Let’s start with a discussion of existing social networks and then how to approach people on them. Second, I don’t want to clutter up the stream of information that I have in my Facebook newsfeed with information on people with whom I don’t have a relationship. LinkedIn. Facebook. I’m curious who you are. MORE >>

A friend calls me up from “you name it&# city: Boston, New York, Chicago, San Francisco and says, “I’m thinking about moving to Los Angeles (or SF, NY, etc) and I’d love to start interviewing. Let’s start with the obvious. If she’s not up for transferring to UCLA – that’s fine. MORE >>

Pasadena-based TweetUp , the Twitter advertising startup started by Idealab's Bill Gross, said this morning that it has added LinkedIn and Facebook updates as part of its service, and as a consequence changed its name to PostUp. Tags: tweetup postup linkedin facebook twitter search advertising idealab READ MORE>>. MORE >>

Arnold Waldstein , who stops by periodically on my blog and always leaves relevant comments, made the observation that, “if I want to connect with you, I’ll engage with you on this blog …from there, a follow on Twitter, a link on LinkedIn are closing the loop of connection rather that opening a cold door.&#   This is so true. MORE >>

I travelled for a couple of days for work and decided to get some sleep on those days rather than staying up into the wee hours as I often do when I travel. He ends up spending personal time trying to get through email. It’s all of these things accumulated that adds up to such a huge mass. I live in email hell. Really. MORE >>