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Joseph Porcelli Hey mom look, I was featured in article with Marc Adreessen

Aug 12, 2010, Bloomberg.com, By Douglas MacMilla, Andreessen's Social Site Ning Gets Users to Pay for Service.

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Added by Joseph Porcelli on August 20, 2010 at 12:11pm — No Comments

Joseph Porcelli Good Examples of Social Media Policies for Government

Today I did research on Social Media policies and guidelines for government agencies. I found some great examples and thought I'd share them with you.

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Added by Joseph Porcelli on June 1, 2010 at 7:00pm — No Comments

Joseph Porcelli Changes to Ning.com pricing and feature enhancements

On April 15, Ning announced they would be phasing out free networks

A short while ago today, Jason Rosenthal, the CEO of Ning posted a blog highlighting three new pricing plans and some very cool feature enhancements. The good news is the pricing structure is similar to current premium rates but with additional value. Also, there is an affordable option for educations and small nonp
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Added by Joseph Porcelli on May 4, 2010 at 1:44pm — No Comments

Joseph Porcelli I'm speaking at the Ford Hall Forum on 5/6!

Dear Friends,

I'm writing to request your presence and support this Thursday evening May 6 as I
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Added by Joseph Porcelli on May 4, 2010 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Joseph Porcelli The Emerging “Fifth Estate”: Can the likes of Twitter, YouTube, and other social networks help solve real government problems?

Chris Csikszentmihalyi, Nigel Jacob, and I say yes and have proof!

Join us on Thursday, May 6, at 6:30-8:00 pm at the Suffolk University Law School for the Ford Hall Forum.

Here is the official release:

(Boston, MA) Ford Hall Forum at Suffolk University presents The Emerging “Fifth Estate”: Can the likes of Twitter, YouTube, and other social networks help solve real government problems? With Chri
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Added by Joseph Porcelli on April 16, 2010 at 2:50pm — No Comments

Joseph Porcelli Ning networks no longer free, my thoughts, and ideas to cover costs.

Yesterday word leaked out that Ning.com will no longer be offering free networks and will be reducing it's workforce from 167 to 98 employees.

There are lots of opinions out there a
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Added by Joseph Porcelli on April 16, 2010 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Joseph Porcelli Updated list of earned media from 2006 to date about me, Joseph Porcelli

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Added by Joseph Porcelli on April 1, 2010 at 4:16pm — No Comments

pat griswold Social Networks Changing Lives

Power has been given to everyday people in the form of social networks. Anybody can now blog about issues from temporary insurance/medical insurance reform to network virtualiza… Continue

Added by pat griswold on January 23, 2010 at 12:47pm — No Comments

Joseph Porcelli Crazy new facebook scam. Fell for it myself!

I just got a chat from a friend that stated: "I found this old video of you, lol its really funny, you remember doing it at all? http://ur.lc/eqe" I clicked it but was then signed out of facebook and signed back in. What I did not immediately notice is that the URL I signed into was - http://122.141.84.20/facebook.com.session-login.php. This is not a facebook URL. Very clever. Good news, I change… Continue

Added by Joseph Porcelli on December 16, 2009 at 9:30pm — No Comments

Joseph Porcelli My take on facebook's new privacy settings

According to facebook, "Public Search Results only allows search engines to access your publicly available information and any information you set to Everyone. This does not include anything you've shared with just your friends or friends of friends." When making changes to my privacy settings a pop up (see below) stated "There have been misleading rumors recently about Facebook indexing all your information on Google. This is not true. Facebook created public search listings in 2007 to enable… Continue

Added by Joseph Porcelli on December 15, 2009 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Joseph Porcelli Introducing GO JOE GO!

Go Joe Go! Friends, As the Neighbors for Neighbors networks around the city grow and other cities are expressing interest in working with us, I've got take better care of myself and raise money for Neighbors for neighbors. In light of thi… Continue

Added by Joseph Porcelli on July 30, 2009 at 2:18pm — No Comments

Joseph Porcelli Join me for Building Communities Online and Offline on 8/5/2009

Friends, Please join me Thursday August 6th at 6:30 PM as I will be a panelist at the New Prosperity Initiatives "Community Dialogue On Social Change" about "Building Communities Online and Offline." The New Prosperity Initiative (NPi) will host a speakers panel and community dialogue, "Building Communities Online and Offline" on Thursday, August 6th, 2009. NPi dialogues are an opportunity to hear first-hand stories of community activism from local le… Continue

Added by Joseph Porcelli on July 30, 2009 at 11:30am — No Comments

Joseph Porcelli I'll be presenting at the Gov 2.0 Expo

Friends, I've got some really cool news. Gina Bianchini the CEO of Ning (Ning is the technology platform behind Neighbors for Neighbors), one of Neighbors for Neighbors biggest fans, presented our Jamaica Plain network at PdF (Personal Democracy Forum) back in June. In the audience was Laurel Ruma, the Editor or… Continue

Added by Joseph Porcelli on July 23, 2009 at 3:45pm — No Comments

Richard V. Salazar An Open Invitation For Support www.accessleo.com

Dear LEO Supporters, Re: About Us. AccessLEO.com (Access Law Enforcement Officers/Organizations) Is a medium of open communication and information publicly available for general public consumption through the internet. Any government entity and their respective law enforcement official logos, markings and their website contents are merely displayed within accessLEO.com webpage. AccessLEO.com website community is inspired by our public service conviction, the internet is a good medium of commu… Continue

Added by Richard V. Salazar on June 15, 2009 at 8:30pm — No Comments

Jude Appenzeller resveratrol

For more information visit my resveratrol news, articles and reviews site.

Taking a Resveratrol supplement may be a brand new idea, but it is one with more credibility than you may think. We already know that drinking red wine is very good for you (in moderate amounts that is), and taking the active ingredient,

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Added by Jude Appenzeller on June 8, 2009 at 7:40am — No Comments

Joseph Porcelli JP gets networked

Here is a great article about the neighborhood-centric Social Networking models I am developing. By David Taber May 1, 2009 - Jamaica Plain Gazette Local non-profit Neighbors For Neighbors (NFN)—a Jamaica Plain group that since 2005 has been encouraging Jamaica Plain residents to interact with each other—has hitched its horse to the social networking website phenomenon. Call it Facebook for JP. Like the popular networking web site, NFN’s… Continue

Added by Joseph Porcelli on May 4, 2009 at 12:32pm — No Comments

Joseph Porcelli The Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act (renamed) Passes!

Just a few minutes ago The Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act (renamed in honor of Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA) passed! Over the past six months I've served as the Director of Online Operations and Partnerships for Be the Change, Inc., a lead convener of ServiceNation. I am honored and humbled to have been apart of the ServiceNation team that made it possible for this historic legislation to be passed. More information about the The Edward M. Kennedy Serv… Continue

Added by Joseph Porcelli on March 26, 2009 at 6:09pm — No Comments

A. H. Brieth sleep

For more information visit my sleep news, articles and reviews site.

Many people recognize the heavily marketed product Xanax, but very few know the chemical name alprazolam. Usually used for the treatment of anxiety, alprazolam is sometimes used in the treatment of insomnia as well because of

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Added by A. H. Brieth on March 25, 2009 at 10:31am — No Comments

Joseph Porcelli The Mug Project has been selected as the winner of Mayor Menino's 2009 Green Residential Waste Reduction Champion Award.

Friends, I just got this email from the City! Dear Mr. Porcelli, Congratulations! You have been selected as the winner of Mayor Menino's 2009 Green Residential Waste Reduction Champion Award. The actions you have taken on the Mug Project to reduce waste caused by single serve beverage containers stood out among other nominations. I hope that you will be able to join Mayor Menino at an awards ceremony to recognize all of the 2009 Green Residential, Business and Bicycle Friendly businesses on… Continue

Added by Joseph Porcelli on March 24, 2009 at 2:48pm — No Comments

A. H. Brieth hoodia

For more information visit my hoodia news, articles and reviews site.

Hoodia supplements are pretty much everywhere, like stores and magazines, but the number one place for marketing and buying hoodia supplements is online. One of the reasons for this is that hoodia supplements do not require a prescription and have very little controls surrounding

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Added by A. H. Brieth on March 24, 2009 at 12:01pm — No Comments

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