Ning 2.0 launches: build your own social network

February 27, 2007 By

Hmmm, I have a video of Ning going up (Marc Andreessen, founder of Netscape, and investor in Ning, and Gina Bianchini, CEO of Ning, came and visited me last week) but you can read all about the new Ning over on TechMeme. It’s rising up the charts.

I wonder what Marc Canter has to say about this? (His company is going after the same space).

Oh, and ClipMarks will have something fun too (that video will be up at about 5 a.m. today, Pacific Time).

UPDATE: Ning is pretty neat. It basically will let you build something similar to Channel 9. Your own community site with pieces you pick. TechCrunch has the details.

Here’s the video interview with Marc Andreessen and Gina Bianchini (CEO of Ning). We talk about a lot more than just Ning, cause Marc was the founder of Netscape and has learned quite a bit since going through that experience.

[podtech content=http://media1.podtech.net/media/2007/02/PID_010361/Podtech_NING_interview.flv&postURL=http://www.podtech.net/scobleshow/technology/1372/social-networking-with-ning-version-20&totalTime=2011000&breadcrumb=3F34K2L1]

Here’s the demo (Gina rocks!!!):

[podtech content=http://media1.podtech.net/media/2007/02/PID_010362/Podtech_NING_demo.flv&postURL=http://www.podtech.net/scobleshow/technology/1373/build-your-own-social-space-with-ning-version-2&totalTime=751000&breadcrumb=3F34K2L1]

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  • http://www.ning.com/ Marc Andreessen

    Robert — thanks for the late night post — and btw we love what Marc Canter is doing as well!

  • http://www.ning.com/ Marc Andreessen

    Robert — thanks for the late night post — and btw we love what Marc Canter is doing as well!

  • http://www.ning.com Marc Andreessen

    Robert — thanks for the late night post — and btw we love what Marc Canter is doing as well!

  • http://scobleizer.com/ Robert Scoble

    Thanks Marc, it was fun talking with you! Hope the launch goes well.

  • http://scobleizer.com/ Robert Scoble

    Thanks Marc, it was fun talking with you! Hope the launch goes well.

  • http://scobleizer.com/ Robert Scoble

    Thanks Marc, it was fun talking with you! Hope the launch goes well.

  • John

    Yeah Gina rocks…phone number? Wow (can I say that without feeling the need to install Vista?)!!!

  • John

    Yeah Gina rocks…phone number? Wow (can I say that without feeling the need to install Vista?)!!!

  • John

    Yeah Gina rocks…phone number? Wow (can I say that without feeling the need to install Vista?)!!!

  • http://web-strategist.com/ Jeremiah Owyang

    Check out this list of all the social networks that you can rebrand. Marc Canter’s site (who I recently video interviewed) as well as Ning are present.

    http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2007/02/12/list-of-white-label-social-networking-platforms/

  • http://web-strategist.com/ Jeremiah Owyang

    Check out this list of all the social networks that you can rebrand. Marc Canter’s site (who I recently video interviewed) as well as Ning are present.

    http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2007/02/12/list-of-white-label-social-networking-platforms/

  • http://web-strategist.com Jeremiah Owyang

    Check out this list of all the social networks that you can rebrand. Marc Canter’s site (who I recently video interviewed) as well as Ning are present.

    http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2007/02/12/list-of-white-label-social-networking-platforms/

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  • http://blog.snipperoo.com/ Ivan Pope

    Well, I’ve been trying to talk with Marc about PeopleAggregator and widgets for ages. No response. But I can put Snipperoo widgets in Ning within a few seconds of making a site.
    Scoreline so far: Ning 1: PeopleAggregator 0

  • http://blog.snipperoo.com/ Ivan Pope

    Well, I’ve been trying to talk with Marc about PeopleAggregator and widgets for ages. No response. But I can put Snipperoo widgets in Ning within a few seconds of making a site.
    Scoreline so far: Ning 1: PeopleAggregator 0

  • http://blog.snipperoo.com Ivan Pope

    Well, I’ve been trying to talk with Marc about PeopleAggregator and widgets for ages. No response. But I can put Snipperoo widgets in Ning within a few seconds of making a site.
    Scoreline so far: Ning 1: PeopleAggregator 0

  • http://www.ning.com/ Marc Andreessen

    Hi Ivan — I’m not sure how you’ve been trying to reach me but I haven’t seen any messages from you! You can reach me at pmarca at my company name dot com.

  • http://www.ning.com/ Marc Andreessen

    Hi Ivan — I’m not sure how you’ve been trying to reach me but I haven’t seen any messages from you! You can reach me at pmarca at my company name dot com.

  • http://www.ning.com Marc Andreessen

    Hi Ivan — I’m not sure how you’ve been trying to reach me but I haven’t seen any messages from you! You can reach me at pmarca at my company name dot com.

  • http://blog.snipperoo.com/ Ivan Pope

    Marc,
    Thanks – I do want to contact you and will. But the Marc I’m complaining about above is Marc Canter. Cheers, Ivan

  • http://blog.snipperoo.com/ Ivan Pope

    Marc,
    Thanks – I do want to contact you and will. But the Marc I’m complaining about above is Marc Canter. Cheers, Ivan

  • http://blog.snipperoo.com Ivan Pope

    Marc,
    Thanks – I do want to contact you and will. But the Marc I’m complaining about above is Marc Canter. Cheers, Ivan

  • http://www.ning.com/ Marc Andreessen

    Ivan — damn, too many Marc’s :-) .

  • http://www.ning.com/ Marc Andreessen

    Ivan — damn, too many Marc’s :-) .

  • http://www.ning.com Marc Andreessen

    Ivan — damn, too many Marc’s :-) .

  • http://designninjas.com/ Bill Olen

    Terrific interview!

  • http://designninjas.com/ Bill Olen

    Terrific interview!

  • http://designninjas.com Bill Olen

    Terrific interview!

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  • http://ericrice.com/ Eric Rice

    I just got hosed by Ning and I’m pissed off, so read this before you get all excited when signing up: http://www.ericrice.com/blog/?p=390

    Grr.

  • http://ericrice.com/ Eric Rice

    I just got hosed by Ning and I’m pissed off, so read this before you get all excited when signing up: http://www.ericrice.com/blog/?p=390

    Grr.

  • http://ericrice.com Eric Rice

    I just got hosed by Ning and I’m pissed off, so read this before you get all excited when signing up: http://www.ericrice.com/blog/?p=390

    Grr.

  • http://ericrice.com/ Eric Rice

    Update, I got a comment from Gina @ Ning here http://www.ericrice.com/blog/?p=390#comment-24411

    Hopefully, I can get my account deleted so I can start over.

    I appreciate the feedback.

  • http://ericrice.com/ Eric Rice

    Update, I got a comment from Gina @ Ning here http://www.ericrice.com/blog/?p=390#comment-24411

    Hopefully, I can get my account deleted so I can start over.

    I appreciate the feedback.

  • http://ericrice.com Eric Rice

    Update, I got a comment from Gina @ Ning here http://www.ericrice.com/blog/?p=390#comment-24411

    Hopefully, I can get my account deleted so I can start over.

    I appreciate the feedback.

  • http://mike.spaces.live.com/ Mike Torres

    Would be great if you could play these videos at 1.5x speed within this control. I used to do that with Channel 9.

  • http://mike.spaces.live.com/ Mike Torres

    Would be great if you could play these videos at 1.5x speed within this control. I used to do that with Channel 9.

  • http://mike.spaces.live.com Mike Torres

    Would be great if you could play these videos at 1.5x speed within this control. I used to do that with Channel 9.

  • http://blog.macb.net macbeach

    WOW!

    And the product looks impressive too. I chose a userid that I wouldn’t want to use for the site name (as per #13).

  • http://blog.macb.net macbeach

    WOW!

    And the product looks impressive too. I chose a userid that I wouldn’t want to use for the site name (as per #13).

  • http://macbeach.blogspot.com macbeach

    WOW!

    And the product looks impressive too. I chose a userid that I wouldn’t want to use for the site name (as per #13).

  • http://blog.macb.net macbeach

    By the way, these two videos demonstrate three things:

    1: I can play this just fine on my Linux box (thank you!) some of the earlier videos I couldn’t.

    2: Seems like a lot of video producers are having problems equalizing their sound. Some things way to loud, some things way too soft. Unless it’s just me the audio level on these two are way different. Can’t this be fixed after the content is recorded (post-production or whatever it is called)? I have pretty good speakers here, so I’m not worried about overloading them, more about blasting my aging eardrums. Some sort of “industry standard” sound level would be nice. Is there such a thing?

    3: Maybe related to 1 and/or 2: I don’t see any volume or stream controls (if this is a Linux or Firefox limitation I can live with it). I noticed I can sort of click ahead in the stream, but the indicator seems to be indicating how much of the stream has downloaded, not where I am in it. So my clicks are just guesses about how much ahead or back I want to go in the video.

  • http://blog.macb.net macbeach

    By the way, these two videos demonstrate three things:

    1: I can play this just fine on my Linux box (thank you!) some of the earlier videos I couldn’t.

    2: Seems like a lot of video producers are having problems equalizing their sound. Some things way to loud, some things way too soft. Unless it’s just me the audio level on these two are way different. Can’t this be fixed after the content is recorded (post-production or whatever it is called)? I have pretty good speakers here, so I’m not worried about overloading them, more about blasting my aging eardrums. Some sort of “industry standard” sound level would be nice. Is there such a thing?

    3: Maybe related to 1 and/or 2: I don’t see any volume or stream controls (if this is a Linux or Firefox limitation I can live with it). I noticed I can sort of click ahead in the stream, but the indicator seems to be indicating how much of the stream has downloaded, not where I am in it. So my clicks are just guesses about how much ahead or back I want to go in the video.

  • http://macbeach.blogspot.com macbeach

    By the way, these two videos demonstrate three things:

    1: I can play this just fine on my Linux box (thank you!) some of the earlier videos I couldn’t.

    2: Seems like a lot of video producers are having problems equalizing their sound. Some things way to loud, some things way too soft. Unless it’s just me the audio level on these two are way different. Can’t this be fixed after the content is recorded (post-production or whatever it is called)? I have pretty good speakers here, so I’m not worried about overloading them, more about blasting my aging eardrums. Some sort of “industry standard” sound level would be nice. Is there such a thing?

    3: Maybe related to 1 and/or 2: I don’t see any volume or stream controls (if this is a Linux or Firefox limitation I can live with it). I noticed I can sort of click ahead in the stream, but the indicator seems to be indicating how much of the stream has downloaded, not where I am in it. So my clicks are just guesses about how much ahead or back I want to go in the video.

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