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Social Networking (the Shorter Version) Past, Present, Future

Both Sides of the Table

I recently spoke at Caltech at the Caltech / MIT Enterprise Forum on “the future of social networking,&# the 30-minute video is here and the PowerPoint presentation is here on DocStoc ). Right now our social graph (whom we are connected to and their key information like email addresses) is mostly held captive by Facebook.

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Interview with Alex Benzer, SocialEngine

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However Gmail is only private email conversations. People we met there were Greg Cohn, who was recently head of yahoo games. They'll reply to my emails in half an hour, and give us great feedback on what we're doing. I was really into graphic design in high school, and took several summer workshops at Caltech.

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Spotlight: LA Tech Summer Judges Includes BetterWorks, CallFire, Idealab, and Tech Coast Angeles

Tech Zulu Event

He also designed the Farmville iPhone application (top iPhone app), and worked on corporate development deals including Microsoft, Yahoo, Zynga Japan, and Zynga corporate strategy. Where: CalTech 1200 E California Blvd Pasadena, CA 91125. Event Details. When: Thursday, July 14th, 2011 – 6:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Price: $15 (Early Bird).

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Guide to the LA Startup Community

SoCal Delicious

Southern California companies are second to only Silicon Valley in raising venture capital , there are three major universities to recruit talent – UCLA, Caltech, and USC – and a thriving startup community to mingle with. Mediacode was sold to Yahoo. Not to mention the great weather, beaches, and beautiful people.

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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

Both Sides of the Table

I recently spoke at Caltech at the Caltech / MIT Enterprise Forum on “the future of social networking,&# the 30-minute video is here and the PowerPoint presentation is here on DocStoc ). We had email, instant messaging, group calendars, discussion boards, etc. GeoCities, Tripod & Yahoo!