The New Twitter and Why Im Purging All 30,000 of My Friends
This has been done many times before and I’ve resisted it for years now. The fact is, auto-follow is a core service to my company, SocialToo, so choosing, as a user, to move away from such is a big deal. We invented auto-follow. It’s a great idea because it focuses on relationships. The fact is, […]
Read more...The Perfect Family Tree
I’ve talked before about how I think there needs to be more semantic standards adoption in Genealogy. I’ve been thinking a lot about what that would look like. Here are the key factors I think the perfect “Family Tree” would include: Each individual has their own, unique URL. In a sense, this would give the […]
Read more...How to Build Your Value and not be an Influencer on EmpireAvenue
For those of you involved on Empire Avenue I have a quick tip for you that will keep producing revenue for you so you can keep investing in more stock and therefore improving your value. The secret lies in the number of dividends per share. The number is at the top of each profile next […]
Read more...Of Worldwide Religious Social Media Presence, the LDS Church Ranks Well
On the LDS Church Newsroom blog today, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (The Mormons) (and my employer) released some interesting stats about its social media presence online. According to the post (and AllFacebook.com’s Page Statistics), the Church has 5 of the top 90 Facebook Pages under Facebook’s “Church/Religious Organization” category (the top […]
Read more...Why as a Developer, I Switched to Blogger.com and Why I’m Staying With It
Since writing for LouisGray.com a few years ago I’ve been curious about Blogger. Louis Gray used it at the time and he really swore by it. I talked to Rick Klau, Blogger’s Product Manager at the time, at a BlogWorld expo a few years back and he insisted I try it. He suggested that even […]
Read more...Torbit Allows Anybody to Speed Up Their Website in Minutes
For those unaware, I recently switched this blog from a self-hosted WordPress instance to Blogger.com. The reason: Blogger’s 100% uptime reputation and near instantaneous response. More on that in another post. That’s why I was also very excited when my friend Josh Fraser, founder of Eventvue, came to me with his next new project asking […]
Read more...Empire Avenue is a Catalyst for the New Economy
If you haven’t tried it yet, Empire Avenue is a new “game” that allows people to accrue virtual wealth by investing in people. In addition, brands can enter the service and invest in other brands and people as well. There are 2 ways to do well on the platform: already be influential (influence == money […]
Read more...Huffington Post to Scare Users About Their Addresses, Phone Numbers
I decided I should prepare you for what is to come. You’re already seeing (hence my title – you can read more here), and will see over the coming weeks a hailstorm of critique, saying Facebook is sharing your phone numbers and addresses with third party sites and applications. Huffington Post’s (see the link above), […]
Read more...Like ’em or Hate ’em, Paypal May be the Best Checking Account Alternative for Business Banking
Most of you know my relationship with Paypal. They sent my wife away in tears on a recent Ebay transaction, and their customer service can be horrible at times (I’m now out $230 of my own money because of it, and because supposedly they can’t trust me). At the same time I’m on their Developer […]
Read more...How to Replace Twitter With Facebook
I just wrote about how Twitter is becoming much less necessary for me. In this post, I’d like to show you how, with just a few steps, you can get exactly what you’re getting on Twitter and more with just a Facebook account and a Page you administer. It’s actually really simple now. Here are […]
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