As we roll into the year 2010 here at chi.mp, we’ve spent some time reflecting on how chi.mp has evolved and what our goals are as a company. To ensure that chi.mp continues to progress we have decided that we need to focus on doing what we do best: give away free .mp domains on which people can build their … view full post
Our User Experience Designer, Cory Shaw, has made giant leaps in progress regarding the chi.mp owner experience! He has redesigned our chi.mp website and completely re-hauled owner site navigation.
The dropdown menus on the .mp sites make navigating, creating content and publishing much easier to do. The View My Site links will show you how others see your … view full post
Collect, connect and promote your digital life and your chi.mp site by using some of our new features!
- Promote your site with Twitter! Choose the Preview link on your site and you will find the Twitter logo.
- Add a personal video or images to your Bio
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One thing I love about chi.mp is its big heart. As an organization, chi.mp is generous and altruistic, seeking to improve the world we live in as much as your online experience. This week I had a chance to spend time with Jean Russell, also known online as NurtureGirl. I asked her some questions on social media and … view full post
The teen who lost her job after calling her work “boring” on Facebook, or the woman fired for calling her boss “pervvy” in a status update did not suffer from a deficit in privacy. They were fired, rightly or wrongly, for poor judgment. Most people understand that their posted … view full post
It’s got a funny name, but PubSubHubbub, recently released to Google Code, may prove quite useful. PubSub is short for publish/subscribe, an asynchronous messaging paradigm. A publisher produces messages and subscribes consume those messages. PubSub is often used in distributed software systems as a way for pieces of the application to communicate with each other even though they … view full post
“The online world works as a living, breathing resume,” according to Leslie Poston. She’s right. Your qualifications and references can no longer be constrained to a sheet of paper. Consider how I evaluate potential hires . . .
- Google them
- Check their LinkedIn page and connections
- Verify their interests and work product across the web
For executives … view full post
Posted by David Onoue on September 9th, 2009 at 07:27 am
There are some chi.mp sites that make you look twice. It could be that cool background design, an avatar, or perhaps even something in the Activity Stream that grabs your attention and makes you want to find out a little bit more about the site and the person behind it.
If you’re new to chi.mp and/or are looking … view full post
Image by jazzmasterson via Flickr
My personal quest for digital organization never ends. The circa 1970 steel file cabinet in the corner of my office slowly empties, as my computer … view full post
You may not know this, but you can subscribe to any chi.mp site’s activity stream and read it in any news feed reader like Google Reader, FeedDaemon, NetNewsWire or any web browser or client that supports Atom feeds.
What’s an Atom feed? In a nutshell, an Atom feed provides a way for you to subscribe to a … view full post
I recently had a chance to sit down with Liz Strauss and discuss personal branding. Liz is a social web strategist and community builder, who has written extensively about personal development and its intersection with professional development.
Liz writes most frequently at … view full post
Introducing Nick Burrus aka Rawr.mp!
Nick has been a chi.mp owner since February of ‘09. When he joined our beta testing program, he immediately began breaking almost every single button on the site. Eventually, we gave him our first champion badge on GetSatisfaction … view full post