Etpers guys at Barcamp Saigon summer 2011

Part 1 : Trip to Saigon of Etpers guys

Hey, well you know, BarCamp is an international network of user-generated conferences. This year Etpers team go to Barcamp Saigon summer 2011 summer with 4 presentations

1)  Start a startup with westart.vn by Ninh Nguyen                                          

2)  Project 5desires by Ninh Nguyen (& Nguyen Pham)                                      

3)  Will you die due to cancer by Thi Vu (Etpers team)                                    

4)  What’s wrong with 500 friends on Facebook ? and what’s the solution? by Etpers team (Ninh Nguyen & Duong Le)

This is also the 1^st time the interface image of Etpers was officially published .The Introduction and Presentation by Ninh Nguyen & Duong Le about Etpers made a good impression and has attracted much attention.

Preetam (the author ofSmarterbysharing, educator and technologist) said:

“I think the problem you are trying to tackle will be a key problem soon as people start getting selective about their social networks. They are probably not to keen on working on this as adding more friends is favorable for them”

It is a great encouragement for Etpers team to try harder to improve Etpers as good as possible. Thank you so much for your support!

Returning to our guys’trip, they came to Saigon one day before Barcamp, some pictures of Etpers guys’ walking tour around Saigon.

Some pictures from the barcamp presentation of Etpers guys

…..to be continued

Part 2 : What’s wrong with 500 friends on Facebook ? And the Etpers solution.

Part 3 : Will you die due to cancer? (a very useful & interesting topic from an Etpers team member: Thi Vu)

By: Ling

Cre: Etpers blog

Tired of missing so much important information on Facebook?

There is an undeniable fact, everyone uses Facebook to communicate and Facebook is being increasingly open and encouraging people to connect more. Relationships on Facebook are no longer “real” like at first. Too many invitations from people you do not know, too many updates on the home page from whom you do not attend, with full entertainment applications disturbing information.

It’s easy to see Facebook would no longer be a really useful tool “communication 2.0” which gradually shifts to an entertainment platform and loses real values to users, if that trend still continues to improve

Louis Gray (a hot technology blogger) wrote an article of demonstrating on Facebook did not do a good job, which everyone look forward to it:being able to update the latest and most valuable information from people we care.

Louis Gray’s younger sister gave birth to a baby boy and shared that news on facebook . Many friends and even the mother of Louis interacted and shared that news, however Louis just received that one day later. Louis explained himself that he believed too much in the “intelligence” level of facebook system in identifying which are the most important information to Louis? But in fact it’s so different.

Although there are many objective reasons and features of facebook have to serve its strategy developments as well as doing business. But having to recognize that the real value, which Facebook users expect (as initially) is gradually loosing and facebook did not do well what users have ever expected. Before the appearance of a product coping with this problem (what I’m doing). Temporarily, users just have unique one way is try to optimize and run under the changes of Facebook which I mentioned in last article.

But, will the users ever run under facebook? Does everyone feel tired of overwhelming in tons of worthless information to find which they care the most then just realize that they are still missing precious moments?

Note: in occasion of talking about missing important things, just reminds me of this video, it’s so interesting.

By Ninh Nguyen
Translated by Linh Mac

(Source:blog[dot]etpers[dot]com)

An important part of life: You may not recognize

What we need the most? Happiness in life, friendships, money, romantic relationships, love from fellow human beings, communities, fitting in somewhere… & may be it is internet. Do you see that all relates to a factor? Yep, that is human.

Said Andrew Cohen :“Human beings only learn and evolve through relationship. How do we cultivate consciousness and wisdom? Through engagement. You see, it’s almost impossible for any of us to be authentically objective about ourselves. The only way we can see ourselves objectively is through the reflection of others. We can go off and sit in a cave and meditate for years, but we only really find out what happened in that cave when we come out and get involved with other people. So we need each other if we want to evolve”. Perhaps that quote is a bit too theoretical but the core content has just only one : “the most important thing to human is human”. Because life is too short, we are all born, live then die. We need live a “real” life so we all need each other to love, to share joys, sorrows, pain, fear, stress…or even to hate. It fulfills our ourself, makes a meaningful life. That’s why we all care about and are connected to our families, friends, loved one, strangers and we are all connected to neighborhoods and towns and cities and states and countries. Whatever we do, affects many other people and vice versa.

It’s so nice to see everyone having fun to communicate with each others. Nowadays, with social media, we communicate faster and more oftenthan ever before. But the sheer volume of information online expandsevery single day, we are so overloaded with information. Too many invitations from people we do not know, too many updates on the home page with full entertainment applications disturbing information from people we do not attend. Relationships on social networks are no longer “real” like at first. Overwhelming in tons of worthless information to find which are we care the most then just realize that we are still missing precious moments. We need a really useful tool that is able to identify which are the most important information to us, helps us communicate effortlessly and effectively with people we care.

Our Etpers team always believe that “making “real” networking relationships & nearing our dears ” has the power to make the world a more organized, more efficient & better place. With that purpose, in each our activities, we are trying to bring that belief to everyone. That’s the reason why (may be call our mainly powerful force) we decided to built a really useful tool that is able to identify which are the most important information to us, helps us communicate effortlessly and effectivelythrough updating much “in touch” from people you care: anyone, anytime, anywhere, anyway, any device! No reason to miss anything. That“optimized tool” is Etpers.

How to feel people you care much closer?

So why not Etpers now to be the first one exploring that?

by: Linh Mac

The Problem With Google +1

The web is a social place now … when we find something interesting online, we share it with our friends and hope it sparks some sort of conversation. Sharing content online either as a content publisher, content consumer, or the Tumblr consum-isher hybrid has become what the web is all about. It’s about information yes, but it’s more about connecting with each other and learning from one another.

We depend on each others’ recommendations and trust each other when it comes to reviews (Yelp), videos, articles, products, services, and humor.

This is what Google currently has it’s sights set on (no pun intended) … becoming more involved and relevant in regard to the social experience of the web. Just as Facebook and Twitter positioned themselves as platforms where people could share and recommend content with their friends, Google is hoping to create a way for people to share and recommend content.

They’re introducing Google +1 … a way for people to recommend content.

The Big Problem

Unlike Facebook and Twitter, Google doesn’t have the social network. They have an awesome audience constantly using their service to find content, but they don’t have what makes social sharing work … a platform where people socialize.

The reason why publishers have implemented the Facebook Like button and the Tweet or Retweet button from Twitter is because it enables people to share content with their friends … something which has become extremely important to our culture. The more interesting content you share with people, the more likely you are to spark conversation and connect.

Instant Interaction = Instant Gratification

Imagine yourself at a party … you just finished telling an amazing story about how you got lost in the jungles of Tanzajarakow, because imprisoned by the natives for trespassing, and then managed to ride a wild alpaca to safety.

With a story like this, you can expect to have some sort of reaction from those listening as soon as you reveal the ending. That’s what Facebook and Twitter provide people in terms of social sharing. You share a piece of content, and your friends respond with some sort of reaction.

It’s fun. It’s social.

Google +1 falls short of this because of the lack of social network. Instead, imagine telling that same story to your personal recorder, then playing it on repeat in a busy hallway … eventually you might get some sort of reaction from someone, but there’s no telling when.

Recommend Interesting Content with Friends Google

The fundamental reason that will hold Google +1 back from reaching the scale of Twitter and Facebook buttons is due to the lack of a solid social network foundation, which is where the sharing should take place. By enabling users interaction on their own profile or on their friends profiles, users have a reason to share and recommend content — it keeps them present in the party and relevant and fun.

Recommending something using the Google +1 button will result in your “vote” appearing in the Google index. If a friend happens to search for something relevant to the piece of content you recommended, Google will let them know that you recommended it by revealing your “vote” to them. There’s a big IF in front of that sentence.

What do you think about Google +1 and how it will fit with Facebook and Twitter buttons across the web once rolled out? Will you implement the +1 button and will you make use of it when searching the web?

Will this flop just as Google Wave and Google Buzz did?

And finally, do you think this will spark the launch of the forever-rumored, Facebook-killer,Google powered social network … and no, I’m talking about Orkut

by: Christopher Rice(fuelyourblogging[dot]com)