While Facebook has been inching closer to Twitter-like functionality for awhile I see the publishing privacy change that they are rolling out in the next few weeks as the first real run at assuming Twitter’s position in the online attention marketplace.
So far Facebook’s functionality changes to publishing; the addition of the News Feed, more general [...]
When Google released Google Reader Bundles last week I suggested that it would be great to have those as HTML in order to add to my blog. Well, Google didn’t quite do that, but they just rolled out Google Web Elements which is a step in that direction.
Google Web Elements allow you to embed a [...]
Google Reader added a new tool that allows the creation of sets of RSS feeds that can be shared with friends and used to discover new feeds around topics that you are interested in. The sets are called Bundles and they are very easy to make.
To get to the Feed Bundles from within Google Reader [...]
Podcamp Boston 4 has a date, August 8-9, 2009 at the University of Massachusetts Boston Harborside campus and registration is open. The schedule has not been determined yet, as a matter of fact you can register to lead a discussion yourself. Keep an eye out for updates.
Again, I’m not associated with Podcamp Boston, but [...]
Refresh Boston is looking good this month. Think that I’ll be stepping downstairs to attend.
Note: I’m not affiliated with Refresh Boston I’m just in the general industry and work upstairs from the event.
Refresh Boston: What Makes a Design Seem Intuitive?
Thursday May 28, 2009 at [...]
Search Engine Journal’s Jennifer Horowitz wrote last week about the The Seven Deadly Sins of Social Media, which got me thinking about the Seven Virtues and reinforcing the positive rather than the negative in order to reap the rewards of marketing in social media.
1. Chastity (which I am defining as “Courage and boldness. Embracing of [...]
Evidently the thin streets of some European cities caused some trouble for a car mounted with the Google Street View rig, so those ingenious guys at Google came up with the human-powered tricycle above. This idea is great, but what I love even more is the face on the rider that says “I really expected [...]
I travel a lot. I do almost all of my work online. I need internet access alot when I am traveling. Want my loyalty and travel dollars? Here’s how to earn them.
Give me internet access anywhere I’m waiting for more than an hour. I am a captive audience and I need to check email make [...]
A couple weeks ago Skittles changed their website so that rather than Skittles.com leading to a brand website it now leads to one of several social media websites, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Wikipedia, etc. along with a widget allowing visitors to navigate between them. Relying on these sites rather than their own releases their control of [...]
My wife is always impressed with how much I read and keep on top of the news, which results in lot of stupid facts that I can pull up at a moments notice. She thinks that I read a lot, but the dirty truth is that I’m a skimmer. Books, those I really [...]
