Path 2.0 is the Private Social Network You Didn’t Know You Want

Few people managed to figure out why they should use Path when it launched late last year as a mobile photo/video-sharing app for close friends and family members. It eventually grew to acquire more than a million users in a year but its usage hasn’t exactly caught on. According to its Facebook page, it only has 50 thousand monthly active users. Earlier this week, Path launched version two of its mobile app for iOS and Android.

The new version of Path allows its users to share not just photos and videos, but also locations, song titles, as well as your thoughts and when you’re asleep or awake. Despite the changes, the ultimate aim for Path remains the same, which is to become a journal of your life in which you share all the different and precious moments with those closest to you.

Founded by Dave Morin, formerly of Facebook and Apple, and software developer Dustin Mierau, Path’s launch was overshadowed by the more explosive and inclusive Instagram. Path’s limitation to just 50 friends played a part in turning a lot of people off the service. Path has since raised that limit to 150 but it also has done more to raise its profile.

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Hoodemia: a Social Media with Academic Taste

Are you bored with social media invented by Indonesians yet? Let’s take a look at Hoodemia. Hoodemia is developed by Pusat Ilmu Komputer (Pusilkom) Universitas Indonesia. It might be one of few social media site officially affiliated with education institution. What is the eminency of Hoodemia compared to Facebook or other social media sites?

Well, as predicted, Hoodemia plans to be integrated with a specific academic system. Therefore, beside having social sharing features with peers, this site can also be a reference to see academic reports or other academic activities such as class schedule at certain university. Of course, it needs to connect (through API) to get connected to academic information system of each education institution, for example to input the access data in a form of credentials.

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Hoodemia, Jejaring Sosial dengan Rasa Akademik

Belum bosan membahas jejaring sosial buatan anak negeri? Ok, kali ini kita akan menengok Hoodemia. Hoodemia dikembangkan oleh Pusat Ilmu Komputer (Pusilkom) Universitas Indonesia dan mungkin merupakan sedikit dari jejaring sosial yang terafiliasi secara resmi dengan institusi pendidikan. Nah, apa kelebihannya ketimbang Facebook ataupun jejaring sosial lainnya?

Well, bisa ditebak bahwa Hoodemia ini dirancang supaya terkoneksi dengan sistem akademik pendidikan. Dengan demikian, selain bersosialisasi dengan teman-teman, jejaring ini juga sekaligus dapat dijadikan acuan untuk melihat nilai akademik atau kegiatan akademik lainnya seperti jadwal perkuliahan. Tentu saja memerlukan suatu koneksi (melalui API) untuk dapat terhubung dengan sistem informasi akademik masing-masing institusi, misalnya harus memasukkan data akses berupa username dan password.

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