Posted in Social Media on November 7th, 2007 3 Comments »
Not since Brick Tamland killed a man with his trident in the Anchorman news team rumble has there been a battle implement so adept at stifling your enemy’s content. This new trident…Diggblocking.
Listen. I like Digg. I use it a lot. I play there a lot. And I submitted enough good stuff to have one of the […]
Posted in Social Media on July 14th, 2007 No Comments »
I thought the first two times were anomalies, but after three Farkings I’m convinced that Fark sends a lot more traffic than Netscape.
The beauty of Fark is that if you are going to get promoted there, you are likely tapping into one the most powerful emotions and viral dominos…humor. A bait with a humorous slant is much […]
Posted in Social Media on May 11th, 2007 3 Comments »
I was driving today and some song about death reminded me of MyBlogLog. I never really understood how it would be a meaningful business, what motivated Yahoo to spend $10 million on it, or why so few people noticed how much data MyBlogLog was collecting. So, I stopped playing around with it. Anyways, as I was […]
Posted in Social Media on February 6th, 2007 5 Comments »
When you hear the name Paris Hilton, a number of things probably come to mind. “That’s hot!” Little dogs. Nicole Ritchie. The “One Night In Paris” sex tape. Britney Spears acting like a whore with an 15 extra lbs. Brian Urlacher. Paris Latsis. The Simple Life. Nicky Hilton. You see where I’m going with this?
Paris […]
Posted in Social Media on January 22nd, 2007 1 Comment »
As I sat in the audience of the social media session at SES Chicago watching guys like Cameron speak, a few things occured to me.
Of the 300 or 400 people in the audience, everyone but the three guys sitting with me were hanging on every word like Jesus was at the podium. The promise of a […]