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The Art of CommunityI've just started reading The Art of Community, by Jono Bacon. Jono is involved with the Ubuntu community. He promises to describe the soc… Started by Michael LevinLatest Reply |
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Twitter Limits Access to Friends of Friends via APIWhat do you think about Twitter's recent moves limiting access to data via their API? Started by Michael Levin |
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The Art of CommunityI've just started reading The Art of Community, by Jono Bacon. Jono is involved with the Ubuntu community. He promises to describe the soc… Started by Michael Levin |
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Jan 31, 2012 Reply by Michael Levin |
http://www.managingonlineforums.com/I just started reading the book, Managing Online Forums: Everything You Need to Know to Create and Run Successful Community Discussion Boar… Started by John Dargan |
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Nov 11, 2009 Reply by Patrick O'Keefe |
Friending people on twitterI have noticed that whereas someone would normally search for their friends on twitter for purpose of following them, it is also possible t… Started by John Dargan |
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Nov 8, 2009 Reply by John Dargan |
FOAF and SSL(photo of the recent Social Web Barcamp in Paris from Henry Story's website) I was chatting with Henry Story, creator of Babelfish, the t… Started by Michael Levin |
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Sep 25, 2009 Reply by Michael Levin |
Happy 10th year, JCertif!
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Welcome to Codetown!
Codetown is a social network. It's got blogs, forums, groups, personal pages and more! You might think of Codetown as a funky camper van with lots of compartments for your stuff and a great multimedia system, too! Best of all, Codetown has room for all of your friends.
Created by Michael Levin Dec 18, 2008 at 6:56pm. Last updated by Michael Levin May 4, 2018.
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