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Archive for February 2008

February 28th, 2008

Facebook’s Change is a Lesson in Interface Design

There are a couple of things I wanted to tackle this week, one was Facebook’s upcoming change to tabs and I wanted to continue talking about interface design and what I have been learning in my class. Thankfully they kind of intersected and allowed me to look at them together.
In case you haven’t heard Facebook […]

By Kevin -- 0 comments

February 23rd, 2008

Fast Company Joins the Social Networking Bandwagon

Social networking is growing at a rapid pace and companies are desperately trying to find ways to leverage it in terms of building relationships with customers and boosting sales. Now, Fast Company has joined the social networking bandwagon by introducing user-generated blogs on the FastCompany.com website.
Visitors to the Fast Company website can register to […]

By Kevin -- 3 comments

February 22nd, 2008

Original Social Networking Superstars

About a year ago, when you typed anything into Google, there would inevitably be an entry from MySpace right up there on the top of the results. It was annoying, because the results were usually less than useful, but it made MySpace the place to be seen online - even for business owners.
Times change, however, […]

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February 22nd, 2008

Thinking about the psychology behind design

When we are examining interface design another aspect we have to think about is human nature and the psychology behind how we as human beings use things.
In “The Design of Everyday Things” by Donald Norman he relates a story about the testing of a computer program years ago and how the return button and the […]

By Kevin -- 2 comments

February 21st, 2008

We Need to Start Thinking About Interface Design

One of the subjects that I often ignore when talking about social media is design. A couple of times I have glossed over the importance of the design of your page specifically when talking about the social networking site MySpace but have never really looked at the subject any more than that.
This semester I am […]

By Kevin -- 0 comments

February 21st, 2008

How is social networking like a chamber of commerce meeting?

The same things that make you successful at your local chamber of commerce are going to make you successful networking online.
Usually when I say that people gasp, so I’ll wait in case you need to tell your monitor I’m full of it.
Okay, now that we have that out of our system, let me explain. Sure […]

By Kevin -- 0 comments

February 20th, 2008

Relational Networking: More Mind, Less Time, More Connections

Another guest post for today, this is from the wonderful Liz Strauss.
I belong to several social networking sites. I follow an active list of 700+ Chicagoans, and I attend a variety of events where networking takes place. Over the past few months one thing has become abundantly.
It’s exhausting to watch people networking. […]

By Kevin -- 1 comment

February 19th, 2008

Twitter Me This … And Be Informed

Guest Post from Jason Falls of SocialMediaExplorer.com
Twitter had a breakout 2007. The microblogging software proved that showing up at SouthXSouthwest can put your startup squarely on the map. The premise - simply answering the question, “What are you doing?” in 140 characters or less for all to see - sounded dumb. Then the thinkers […]

By Kevin -- 5 comments

February 18th, 2008

Off to Boston

Today I leave the friendly confines of Buffalo, NY for a job in Boston for a leader in enterprise social media technology.
I am not sure what I am allowed to say about work and what I am not so I am going to kind of keep what I am doing and where I am working […]

By Kevin -- 0 comments

February 15th, 2008

Increasing your social media profile in one easy step

The one thing I have been trying to do more of lately is increasing my standing on various social media sites. I add various people based off of their social profiles on sites like mahalo, mybloglog, and blog catalog. Each day I try to set aside half an hour to do this, it doesn’t always […]

By Kevin -- 0 comments

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