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  • People are Strange, When You’re a Stranger – Until You Meet Them

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    Paul Castain’s post “Should We Connect With Strangers In Social Networking?” inspired this thought:

    Outside of family, everyone else I know was a stranger first.

    Some of the people I have met over the years are just as strange as me, if that’s possible, and in a very good way (tongue-in-cheek). But now I know them as acquaintances, business associates and friends. And I hope they don’t think of me as too strange. (more…)

  • Google+ Plus Uses The Studio 54 Effect

    Studio 54Studio 54’s Steven Rubell’s exclusive hand selection of guests from the waiting throngs was an old marketing ploy that he made it famous. First in were high-profile celebrities like Michael Jackson, Mick Jagger, Halston, Mikhail Baryshnikov, and Salvador Dali.

    If you were lucky enough to win the beautiful people lottery and make the second round, it was a claim to fame. The unlucky hundreds or thousands could have been dancing and having fun elsewhere, but they waited in hope of making the grade.

    Google launched Plus this week with an exclusive selection that includes tech celebs like Michael Dell and Mark Zuckerberg. Invitations have been shut down due to “technical restraints with the beta version” <wink> <wink>. This has created quite the Buzz – pun intended – with outstanding results. (more…)