How to build a community in Facebook.
Hosted by Bryan Person. Recorded from Boston, Massachusetts, USA and published for Saturday, June 16, 2007.

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Couldn’t resist linking to this video of the “running of the Boston brides” — delivered, ironically, by the BBC.

Hey, we Bostonians just love a good bargain!
Imagine what will happen at some of those “Midnight Magic Parties” next month when the final Harry Potter book is released.
Hat tip: Universal Hub
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As a new convert to both Google Reader and the river-of-news style of reading RSS feeds, here’s a snapshot of what I see when I check for unread posts:

With 159 feeds to follow and new posts arriving by the hundreds each day, there’s not a chance I’ll have the time or the inclination to read […]

Brilliant post from Justin Kownacki: “5 ways to positively disconnect.”
Here are Justin’s five recommendations:

Commute in Silence
Eat Alone
Leave the Cell Phone at Home
Meditate
Take a Tech-Free Vacation

Justin’s just given me a good idea for a line or two to include in my upcoming “Managing Your Social Media” talk at Podcasters Across Borders next week.
How do you […]

Boston multimedia producer Alex Sherman has organized the latest Tweetup for the Boston- and New England-area new-media crowd. Here are the details:
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Date:
Saturday, June 16, 2007
Time:
3:00pm start
Place:
The Jacob Wirth Restaurant
31 Stuart St
Boston, Massachusetts 02116
* Yahoo Maps
* Upcoming.org announcement
A couple of points of clarification, in case you’re confused: You don’t need to be […]

The Podcasters Across Borders 2007 conference (June 22-24, 2007) kicks off one week from today in Kingston, Canada, and I can’t wait to be a part of it.

Canadians Mark Blevis and Bob Goyetche and the Rogic Podcast Conglomerate have put together what promises to be an outstanding lineup of speakers for an event that brings […]

Last month Facebook unveiled Facebook Platform to enable developers to use Facebook’s API and integrate applications into the social networking site.

One my favorite applications in MyQuestions (you’ll need to be logged into Facebook to see the application), which makes it easy for your Facebook friends to give you instant feedback to any question that’s […]

Much like Chip Griffin (disclosure: Chip’s company, Custom Scoop, recently came on board as a sponsor for my New Comm Road podcast), I became a Google Reader convert this week.

I couldn’t be happier.
Here’s why I decided to make the switch from my longtime RSS reader of choice, Bloglines, to Google Reader:

Chris Brogan told me […]

On Sunday morning, I Twittered that my aunt Nichole had passed away after a long battle with cancer.
Two days later, I received two notes — one by e-mail and another via text comment to the post on this blog where that Tweet also lives — from former friends and co-workers of my aunt’s. […]