Is FriendFeed Down for the Count?
When I got up this morning and checked my email I saw that someone new was following me on FriendFeed. Wow! FriendFeed. I’ve not looked at that account this year, I don’t think. I even have it listed, on this site, as a way to find me. It got me wondering though, is FriendFeed going the way of Pownce? Just because I haven’t used it in a while doesn’t really mean that everyone isn’t. Or am I not using it? Looking at my account it seems that I posted just a few minutes ago. Everything that I post to Twitter pushes to FriendFeed, and vice versa. I kind of have a...
read moreLibel Blurred
With the emergence of web 2.0, social media has become a mainstream for companies seeking both advertisement and a quick personal interaction with its customers. By the same token, customers have found social media to be an easy path directly to the business they want to contact. One of the main points of social media is that everyone is listening to everyone else. Business has felt the strain here when unhappy clients, no longer relegated to email, voice their displeasure. Companies have been thrust into a kind of “public accountability”. Many, like Comcast, have put employees out...
read moreCan Social Media Find You a Job?
Well can it? In a word, yes. It’s really not that simple though. Possible yes, but how, is the question. We know from many personal stories that is has been done, so we can look at these examples and find how it is possible to engineer your own digital presence and how people can accomplish their own success through social mediums. It’s all about risks, and being willing to take those risks. Some have landed jobs just because they IM’d the right person at the right time. Some have taken their blogs to new, more profitable, heights. The point here is you’ve got to be...
read moreThe Internet is People!
My second precept: I will be conscious of my relationships in the social media environment and remember that there is a real human attached to that avatar. I’ve already spoken about flame wars so I will not touch on that here. I have a belief that since the population of the web is tired of of what I call shouting, and of the billboards, we need to figure out what will work to drive traffic to our sites. Twitter’s catch is sharing information. Retweets can help topics spread at an incredibly rapid pace. Friendfeed allows for the same kind of sharing and used in conjunction...
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