Compare Your Last.FM Music With FriendCompare

I’ve just discovered FriendCompare, a web service that allows you to compare your Last.FM music tastes to your friends or compare two completely random users. To start, the service has a clean, and simple design on the homepage. Here, you’d simply enter your Last.FM name to get started. On the next screen, you’re provided [...]

Identi.ca Apps & Why It Could Blow Twitter Away

I’m on Identi.ca and I’m loving it. Discovered it via Marshall Kirkpatrick’s post on ReadWriteWeb (Identi.ca: May A Million Twitters Bloom). I’m also on the phone with Sarah Perez discussing what the latest verb for identi.ca will be. Yes, we’re true social media fanatics and yes every microblogging service needs a verb. You can [...]

Where Would You Go If Twitter Disappeared?

I had an awesomesauce conversation with fellow Grand Effect blogger Sarah Perez last night. Twitter came up in the conversation and I asked Sarah, "Where would we go if Twitter was gone?" We debated about this for a while, but I’d like to ask you the same question and explore some of the thoughts [...]

Put A Spin On Your Lifestream With Dipity

Have you heard of Dipity? I hadn’t either until today. Dipity recently came out of private beta to a full launch last week. What is Dipity? Dipity allows you to create a timeline out of your lifestream. Though some users may glance over the service, it’s really worth a look. [...]

Twitio: Twitter and Del.icio.us

Twitio.us is an interesting Twitter tool that I just discovered. Recently developed by XDite, Twitio is similar to the now defunct TwitThis  service that allows you to send a link to your Twitter followers to share what you may be reading or browsing through in your browser. 
To use the service, simply drag the [...]

Make Twitter A Crowd With Crowdstatus

On Friday, Emily Chang of eHub posted about Crowdstatus
A way to group together people and view their "status". Currently it only works for groups through twitter.

The Crowdstatus web service allows you to create "crowds" or groups of your twitter followers and put them all in one place to see their updates. Currently, the service [...]

Gridjit: A Visual Twitter Portal Service

I found this little gem through Robert Scoble’s link blog, but  it seems the original source is Blog Herald (Gridjit,A Social Portal for Twitter).
Gridjit is a portal that presents you with a unique way of seeing your Twitter stream on the web. Instead of the usual vertical 1 column display of tweets, Gridjit [...]