“So-tional”, “So-comm” & “Show-Show” MEDIA

For me, personally, this past month has been a social media roller coaster. With a ton of industry trials and revelations popping through the tightly wound sausage casings of the online world, I can’t help but point out some things that may not be so obvious to the general public. I’m seeing trends in all the recently launched ‘good stuff’ and I’ve classified them into 3 types of initiatives. 1. So-tional Social-Traditional.... Read More

Hate your job? You’re not alone. Look!

I was messing around in Social Radar and thought it would be interesting see how many posts I could aggregate around the topic of hating your job. It’s astonishing that these people are devoid of the possibility that their employers could potentially uncover this information. Popular Words: Ugh, Fuck, Stress, Damn, Boss, Sucks, Money Where people are ranting… Global Visual of where this activity is coming from… I think I’m... Read More

5 Great Uses of Facebook PlugIns

Excerpted from the Mojave Blog. Facebook’s reach continues to grow as popular web destinations open their doors (and users) to the Facebook Open Graph API. While companies like Pandora and Yelp have developed custom API integrations, other sites like BuzzFeed and Levi’s are testing the waters with more simple, streamlined methods of implementation with the help of Facebook’s Social Plugins. These plugins are easy to add to any site... Read More

5 Things Facebook Could Do Better (if At All)

A couple of friends and I got together for about 4 minutes and came up with a list of things we hate about Facebook. Aside from things like “My mom is on it” and “Farmville”, we decided that these were the things Facebook could do better (if at all): 1. Allow user to dictate what “Top News” is. The top news feed should be a culmination of anything relevant to YOU, the user. This is what shows up automatically when... Read More