Archive for February, 2010

The New York Times calls it  “The latest online phenomenon connects you through webcams to a random, fathomless succession of strangers from across the globe.”.  I’m calling it exactly what the title of this post says, a place that introduces thousands of bored and curious people to countless numbers of oddballs and perverts.Let this picture [...]

About two months ago, I made a post proving that literally everyone and their grandmother tweets.  Well, now man’s best friend can join the fun too.  An iPhone App, slated to be released in Japan this summer translates your dog’s barks into “human” language, and it automatically tweets them to the world.

Dog owners are some [...]

This article was originally posted on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Conversation, LLC. founder Frank O’Brien has recently contributed some great industry insights.  The article appeared on Mashable , and subsequently made its way into my inbox,and now on the Convo Blog!

We often say that social media is a conversation, and what we mean [...]

A report from Nielsen confirms what we already knew, users spend more time on Facebook than any other website.  Beyond that, we now know that the average U.S. Internet user spends more time on Facebook than on Google, Yahoo, YouTube, Microsoft, Wikipedia and Amazon combined. Thats right, more than all of the other internet giants [...]

What Google Buzz mean for Twitter and Facebook: http://bit.ly/dpc6Qa #

Apparently so. And it’s hard to disagree with John Heenan’s article on Mediapost this morning.  The article stresses the fact that while digital advertising is extremely important and will continue to grow, no initiative should be digital only.  Campaigns need a mix of both traditional and digital for strong success.
Here’s a rather cogent excerpt:
“A cool [...]

The Flash killer?!?! #

Focus has greated the most awesome graph that breaks down the current state of the internet.  I can’t help but think it kind of looks like a Lite Brite, but this graph is pretty extensive and takes an excellent in-depth look at who is using the internet most, how they are using it and how [...]

Facebook turns 6 years old today.  Long gone are the days where it was a social network for college students only.  Now everyone from my grandmother to the Pope is on Facebook.  I’m not complaining, if it weren’t for Facebook how else would I know who my former Macroeconomics TA’s celebrity doppelganger is?

Facebook Showcase has a sweet little blurb about how awesome the Children’s Place Facebook fan page is.  Who designed such a cool page? We did of course! Check it out!


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