eh?

smell the glove

MIspace.

I was thinging the same thing.

Facebook sucks though.

/Going back to myspace

don't understand: I was thinging the same think.

FTFY

idk my bff Jill?

"It's a purpose network," said ConnectEDU President and CEO Craig Powell. "We leverage concepts of social networking, but for a defined purpose of education and career transitioning. This could not be replicated in a Facebook environment. It's tough to explain without seeing it."

Sounds like Fark.com

HawgWild: Hey! I already thang of that!

/is thang past tense for thing?
//thinged?
///I got nuthin'
////nuthin' but SLASHIES!

I like the cut of your jib, sir.

I am fairly sure that if we trimmed all the fat out of the governments spending like this crap the US could easily balance the budget in 4 years.

"It's a purpose network," said ConnectEDU President and CEO Craig Powell. "We leverage concepts of social networking, but for a defined purpose of education and career transitioning. This could not be replicated in a Facebook environment. It's tough to explain without seeing it."

linkedin.com?

It could be called "thespacethatIuseontheinternet.com"

Maybe because they were too busy thinking of it instead of thinging it.

"It's a purpose network," said ConnectEDU President and CEO Craig Powell. "We leverage concepts of social networking, but for a defined purpose of education and career transitioning. This could not be replicated in a Facebook environment. It's tough to explain without seeing it."

so in other words it's going to be like Facebook, only without the positive network effects that come from there actually being a lot of people on it.

good to see the government keeps spending, even though we're bleeding from all pours.

Oh so that's where my tax monies went this year, kick ass. Could you also create a search engine for michigan? Name ideas:

Miigle

Mihoo

or simply

Wespentthemoneyyougaveusonbeerandweedandcreatedthiscrappymichigansearchengine.c o m

make sure it's innovation-value-function-synergy driven, and is so complicated you can't even describe it we just have to see it. Thanks! Oh government, is there nothing you can't waste money on?

A Michigan Tax Payer.

Am I the only one that read that as "Novell Web application"

PJ_the_Barbarian: "It's a purpose network," said ConnectEDU President and CEO Craig Powell. "We leverage concepts of social networking, but for a defined purpose of education and career transitioning. This could not be replicated in a Facebook environment. It's tough to explain without seeing it."

so in other words it's going to be like Facebook, only without the positive network effects that come from there actually being a lot of people on it thousands of apps that annoy the crap out of you several hundred times a day.

FTFY

Pure Michigan

mistmonster: Am I the only one that read that as "Novell Web application"

Yes.

well its official when i get done here there will no longer be a michigan to go back to

If only there was a type of internet book you can put your face on...

Michigan paid for this? Barnum was right.

PJ_the_Barbarian: "It's a purpose network," said ConnectEDU President and CEO Craig Powell. "We leverage concepts of social networking, but for a defined purpose of education and career transitioning. This could not be replicated in a Facebook environment. It's tough to explain without seeing it."

so in other words it's going to be like Facebook, only without the positive network effects that come from there actually being a lot of people on it.

This. I was shocked when I found out how many people in office from the late 50s/60s/70s crowd were on facebook, mostly I guess to talk to their grandkids. Now I regularly get event invites to conferences, workshops, seminars, etc from all over the country.

TheTeethoftheTiger: Wespentthemoneyyougaveusonbeerandweedandcreatedthiscrappymichigansearchengine.c o m

The name's too long, I tried.

it's only a fail if they call it "MI-Space"

probesport: TheTeethoftheTiger: Wespentthemoneyyougaveusonbeerandweedandcreatedthiscrappymichigansearchengine.c o m

The name's too long, I tried.

worth a try

They should have just bought every available property in Detroit instead.

louiedog: They should have just bought every available property in Detroit instead.

And then spend the rest on hookers and blow? Seriously, they would have no idea what to do with a 1.14mil surplus...

Anything that even has the slightest potential to make FB go away sounds like a good thing to me. Doubt it will be whatever Michigan has cooked up, but maybe it'll be Google Buzz.

They really wanted the name to say A. Its from Michigan, B. Its smarter, more "brainy" than your average "face"book, and C. Just what kind of people use it.

So they went with "Michi-lobe"

TheTeethoftheTiger: Oh so that's where my tax monies went this year, kick ass. Could you also create a search engine for michigan? Name ideas:

Miigle

Mihoo

or simply

Wespentthemoneyyougaveusonbeerandweedandcreatedthiscrappymichigansearchengine.c o m

make sure it's innovation-value-function-synergy driven, and is so complicated you can't even describe it we just have to see it. Thanks! Oh government, is there nothing you can't waste money on?

A Michigan Tax Payer.

What a waste of tax payers money in the state I wouldn't even waste my energy on the stupid it burns meme because, this is so stupid it doesn't even deserve it. Granholm why dont you blow yourself away from here.
disgruntled Tax payer

hmm, well at least our elected officials are encouraging frugal spending in these hard times.

Oh, neat, a govt run social media outlet

/.

borg7of9: Anything that even has the slightest potential to make FB go away sounds like a good thing to me. Doubt it will be whatever Michigan has cooked up, but maybe it'll be Google Buzz.

lol, no. Goog's late entry into microblogging isn't going to make the entrenched social networks go anywhere. Especially considering how many people don't necessarily want their gmail address made public like that.

Fordbook? I spoke you!

Erom: hmm, well at least our elected officials are encouraging frugal spending in these hard times.

Not that I'm a Keynesian or anything, but mainstream economic theory right now says that excessive government spending is preventing even harder times.

KwameSpace.com