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 An update from a previous post: Unlikely Engagement

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Trendy web 2.0 company BLINK was forced to change their name after an alphabet truck collided with a milk truck in the San Fernando valley. Many were killed, but the real problem came when the local news announced a critical shortage of vowels would result from the tragedy.

“It’s actually a blessing in disguise”, said CEO Amanda Hugginkis. “Now we can quickly change gears and, depending on the meeting we are in, call ourselves Blonk, Blank, Blenk or Blunk. Oh, and sometimes Blynk.”

Honestly, though… It’s a nice site!

You can see all comments on this post, and the story from the REAL CEO here:

Lighter Side, Social Media BLNK

You know you’re reading about a hot topic when the headlines are so conflicting:

Women flock to social networking sites! The use of social networking is rising dramatically!

Use of social network sites decreases! Internet consumers may be scaling down their use of social networking sites…!

The pitfalls of social networking! Top 5 Social Networking Sites for Tweens!

You know your sector is where the cool kids hang out when you get these contrasts in a single Google Alert.

Web 2.0 will be defined as the era when user interaction technologies were fleshed out, tested and refined. I don’t, however think that Facebook will be around (in the same position) in the next two years, MySpace will probably be a digital ghetto where weirdos try to seduce noobs and we will generally be burned out hearing about every turd of data about our friends. In fact I am one of many people who are doing their best to not become a digital pariah.

Then the pendulum will swing back, and we will have found some useful applications for this powerful technology such as law enforcement, public safety, research, education and even quality entertainment.

It certainly looks like bubble 2.0, but most of us will be around to play with the next round of toys.

Lighter Side, Social Media bubble, innovation, networking, social, web 2.0

Air Canada might be regretting it’s recent upgrade to Vista, the latest major release to the Microsoft Windows operation system since 2001. Vista has had a bumpy start, but until last week, Air Canada had only the usual upgrade woes.

Apparently, the Vista upgrade required major hardware upgrades and had numerous compatibility issues with the Airbus 319 architecture. Read more…

Lighter Side Air Canada, Microsoft, Vista