Social Networking

As I continue my journey through learning about the web 2.0, I have now embarked on the next part and have established a Social network on Ning.

Social Networking sites like Ning hope to compete with large social sites like MySpace and Facebook, by appealing to users who want to create networks around specific interests or have limited technical skills. The unique feature of Ning is that anyone can create their own custom social network for a particular topic or need, catering to specific audiences

Ning is an online platform for users to create their own social websites and social networks[2], launched in October 2005. Ning was co-founded by Marc Andreessen and Gina Bianchini. Ning is Andreessen's third startup (after Netscape and Opsware), and gets much of its notability from Andreessen's successes with those companies.

Ning means "peace" in Chinese, as explained by Gina Bianchini on the company blog and it is also a surname in chinese.