I’ve been thinking about sharing more photos online via Twitter and Facebook but was curious what information was actually being shared when I uploaded a picture. I’ve done some sleuthing and it turns out the answer is a lot. Similar to a webpage having source code (and metadata) a picture […]
Monthly Archives: March 2011
Facebook recently announced an update to, “make advertisements more interested and more tailored†and they’re calling it Social Ads. What it does, basically, is tag users names to products they like. For example, if you like BMW’s company page your name and/or profile picture could appear at the bottom of […]
After experiencing my first SXSW I can only say one thing: wow. Just wow. If you’re in the tech industry then SXSW is certainly the conference of the year. Not only do you have the opportunity to bump into various tech leaders all in one evening but everyone attending is […]
This is a post I wrote on Craft Beer Social about the difference between beer geeks and beer snobs. The article was picked and shared by Dogfish Head on both their Twitter & Facebook pages which ended up driving a lot of traffic to the site (as of 3/19/11, the […]
This is a cross post from the uTest blog. Last week, I mentioned that Matt Johnston and I were heading to the SXSW conference in Austin, TX. Well, we’re finally back in Massachusetts and almost caught up on sleep. The trip was a lot of fun and I think we accomplished […]
One of the great aspects of online advertising is that there are many tools that can be utilized that cost very little to nothing. I’ve received a few questions from friends on where they should start to think about advertising online so I’m going to use this post to address […]
Anyone that follows me on Twitter, Facebook, or Google Reader will know that I love sharing heart warming stories about dogs. I grew up with dogs and my black Lab, Cooper, accompanies me everywhere – yes, I’ve even bring her shopping with me. Â Screw it, she’s my BFF – she’s […]
Admittedly, I’ve never been to SXSW before. 2011 is going to be my first year in attendance but it seems eerily familiar to something I’ve done before. I have a very, very helpful network of awesomeness /friends (blatant link-love jamming) to weed out the crap. If I had to judge by […]
Update 5/11/11: Before you use Formulists please read my update and the comments at the bottom of this post. Call it a 2011 New Years Resolution if you must but one of my goals for this year is to do a better job of managing my Twitter feed. Â I’m trying […]
Two important pieces of information from Facebook – First, Facebook has rolled out a new commenting system in an attempt to be the go-to tool for commenting on blog posts. This is a publisher-side feature, meaning blog administrators need to make the change. This is an important move from Facebook […]