January 2009
4 posts
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Applications on Facebook aren't simple
A quick tip on how applications now work on Facebook:
When I first joined Facebook 1 1/2 years ago, there were tons of applications and they were easy to add - you just found it and accepted that you wanted to add it. Removing was just clicking an “x”. The problem was that many people ended up with a mess on their pages or couldn’t manage what they had easily.
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Influential Marketing Blog: The 5 Stages Of... →
I liked this article and thought I’d share. The only thing I’d change is that like the Gartner hype curve, it needs to have a Twitter equivalent - something like “Information Overload - what have I gotten myself into”. I see a similar process on other sites like Facebook - tought to get people from lurkers to participants.
Read this or fail to communicate
I spent a number of years in an operation role with a lot of communication between companies, geographies and cultures. One of the things that I like to key on is terminology particular to groups - it probably goes back to my days in sales where mirroring the tone of who you’re meeting with can make them feel comfortable with you. In the business and technology worlds, there is a lot of...
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Optimizing the computer layout
As someone who dabbles with technology, I really love when I can share a tip which can help them work more efficiently. In checking out the FriendFeed site and discussing with a blogger his setup, I thought that it might be helpful if bloggers could briefly share what they are using to keep on top of the massive flood of information.
Here’s what my setup at work looks like:
Here’s...