For anyone that struggles with managing contacts, new online service Gist may be just the thing you’ve been looking for.
Working out of Seattle, Gist is a new start-up that takes the hassle out of connecting your online dots. It collates all your contacts – email, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and more – into an easy-to-manage web portal that then gives you a whole ton of features to prioritize which ones you keep track of.

What makes Gist interesting is the pedigree behind the [...]

Look around you on the bus, in the workplace, at the pub. There’s a good chance the conversation pieces you pick up will include the words Twitter, blog, Facebook and other social media and networking terms. Proof that more people are getting into what social media has to offer. Yet this is just a small percentage of how many people could be talking about it, and using it. Could this be down to the fact that there are just too many choices to make when it comes to social media platforms? Should we be looking at making things easier for anyone that wants to enjoy all that social media has to offer?

Social media and blogging go hand in hand. From the early days of both mediums to their incredible growth, popularity and importance in today’s web world, it’s almost impossible to think of a time before blogging or social media. So why are some of the people “on the inside” complaining about it so much?

If there’s one thing that has always been a constant, whether in the movies or real life advice, it’s that nice guys don’t come first. The most successful businesses have always been the ones that had a managerial ruthless streak and took no prisoners, while the nice guys never got the girl. Or did they? Is social media finally showing everyone how to really make a difference and earn respect, without the need for bullying and selfishness?