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Archive for the ‘Facebook’ Category

May 8th, 2008

Facebook has lost its lustre

I thought it was just me.
I thought that I was the only one not visiting facebook, not caring about event invites, updates or status updates. I find myself not checking into facebook for days on end. I don’t even look at the email notices that I get. Hell, I barely even check that account anymore. […]

By Colleen -- 2 comments

April 25th, 2008

The new recruitment

Yesterday’s post about how I got my gig with b5 Media got me thinking. Social Media is obviously the new way companies are looking for employees and people are looking for work. Not only are companies googling their potential employees; the potential employees are googling their companies.
Geoff Livingston, author of Now is Gone, recently appeared […]

By Colleen -- 0 comments

March 11th, 2008

Apparently Lacy Isn’t the Problem

I just saw the post on Youtube talking to Lacy about the interview. While the whole thing is overblown Lacy comes of as a… well frankly as an egotistical bitch. Some of the fault does fall on her shoulders… it wasn’t all on the audience. Plus when the audience does turn against you it […]

By Kevin -- 0 comments

March 11th, 2008

The SXSW Mark Zuckerberg vs. Sarah Lacy Fiasco or Was It?

Apparently according to some people like Michael Arrington at TechCrunch the whole fiasco about the keynote address at SXSW was overblown. Here is the video of the interview:

I waited to see the interview before I got too excited over the fallout of the interview that I saw on twitter.
Yesterday I read cnet’s article about it […]

By Kevin -- 2 comments

January 22nd, 2008

Facebook Applications, The New Spam Part 5

This is part of my ongoing conquest to examine every single Facebook application I get invited to, I am like 5o in and still think I have a few hundred to go.
Addicted to Family Guy- (2 invites)
What they say: Watch Family Guy? Give some love to your favorite characters, pictures & quotes on your […]

By Kevin -- 4 comments

January 18th, 2008

Facebook as a Promotional Tool is Overvalued

I want to buy into Facebook, I really do. I know that the site has been trending well and all the tech geeks love it to no end. It is talked about all over social media blogs and has been the hot topic for 8-10 months now. But from a purely promotional side I just […]

By Kevin -- 3 comments

January 16th, 2008

Facebook Applications, The New Spam Part 4

This is part of my ongoing quest to examine all the various Facebook Applications I get invited to. My goal is to review them all and have zero impending invites.
My Purity Test- (5 invites)
What they say: How pure do your friends really think you are? Do they think you’re pure like an angel or naughty […]

By Kevin -- 0 comments

December 21st, 2007

Facebook Applications, The New Spam Part 3

The series continues as I try to wade my way through all the various Facebook Applications I have been invited to.
The Movies- (5 invites)
What they say: Compare movie taste with your friends, see which movies they want to see, share what you just saw. Also play the Never-Ending Movie Quiz and see how your skills […]

By Kevin -- 5 comments

December 5th, 2007

Your Demographics Are Your Greatest Value To A Social Network

There has been a lot written in the last week about Facebook Beacon, I am not going to recount them for everyone but link to some of the best ones that I have read so far.
One of the many Mashable posts about how Facebook is catching the ire of many privacy groups.
Techcrunch is looking at […]

By Kevin -- 9 comments

November 20th, 2007

Facebook Applications, The New Spam Part 2

For the last two months I let the amount of applications I get invited to pile up on Facebook. Currently I have over 150 different applications that I have been invited to. Yes that is right, 150 applications. I have decided to go through and review these ten at at time and give you my […]

By Kevin -- 3 comments

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