Sometimes just logging on to a network is a good thing – like when you’re online friends share really meaty links or bits of information. Today was one of those days and friends shared these three fantastic links on the new Google Buzz. My friend @MikeElliott and my other friend, and show co-host on Social Media Edge, @JasonCrouch shared these on Google Buzz this morning.

Anahita Social Media Engine for Drupal – http://anahitapolis.com/

“Anahita is a light and scalable open source solution for building Social Networks, Intranets, and so many other types of social web experiences! Anahita is developed as Joomla 1.5 extensions and using the?Nooku Framework.?Unlike other similar projects that are architecturally stiff and mainly focused on copying and mimicking websites such as?Facebook or MySpace, the Anahita SocialEngine …”

How to Drastically Improve Your Designs – http://designinformer.com/how-to-drastically-improve-your-designs/

“Design is everywhere. We see it in on billboards as we drive down the street. When we go to a restaurant and look at the menus, we see it. When we sit down on our couch and watch television, it’s visible on the commercials, advertisements, and even the movies and TV shows.?It is all around us and it stimulates and motivates much of our decisions subconsciously every day.”

Seth Godin: Random rules for ideas worth spreading – http://sethgodin.typepad.com/

“If you’ve got an idea worth spreading, I hope you’ll consider this random assortment of rules. Like all rules, some are made to be broken, but still…”

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