FriendFeed Etiquette
A post by Chris Pirillo got me thinking about this subject. On FriendFeed, he said:
Removing my Twitter stream from my FriendFeed stream. Why? Ping.fm supports posting directly to FriendFeed now. Social networks, untied.
The general reaction on FriendFeed was positive to this. Bwana, for example, says:
My name is Bwana, and I approve this message
Now, it [...]
Identi.ca: Twitter Killer or a Distraction?
It really is a shame when you see a service like Twitter put one foot into the door of mainstream and then start foundering so colossally and publicly. I can’t remember the last time I’ve seen a company have problems so publicly and drop the ball this hard.
Well, it isn’t as if Twitter is [...]
Scoble is Wrong About Blog Comments Being Dead
I think Robert Scoble suffers from the disease of early adopter-itis. What does that mean? Well, like many tech bloggers (including myself), Scoble is an early adopter. This means he tries new things way ahead of most of the people on the Internet. When you’re way out ahead, the problem is that you forget that [...]
Writing Headlines For Social Media or Search Engines?
The other evening, I attended a search engine optimization meeting here in the Tampa area. It was organized by Loren Baker of Search Engine Journal. Since he does SEO for a living, I asked him his thoughts on how social media was changing the field of SEO. One of the questions that I raised was [...]
What’s So Great About Toluu?
Warning: The following post will be seen as some as a party foul.
Sometimes I can’t help but wonder if geek bloggers just get excited about everything that comes down the pike or do they really look to see what the value is first. Case in point: Toluu.com.
Now let me be clear: I’m not [...]
New Blogging 2.0 Paradigm: What Is It?
I saw Louis Gray’s post about Blogging 2.0 Causing Friction with 1.0 and it spoke right to a thought I have been having for the last few days. I sent the link to Rich (who writes for me over on PCMech). This is a compilation of Rich’s remarks from our chat:
The single largest problem with [...]
Alert Thingy 1.3 - Talk About Timing
What a case of crazy timing. The day after I compare Alert Thingy to Twhirl, Alert Thingy comes out with a new version that pretty much addresses my major beef. The app now allows you to follow tweets in addition to FriendFeed, allowing the app to be used on both. It even goes to the [...]
Using Facebook to Improve Your Business
It has now been established that Facebook is new, different and all around cool. But, what is it’s impact in the world of internet business. Can it help you make any money?
Internet Marketers Should Take Notice
Internet marketers are all about people. Social networks, especially popular ones, have lots of people. So, yes, Facebook would be [...]
Understanding Facebook Basics
OK, after a couple of posts which discuss the impact of Facebook on the web, let’s get down to “brass tacks” here and see what Facebook is all about at the ground level. After all, like about 150,000 people do every day, I recently created a Facebook profile. On the surface, it appears like most [...]
Why Facebook Matters
It is really easy to dismiss Facebook as just another social network, likely to go the way of Myspace. Myspace is still very popular, of course, but it’s reputation is tarnished among professionals because of all the really CRAPPY content on there. And, it is true, Myspace has really degenerated a lot, in my opinion. [...]
