My Digital FootPrint

Serial entrepreneur Bill Nguyen has launched  Color , which is described as a "proximity-based social network" and has no privacy settings but think "photo-sharing app", though text and video are also supported. Color has raised $41 million in seed and Series A rounds from Sequoia Capital, Bain Capital and Silicon Valley Bank and Peter Pham, (Photobucket) is the co-founder and they have stolen LinkedIn Chief Scientist DJ Patil to lead a team. What is different: Rather than "friending" or "following", Color’s users simply post pictures and serendipity is applied as other users of the app will see pictures that the Color algorithm has determined are relevant to them. A "Color based relationship" is implicit rather than explicit. Users will see other pictures posted recently or near their current location, as well as pictures posted by other members they’ve expressed an interest in by looking at, liking or commenting on their content.  

Trying to determine someone level of influence is attractive for a number of reasons, not least to be able to understand how valuable you are as a multiplier in a social network. There are growing (nine as I write) significant attributes that will affect your influence. The issue is interruption of words... Authority What authority have you been given by you social graph and what authority can you command (depth) Credibility How credible are you on the topic in question, the closeness to your are of given authority Expertise Proven domain expertise from an independent third party that shows more than common knowledge or willing to stand up and be counted.  Think how others whom you are influenced by rate you Location Often overlooked but sometime meeting people helps or having someone local is a positive. Proximity Both the relationships between people and how they are connected. Closeness is more than family Reach Think about the size and potency of your "so

Trying to determine someone level of influence is attractive for a number of reasons, not least to be able to understand how valuable you are as a multiplier in a social network. There are growing (nine as I write) significant attributes that will affect your influence. The issue is interruption of words... Authority What authority have you been given by you social graph and what authority can you command (depth) Credibility How credible are you on the topic in question, the closeness to your are of given authority Expertise Proven domain expertise from an independent third party that shows more than common knowledge or willing to stand up and be counted.  Think how others whom you are influenced by rate you Location Often overlooked but sometime meeting people helps or having someone local is a positive. Proximity Both the relationships between people and how they are connected. Closeness is more than family Reach Think about the size and potency of your "so

Trying to determine someone level of influence is attractive for a number of reasons, not least to be able to understand how valuable you are as a multiplier in a social network. There are growing (nine as I write) significant attributes that will affect your influence. The issue is interruption of words... Authority What authority have you been given by you social graph and what authority can you command (depth) Credibility How credible are you on the topic in question, the closeness to your are of given authority Expertise Proven domain expertise from an independent third party that shows more than common knowledge or willing to stand up and be counted.  Think how others whom you are influenced by rate you Location Often overlooked but sometime meeting people helps or having someone local is a positive. Proximity Both the relationships between people and how they are connected. Closeness is more than family Reach Think about the size and potency of your "so