zenback is the hottest related posts widget for bloggers in Japan
Have you heard of zenback? It’s currently the hottest related posts widget from Six Apart currently provided to Japanese bloggers only as beta program. It’s lightweight (loads fast), fetches Twitter mentions (similar to BackType), Hatena bookmarks, mixi check, and recently added Evernote button. Options (i.e. how many related items to show) are configurable, you can...
Example of a stupid connection request (Viadeo case)
I have no idea what this person wants… But this is an example of spammers on business social networking services. Whoever you are contacting, make sure to add personalized message unless the person tells you to just send friend requests.
LinkedIn Bloggers on LinkedIn Groups
I’ve been a member of LinkedIn Bloggers Yahoo! group almost since the beginning, at the same time I was co-moderating LinkedIn Japan with Vincent Wright for Japan related users on LinkedIn to share knowledge and networks. At that time, LinkedIn didn’t have the trademark policy, so we could use the name LinkedIn within our group...
Facebook share problem on Blogger and solution
Generally when you share a link on Facebook, Facebook gets excerpts or first paragraph from the linked content page. However when you share a Blogger (blogspot.com) blogs, Blogger somewhat sends the first paragraph found on your blog, not from the blog content, which is pretty much annoying. For example, this is the description of my...
Kazemiru, Twitter based real time flu mapping
SSP CO.,LTD. (SS Seiyaku) has released a real time flu map called, “kazemiru” (requires Flash) based on Japanese tweets over the past 24 hours from each prefectures, categorized to; sore throat, runny nose, ague, headache, cough, and fever. According to SSP and Nielsen report as of August 2010, Japanese twitter users are over 10 million,...
Japan social network reviews (repost from 2008)
I’m reposting my old entries from backup. Some of mentioned services closed or changed during 2 years, and I’ll write updates in near future. Is mixi still the largest community in Japan? Answer is yes. mixi, most popular Japanese casual social networking service still ranks No.1 among other social networking services in Japan. However, Gree,...
