Archive for the 'social media' Category
Facebook move shows how they think ahead, rather than defensively
May 24th, 2007Facebook is opening up its platform.
Facebook has become a primary relationship and identity broker for millions of people. Now outsiders can capitalize on that information in a safe way, pulling from users’ expressed interests in their profiles, building on their stated intention to attend events, or simply giving them more dedicated tools for expressing […]
Write your own “Mission Accomplished” banner
May 2nd, 2007Now, normally, I try to keep my political blog separate from this one. But… yesterday was the anniversary of Bush’s infamous “Mission Accomplished” stunt on a US aircraft carrier, in which he showed off his flightsuit, codpiece and all.
So check this out: a site where you can write your very own banner, and watch […]
get ‘on stage’ at MTV awards: innovative twist
April 30th, 2007First of all, this MTV movie awards contest site is pretty cool. Submit your spoof, a spoofer can win their own freaking MTV movie award.
But the part of the site I reeeeally like is the ‘get on stage‘ component. Send in a short clip of yourself, and you can show up […]
The greatest social media niche site, for haters. Of cilantro.
April 25th, 2007This is one of the funniest sites I’ve seen in a while. I hate cilantro. (h/t Cam!)
Great features, great content. Hilarious. Talk about social network networks going niche. In fact, this is a niche for a niche. On the one hand, it’s a site for cilantro haters. On […]
blogposts peak, signal new phase?
April 8th, 2007steve rubel thinks blogs have peaked, based on the latest technorati report, in terms of blog posts per day.
He actually first noted this back in 2006
we might be at the point where every individual who wants to publish a blog actively may already have one. However, press citations continue to climb. So blogs continue to […]
Yahoo! Canada gets social
March 28th, 2007If you haven’t seen it, check out Yahoo! Canada’s “Up Your Music” contest. They’ve taken the concept from the first Yahoo! Talent Show, and applied it to a chance to win a music deal from Universal.
Now, it’s not just that I love seeing software infrastructure scale… there is some good music here. I […]