Posts Tagged ‘facebook’
Debate: Create your own social network or leverage existing…
My friend Karna Crawford pointed me to this article talking about the benefits of creating your own social network. I couldn’t disagree more, and said so with this comment: I very much disagree with this approach. There are ways of gathering data without having to create a new social network for people to join. Asking…
Read MoreA glimpse into the future of the social web
Facebook announced their intentions of making the web a more social experience via what they are calling the Social Graph at their F8 conference last week. They also mentioned that Pandora was one of the first sites to incorporate these new plans. This is just a small glimpse into the future of the social web……
Read MoreFacebook announces next step in world domination at F8…are you scared?
While the keynote at F8 was epic (we’ll get to why), the sessions afterwards were somewhat weak. Sometimes it was because they were mostly moderated or given by Facebook staff (not experienced presenters) and sometimes because, well, the topic was boring. But there were great discussions being had in between and I was fortunate enough…
Read MoreDiscussion: What is the future landing place for location-based marketing?
Location-based marketing is here to stay, in some form or another. The ability to connect and market based on immediacy and location is extremely powerful and we’ve only just started playing in the space (Foursquare, Gowalla, etc). I think we can all agree that the current state of having many services to check-in on and…
Read MoreWho are you backing, Google or Facebook?
I’m posing this to the group to see which of these companies you’d back for the foreseeable future, Facebook or Google? In other words, is Facebook more likely to lose its leadership position in social networking before Google loses its leadership position in search? Let’s debate…
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