The New Myspace

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The new Myspace is a complete overhaul compared to the older version. It symbolizes the start of a fundamental shift in focus for what was once the world’s preeminent social network. MySpace roll out a completely revamped interface to its users since october 27th, and completed towards the end of November. Because so much has changed, it is very difficult to list all the changes from the older version. Everything from the homepage to profiles to the new Topic Pages focus on transforming MySpace from a social network into a “social entertainment destination.” The site is now focused exclusively on the 13 to 35-year-old demographic — Generation Y, in other words. Its new goal is to become “the leading entertainment destination that is socially powered by the passions of fans and curators.” This is in contrast to its old goal of being “a place for friends.” It reduces the amount of design bloat from 152 templates and 81 button styles to just seven templates and two buttons.


Some changes include:
  • A new left-hand navigation: Profile navigation has been condensed into the left hand navigation menu under the profile picture.
  • Focus on the stream: MySpace Stream — the site’s version of the Facebook News Feed — is the focus of the new profiles. You can view a user’s recent activity, comment on items and share content with friends.
  • Follow on other social networks: There’s a new module giving you the option to follow a user on not only MySpace but also on Twitter, Facebook and other social networks. Whether this is a standard module remains to be seen.
  • A vastly improved User Interface : Without doubt, the new profiles feature better design than their predecessors, which themselves have been the scourge of social web app designers for a few years now.

Edmodo: A Social Network for Teachers and Students

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Edmodo is a social network designed for teacher/student interaction with an emphasis on quick communication, polling, assignment sharing, and more. It was founded in September 2008 by Jeff O'Hara and Nick Borg. The site was acquired by the Fusion Projects, a subsidiary of Revolution Learning in February 2010. Chuck Rosendahl is CEO/COO of the Fusion Project. The site has undergone continuous growth since launch, and more than 200,000 students and teachers have signed up for the service since launch.


Edmodo made to be a teaching tool that is modeled after other social networks like Facebook with a focus on communication and not just a way of sending out grade reports from the teacher to students —although you can certainly use those functions easily enough. If you sign up as an educator, you can share files, links, assignments, and grades as well as issue alerts and updates, dialogue with your students on a Facebook-like wall, survey your students, and manage map out your class syllabus on a public calendar. As a student you can contact your instructors directly, message other students, interact in the public discussion spaces, and even access Edmodo from your mobile phone via their mobile-optimized page to check assignments and more.


There hasn't been any other social network that seems as simple and useful as Edmodo turned out to be. Maybe because of its Facebook like colors and other designs? Or perhaps the simplicity that you can post info up that makes it such a success. But out of all other social networks, this seems like it won't affect your business life at all.