Tag Archive for social

Empire Avenue – Fun, cool and why it could be big

A screen shot of Empire Avenue for user e(LARRE)

For the last year I have been hanging around on Empire Avenue (EAv). EAv is a website started in 2009 by a group of people with background from among others the gaming industry (i.e Electronic Arts). On February 23rd 2010 they launched a closed beta for “friends and family” with 250 players. Early in May…

Reflections after having implemented Facebook Connect and Google Friend Connect on my blog

This year there have been some developments related to the challenges we have with many different and closed social networks. Facebook, MySpace, Reunion, LinkedIn, Xing and many many more gives me a headache. There are several problems and challenges related to your identity online and technologies that make up the ‘Open Stack’ like OpenSocial, PortableContacts,…