I’m not sure why, but I remember as a kid reading through the classifieds and finding a section of "ads" from people who had met each other randomly but didn’t really exchange contact information. They would put up an ad and hope the other person would read it and remember the event.

The Blinka.me website is attempting to take that whole "reconnect" effort and webify it with some good ol’ Web 2.0 charm.
Combining the simple idea of the classified ad, with the power of the Internet, GPS, mapping and social media should make those efforts pay off in a significantly …read more

Have you ever needed to meet someone and wanted to find a place that was a nice middle point for both of you? We all have our favorite locations to meet around town, but sometimes you just need to meet at the middle ground between two parties.

The MeetWays: Meet Me In the Middle website gives you exactly what you’ve been wanting.
It couldn’t be much easier to use the site. You put in the addresses of the two parties then you can add a point of interest you’d like to meet at between the two locations if you desire. For example, …read more

History of the Internet from PICOL on Vimeo.
Mark left a comment on one of my earlier posts about The Facebook Song and provided a link to this video of the history of the Internet. He originally linked to the video on YouTube, but I prefer the quality of vimeo instead.
I thought it was pretty interesting and as he said in his comment, this site is about Uncovering the Internet, so let’s learn a little bit more about its history. Whaddya say?

I received an invitation from an extended member of my professional network. He sent me a link to join him on another network, XING – Global networking for professionals.
I recently heard of XING as I was reading the book "The Truth About Profiting from Social Networking" by Patrice-Anne Rutledge.
The first question that comes to my mind is "Do I need to join another professional networking site." After that question I began wondering if there was any real, specific reason to join this network. Does it give me something that I’m currently not getting from one of my other networks.
Around …read more

Image: Screen grab from Facebook.com by Jason Bean
"You live in Indianapolis? Do you know my cousin John?"
I continue to connect and reconnect with a variety of people via Facebook. One of the features of the site though is that they try and be helpful with introducing you to people you may now. The only problem is that I don’t know hardly any of the people they ever mention in the little box.
For example, I don’t know Denise, John or Travis. Sometimes Facebook will suggest someone that lives in the city I live in, or maybe went to the college I …read more