The Facebook Redesign...

Share Compliments of @BenParr from Mashable, we get an internal perspective on the Facebook redesign. They launched this update to 60 million users and Facebook recently celebrated their 400 million user milestone. Facebook has made a lot of news this week celebrating, their 6th birthday and launching a new browser based photo plugin....

Facebook Privacy Meltdown...

ShareI wrote a status update that I think some of you read last month. I talked about the new Facebook privacy settings and how they are down right evil. The privacy updates are so slimy, they’ve prompted me to reflect on how I use the service. In fact, Mark Zuckerburg (Facebook’s CEO) is touting how privacy isn’t a social norm anymore. Well Sorry Mark, I...

Last Week In Tech: Twitter, Google, Face...

ShareLast week was an exciting week in tech. The 3 bigs, Facebook, Twitter, and Google made some very relevant announcements that will have an affect on us all. The first major announcement was Twitter Lists, which went live to all users on Friday. I agree with Scoble, Twitter Lists are the most significant upgrade to the Twitter platform since inception. Fresh on the heels of this...

Bing Will Get Twitter Rev Share First (T...

ShareFor quite some time now, we’ve entertained the possibility of one of the big boys (Facebook, Google, Microsoft, or Yahoo) buying Twitter. That was until Twitter’s stifling 1 Billion dollar valuation earlier this month. Twitter astronomic valuation, combined with mainstream media’s crush on the service, means that Twitter isn’t going to roll up into an...

Facebook Advertising Update: Target Peop...

Share In July of this year, Facebook started allowing advertisers to target users on their birthday, a required field for signing up with the service. Though I have no statistical basis for this claim, I can only imagine that targeting users on their birthday has a dramatic increase in conversion over traditional means. Considering advertisers don’t pay for these highly targeted...

Twitter’s Billion Dollar Valuation...

ShareNews started breaking last week that Twitter have 50MM committed in the recent round of funding. It wasn’t until the dust settled and hype peaked that we found out they raised over 100MM on a billion dollar +++ valuation. Whoa! Now, wherever you stand on this, you can’t deny it’s big news. Jason Fried, of 37 Signals, reacted by mocking Twitter with his own...

Fan, Friend, or Foe on Facebook; A Tip Y...

ShareI used to be pretty particular about who I would fan on Facebook. I didn’t want that corner of my profile to be cannibalized by brands that were here today and gone tomorrow. Moreover, I certainly wasn’t planning on connecting with brands I wasn’t a fan of in the first place- and that’s all changing. When Facebook launched addressable status updates this...

Spring Cleaning: Feeds, Followers, and F...

Share Okay, many of you know that I started a new gig over the last 3 weeks. Life as I know it, has been turned upside down, sideways, shaken up, and splattered everywhere. To say I’ve been befuddled is an understatement. How am I coping with all the activity? I’m not. I am beyond email bankruptcy, Twitter overload, and ready to abandon my feed reader. Not good. Where do I...

Sharing My Vision...

SharePhoto by Brian Solis There was one major announcement that came from the Facebook developers conference that I thought deserved to be amplified. I’ll keep this post short and sweet, and leave the analysis up to the pro-bloggers. Here is what I thought was important. Facebook is fundamentally changing the way it thinks of applications and allowing developers to build richer...

Cross Pollinate Your Social Network...

Share The Twitter community is freaking out today. Twitter apparently “misplaced” a number of friends and followers. To the concerned; Pop a chill pill and take some notes. Yes, I am afraid so. Your Twitter followers have been cut by 10-20% and irregular number reporting isn’t a surprise. Wake up call! Twitter, a service that goes down weekly, should not be your only...