Places, a new social network, got written up in Inman. Have a look at their home page: Notice anything? I did. There is no primary value proposition. What problem would I use this product to alleviate, and why? I’m left wondering on both questions. Was…

Google and Twitter has been big news across the blogosphere today… unfortunately it provokes a “meh” response from me. Why? Because a simple plugin for IE or Firefox called WebMynd (that has been around for quite a while) already did this and much much more.

One of the big social bookmarking platforms has been Mixx.com; it is a very 2.0 platform allowing submission of articles, pictures and videos. They’ve taken the next step in branching out into becoming a full blown Social Media site by releasing their Mixx Communities. This…