Today is blogday. Each blogger recommends 5 new blogs. So let’s get to it:
1. SMS Text News: (English) News about the mobile industry, but it’s such fun to read, very down to earth laid back approach. I just love reading them b/c I enjoy it, and the professional news come in handy too…
2. My Let Go: (Hebrew) Duet blog with anecdotes and personal posts by Lotem Hayun and Niv Calderon.
3. Nick O’Neil’s All Facebook and Social Times: (English) Great source of FB and other social tech news.
4. Forum Yotzim Beshe’ela in Tapuz: okay okay, I know this isn’t a blog, nevertheless it is a place online I often visit.
5. Intellect or Insanity: (English /Hebrew) Jonathan Klinger’s blog. Interesting and meaningful issues relating to current events, and litigation.
Mission accomplished.
Posted by rutipo 
Facebook’s Comments to the Mini-Feed or Communication goes Both Ways
June 30, 2008Facebook used to be a place where the main communication was direct – interactions on friends’ walls, you had to go to their profiles in order to see what they’ve changed and what’s up with them, messages, tagging photos and more.
However, for a while now, there has been a shift. It started with the introduction of the news-feed and the way it was portrayed as the homepage, which shifted the concentration on what your friends are doing through indirect communication. You hear about your friends, without actually interacting with them.
But today, when I tried out the new commenting feature, it felt like old times. It actually made me check out profiles of some of my good friends which I don’t always check out. It made me feel that I am a part of the profile, not just a viewer – which can make one feel like a stalker at times. (Though Facebook should connect these comments to the notification system – I don’t think they have, which is a shame).
That’s why the new commenting feature on the Mini-Feed is so great (and yes, even if it is copied from FriendFeed). It helps keep the communication flowing back and forth. Because communication goes both ways – and that is key.