Lots of people have said what they like about Facebook’s announcements at yesterday’s f8 conference. I’m all for innovation, and I agree that many users (including myself) whine about changes, get used to them, and then whine when the next set of changes comes down. But I do have some observations and questions about these…
Anyone who idolizes you is going to hate you when he discovers that you are fallible. He never forgives. He has deceived himself, and he blames you for it.
In under a month and still in beta, Google+ has attracted 18 million users, or 2.4% of Facebook’s base (per Business Insider). That’s a fairly impressive figure. Time is a finite resource. The time people are now spending on G+ (or turntable.fm, or Namesake, or any other hot new service) is, almost certainly, time taken…
If you’ve been on Twitter for any length of time, you’re probably following a fair number of accounts (for those who have the opposite issue, I’ll post soon about how to find good accounts to follow). If you follow many more than a few hundred your stream can become unruly, if not entirely unmanageable. You…
My friend David passed this along. It made me chuckle: THE BOTTLE OF WINE Sally was driving home from one of her business trips in Northern Arizona when she saw an elderly Navajo woman walking on the side of the road. As the trip was a long and quiet one, she stopped…
Whenever I scan my Facebook news feed, I see items I’d like to read, watch or comment upon, but don’t always have time to do so at that moment. If Facebook wants to expand its domination of C2C and B2C online communications, it should offer users a bookmark/favorite option. If in addition to “Liking” a given…
Another panicky status meme is making the Facebook rounds. And while there’s a grain of truth buried in it – as there is with many memes – it’s surrounded by some scare-mongering misinformation. The current status meme reads something like this: ATTENTION: This Friday, Facebook will become owner of the publishing rights of ALL your…
If you don’t use (and don’t plan to use) MobileMe to sync your calendars, move along. Nothing to see here. If you use a me.com address as your primary email, you can also move along. If, however, like me you don’t use a me.com address as your primary email, know this before upgrading to the new…
After attending a fair number of media/tech conferences at LA’s Skirball Center, I recommend that all organizers of events held there heed the following: 1. Include Twitter names on the name badges. Not everyone tweets under their real name (some use nicknames, some tweet under company names). Not everyone uses a headshot as their Twitter…
For nearly a decade, I’ve used OnlineLabels as my primary source for label stock. I like their flexibility on quantity, their stock choices (color, removable, etc.), their Avery cross-reference list, their templates, and oh, yeah, their pricing. (It’s low.) To that laudable list I can now add one thing more: their amazing customer service. The…
I wanted to like Hashable. At first it seemed useful to me: you can use it to document the people you meet, and to introduce others. It’s like Foursquare or Whrrl, except for checking in with people instead of into places. As it describes itself: “Every time you connect with someone – like having breakfast,…
If you’re an artist/performer building up your Facebook presence via a personal Facebook account, you should almost certainly be doing so via a Facebook “Page” instead. 8 Reasons You Need a “Page” 1) No Limits. Facebook currently limits personal accounts to 5,000 “friends.” Pages have no limits. 2) Analytics. Facebook provides demographic data to Page…
Some time ago, when I was an executive at a production company, I ran out to do a weekend errand in grubby clothes, no makeup, hair pulled back. Not my proudest sartorial moment, but I was in a hurry. Needless to say, I ran into my CEO’s wife in the store, and was mortified for…
A few friends on Twitter found some recent suggestions of mine about managing their Tweet streams helpful, so I thought Id present them in blog form. You didnt catch my tips on Twitter? Not surprising. One paradox of Twitter is that the more people you follow, the less likely you are to see any given…