Month: February 2008

  • An Open Letter to BlogTalkRadio

    Hey BlogTalkRadio– Thank you for your time in stopping by. I know you guys are going through some changes, and that mostly they are good changes. I want to thank you for hiring Kris Smith. He will be a great addition to your team. I know Kris very well. He sorta likes to name drop…

  • Facebook disponible en español

    Facebook ya está disponible en español. A través de una iniciativa interna, Facebook utilizó los servicios de un gran número de usuarios de habla hispana para ir traduciendo poco a poco todo el website. Aunque todavía se pueden conseguir algunos errores ortográficos o de transcripción, la traducción final es bastante buena. Tomando en cuenta que…

  • Twitter Contest: Be my 1000th Friend

    I’m at a special milestone in my Twitter career. Most people don’t end up with 1000 friends but the Twitter community is vibrant and I’m fully engaged so at this point, I have 999 friends. I thought it would be cool, in the spirit of Twitter and community, to hold a contest for the 1000th…

  • Come Hear me Present at Social Media Club DC

    If you’re in the greater Washington area, or you’re going to be in town on Feb 21, stop by Viget Labs at 6:30pm. I’ve been asked to come speak to the group about personal branding and the proverbial “A List”. We’re calling the session “Blog Draft Day: Making it Into the Bigs” and I’ll be…

  • Counter-Strike vs. Wii: Dos Caras de la Misma Moneda Social

    La cónsola Wii y el juego Counter-Strike ofrecen dos experiences sociales diferentes que merecen ser estudiadas al implementar estrategias sociales de negocios. Networking Exosocial Counter-Strike es un juego online de ladrones y policias que permite la colaboración y competencia entre jugadores de todo el mundo. Comunicaciones via chat y voz en tiempo real permiten a…

  • Yahoo! Live Jam Session

    A couple days ago, Yahoo! released a new collaborative video service called Yahoo! Live. These kinds of things are getting fairly prolific and Yahoo has its standard disclaimer that this is experimental. And it is. What makes this unique is that anyone with a webcam can participate in an ongoing video chat – and of…

  • On the Jonny's Partay BlogTV Show

    Thanks to Jonny Goldstein for inviting me on the Jonny’s Partay show tonight. We had a blast despite poor audio latency through much of the interview. Part I can be seen over at District of Corruption and Part II here. Or on Jonny’s site. Enjoy!

  • Scrabuloso

    Alrededor de 600.000 usuarios de Facebook disfrutan regularmente de una partida de Scrabble con sus amigos. Y desde el 15 de Enero esperan ansiosamente que el problema entre Hasbro/Mattel y Scrabulous se solucione amigablemente. El problema está en que Scrabulous, la aplicación de Facebook, es una versión no licenciada del tradicional juego de Scrabble y…

  • Primary Endorsements

    If you’re not a U.S. citizen, please feel free to read this but also feel free to ignore. This is intended exclusively for U.S. citizens eligible to vote in the primaries (or dead people in Chicago, if you’re so inclined). First of all, since my early days as a blogger where I covered a lot…

  • Live on Jonny's Partay Video Show Wednesday

    We are going to have a BLAST this week. A number of events happening on my social media calendar, not the least of which is a guest appearance on Jonny Goldtein’s “Jonny’s Partay” video show. It will be live at JonnyGoldstein.com on Wednesday from 9-10pm EST. Feel free to view the archive if you miss…