Devin Reams

Lets dive right into them, shall we? I present to you, the websites that aren’t quite mainstream … yet.
1. GMail

Who: Google
What: Free e-mail with lots of space, IMAP, mobile accessibility, powered by ads
Why it’s cool: GMail was on the cutting edge of webmail with a huge giveaway of space and a smart interface coupled with [...]

Community Next is bridging Silicon Valley to the land of silicone with The Next Generation of Media and the Web happening Saturday, March 29 in West Hollywood. You may remember I’ve been pretty involved with Community Next and this one is going to be a neat twist on the original conferences: it’s not in the [...]

When you sign up and join Twitter it’s about a lot of things. Some say it’s an ecosystem, it’s about the simplicity, it’s about the voyeurism, it’s communication porn and so on.
I think it’s also like walking into a chatroom with just the people you want. Any other chatroom (IRC, AOL, Yahoo Games!) has a [...]

I’m a huge fan of simplicity; I’ve been working on de-cluttering, simplifying, and reducing the unnecessary in my life lately (which is why I’m in love with Zen Habits). I’ve started tracking the many things I want to do by using Joe’s Goals.
Joe’s Goals is a simple site where you set a goal (positive or [...]

I had a few minutes to kill today and I hadn’t taken my lunch yet so I said “hey let’s check on the news.” I opened up CNN, remembered how stupid CNN is, and promptly proceeded along the following path:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/
Faberge egg sells at auction for £9m
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faberg%C3%A9_egg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean%27s_Twelve
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faberg%C3%A9_egg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armand_Hammer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occidental_Petroleum_Company
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armand_Hammer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammer_Museum
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_Leicester
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Gates
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Coke%2C_1st_Earl_of_Leicester_%28fifth_creation%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester_Beatty_Library

Then I realize it’s 20 minutes later and I forgot [...]

Another cool site has launched. Indiefy is “a site devoted to independent bands.” It looks like an interesting place for independent artists to sell their music; the FAQ is here. If anyone is interested in a beta invite you can leave the first comment on this post or go sign up here.

If you’re looking for an excellent conference to attend this year you’re pretty lucki you’re reading this. I’ve been helping Noah organize the premiere conference about the present and future of online network and communities. Odds are, if you’re reading this you’re familiar with websites like Facebook, HotorNot, and Threadless. This conference will have speakers [...]

I’ve been asked to review (sponsored) an awesome resource put together by Daniel Kovach of Scholarships Around the U.S. First off, his site is an amazing place for students to find information on financial aid. He has a lot of opportunities (Paul won money as a student blogger) and a lot of good information including [...]

First, welcome to my new readers. I noticed a substantial spike in my traffic yesterday when the latest 9rules members were announced. Thanks to everyone who emailed, messaged, and left their congratulations- I do appreciate it. If you are new or haven’t browsed my site before be sure to check out my Archives and Articles [...]

David Cohen from ColoradoStartups.com pointed to a neat tool today. It’s called me.dium and it’s a browser tool that tracks your surfing behavior and helps you determine relevant sites near you. While browsing you have the option of viewing your me.dium map. This map shows sites “near” you in terms of relevancy. The relevancy [...]

Well, since I’ve been tagged by Noah I guess I should use this as an excuse to blog. The meme is: what are your top 5 social media tools? I’m assuming that this really refers to any social software. If not, who cares? It’s my blog.
In order of importance/frequency of use:

Facebook
Newsgator
Wordpress
Meebo
Flickr

I can be found checking [...]