Showing posts with label social network. Show all posts
Showing posts with label social network. Show all posts

Sep 11, 2009

Social Networking for Nerds

So you want to be social but you're not into the regular pop references. Twitter is nice in it's bite size but Facebook, Friendfeed and Myspace just aren't your cup of tea. The solution is to surround yourself with people as socially dysfunctional as you. Yes you heard right there are social networks for us geeks, nerds, hackers, code monkeys or whatever you choose to call yourself.

Advogato is the place to be for open source networking, it has a nice mix of people fully versed in open source to those just starting a rating system to get yourself from user to master at the recommendation of those who know you. The site has also been used as an example of a good trust metrics system. The site isn't the shiniest but if you're looking for solid code and a blog system check it out.

Games more your thing? Try GamerDNA. It's a site that specializes in social networking for gamers. It goes through trending games and you can post screenshots and communicate with other gamers about how much you pwn them.


Looking for a mix? Try Wakoopa where you can share the games and software you use. You can also find new software and update your status to others. Yes Opera is still less popular than IE though only a deity would know why.

By @PhilipTruax

Feb 26, 2009

The Awesomeness of Mixx and the Nacho Mixx Badge

Well due to some Epic Douche Bags over at Digg and other circumstance that we can not control I have decided never to post on Digg again except maybe another Bauer Power Video or so in the future. But to now focus on Mixx.

Both sites have a lot of cool features but a few of the best things I like about Mixx is that they understand the use for scripts and they filter out adult and offensive material including comments, but don't just delete it for those that do want to use it.

They also seem to be pretty free about wanting people to use their api and not giving them crap for it. One example of this is the Nacho Mixx Badge. What they did was pull the most popular images from the Mixx API and put them into a sweet little slideshow and give you the embed code to put on your site. And because it's just the popupalr ones you know you won't get some crappy pic that comes up and it adds a nice little touch to your site or blog.

Here is an example:
Get this Badge for your blog

Want to trade some cool stories with me and Paul? Add us as friends on Mixx!
Paul's Mixx
Sundance's Mixx

By Sundance of MakeMeASammich.com



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