June 2010
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With Heavy Hearts...
Today we are sad to close the doors on Simler. We had some lofty goals—to change the world by building on common interests. And although we are closing Simler today, we’d still like to believe that we made a positive impact on some of your lives. We know that some of you met new people that seemed like long lost friends on our service, because we did too. So on an individual level, we did do...
March 2010
2 posts
Simler hearts Facebook
The day has finally come, you can now link your Facebook profile with your Simler account. When you do, Simler pulls your profile information to suggest tags that you have already said you like. It then finds your Facebook friends on Simler so you can quickly find out what you have in common with your friends. Here’s how:
1) Simply login to your Simler account.
2) Click on the “Find...
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Ryan Goodwin is presenting at LaunchUp #6
LaunchUp is rocking it’s sixth event next week, and Simler is gonna be representing it right. What is LaunchUp you might ask? It’s a community event for tech entrepreneurs to share their ideas and to get help from the community.
The format is fairly simple. Three companies get seven minutes to present themselves to the community, with a few minutes of QA following. I went to the last...
February 2010
3 posts
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Social Networking Iconography by Rogie King
Throughout our site we use an iconography set designed by a very talented designer: Rogie King. They almost feel like he had Simler in mind when he designed them! He’s got some mad skills, so be sure to check out the rest of his work here.
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The Accelerator program at SXSW finalists are...
Miscrosoft announced it’s finalists for BizSpark’s Accelerator program at SXSW this year, and Simler made the cut! After weeding through hundreds of applicants, the best of the best were selected to participate in the program under the Social Media (Personal) category. We’re honored to be able to rub elbows with some other movers and shakers in the industry.
If you’re at...
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MrG on Simler: The tidal wave of "friendly" spam →
As social media becomes a larger facet of our everyday lives, the signal is beginning to drown in unprecedented amounts of noise. Now I get notified when a friend of mine confirms a friend on Facebook. Or that a business associate just ate a peanut butter sandwich on Twitter. None of which I care…