative web development solution, which automatically generates professional-grade code during the wire framing process, during a Startup Weekend event in Kansas City. To do this, you must formulate a sound engagement plan in advance of receiving unexpected media attention. Engagement.

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10 Ways To Become A Web Influencer In Today’s Market

Startup Professionals Musings

Here are his key recommendations for web sites and blogs that I particularly recommend to entrepreneurs and startups: Provide good content. Some folks like websites and blogs, and others prefer RSS feeds, email lists, Facebook pages, and Twitter feeds. Provide multiple methods of access. Let’s face it, static websites are dead.

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